WCSPP

Scientific Meeting: The Impact of Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma on Adult Sexual Intimacy, Suzanne Iasenza, Ph.D. (2 CE Hours Available)
2021-02-05 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
The Impact of Intergenerational Transmission
of Trauma on Adult Sexual Intimacy
Live Webinar!
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD
Friday, February 5, 2021
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Admission including CE: $30
TO REGISTER:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6753630738837275404
This webinar is live, real-time and interactive
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Presented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP
Much has been written about the impact of the intergenerational transmission of trauma on attachment and mental health in general. Little of that understanding has extended to intimacy and sexuality in adulthood. This presentation will clarify this terrain including how to assess for and treat the effects of intergenerational trauma, both collective and individual, on adult sexual intimacy. Case examples will include family experiences of the Holocaust, slavery and racism.
Suzanne Iasenza, PhD is on the faculties of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) in NYC, the Ackerman Institute for the Family, and the Adelphi University Derner Institute’s Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She also teaches at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and sex therapy. Her latest book, Transforming Sexual Narratives: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy was published by Routledge (2020).
CONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS
Teaching Method:
Lecture with power point, case discussion and Q & A.
Learning Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to describe the effects of intergenerational trauma on couple intimacy and sexuality.
2) Participants will be able to discuss how to identify and integrate the effects of intergenerational trauma in a treatment plan.
3) Participants will be able to describe clinical techniques to help couples improve sexuality and intimacy.
The 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 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.
A completed survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours.
Who should attend: Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, other mental health professionals, nurses, graduate students.
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
is a non-profit psychoanalytic training institute chartered in 1974
by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
This email represents our on-going efforts to share a pluralistic view of psychoanalysis with the broader community.
Learn more at wcspp.org or email us at info@wcspp.org.

On Zoom -- WCSPP Annual Open House
2021-02-06 10:30 - 12:00
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
ANNUAL ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, February 6, 2021
10:30am – 12:00pm
Learn about training opportunities for Fall 2021 in:
Psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis
Child/Adolescent/Parent Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Case presentation with live supervision!
Our post-graduate training opportunities have been restructured to allow more individual flexibility in the content and timing of training.
We’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
RSVP For This Event!
Submit the form to RSVP. You will receive a confirmation email.

WCSPP Diversity Committee presents "The Work before us: Whiteness and the psychoanalytic institute" by Alexandra Woods, PhD (members only)
2021-02-26 19:00 - 21:00
**Please note date change**
The WCSPP Diversity Committee
invites you to a presentation
“The Work before us: Whiteness and the psychoanalytic institute”
by Alexandra Woods, Ph.D.
When: Friday, February 26, 7:00-9:00pm
Where: Zoom
Alexandra Woods, PhD, will present ideas for building a diverse psychoanalytic institute
• What does it take for an institute to call itself “anti-racist”?
• How can institutes face resistance to systemic change?
• How have psychoanalytic institutes collaborated to confront racism and white privilege?
Read Alexandra Wood’s Paper!
Attend this very important meeting!
Discuss possibilities for institutional change!
You will receive the paper via email through the WCSPP listserv prior to the event.
RSVP: istudwell@gmail.com (Irene Studwell) or willstatterj@gmail.com (Julie Willstatter)

Third Trimester Classes Begin
2021-03-09 19:00 - 21:00

WCSPP'S Diversity Film Forum Presents: Reactions, Responses and Reflections on Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
2021-03-12 19:30 - 21:30
WCSPP’S Diversity Film Forum Presents:
Reactions, Responses and Reflections on Spike Lee’s
Do the Right Thing
Friday, March 12th, 2021
7:30 – 9:30pm
Please join us to discuss and de-construct Spike Lee’s ground-breaking, provocative and evocative movie, “Do the Right Thing” (1989). Filmed more than thirty years ago, “Do the Right Thing” was described as coming “closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time” (Roger Ebert). Sadly, this film is more relevant than ever in 2021.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/muc7xqdHudI

Taking place on one day, on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, “Do the Right Thing” takes us into the lives of several members of this community. Tensions build under the scorching summer heat. With an incredible cast, great cinematography and direction, we are drawn in, right to the film’s controversial end.
We invite you to pay very close attention to all your reactions to this film and its characters. Take special notice of those moments when you feel uncomfortable. What can you learn about yourself and your biases?

PLEASE NOTE: The movie will NOT be shown at the time of the presentation. Participants are responsible for watching the movie on their own beforehand: Do the Right Thing is available for free through your local library (there are 24 DVDs in circulation in Westchester) or it can be rented for $5 or less on Amazon Prime Video, GooglePlay, etc.).
Registration fee: $20 (includes CE hours)
To register please go to the link below. Deadline to register is March 10th!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wcspp-diversity-film-forum-spike-lees-do-the-right-thing-tickets-142731918009

