MPS Scientific Meeting – April 5, 2025- Claudia Gold, M.D.

  • April 5, 2025

  • 2:00 pm  to  4:00 pm

 
MICHIGAN PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY

Presenter: Claudia M. Gold, M.D.     

 Faculty, Brazelton Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital       

PLAYING IN THE UNCERTAINTY:

A relational model of mental healthcare rooted in the developmental science of early childhood

April 5, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, 32841 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI  

2 CME and CE Credit Hours ($30 per credit hour for non-MPS members)      

HYBRID Join Meeting  https://zoom.us/my/michiganpsychoanalysis


About the presenter: Claudia M. Gold, MD is a pediatrician and writer who practiced general and behavioral pediatrics for over 20 years and now specializes in early relational health. Dr. Gold’s most recent book is Getting to Know You: Lessons in Early Relational Health from Infants and Caregivers ( Teachers College Press Spring 2025) She co-authored The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and downs of Relationships are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience and Trust with infant researcher and psychologist Ed Tronick (Little, Brown Spark 2020) Her other books include The Developmental Science of Early Childhood (2017), The Silenced Child (2016), and Keeping Your Child in Mind (2011) Dr. Gold has clinical experience working with families in many different communities and currently works as a clinician with Volunteers in Medicine, Berkshires. She received her BA from the University of Chicago and MD from U of C Pritzker School of Medicine.   

Practice Gap / Need and Course Description: A textured understanding of the microscopic meaning-making process between infant and caregiver has great relevance to clinical work with infants, children, and adults. Training in contemporary developmental science of attendees may be variable. The research and theory offered in this presentation will have direct application to conceptualizing the relationship between child and caregiver as well as between clinician and client. This knowledge offers insights into how development may have gone awry, creating meanings of fear and hopelessness. The infant-caregiver relationship, as a prototype of two people getting to know each other, informs the relationship between clinician and client. It reveals how moment-by-moment interactions in this new relationship can facilitate building of different meanings of hope and connection.  

After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:
#1 Describe developmental theories that support the value of maintaining a not-knowing stance.
#2 Apply concepts from infant observation to clinical work with infants, children, and adults.   

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION 
ACCME Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Michigan Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
AMA Credit Designation Statement The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Disclosure StatementThe APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support. 
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL WORK The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative.
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content.