One Year Program – Part IV* – 6 Weeks
Begins Monday, April 6, 2026
Instructor: Judy Lapides, MACMHC, NCPsyA, NJSCPsyA
Dates: 4/6/26, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11
Monday evenings 6:00PM (ET) – 7:30PM (ET)
10 CEs
via Zoom
*One Year Program courses may be taken in any order.
This course prepares professionals to work with respect, awareness and techniques that promote a positive emotional alliance between them and their clients. By developing greater understanding of the impact of diverse backgrounds, varying life stages, or issues from difficult emotional challenges and their interaction with the therapist’s own history, tools for developing a therapeutic alliance are developed.
The recognition of dynamics, early resistances, transference and countertransference factors will be addressed establishing a framework for studying the therapeutic alliance.
The One-Year Program @ ACAP
Our program consists of four courses over one year. It provides an opportunity for mental health practitioners and professionals in various disciplines to enhance clinical skills, introducing innovative, Modern Psychoanalytic principles, theories, and techniques.
Participants will discover effective strategies for designing interventions that can reverse maladaptive emotional and behavioral patterns. Through hands-on learning, they will quickly build practical clinical skills that make a lasting difference in their work with clients—fostering collaboration, self-definition, and meaningful growth.
ACAP’s unique methods for navigating challenging clinical situations can be the key to transforming burnout into renewed professional satisfaction. These approaches are grounded in the foundational concepts of Modern Psychoanalysis, offering both depth and practical application.
Full information about the four courses at
Participants will be able to:
DEVELOP: an understanding of the unique way a psychoanalytic psychotherapist understands diagnosis, treatment, and the therapeutic relationship.
IDENTIFY: a spectrum of psychoanalytic case conceptualization for various diagnoses.
DESIGN: strategies to intervene therapeutically according to the unique dynamics of the case.
UNDERSTAND: the impact of existing transference and resistance issues when designing verbal intervention strategies.
Judy Lapides, is a National and New Jersey State Certified psychoanalyst. She received a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis-NJ, and she holds a Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis.
Prior to becoming a psychoanalyst, Ms. Lapides spent a number of years teaching and working with adolescents. She has a clinical practice in Morristown, NJ, where she treats adults and adolescents. Ms Lapides is presently on the faculty of ACAP and BGSP-NJ
Questions?
Contact us
at events@acapnj.org.
Course Fee: $350
CE Fee: $17
CE Provider for:
Creative Art Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Mental Health Counselors (NBCC)
NJ Psychoanalysts
NYS Creative Arts Therapists
Psychologists
Social Workers
