About this live event

Learning Objectives

• Explain projective identification as it applies to dyadic functioning between equal adults
• Explain how projective identification creates obstacles in trust in adult pair bonding
• Recognize and explain projective identification functions in both idealization and hostility

Target Audience

Live event Instructor(s)

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  Jean Pieniadz, Ph.D.

  Faculty, Center for Real Dialogue

  Jean Pieniadz, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont (1988), and her Certificate in Psychoanalysis & Comprehensive Psychotherapy from the National Training Program/National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NYC) (2006). She is licensed in Vermont and Connecticut. She received post-graduate training in Dialogue Therapy with Couples from Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D. and Ed Epstein, MSW, in 2008-2009. She has been in private practice in Burlington, Vermont since 1986, where she has a general practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and has been a Dialogue Therapist with Couples with co-therapist Joel Shapiro, LCSW. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Dept. of the University of Vermont, and has taught numerous courses at UVM, St. Michael’s College, and Southern New Hampshire University. She is on the faulty of the Vermont Institute for the Psychotherapies (Montpelier, VT), a 2-year certificate program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She is co-author, with Polly Young-Eisendrath, of Dialogue Therapy for Couples: A Method Based on Psychoanalysis and Mindfulness (Routledge, 2021).

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  Susan E. Lillich, PhD

  Director of Clinical Training, Center for Real Dialogue

  Susan Lillich, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, a Dialogue Therapist, and the director of clinical training for Dialogue Therapy at the Center for Real Dialogue. Susan has been in private practice in Vermont for over 20 years, working with individuals and couples. She also provides clinical supervision and consultation for other professionals. Susan is a longtime practitioner of Zen Buddhism.