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SUMMARY:Diversity Book Group (WCSPP only)
DESCRIPTION:The book is Invisible Child: Poverty\, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Andrea Elliott.  \nMore details to follow via Listserv
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/diversity-book-group-wcspp-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T213000
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SUMMARY:WCSPP Film Night "Beanpole" : Clinical Perspectives on Remarkable Movies
DESCRIPTION:2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, Psychologists and PsyDs \n This film is available for viewing on Amazon Prime Video\, YouTube\, or Google Play before the event \nA discussion will be facilitated via ZOOM by JANIT BLISS\, LCSW-R & JANE BLOOMGARDEN\, PhD \nAbout the movie \n “BEANPOLE”\, FILMED IN 2019\, BEGINS ITS STORY AT THE CLOSE OF WORLD WAR II IN RUSSIA. IT IS A STUDY OF PERVASIVE DESTRUCTION TO THE INNER AND OUTER WORLDS OF ITS CHARACTERS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IT RECORDS ITS PERNICIOUS HOLD ON THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. THE FILM MOVES BETWEEN HOPE AND SADISM\, LIFE AND DEATH\, BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY WITH SUBTLE BEAUTY AND RICH SYMBOLISM WITHOUT A SINGLE CLICHÉ. THE DISCUSSION OF THIS FILM WILL ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE THE CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF WAR AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CHARACTER OF MEN AND WOMEN IN A SOCIETY DARKENED BY IT. IT WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED THROUGH THE LENS OF GENDER. \nAbout the speakers \n Jane Bloomgarden\, PhD\, is Co-Director of the Child-Adolescent-Parent Program at WCSPP and Chair of the Film Night Committee. She is in private practice in Scarsdale\, NY\, working with adults\, adolescents and children. \n Janit Dini Bliss\, LCSW\, is a psychodynamically-informed psychotherapist\, and a recent graduate of the WCSPP Couples Therapy Training Program. She has been in private practice for nearly 30 years and has over 40 years experience in Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention\, including directing an outpatient program through Yonkers General Hospital in Pelham\, NY. \nAbout the event \nAttendees will access and watch the film prior to the event and come prepared for an introduction to and formal presentation of ideas generated by the film and a group discussion of the film. The presentation will relate directly to the psychological and societal import of the film and its themes\, how they emerge in clinical settings\, and how they impact societies. The first hour will focus on that presentation. The second hour will focus on thoughts and questions raised by attendees and will be interwoven with clinical material. Special attention will be paid to the far-reaching effects of war and trauma\, the flickering exhaustion of goodness in the context of threatened survival\, and the ravages of war long after its formal end. Personal\, interpersonal and societal implications will be emphasized.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-film-night-beanpole-clinical-perspectives-on-remarkable-movies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221119T133000
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SUMMARY:WCSPP's Annual Conference: The Arc of Adoption
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speakers: Billie Pivnick\, PhD\, and Katie Naftzger\, LICSW \n4 CE Credits for most NYS licenses; Connecticut Practitioners – LCSW \nOverview \nAt their roots\, adoption stories begin with elements of sorrow. The children\, adolescents \nand parents whose lives together begin in loss often find their way into clinical settings\, \nfaced with challenges that are unique. Too often\, that uniqueness is neglected and \nadopted children and families face their pain alone or with well-meaning clinicians who \nare untrained in the complexities of adoption. \nThis conference\, guided by the experiences of two expert clinicians whose own personal  \nstories of adoption inform their work\, seeks to provide critical insights for those living and  \nworking with adoptive families. It has 3 goals: 1) to add to familiar principles of attachment  \ntheory\, developmental theory\, and relational theory to provide specificity to the needs of  \nadoptees and their families; 2) to illustrate the hurdles that adoptive families confront  \nthrough the life cycle\, visiting and revisiting spoken and unspoken themes central to their  \nexperience; and 3) to identify ways to enlighten the present and fortify the future through  \npsychodynamic psychotherapy focused on helping adoptees and their families write their  \nown authentic narratives. \nThe early morning session will include two papers\, each followed by a Q & A. Dr. Billie  \nPivnick’s paper will illustrate her ways of working with adopted children and families\, and  \nthe application of her fine attunement to the adoption experience. Dr. Katie Naftzger’s  \npaper will delve into the adopted adolescent’s experience\, focusing on finding oneself in  \nthe midst of a double challenge to identity formation. The later morning/early afternoon  \nsession will begin with a series of film clips in which adoptees share their stories. Drs.  \nPivnick and Naftzger will have a conversation with each other about their papers\, the  \nfilm clips\, and the light they hope to shed on clinical work within adoptive families. The  \nconversation will then be opened up to all conference attendees.  \nAbout the Speakers \nBillie A. Pivnick\, PhD\, is a Psychoanalytic Psychologist in private practice  \nin Greenwich Village\, specializing in treating children and families confronting  \ndifficulties with traumatic loss\, including those that result from adoption  \nand mass catastrophe. She is faculty and supervisor in the William Alanson  \nWhite Institute Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program\, the New  \nDirections Program in Psychoanalytic Writing\, and Columbia University  \nTeachers College Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program\, and is the former  \nhead of the Graduate Dance Therapy Program at Pratt Institute. She serves  \nas co-chair (with Dr. Romy Reading) of the Humanities and Psychoanalysis  \nCommittee of APA’s Society for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic  \nPsychology\, co-host of the Couched Podcast\, and co-founder (with Dr. Jane  \nHassinger) of the Community Collaboratory @ PsiAn\, a web-based learning  \ncommunity for psychoanalytic practitioners working in community settings.  \nConsulting Psychologist to Thinc Design\, the exhibition designers partnered  \nwith the National September 11 Memorial Museum\, Chicago’s Museum of  \nScience and Industry\, and The Smithsonian\, she is the winner of SPPP’s 2015  \nSchillinger Memorial Essay Award for her essay\, “Spaces to Stand In:  \nApplying Clinical Psychoanalysis to the Relational Design of the National  \nSeptember 11 Memorial Museum\,” and IPTAR’s 1992 Stanley Berger  \nAward for the contribution to psychoanalysis made by her research. Author  \nof over two dozen articles published in academic texts and peer-reviewed  \njournals\, she also serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for  \nPsychoanalysis\, Culture\, and Society\, and on the Editorial Review Boards of  \nContemporary Psychoanalysis and the American J of Dance Therapy. \nKatie Naftzger\, LICSW\, Korean-adoptee\, is the author of “Parenting  \nin the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the  \nTeen Years.” She maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Newton\,  \nMA\, where she sees adopted teens\, young adults and families. Currently\,  \nKatie facilitates an online young adult adoptee group\, and offers groups for  \nadoptive parents with teens who struggle with significant mental health  \nissues. Katie has also presented at the Korean-American Adoptee Network  \nConference\, the St. John’s Conference\, Also-Known-As and Judge Baker’s  \nChildren Center. Her work can be seen in Adoptive Families magazine. She’s  \nbeen a guest on podcasts such as Creating a Family and Adoptees On. Katie  \nis a member at the Psychodynamic Children and Family Institute of New  \nEngland (PCFINE) in MA. She co-taught the “race in couples work” course  \nand was a discussant for an interracial couples case presentation. She is  \nalso a member of A Home Within\, a national organization which offers pro  \nbono therapy for current and former foster care youth. \n 
