1/29/2016 Flávio Casoy, 2013 CTRP was one of the most important clinical rotations I had in residency. I learned so much and it definitely shaped my worldview as a psychiatrist and as a psychotherapist. Undoubtedly, the best and richest part of my experience in CTRP was supervision with Alicia who is one of the wisest and kindest people I know. Celebrating the Present Jennifer Coloma, PhD - 2012-2013 “Just as we carry the ghosts and angels of our past, I carry the angel of my time at CTRP. It was a time of curiosity, intrigue, learning, and a whole lot of heart. Through warm guidance, nurturance, and immense clinical talent, the mentorship I received at CTRP cultivated knowledge and purpose as well as invaluable critical thinking skills. I cannot imagine what my teaching and clinical practice would be today Victoria Eagle, PsyD 2011-2013 without the experiences had – not only through my “The two years I spent at CTRP opened my eyes to the world of the “unspeakable.” With the guidance of Alicia, Patricia, mentors, but also by being continuously humbled by and the wonderful CTRP staff, I found the courage to speak about some of the most difficult case material with caregivers and assist them in forming a communication bridge to their children. To witness a parent speaking directly to our clients. By reflecting and confronting some of the their child and participating in the child’s play —sometimes for the first time—following a traumatic incident, is truly a most difficult topics in life with Patricia, Alicia, Miriam, beautiful experience. I don’t know of any other professional work more rewarding. The important training opportunities I had while at CTRP will forever act as a compass to guide my clinical work. Now, as a mother of a toddler, I understand Vilma, and Chandra, with the many colleagues and the principles of CPP at an even deeper level. Thanks to my training at CTRP, I feel as if I am able to often slow things clients that opened their brains and hearts, I began to down and consider my daughter’s developmental stage, her needs and her intentions, before reacting to her behavior. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have one of Alicia or Patricia’s valuable morsels running through my head. Just develop my voice – one that I hope to continue to challenge yesterday I assisted my daughter’s teacher in building a narrative for the parents, school staff, and children regarding her unexpected departure from the school due to having a serious illness. In reflecting on my training at CTRP, I was and share. Thank you to all embody the spirit of CTRP! able to consider the needs of all parties involved, assisted the teacher in formulating a narrative that was simple and Congratulations on a voice that has resonated for 20 years!” direct, and helped her in considering the ways in which her leaving may affect the children’s behavior. Thank you CTRP for helping me to connect to the needs of my clients more deeply, giving me the courage to speak the unspeakable, and guidance to offer my daughter the respect and honesty she deserves. Happy 20th anniversary!” 1
1/29/2016 Luisa Rivera Class of Many Moons “Thank you for everything CTRP! Except the extra five pounds, I do not thank you for this.” 2
1/29/2016 Victoria Eagle, PsyD 2011-2013 “The two years I spent at CTRP opened my eyes to the world of the “unspeakable.” With the guidance of Alicia, Patricia, and the wonderful CTRP staff, I found the courage to speak about some of the most difficult case material with caregivers and assist them in forming a communication bridge to their children. To witness a parent speaking directly to their child and participating in the child’s play —sometimes for the first time—following a traumatic incident, is truly a beautiful experience. I don’t know of any other professional work more rewarding. The important training opportunities I had while at CTRP will forever act as a compass to guide my clinical work. Now, as a mother of a toddler, I understand the principles of CPP at an even deeper level. Thanks to my training at CTRP, I feel as if I am able to often slow things down and consider my daughter’s developmental stage, her needs and her intentions, before reacting to her behavior. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have one of Alicia or Patricia’s valuable morsels running through my head. Just yesterday I assisted my daughter’s teacher in building a narrative for the parents, school staff, and children regarding her unexpected departure from the school due to having a serious illness. In reflecting on my training at CTRP, I was able to consider the needs of all parties involved, assisted the teacher in formulating a narrative that was simple and direct, and helped her in considering the ways in which her leaving may affect the children’s behavior. Thank you CTRP for helping me to connect to the needs of my clients more deeply, giving me the courage to speak the unspeakable, and guidance to offer my daughter the respect and honesty she deserves. Happy 20th anniversary!” Julie Gross Hartman, PhD 1999-2000 “CTRP taught me how to treat the attachment relationship… and since attachment is a fundamental aspect of human well-being, I use my CTRP training as a private practice Psychologist with every client I treat. I hope to aspire to make the kind of positive impact on the lives of my clients, my community and the greater good of humanity like Alicia and Patricia (and the many trainees and participants) have achieved with CTRP. And I will forever be honored how Alicia’s wisdom became so deeply embedded into my success as a Clinician. Thank you and congrats on 20 years! “ 3
1/29/2016 Emily J. Ozer, PhD - Training years 1998-2000 My time at CTRP was formative for me as a psychologist and also as a parent. As a psychologist, CTRP as I experienced it represented a developmental setting for growth that integrated theoretical richness, cultural meaning, deep emotion, and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of children and families. Anyone who has ever been in the track of Alicia’s beam of focused warmth and intellectual attention can never forget it, especially when accompanied by her brilliant, clear, symbolically rich analysis of the interactions at hand. Although my academic career thus far has focused on research and teaching rather than clinical work, Alicia, you have inspired me to be more expressive, generous, and intentional in my own interactions in these spheres. Much of what I learned as a psychologist about attachment I try to put to use in my own life. Especially since my son Benjamin (now 16) was born when I was a trainee, my development as a parent was also shaped by my time at CTRP. I was overjoyed to be able to squeeze in my own parenting dilemmas and questions to Alicia and Patricia in the midst of supervision and then meetings about our ongoing research in the years following. Alicia, some of your interpretations and comments have guided me since over the past 16 years of motherhood (as well as re-reading your books at opportune moments). I will just share a couple of my favorites. When my son Benjamin was 3, he cried inconsolably during his swim lessons. I had started getting him a doughnut after swim lessons as a reward, but was concerned about using food as a “bribe.” When I raised this with Alicia and Patricia, Alicia said very definitively: “That was NOT a bribe – he E—A—R—N—E---D that doughnut.” With all of the recent public health discussions about food and sweets in my work in public health, I have secretly deployed that lovely interpretation in my own mind (especially one that was so culturally resonant with food in Jewish cultures : ) The next CTRP wisdom is perhaps more generalized to our attachment work in psychology as well as in our own families: “It is about the repair.” This was a major lesson for me in my work and life. It has helped me over the years to understand the importance of repair, and to avoid the trap of feeling that I always have to be the “perfect” parent (or whatever role I am in). For me, this has not been an excuse to avoid trying my best to be intentional in my interactions, but a key framing about repair as a necessary part of our relational work. I am so fortunate to be part of this extended family, and feel very sad that a travel conflict will likely keep me from being there in person to share this celebration with you all. I look forward to being a part of future celebrations and to staying in connection with this important work. Karen Jones-Mason, MSW, PhD, JD – 2003 I learned many things while I worked at CTRP, but I think the one skill that really matured was the ability to hold complexity in my mind. In a way, my experience with CTRP helped make me a more empathetic and accepting person, able to see many different qualities in even the most troubled. Ultimately, I guess you could say that I learned to expand my ability to love, and I owe that to my wonderful amazing “angel” supervisors including Alicia, Patricia, Laura and Nancy. Words cannot thank these angels enough! Here’s to another 20 years!!! 4
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