COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOANALYTIC ADDICTIONS TREATMENT (COPAT)
COPAT is PPSC's working committee of faculty, supervisors, candidates and graduates who are experienced in the psychoanalytic treatment of alcoholism and other addictions. COPAT is devoted to study and education that promotes the integration of the psychoanalytic and addictions fields. Each year, COPAT presents a Spring Lecture Series that addresses such topics as:
2003 - Relational Psychoanalysis and the Problem of Chronic Substance Use: A Promising Therapeutic Fit. Working with Multiple Meanings of Substance Abuse: A Psychodynamic Harm Reduction Approach.
2004 - Invitation and Interchange: Engaging the Whole Person in the Treatment of Substance Abuse. Sexual Compulsions through a Psychoanalytic Lens. Using Attachment Theory to Understand the Psychological Development of ACOAs: Implications for Treatment.
2005 - It's Not About the Money: Using A Combined Behavioral & Psychodynamic Approach to Treat Money Addictions. Risky Business: Working with Patients Who Engage in Life-Threatening Behavior
2006 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Crystal Meth. Cutting: The Deliberate Dissociation
2007 - Trauma & Addiction Through the Lens of Disorganized Attachment. Hidden Eating Disorders & Attachment Theory: Trust and Safety in the Therapeutic Relationship.
2008 - Internet Pornography: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Treatment of Eroticized Addictions. Spirituality in Recovery