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspps-annual-conference-the-arc-of-adoption/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T193000
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SUMMARY:Enriching Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Using New Models and Metaphors from Contemporary Science
DESCRIPTION:2 CE Hours available for\nNY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYD’s \nOverview: Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy can be enriched through interdisciplinary studies that move beyond the confines of psychoanalysis itself.  This scientific meeting will look toward the contemporary sciences to provide new ideas\, models\, and metaphors that can both broaden and enrich psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.  Freud was very much influenced by the Newtonian paradigm of his times.  Contemporary science has undergone major paradigm shifts since Freud’s studies.  These presentations will explore how such contemporary models can help deepen the psychotherapeutic process.  Areas of contemporary science to be touched upon are quantum physics\, chaos and complexity theory\, neuroscience\, and epigenetics. \nPresenters: \nJohn Turtz\, PhD\nGerald J. Gargiulo\, PhD\nRoberto Colangeli\, PhD\nJohn Dall’Aglio\, ScB\nJoseph Dodds\, PhD
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/enriching-psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy-using-new-models-and-metaphors-from-contemporary-science/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230127T210000
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SUMMARY:Siblings: Love\, Rivalry and the Forging of Identity
DESCRIPTION:2 CE Hours available for: NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs  \nAbout the event \nPsychoanalysis has traditionally emphasized the relationship with parents as central to identity formation and character development. Yet\, as Juliet Mitchell puts it\, “why should there be only one set of relationships which provide for the structure of our mind\, or why should one be dominant in all times and places?” In this presentation\, Dr.s Christian and Vivona consider the role played by the lateral dimension of psychic life – that is\, sibling relations – in forging identity. Two clinical cases will illustrate the profound influence of siblings in the character formation and symptom development of two patients. Dr. Christian’s case will focus on a patient’s experience of having been a replacement child for a lost sibling. This patient developed a negative therapeutic reaction in her treatment as she became aware of her hostility toward not only her dead sibling\, but more importantly\, at her parents. In the second case presentation\, Dr. Vivona focuses on how the therapist’s pregnancy evoked strong sibling rivalry that the patient found unbearable.  \nPresenters \nChristopher Christian\, PhD\, is the Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Psychology. He is past Dean at IPTAR (Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research). Dr. Christian has authored several books including: Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race\, Class and the Unconscious (Routledge\, 2019) with Patricia Gherovici; Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Conflict (Routledge\, 2017) with Morris Eagle and David Wolitzky; and The Second Century of Psychoanalysis (Routledge\, 2011) with Michael J. Diamond. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine\, Department of Psychiatry\, and he serves on the Faculty of the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Christian has a private practice in New Haven\, CT. \nJeanine M. Vivona\, PhD\, is a Professor of Psychology at The College of New Jersey. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Psychoanalytic Quarterly and the Psychoanalytic Psychology. Dr. Vivona has twice been awarded the JAPA prize for her 2006 article\, “From Developmental Metaphor to Developmental Model: The Shrinking Role of Language in the Talking Cure”\, and for her 2012 article\, “Is There a Nonverbal Period of Development?”. She is currently working on a book focused on Language and the therapeutic process\, to be published by Routledge as part of the Psychoanalysis in a New Key series\, edited by Daniel Stern. Dr. Vivona has a private practice near Philadelphia.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/siblings-love-rivalry-and-the-forging-of-identity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T113000
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SUMMARY:Working Analytically with Immigrants and First-Generation Americans
DESCRIPTION:1 CE Hour available for NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs \nLive on Zoom! 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. \nPresenter: Maria Laguna\, LCSW \nGiven that the United States attracts the largest number of immigrants in the world\, the experience of working with immigrant and first-generation Americans is not foreign to clinicians. Due to the current socio-political climate\, issues around acculturation\, identity conflicts and intergenerational trauma are becoming more and more prevalent in the consulting room. By drawing on several concepts of Object Relations theory\, this discussion aims at helping clinicians identify some of the salient issues\, unconscious processes and internal conflicts that tend to occur among immigrant and first-generation Americans. Clinicians will be introduced to theoretical and technical tools to strengthen their assessment and engagement skills when working with this population.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/working-analytically-with-immigrants-and-first-generation-americans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T210000
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SUMMARY:Open House (All WCSPP Programs)
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about our contemporary psychoanalytic training programs? \nOpen Houses for all programs will be held online on Wednesday\, February 8th @ 8pm and Sunday\, March 5th @11am. \no ADVANCED PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING PROGRAM \no FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no CHILD\, ADOLESCENT\, PARENT PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no COUPLES THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no SUPERVISORY TRAINING PROGRAM
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/open-house-all-wcspp-programs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T213000
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SUMMARY:Scientific Meeting: Developmental Narratives of Gay Men
