• A Shimmering Landscape: the Imaginative and Actual in Psychic Life

    2 CE Hours available forNY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Why does the world feel one way when we are imaginatively alive to it and quite another when we are not? How does one both imagine and see things as they are? What happens when we cannot do so? In […]

  • Film Night: Clinical Perspectives on Remarkable Movies

    ADOLESCENCE: A four-part series available for viewing on Netflix. Watch the Series before the Event — then Join Us To Discuss! 2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs A discussion will be facilitated via ZOOM by Janit Bliss, LCSW-R and Carter Thornton, LCAT, LP Adolescence is a British television psychological […]

  • Don’t Talk to Those People: Rhetoric, Polarization, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

    CE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR NYS PRACTITIONERS Today’s divisive political climate has made the idea of talking to those on the “other side” an act of traitorous betrayal. At the same time psychoanalysis has a long history of attempting to bridge what can feel like irreconcilable differences and splits, as they appear in both individual and group dynamics. Rather than following the expectable, and often appropriate, tendency to […]

  • Born to Flourish: How to Thrive in a Challenging World

    Grounded in decades of neuroscientific research as well as in the accumulated wisdom of ancient contemplative traditions, Richard Davidson, PhD will discuss how to promote human flourishing and enhance mental health across the life span through the cultivation of four transformative practices. These practices include: Awareness – learning to be fully present with your emotions. […]

  • Winnicott in a Clinical Context

    2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs This presentation, configured largely as a Q & A forum, aims to capture the playful essence of Winnicott's work such that the process and content of his thinking are given equal weight. Moving from the Capacity to be Alone, […]

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Behavioral Health Professions: Emerging Ethical and Risk Management Challenges

    Artificial intelligence is transforming behavioral healthcare.  AI is being used to conduct client risk assessments, assist people in crisis, monitor clients' status, strengthen prevention efforts, record clinical notes, identify systemic biases in the delivery of behavioral health services, provide clinical education and supervision, and predict practitioner burnout and service outcomes, among other uses. This training […]

  • The Feminine in Buddhism & Psychoanalysis: Our Portal to Aliveness

    Overview Psychoanalysis in Action: The Feminine in Buddhism & Psychoanalysis: Our Portal to Aliveness In this talk, Dr. Pilar Jennings will explore her decades long relationship to Tibetan Buddhism and its influence on her psychoanalytic practice. With an emphasis on the tradition's shared efforts to restore our contact with feminine aspects of the psyche – […]

  • Blooming in December

    Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults and Perspectives on the Aging of the Analyst The Academic Events Committee Presents A Wrinkle In Time A Series that will Consider both the Psychic Challenges and Opportunities for Generativity and Transformation in Later Stages of Life Presenter: Amy Schaffer, PhD Live on Zoom! 2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners […]

  • WCSPP Film Night: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs Watch the Movie before the Event - - then Join Us to Discuss! You can stream the movie on many platforms including Google Play, Paramount+ and YouTube. In our increasingly uncertain world, Steven Spielberg's (2001) prescient film "AI: Artificial Intelligence" raises […]