Utilizing An Adoption Lens In Psychotherapy

She will also cover important shifts in understanding what adopted persons need in therapy, highlighting adolescence and young adulthood. Utilizing clinical examples along with research and video clips, to illustrate key mindset shifts and a way to cultivate attunement for therapists. The complexity of race and culture in transracial families will also be explored, along with specific developmental tasks for adoptees in the teen years and beyond. Naftzger will highlight the resource of narrative therapy, rebuilding identity and, utilizing goals of being authentic, empowered and connected as collaborative goals in the treatment. 

Part of the Child and Adolescent Seminar Series.

Workshop Information

Date

March 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7, 14, 2025

Time

7:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. EST

Location

Online, live via Zoom

CEUs

12 CE credits available for NYS: Psy, SW, MHC, MFT & Psychoanalysts and APA: Psy

Fee

$600

Registration will close 48 hours before the start of the event.

Speaker

Katie Naftzger, LICSW

Katie Naftzger, LICSW, Korean-adoptee, is the author of “Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years.” She has maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Newton, MA, for over 20 years, where she sees adoptees and families. Katie has led online groups and has two online course for adoptive parents. Currently, Katie facilitates a psychotherapy group for adult adoptees, and is developing on an online training for clinicians and organizations that serve those who are adopted.

Katie co-presented at the Westchester Institute for Training of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, “The Arc of Adoption.” Katie is a presenter and instructor at the Psychodynamic Couples and Family Institute of New England (PCFINE) in MA, where she co-teaches the “race in couples work” course and was a discussant for an interracial couple’s case presentation. Katie is a consultant and presenter for A Home Within, a national organization that offers pro bono therapy for current and former foster care youth. She can be heard on the “Creating A Family,” podcast.

Credentialing Information

Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0185; for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083; and for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0058.

Disclaimer Statement

This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.

Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are issued for cancellations made up to 7 working days before the event. Cancellations of less than 7 days for any reason, or no-shows are not refunded. Credit towards a future event/workshop are issued for cancellations less than 7 days and up to 24 hours before the event. No credit is issued for cancellations less than 24 hours before the events or no-shows.