DESCRIPTION:Psychoanalytic developmental narratives embedded within heterosexually normative assumptions do not account for a maturational line leading to a normal\, adolescent gay identity. Although it is impossible to delineate a single maturational line leading to a gay identity\, there are developmental themes that recur in the narratives of adult gay men who recall their adolescent years. Some of the themes which emerge in psychotherapy with adult\, gay male patients include the invisibility of gay adolescents; the relationship between same-sex attractions and a feeling of otherness; peer relationships between gay adolescents and their heterosexual cohort; the emergence of a gay male adolescent’s sexuality; and being in “the closet.” \nJack Drescher\, MD\, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. \nDr. Drescher is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Faculty Member at Columbia’s Division of Gender\, Sexuality\, and Health. He is a Senior Psychoanalytic Consultant at Columbia’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. \nDr. Drescher served as Section Editor of the Gender Dysphoria Chapter in the DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) process (2022 publication). He served on APA’s DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders and served on the World Health Organization’s Working Group on the Classification of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health that revised sex and gender diagnoses in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). He served on the Honorary Scientific Committee revising the 2nd edition of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2). \nDr. Drescher’s professional honors include the Sigourney Award (2023)\, the American Psychiatric Association’s John Fryer Award (2018)\, the Federation of State Medical Boards’ Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing (2017)\, Albert M. Biele Visiting Professor in Psychiatry\, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (2016)\, Sheppard-Pratt’s Harry Stack Sullivan Award Lecturer (2013)\, an APA Special Presidential Commendation (2009)\, an APA Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecturer (2009)\, APA’s Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents (2006)\, and the James Paulsen Service Award from the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (2004). \nDr. Drescher is Author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (Routledge) and Emeritus Editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. He has edited and co-edited more than a score of books dealing with gender\, sexuality and the health and mental health of LGBT communities. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional articles and book chapters as well. His publications have been translated into Italian\, Portuguese\, French\, Spanish\, Russian\, Arabic\, Finnish and German. \nDr. Drescher is an expert media spokesperson on issues related to gender and sexuality and has appeared on ABC: World News Tonight\, Good Morning America\, 20/20\, and Nightline; CBS: Sunday Morning; PBS: In The Life; CTV: AM Canada; CNN: Wolf Blitzer\, Anderson Cooper 360\, Paula Zahn; Fox: The O’Reilly Factor\, Fox News; MSNBC: The Most; NPR: On Point\, Here and Now\, To the Point. BBC: Radio 4. \nDr. Drescher’s expert views have also been sought and quoted by The Associated Press\, Reuters\, Time\, Newsweek\, People\, Esquire\, Agence France-Presse\, The New York Times\, USA Today\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, The Miami Herald\, and numerous local media outlets\, including the New York Daily News\, New York Newsday\, and The Village Voice. He is an occasional contributor to The Huffington Post\, FoxNews.com and PsychologyToday.com.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/scientific-meeting-developmental-narratives-of-gay-men/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T210000
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SUMMARY:How to Integrate Sex Therapy into Your Psychoanalytic Practice: With a Focus on Difficulties with Low Desire
DESCRIPTION:2 CE credits \nPresenter: \nWendy E. Miller\, PhD \nAbout the event: \nWorking as a sex therapist requires a certain amount of active participation on the part of the therapist. This stance can sometimes feel in conflict with working psychoanalytically. In addition\, not knowing how and when to actively pursue clinical material about sex and what to do with it once you get it can also feel daunting to many psychoanalysts who are often under-trained in the concrete steps needed to help an individual or couple who is struggling sexually. This workshop will teach you how to invite and make use of sexual material and how to balance deep psychic exploration with actual\, detailed understanding of clients’ sexual lives.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/how-to-integrate-sex-therapy-into-your-psychoanalytic-practice-with-a-focus-on-difficulties-with-low-desire/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T213000
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SUMMARY:WCSPP Film Night: Petite Maman
DESCRIPTION:2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, Psychologists and PsyDs \nThis film is available for viewing on Hulu\, Amazon Prime Video\, YouTube\, or Google Play before the event. \nFriday\, March 3\, 2023 \n7:30 – 9:30 p.m. \nAdmission with CE: $20 \nA discussion will be facilitated via ZOOM by \nKATE WASHTON\, LCSW & SARAH FISHER\, LCSW \nREGISTER HERE: \nPetite Maman is a jewel of a film\, written and directed by Celine Sciamma. It is part fairy tale\, part stunning case study of mothers and daughters across three generations\, trying to find each other across three spans of time. The past\, present\, and future lose their boundaries in the camera’s eye just as mothers and daughters shift places in their roles\, becoming each others’ essential best friends and companions even in the face of loss\, betrayal\, and pain. The autobiographical roots that anchor this film are beautifully explained in the words of one character: “secrets\,” she declares\, “aren’t always things we try to hide. There’s just no one there to tell them to.” The moviegoer\, akin to the therapist\, is privileged to fill that void. \nKate Washton\, LCSW\, is a supervisor and former director of the Child-Adolescent-Program at WCSPP. She is in private practice in Bronxville\, NY\, working with all ages. She also works with adolescent girls at the YWCA of Yonkers. \nSarah Fisher\, LCSW\, is a 2nd year CAPP student. She has over 25 years of experience working with children\, adolescents and families in Westchester County. She is currently working with Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) as Director of a mobile crisis team in northern Westchester County. \nCONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS \nDescription of Teaching Method: \nAttendees will access and watch the film prior to the event and come prepared for an introduction to and formal presentation of ideas generated by the film and a group discussion of the film. The presentation will relate directly to the psychological and societal import of the film and its themes\, how they emerge in clinical settings\, and how they impact societies. The first hour will focus on the presentation. The second hour will focus on thoughts and questions raised by attendees\, interwoven with clinical material. Special attention will be paid to the mother-child relationship\, the impact of generational trauma on child development\, and the unique complexities of navigating grief at a young age. \nLearning Objectives \n1. Attendees will be able to address the importance of imagination as a tool for mastering traumatic experience. \n2. Attendees will be able to reference mother-child role reversal. \n3. Attendees will be able to recognize the role of one’s history in connection to depression. \nCosts\, refunds\, and cancellation policy: payment is organized through Eventbrite. Unlikely cancellations will be announced via email. \nThe Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy is recognized by NY State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0050; Licensed Clinical Social Workers #SW-0063; Licensed Psychoanalysts #P-0027; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0040; Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0075; and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0028 \nA completed evaluation must be submitted at the end of the event. \nWho should attend: NY Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, and graduate students.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-film-night-petite-maman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
