Playing in the Shadows: What We Bring to Our Notions of Play

In this presentation, we will consider how our own histories, backgrounds, and personalities influence how we play and how we view the play of others. Using experiential group play and interactive discussion, we will consider how the use of ourselves involves the various ghosts, angels, shadows, and specters stemming from our own backgrounds, families, and […]

Learning to Listen: My Career in Psychoanalysis

Learning to Listen: My Career in Psychoanalysis Presented by: Elliot Adler, PhD 2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs IN-PERSON in WHITE PLAINS and also Live on Zoom  Location: St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church, 1131 North Street, White Plains Ample Free Parking! Admission including CE: […]

Facing the Challenges of Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders Through an Existential/Realizational Psychoanalytic Perspective

1 CE Hour available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Presenter: Wade Anderson, PhD, Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalyst LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS! To allow for depth of clinical discussion and a true sense of our formal coursework, participation will be capped at 20 therapists. Persons with Autistic Spectrum Disorders can […]

Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House

WCSPP offers two adult training programs: a two-year training experience in psychodynamic psychotherapy and also an intensive course of study and immersion into contemporary psychoanalysis. Each of these certificate programs provides excellent hands-on education and training in the theory and practice of psychotherapy and contemporary psychoanalysis. The programs are designed to enhance a clinician’s understanding […]

Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House

Opportunity for distance learning! Our program weaves together the study of individual child & adolescent, and parent development through understanding the impact of psychological histories, relational patterns, intergenerational effects, and changing social contexts and constructs. Training is based on a psychodynamic, relational orientation to change, integrating parent guidance and advice as needed. We welcome all […]

Couples Therapy Training Program Open House

TRAINING AT WCSPP WILL BE OFFERED BEYOND WESTCHESTER. WE WELCOME LICENSED APPLICANTS FROM ANYWHERE IN NY STATE OR CONNECTICUT! Opportunity for distance learning! How Couples Training Can Change Your Practice Hone your skills and confidence in treating couples Become part of our Westchester/Connecticut community of clinicians Begin or grow your private practice through our referral […]

Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House

Opportunity for distance learning! Our program weaves together the study of individual child & adolescent, and parent development through understanding the impact of psychological histories, relational patterns, intergenerational effects, and changing social contexts and constructs. Training is based on a psychodynamic, relational orientation to change, integrating parent guidance and advice as needed. We welcome all […]

A.I. on the Couch: Staying Human in the Age of Advanced Technology

About Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and its implications for the field of psychoanalysis! Earn 2 CE HOURS, approved for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs. This program has been approved for Continuing Education Credit Hours by the National Association of […]

Empathy and Historical Understanding

Empathy, for Kohut, always involves an awareness of difference, of the distinction between the empathizing self and the empathized other. Since empathy is decidedly not sympathy, we can and must—Dr. Kohut argues—empathize with people we find decidedly unsympathetic. Dr. Kohut will demonstrate that history written from an empathic perspective, that is, from the perspective of […]

How We Do This Work: The Analyst’s Holding Environment (ON ZOOM)

ON ZOOM 2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Presented by: Eric Mendelsohn, PhD Location: Zoom About this event: This talk has many points of origin. It is a highly personal statement of what I need and draw upon in doing this work and a summation […]