Registration is now open!
Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists (CAPCT)
presents
Introduction to Infant-Parent Psychotherapy
A series of 20 seminars
FALL 2026/ WINTER 2027
Mondays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. ET
October 19, 2026 - April 19, 2027
Seminars will be held online via videoconference
PLEASE NOTE - This series of seminars is available to ALL Mental Health Professionals
“There is no such thing as a baby without maternal care” - Winnicott, 1940
Donald Winnicott, a British pediatrician and psychoanalyst, made the famous statement in 1940 that has changed the way we think about infants. The Infant- Parent Psychotherapy (IPP) is an infant/child – parent relationship led intervention, developed by Elizabeth Tuters & Sally Doulis. This model emphasizes pregnancy, birth and the early development of the infant/young child within the context of relationships - past and present, family and culture. The model of IPP is called OUR – Observation-Understanding-Reflection – wherein play is the medium, and change occurs through the action of observation, understanding and reflection. The participants will have the opportunity to learn about the treatment model of dynamic Infant-Parent Psychotherapy through selected reading materials and a presentation of clinical material.
This IPP model is a treatment intervention for parents and young children, as well as older children.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completion of the 20 seminars, participants will:
1. Become aware of the impact of material on their inner worlds;
2. Begin to develop a self-reflective capacity to inform their clinical work;
3. Experience the power of the relationship between infant/ young child and caregiver(s);
4. Understand the importance and meaning of the infant/young child's auditory, verbal communication, gaze, mobility and the use of play to inform the other about the inner world of the observed;
5. Begin to develop strategies for thinking about the importance of assessment, formulation and treatment of troubled infant/young child/ parent relationships;
6. Begin to understand the importance of the relationship effect upon relationship in the therapeutic situation.
PROGRAM SYLLABUS
Full program syllabus and readings provided upon completion of registration.
ABOUT THE FACULTY
Ella Rogalska, RP, DTATI, Dip. TCPP, ATPPP, Cert. IMHS.
Ella is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice. Her graduate education is in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (infancy to adulthood). She has a special interest in infant mental health treatment and education, has a certificate in Infant Parent Psychotherapy (IPP), the Toronto based model, and is now an instructor of and a consultant on the model. A considerable part of her practice is dedicated to attachment based treatment, supervision, and education. She has an advanced training in attachment studies, and trained to score the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) under Howard Steele and Miriam Steele. Ella also enjoys teaching, and is an instructor in the Extension Program of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society (TPS) and the Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists (CAPCT), as well as being an Affiliate of the TPS and the current President of the CAPCT.
Sandra Meyerovitz, MA (Social Work) RSW, Dip. TCPP, FIPA, is a registered Social Worker, Child/Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapist, Adult Psychoanalyst, and Infant Parent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. Sandra graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa with a Masters degree in Social work; the Toronto Child Psychoanalytic Program (TCPP), now Canadian Institute of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (CICAPP); and is a graduate of the Toronto Institute for Psychoanalysis. Sandra teaches in the Extension Programme of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Adjunct Faculty for the education programmes at St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute,(Missouri USA). Sandra trained in the Advanced program of IPP (Infant Parent Psychotherapy) and teaches in the programme. Sandra presented a discussion paper on IPP at the Annual Conference of Canadian and American Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists held in Toronto in 2022. She also taught for the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Sandra is a Clinical member of CAPCT (Canadian Association for Psychoanalytic Child Psychotherapists); and it’s past Vice President. Sandra is in private practice.
DATES, FEE, TIME & LOCATION
Dates: 20 seminars, October 19, 2026 - April 19, 2027
Time: MONDAYS, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. ET
Location: Seminars held online via Zoom videoconference
Fee: $1400
For more information: www.capct.ca