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SUMMARY:Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a  Female Life on the Spectrum (WCSPP Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:Witty\, frank\, and full of insight\, Jennifer O’Toole’s Autism in Heels is a major addition to a growing body of literature on the distinctive experience of women on the autism spectrum\, long overlooked by researchers and clinicians. After helping to pioneer the genre with her groundbreaking Sisterhood of the Spectrum\, O’Toole takes us deep into her often harrowing process of becoming self–aware in a world built for nonautistics\, guiding us through her search for meaning and identity in a voice that is disarmingly candid\, appealingly warm\, and often hilariously funny. O’Toole is a natural storyteller. Autism in Heels is a great book.” – Steve Silberman\, author of NeuroTribes:  The Legacy of Autism and The Future of Neurodiversity\, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction. RSVP to willstatterj@gmail.com \nThis lively discussion will be moderated by Erica Forest\, LCSW  Erica Forest\, LCSW\, facilitates support groups for parents of autistic children and for late–diagnosed autistic adults. She also leads a “neurodivergent affirming care” clinical discussion group for therapists working with autistic adults. Erica’s work focuses on the diversity of autistic experience\, particularly that of women\, girls and non–binary individuals\, and the frequent trauma\, misunderstanding\, and mis–diagnosis experienced by this population. Reading Autism in Heels was a catalyst for Erica into this work\, and for insight into her own family experience. She has family therapy training from The Ackerman Institute for the Family\, and is a 2019 graduate of the Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training program at WCSPP.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/autism-in-heels-the-untold-story-of-a-female-life-on-the-spectrum-wcspp-members-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200314Z
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SUMMARY:Open House (All WCSPP Programs)
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about our contemporary psychoanalytic training programs? \nOpen Houses for all programs will be held online on Wednesday\, February 8th @ 8pm and Sunday\, March 5th @11am. \no ADVANCED PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING PROGRAM \no FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no CHILD\, ADOLESCENT\, PARENT PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no COUPLES THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM \no SUPERVISORY TRAINING PROGRAM
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/open-house-all-wcspp-programs-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
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SUMMARY:Couples Therapy Training Program Open House
DESCRIPTION:TRAINING AT WCSPP WILL BE OFFERED BEYOND WESTCHESTER. WE WELCOME LICENSED APPLICANTS FROM ANYWHERE IN NY STATE OR CONNECTICUT! \nOpportunity for distance learning! \nHow Couples Training Can Change Your Practice \nHone your skills and confidence in treating couples \nBecome part of our Westchester/Connecticut community of clinicians \nBegin or grow your private practice through our referral network of graduates \nAbout Our Training Program \nOur Couples Therapy Training Program is a one year program which teaches both basic and advanced couples therapy techniques and theory with a combination of psychoanalytic and systems perspectives. Candidates are introduced to several different theoretical approaches including object relations and relational theory\, self psychology\, Bowenian theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with emphasis on the clinical work with couples. We also discuss issues pertaining to LGBTQ relationships\, divorce\, cross cultural relationships\, and substance abuse. In addition to the didactic instruction\, weekly supervision is provided by senior faculty for cases seen through our Psychotherapy Service. \nThe Couples Therapy Training Program provides a solid introduction to couples work and provides an opportunity to join the warm\, supportive community at our institute\, build your referral network\, and be exposed to the many and varied learning opportunities provided at WCSPP. \nOur program’s coursework will take place online. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nThe Rosalind Cohen Scholarship fund will award two fully paid scholarships for course work and supervision to qualified applicants to WCSPP’s Couples program. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/couples-therapy-training-program-open-house/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200626Z
UID:25980166-1679846400-1679850000@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity for distance learning! \nOur 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. \nWe welcome all mental health practitioners\, whether your work is exclusive to children & adolescents\, primarily serves adults or some combination. We never forget that there is\, after all\, a child’s history within each adult and the challenge of growing within every child\, adult\, and parent. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-capp-open-house/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T204500
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200627Z
UID:25980167-1682624700-1682628300@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House
DESCRIPTION: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 of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking in their workplace and/or private practice. The training hones the candidate’s existing capacities to “see”\, feel\, and understand the multiple levels of meaningful human interaction in the consulting room. \nGrowing empirical evidence is clear that “deep therapeutic work”–like the kind offered at WCSPP–promotes change and growth in patients that is more substantial and longer lasting than in short-term\, singularly focused\, or behavioral treatments. \nThe Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program is a two-year program designed to provide candidates with a solid theoretical and clinical base in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A three-pronged approach is used\, which includes coursework\, personal therapy\, and consultation/supervision with a number of master clinicians who are a part of the WCSPP Faculty. Candidates will learn how to better recognize aspects of their work that are occurring outside the conscious awareness of the patient (or even the clinician) and how to use this expanded understanding in a dynamic\, transformative way. \nThe Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program is open to graduates of the Foundations Program and/or an equivalent program at another training institute. The Advanced course is an additional three-year program (beyond the Foundations program) that provides further in-depth training in psychoanalysis. The training consists of concurrent participation in didactic course work\, supervised clinical work\, and a personal psychoanalysis. Such an intense immersion enables the candidate to transform experientially and deeply understand the empirical basis of theoretical formulations and to develop analytic skill in the conceptualization and execution of psychoanalytic work. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nCE Credits will be offered for coursework. \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \n——————————- \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/foundations-and-advanced-psychoanalytic-training-programs-open-house-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200347Z
