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. It aims to serve as a resource to all PPSC clinicians in the treatment of addictions, while being devoted to study and education that promotes the integration of psychoanalysis and addictions treatment. 

2010

COPAT Presents: Addiction, Psychoanalysis, and the Brain

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Previous conferences offered in COPAT's Spring Lecture Series

2008

• Internet Pornography: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Treatment of Eroticized Addictions  
• Spirituality in Recovery

2007

• Trauma & Addiction Through the Lens of Disorganized Attachment   
• Hidden Eating Disorders & Attachment Theory: Trust & Safety in the Therapeutic Relationship

2006

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Crystal Meth   
• Cutting: The Deliberate Dissociation

2005

• It's Not About the Money: Using a Combined Behavioral and Psychodynamic Approach to Treat Money Addictions     
• Risky Business: Working with Patients Who Engage in Life-Threatening Behavior

2004

• Invitation and Interchange: Engaging the Whole Person in the Treatment of Substance Abuse           
• Focus on Sexual Compulsions Through a Psychoanalytic Lens    
• Using Attachment Theory to Understand the Psychological Development of ACOAs: Implications for Treatment

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