Neuropsychoanalysis in Action:

Deepen diagnostic, treatment planning,

and therapeutic skills

Course Format - Join the journey.

Explore basic structure and functions of brain/mind development and interactions in a multi-model approach. Learn how this perspective can enhance the complex work clinicians do every day through:

Readings > Individual Stories > Case Presentations

Guest Lecturers > Videos > Lively Class Exchange

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Co-Instructors and
ACAP Neuropsychoanalysis Group

Experts from a variety of fields including:

Psychoanalysis, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Medicine,

Medical Humanities, Law, Education, Sports and Performance Psychology, Business and Executive Coaching

Including:

^{Cassio Campello, MD, LAC}

^{Leah Heinz, BA, Psya Candidate}

^{Lillesol Kane, PhD, LP, NJSCPsya}^{Rosemary McGee, Phd, LPC, NJSCPsya}

^{Elizabeth Olson, PsyD, LCSW}

^{Imke Oster,}^{MALD, MBA, Cert Psya}

^{Harlan Tenenbaum, JD, Psya Candidate}

^{Adam Wright, PhD, LAC, CMPC}

Instructor:

Patricia Harte Bratt, PhD

is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist practicing in Livingston, NJ and New York City. Her early career focused on psychodiagnostics and neuropsychology. Combining that with psychoanalytic training, she became involved in neuropsychoanalytic studies in the early 2000’s. Dr. Bratt is a Director at ACAP, and BGSP-NJ. She is president of the National Association for Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) and the NJ Certified Psychoanalysts Advisory Committee.

As Director of Applied Psychoanalysis at ACAP, Dr. Bratt developed its program in Trauma & Resilience Studies, and in 2018 launched the iStrive Center: a weekend program for young adults on the autism spectrum.

Dr. Bratt's recent book, Mutual Growth in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Reciprocal Resilience, is published by Routledge

www.patriciabratt.com

patbratt@comcast.net

Parenting Psychoanalysed: Letters to a Parent (Routledge, 2025), edited by Andy Cohen, delves into the psychodynamic nuances of parenting and features a chapter by Dr. Bratt.

Both books can be purchased at Amazon or Routledge.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Participants will be able to:

Describe some neurological underpinnings of brain functioning and their relationship to the development of a self.
Identify a neuropsychoanalytic approach to studying the meaning of psychological and behavioral symptoms and establishing a multi-dimensional diagnosis
Develop treatment plans using a neuropsychoanalytic diagnostic approach
Understand the impact of a neuropsychoanalytic approach on the deepening of the therapeutic relationship
Recognize some subjective countertransference issues that can arise if therapists’ internal reactions are not addressed when doing this type of work.