UID:25980161-1683313200-1683320400@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Shame\, Self-Alienation and the Power of Self-Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\, Daniel Shaw\, LCSW \nBIO: \nDaniel Shaw\, LCSW\, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and in Nyack\, New York. Originally trained as an actor at Northwestern University and with the renowned teacher Uta Hagen in New York City\, Shaw later worked as a missionary for an Indian guru. His eventual recognition of cultic aspects of this organization led him to become an outspoken activist in support of individuals and families traumatically abused in cults. After leaving this group\, Shaw began his training in the mental health profession. He faculty member and supervisor at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York. In addition to publishing numerous journal articles and book chapters\, in 2014 Shaw’s book\, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation\, was published for the Relational Perspectives Series by Routledge\, and was nominated for the distinguished Gradiva Award. In 2018\, the International Cultic Studies Association awarded him the Margaret Thaler Singer Award for advancing the understanding of coercive persuasion and undue influence. Shaw’s second book\, Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear\, was published by Routledge in 2021. \nAbstract: \nThe concept of self-alienation is inextricably linked to shame. Working with adult children of traumatizing narcissists\, and with others who experience narcissistic abuse\, Shaw’s way of working with these clients shifted as he began to study and integrate concepts and techniques from some of the contemporary traumatologists. What he has learned has led Shaw to place problems with self-alienation\, a condition largely governed by shame\, at the center of the therapeutic endeavor. Shaw will give clinical examples of his work with clients struggling with self-alienation that demonstrate his way of integrating trauma theories and a relational psychoanalytic perspective. \nObjectives: \nLearning Objectives \n1. Participants will be able to define self-alienation and describe how it relates to shame \n2. Participants will be able to explain the traumatizing narcissist’s relational system of subjugation \n3. Participants will be able utlilize therapeutic approaches to healing self-alienation
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/shame-self-alienation-and-the-power-of-self-compassion/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T134500
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200654Z
UID:25980168-1683377100-1683380700@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Couples Therapy Training Program Open House
DESCRIPTION:TRAINING AT WCSPP WILL BE OFFERED BEYOND WESTCHESTER. WE WELCOME LICENSED APPLICANTS FROM ANYWHERE IN NY STATE OR CONNECTICUT! \nOpportunity for distance learning! \nHow Couples Training Can Change Your Practice \nHone your skills and confidence in treating couples \nBecome part of our Westchester/Connecticut community of clinicians \nBegin or grow your private practice through our referral network of graduates \nAbout Our Training Program \nOur Couples Therapy Training Program is a one year program which teaches both basic and advanced couples therapy techniques and theory with a combination of psychoanalytic and systems perspectives. Candidates are introduced to several different theoretical approaches including object relations and relational theory\, self psychology\, Bowenian theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with emphasis on the clinical work with couples. We also discuss issues pertaining to LGBTQ relationships\, divorce\, cross cultural relationships\, and substance abuse. In addition to the didactic instruction\, weekly supervision is provided by senior faculty for cases seen through our Psychotherapy Service. \nThe Couples Therapy Training Program provides a solid introduction to couples work and provides an opportunity to join the warm\, supportive community at our institute\, build your referral network\, and be exposed to the many and varied learning opportunities provided at WCSPP. \nOur program’s coursework will take place online. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \n
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nThe Rosalind Cohen Scholarship fund will award two fully paid scholarships for course work and supervision to qualified applicants to WCSPP’s Couples program. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/couples-therapy-training-program-open-house-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200658Z
UID:25980169-1683457200-1683460800@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House
DESCRIPTION: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 of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking in their workplace and/or private practice. The training hones the candidate’s existing capacities to “see”\, feel\, and understand the multiple levels of meaningful human interaction in the consulting room. \nGrowing empirical evidence is clear that “deep therapeutic work”–like the kind offered at WCSPP–promotes change and growth in patients that is more substantial and longer lasting than in short-term\, singularly focused\, or behavioral treatments. \nThe Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program is a two-year program designed to provide candidates with a solid theoretical and clinical base in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A three-pronged approach is used\, which includes coursework\, personal therapy\, and consultation/supervision with a number of master clinicians who are a part of the WCSPP Faculty. Candidates will learn how to better recognize aspects of their work that are occurring outside the conscious awareness of the patient (or even the clinician) and how to use this expanded understanding in a dynamic\, transformative way. \nThe Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program is open to graduates of the Foundations Program and/or an equivalent program at another training institute. The Advanced course is an additional three-year program (beyond the Foundations program) that provides further in-depth training in psychoanalysis. The training consists of concurrent participation in didactic course work\, supervised clinical work\, and a personal psychoanalysis. Such an intense immersion enables the candidate to transform experientially and deeply understand the empirical basis of theoretical formulations and to develop analytic skill in the conceptualization and execution of psychoanalytic work. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nCE Credits will be offered for coursework. \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \n——————————- \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/foundations-and-advanced-psychoanalytic-training-programs-open-house-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200659Z
UID:25980170-1683748800-1683752400@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity for distance learning! \nOur 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. \nWe welcome all mental health practitioners\, whether your work is exclusive to children & adolescents\, primarily serves adults or some combination. We never forget that there is\, after all\, a child’s history within each adult and the challenge of growing within every child\, adult\, and parent. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-capp-open-house-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200700Z
UID:25980172-1684351800-1684359000@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:The Elephant Not in the Room: Will Psychoanalysis Survive the Screen?
DESCRIPTION:2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs \nUntil Covid upended the psychoanalytic frame as we knew it\, most of us assumed that the therapeutic process required that analysts’ and patients’ bodies occupy the same physical space. While Covid forced us to abandon these assumptions\, we anticipated\, even yearned for the day when we could return to in-person work. Today we’re in a gray zone. To mask or not to mask? To remain remote or risk exposure? While these decisions in part are informed by clinical considerations\, our personal necessities are likely also implicated. Do we rationalize when we declare remote therapy equivalent (or nearly equivalent) to in-person work? Do we minimize the health risk to ourselves and our patients when we return to an in-person model? In this presentation we invite you to examine the factors—conscious or not—that inform our use (or rejection) of remote work. We also aim to explore the short- and long-term implications of working through a screen for the psychoanalytic field as a whole. \nLeora Trub\, a clinical psychologist\, has written extensively on these issues. She runs the Digital Media and Psychology lab at Pace University where she investigates how technologies affect our conceptions of ourselves and our relationships with others. \nJoyce Slochower will act as facilitator and discussant. \nPresenter – Leora Trub\, PhD \nLeora Trub\, Ph.D.\, is Associate Professor at Pace University’s doctoral program in School/Clinical-Child Psychology\, and has a private practice in New York City\, where she treats adolescents\, adults and couples. Her primary research interest is the study of identity development\, relationship formation and psychological well-being in the age of technology\, and the implications of digital technology on clinical practice. She is the author of numerous papers and chapters on clinical practice in the digital age\, and the relationship between technology and psychological constructs including attachment\, emotional regulation\, intimacy\, self-presentation and mindfulness. Her research has been published in a range of research\, clinical\, and psychoanalytic journals. It has also been reported on in various news outlets\, including the New York Times. \nDiscussant – Joyce Slochower\, PhD\, ABPP \nJoyce Slochower Ph.D.\, ABPP\, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Hunter College & the Graduate Center\, CUNY. Joyce is faculty and supervisor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program\, the Steven Mitchell Center\, the National Training Program of NIP (all in New York)\, Philadelphia Center for Relational Studies in Philadelphia and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California in San Francisco. She is on the Editorial Boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues\, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association\, Ricerca Psicoanalitica and Psychoanalytic Perspectives and is on the Board of the IARPP. Joyce has published over 100 articles on various aspects of psychoanalytic theory and technique. Second Editions of her two books\, Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective (1996) and Psychoanalytic Collisions (2006)\, were released in 2014 by Routledge. She is co-Editor\, with Lew Aron and Sue Grand\, of “De-idealizing relational theory: a Critique from within” and “Decentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique (2018\, Routledge). Her forthcoming book\, Elephants Under the Couch: Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken\, is in press with Karnac. She is in private practice in New York City where she sees individuals and couples\, runs supervision and study groups.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/the-elephant-not-in-the-room-will-psychoanalysis-survive-the-screen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200659Z
UID:25980171-1685734200-1685741400@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Playing in the Shadows: What We Bring to Our Notions of Play
DESCRIPTION: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 cultures. Most importantly\, we will discuss how these influences may impact our work with children as well as heighten our empathy and appreciation of their own types of play. \nHenry Kronengold\, PhD is a child psychologist in private practice in New York City. He is a clinical supervisor and adjunct professor at the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology\, City University of New York. Dr. Kronengold is the author of Stories from Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Curious Space.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/playing-in-the-shadows-what-we-bring-to-our-notions-of-play/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200347Z
UID:25980162-1686337200-1686344400@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Learning to Listen: My Career in Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:Learning to Listen: My Career in Psychoanalysis  \nPresented by: Elliot Adler\, PhD \n2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs \nIN-PERSON in WHITE PLAINS and also Live on Zoom  \nLocation: St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church\, 1131 North Street\, White Plains \nAmple Free Parking! \nAdmission including CE: $45 \nAbout: \nIn this presentation\, Dr. Adler will reflect back on his 50-year career as a psychoanalyst with an emphasis on exploring the question of how he moved from feeling like an inexperienced beginner to a confident level of mature competence. While his developmental arc is necessarily a highly personal journey\, he will attempt to highlight certain challenges and processes that he believes may have more general relevance for many aspiring practitioners in this inordinately demanding profession. In the course of his presentation\, he will also articulate how he arrived at certain essential understandings that fundamentally inform his vision of the psychoanalytic process.  \nElliot Adler\, Ph.D.\, ABPP \nDr. Adler is currently a Senior Faculty Member and Former Director at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He is also a Faculty Member and Supervisor with the National Program in Psychoanalysis at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies as well as The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute and The Institute for the Study of Subjectivity in New York City. In addition to his private practice\, Dr. Adler has extensive experience as an administrator\, teacher and supervisor of students in psychoanalytic training. He has authored numerous professional papers and presentations\, and he is the co-author with Dr. Janet Bachant of the book Working In Depth; A Clinicians Guide to Framework and Flexibility in the Analytic Relationship. For the last decade Dr. Adler has been involved in a series of collaborative projects that transformed Freud’s letters to his closest colleagues into dramatic performances that examined the intersubjective dynamics of psychoanalytic creativity. His most recent undertaking has been the challenge of supervising 19 aspiring psychoanalysts in China without the benefit of a common language.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/learning-to-listen-my-career-in-psychoanalysis/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200723Z
UID:25980173-1686996000-1687001400@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Facing the Challenges of Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders Through an Existential/Realizational Psychoanalytic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:1 CE Hour available for NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs \nPresenter: Wade Anderson\, PhD\, Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalyst \nLIMITED 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. \nPersons with Autistic Spectrum Disorders can present a myriad of challenges in the consulting room. Each person has their own way of being in the world which needs to be met with compassion and clinical creativity. If you are interested in sharing your own clinical dilemmas treating ASD patients and also hearing from Dr. Anderson about a number of long-term and varied ASD cases\, this clinical case consultation would be valuable for you. The small group supervision format offers attendees a taste of the post-graduate training experience at WCSPP. \nPresenter – Wade Anderson\, PhD \nWade Anderson — Currently on the Supervisory Faculty of WCSPP and Coordinator of the Dialogues In Clinical Moments series\, Wade is in full-time private practice working with adults\, children and families in Ardsley and Pleasantville\, NY. Over his time in practice\, he has successfully treated many people presenting with ASD. Wade is a 2012 graduate of the Westchester Center’s Psychoanalytic training program and a 2016 graduate of the Supervisory Training program. He is active in the psychoanalytic community creating discourse around education and treatment utilizing psychoanalytic\, Buddhist and psychedelic frameworks. Formerly\, Wade has held positions as: Clinic Director\, MHA of Westchester in Mt. Kisco\, Supervising Psychologist and program director at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Faculty\, Columbia University\, College of Physicians and Surgeons.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/facing-the-challenges-of-treating-autistic-spectrum-disorders-through-an-existential-realizational-psychoanalytic-perspective/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200724Z
UID:25980174-1687806000-1687809600@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House
DESCRIPTION: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 of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking in their workplace and/or private practice. The training hones the candidate’s existing capacities to “see”\, feel\, and understand the multiple levels of meaningful human interaction in the consulting room. \nGrowing empirical evidence is clear that “deep therapeutic work”–like the kind offered at WCSPP–promotes change and growth in patients that is more substantial and longer lasting than in short-term\, singularly focused\, or behavioral treatments. \nThe Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program is a two-year program designed to provide candidates with a solid theoretical and clinical base in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A three-pronged approach is used\, which includes coursework\, personal therapy\, and consultation/supervision with a number of master clinicians who are a part of the WCSPP Faculty. Candidates will learn how to better recognize aspects of their work that are occurring outside the conscious awareness of the patient (or even the clinician) and how to use this expanded understanding in a dynamic\, transformative way. \nThe Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program is open to graduates of the Foundations Program and/or an equivalent program at another training institute. The Advanced course is an additional three-year program (beyond the Foundations program) that provides further in-depth training in psychoanalysis. The training consists of concurrent participation in didactic course work\, supervised clinical work\, and a personal psychoanalysis. Such an intense immersion enables the candidate to transform experientially and deeply understand the empirical basis of theoretical formulations and to develop analytic skill in the conceptualization and execution of psychoanalytic work. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nCE Credits will be offered for coursework. \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \n——————————- \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/foundations-and-advanced-psychoanalytic-training-programs-open-house-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
CREATED:20240717T200724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T200724Z
UID:25980175-1687982400-1687986000@wcspp.org
SUMMARY:Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity for distance learning! \nOur 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. \nWe welcome all mental health practitioners\, whether your work is exclusive to children & adolescents\, primarily serves adults or some combination. We never forget that there is\, after all\, a child’s history within each adult and the challenge of growing within every child\, adult\, and parent. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-capp-open-house-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T190000
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SUMMARY:Couples Therapy Training Program Open House
DESCRIPTION:TRAINING AT WCSPP WILL BE OFFERED BEYOND WESTCHESTER. WE WELCOME LICENSED APPLICANTS FROM ANYWHERE IN NY STATE OR CONNECTICUT! \nOpportunity for distance learning! \nHow Couples Training Can Change Your Practice \nHone your skills and confidence in treating couples \nBecome part of our Westchester/Connecticut community of clinicians \nBegin or grow your private practice through our referral network of graduates \nAbout Our Training Program \nOur Couples Therapy Training Program is a one year program which teaches both basic and advanced couples therapy techniques and theory with a combination of psychoanalytic and systems perspectives. Candidates are introduced to several different theoretical approaches including object relations and relational theory\, self psychology\, Bowenian theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with emphasis on the clinical work with couples. We also discuss issues pertaining to LGBTQ relationships\, divorce\, cross cultural relationships\, and substance abuse. In addition to the didactic instruction\, weekly supervision is provided by senior faculty for cases seen through our Psychotherapy Service. \nThe Couples Therapy Training Program provides a solid introduction to couples work and provides an opportunity to join the warm\, supportive community at our institute\, build your referral network\, and be exposed to the many and varied learning opportunities provided at WCSPP. \nOur program’s coursework will take place online. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nThe Rosalind Cohen Scholarship fund will award two fully paid scholarships for course work and supervision to qualified applicants to WCSPP’s Couples program. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2023 \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe will continue to be on Zoom for the 2023-2024 year. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/couples-therapy-training-program-open-house-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T120000
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SUMMARY:Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPP) Open House
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity for distance learning! \nOur 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. \nWe welcome all mental health practitioners\, whether your work is exclusive to children & adolescents\, primarily serves adults or some combination. We never forget that there is\, after all\, a child’s history within each adult and the challenge of growing within every child\, adult\, and parent. \nWho is eligible and should apply? \nApplicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT \nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nCE hours available for some coursework for eligible NYS LCSW\, LMSW\, LMFT\, LMHC\,LCAT\, LP and NYS Psychologists and CT Social Workers through NASW CT \n\n\n\n\nTimeline: \nRolling admissions extended through mid-August \nProgram begins September 2023 \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-capp-open-house-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T213000
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SUMMARY:A.I. on the Couch: Staying Human in the Age of Advanced Technology
DESCRIPTION:About\n\nJoin 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. \n\nThis program has been approved for Continuing Education Credit Hours by the National Association of Social Workers\, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for CT Social Work Licensure renewal. \n\n🗓️ Date: 9/8/2023\n🕒 Time: 7:30 PM\n📍 Location: Zoom \n📚 About the Talk:\nSome experts argue that A.I. presents a greater threat to humanity than nuclear weapons\, while others see it as a tool for advancing human knowledge to unimaginable levels. Dr. Danielle Knafo\, a renowned clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst\, will explore the intriguing concept of A.I. as a new form of the unconscious. She will delve into how A.I. can already perform dream analysis beyond manifest content\, demanding a new role for psychoanalysis in this technologically evolving world. \n🔑 Key Learning Objectives:\n1️⃣ Understand recent developments\, risks\, and dangers of A.I.\n2️⃣ Grasp the immense impact of advanced technology on theories of individual development and relational life.\n3️⃣ Appreciate how algorithms are the new unconscious and how psychotherapists must adapt to changes brought by A.I. \n🎙️ About the Speaker:\nDr. Danielle Knafo is a former professor from LIU and the author of 10 books\, including her latest “From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis.” Her research covers art and creativity\, trauma and psychosis\, gender and sexuality\, and the intersection of psychoanalysis and advanced technology
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/a-i-on-the-couch-staying-human-in-the-age-of-advanced-technology/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230929T210000
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SUMMARY:Empathy and Historical Understanding
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDr. Kohut will demonstrate that history written from an empathic perspective\, that is\, from the perspective of the historical subject\, is different from history written from the perspective of the observing historian. To illustrate this difference\, he will consider the notorious Wannsee Conference of January 20\, 1942\, a key moment in the Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe. He will conclude by emphasizing that historians and others seeking to know and understand human beings must be self-aware and self-reflective in their use of empathy\, to constantly be aware of when they are empathizing and when they are not. \nA historian with psychoanalytic training\, Thomas Kohut is the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Professor of History at Williams College.  From 2000 to 2006\, Kohut served as dean of the faculty at Williams.  He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center for nearly twenty years and is currently a member of the Council of Scholars which advises the Erikson Institute at Riggs.  Kohut is also president of the board of the Freud Foundation US\, which supports the work of the Freud Museum in Vienna. Kohut is the author of three books\, most recently\, Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past.  He has also published articles on a number of historical and psychological topics\, including on the German humorist\, Wilhelm Busch\, on letters from German soldiers at the battle of Stalingrad\, and on psychoanalysis and history.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/empathy-and-historical-understanding/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T125605
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SUMMARY:How We Do This Work: The Analyst's Holding Environment (ON ZOOM)
DESCRIPTION:ON ZOOM \n2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners – LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs\, PHDs\, PSYDs \nPresented by: \nEric Mendelsohn\, PhD \nLocation: \nZoom \n About this event: \nThis 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 of perspectives that have taken shape over nearly 50 years. At the same time it is a kind of letter\, a conversation opener with you in which I seek to convey ideas that\, despite their grounding in my history and personality\, hopefully have utility and evocative reach for this community of colleagues. \n These ideas grew more specifically out of a discussion paper I presented nearly ten years ago at a WCSPP conference. At that conference\, therapists shared their experiences of working while undergoing personal hardships and spoke of how their life circumstances and the complexity of their personal psychology influence how they work. I argued that\, over the course of our careers\, we face losses\, adversity\, and a wide range of preoccupations. Further\, our personal analyses notwithstanding\, we remain complicated people. Given all that\, it seems a minor miracle that we do good work. Yet\, I maintain that\, much of the time\, we do. This talk will elaborate on this state of affairs. I will consider what we need to support and sustain us as working therapists. \nMy hope is that I can manage more talking with you than reading to you\, and that the atmosphere that we create will encourage lively participation. \nAbout the speaker: Eric Mendelsohn\, PhD \nDr. Mendelsohn is Faculty and Supervisor at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy\, National Institute for the Psychotherapies\, Training Institute and National Training Program\, and Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy\, Adelphi University. Dr. Mendelsohn works with people in individual analytic therapy\, with couples\, serves as a supervisor/ consultant\, and leads reading and supervision groups. His papers and book chapters deal with the patient-therapist relationship and with the subjective experience of the therapist. \nTeaching Method: Lecture\, Discussion and Q & A. \nLearning Objectives: \n1. Identify the ways in which our “therapist selves” may be differentiated from the selves we become in other relational contexts. \n 2. Identify the working conditions and relational traditions that constitute the analyst’s holding environment. \n 3. Delineate how our patients contribute to the analyst’s holding environment. \nThe Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy is recognized by NY State Education Department’s Standard of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for: Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0050; Licensed Clinical Social Workers #SW-0063; Licensed Psychoanalysts #P-0027; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0040; Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0075; and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0028. \n A completed survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours. \n Who should attend: Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, graduate students.
URL:https://wcspp.org/event/how-we-do-this-work-the-analysts-holding-environment-on-zoom/
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