Presenters:
Dalphine E. Meadows, LMSW, MBA, CSAC-T, a graduate of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program at WCSPP. is the president of the Westchester Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers. She has been a supervisor at the Westchester County Department of Probation. Ms. Meadows is currently in private practice and works as a psychotherapist at the Family Mental Health Clinic in Yonkers.
Rob Muller, Ph.D is a faculty member and supervisor at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Dr. Muller is a graduate of the psychoanalytic training program at WCSPP and the former co-director of WCSPP’s Diversity Committee. Dr Muller has consulted and supervised at The Riverdale Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY; Pace University-Pleasantville and the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, Bronx, NY. Dr Muller has supervised psychiatric residents at the Westchester County Medical Center as well as psychology graduate students from a wide variety of New York programs. He has private practice offices in Pleasantville and Manhattan.
Jonathan Rust, Ph.D is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Counselor Education at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. Dr. Rust is a graduate of the Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program at WCSPP. His areas of expertise in research, teaching, psychotherapy, and consulting include understanding how racial/cultural factors—and the societal power and privilege dynamics associated with these factors—systemically affect the psychosocial development and mental health of racially/culturally diverse groups. He has conducted numerous training workshops on diversity and multicultural counseling. Dr. Rust is a NYS licensed psychologist and a National Certified Counselor, who maintains a private practice in Poughkeepsie, NY.

CONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Identify three factors that have contributed to a foundation of mistrust and anger felt by African-Americans;
2. Identify three ways to demonstrate respect to patients whose race, ethnicity, religion, and/or social class, etc. are different than your own;
3. Recognize personal emotional reactions and/or experiences of discomfort related to racially sensitive situations and describe how these feelings might affect your clinical work.
The 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 Clinical Social Workers # 00063; Licensed Psychoanalysts # P-0027; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0040; Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0075; and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0028.
A completed evaluation must be submitted at the end of the event via Survey Monkey.
Who should attend: Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, other mental health professionals, nurses, graduate students.

Open House -- Advanced Psychoanalytic & Foundations (March)
2021-03-27 13:00 - 14:00
Please Join Our VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE via ZOOM
About Our Training Programs
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 work place 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.
Growing 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.
The 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.
The 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 the 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT
CE Credits will be offered for coursework.
Financial Aid is available for those who qualify.
Timeline:
Rolling admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
RSVP For This Event!

Scientific Meeting: Are You My Mother? Are You My Father? The Case of a Child Born of Reproductive Technology, Seth Aronson, PsyD (2 CE Hours Available)
2021-04-09 18:00 - 19:15
Scientific Meeting
2 CE Hours available for
LCSW’s, LMSW’s, LP’s, LMFT’s, LMHC’s, LCAT’s, PhD’s, PsyD’s
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? ARE YOU MY FATHER?
THE CASE OF A CHILD BORN OF REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Seth Aronson, Psy.D
Friday, April 9, 2021
6:00 p.m.
Click here to register
Presented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of its publication. The original text poses questions of identity and belonging as the creation poignantly asks, “Who was I? What was I?” One writer called the novel an “autobiography of an infant.” This paper attempts to use Shelley’s account as a framework for understanding the issue of identity in a child born of reproductive technology. How do we, as clinicians, help these children understand their origins? An extended case presentation will highlight these questions.
Seth Aronson, Psy.D., is Director of Training, Training and Supervising Analyst and Fellow at the William Alanson White Institute. At Long Island University’s doctoral program in clinical psychology, he teaches childhood psychopathology and child/adolescent psychotherapy. At Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, he has led process groups for rabbinical students for seventeen years. Dr. Aronson serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. His articles include, “Balancing the fiddlers on my roof: on wearing a yarmulke and working as a psychoanalyst”; “Only connect; the mutuality of attachment “; “Through a glass clearly: boundary violations”; “Analytic supervision; all work and no play?” and “’Where the Wild Things Are’: The power and challenge of adolescent group work.” With Craig Haen, he is co-editor of the Handbook of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy.
CONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1) Identify two issues for children born of reproductive technologies
2) Describe the application of two theoretical models to understanding such children
3) Describe one issue in the work with parents of children born of reproductive technologies
The 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 # 00063; Licensed Psychoanalysts # P-0027; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists #MFT-0040; Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0075; and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0028.
A completed evaluation must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours.
Who should attend: Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, other mental health professionals, nurses, graduate students.
OPEN HOUSE
*Immediately following the Scientific Meeting
The Child/Adolescent/Parent Program (CAPP) invites you to an
Admissions Open House Discussion:
Allowing for Difference in the Experience of
Adopted Children and Their Families
Program directors Jane Bloomgarden and Irene Studwell will answer questions about our training program and illustrate CAPP’s orientation through examples of their work with adopted children and their parents.
The Open House will continue on ZOOM
You can register for the open house at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/144689942513

Open House -- Child/Adolescent/Parent Training Program (April)
2021-04-09 19:15 - 20:15
Immediately following the Scientific Meeting, The Child/Adolescent/Parent Program (CAPP) invites you to an Admissions Open House Discussion:
“Allowing for Difference in the Experience of Adopted Children and Their Families”
Program directors Jane Bloomgarden and Irene Studwell will answer questions about our training program and illustrate CAPP’s orientation through examples of their work with adopted children and their parents.
RSVP For This Event!
Register here.
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CAPP Program Overview
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 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT, LQP
Please note: CE credits are available for coursework. Financial Aid will be available to those who qualify.
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!

"Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble": A Monthly Conversation about Race (WCSPP Members Only)
2021-04-11 16:30 - 18:00
The Diversity Committee invites you back to:
“Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble”:
A Monthly Conversation about Race
When: April 11, 2021 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Zoom
Irene Studwell – Moderator
Please RSVP to:
Julie Willstatter
willstatterj@gmail.com
or
Irene Studwell
istudwell@gmail.com
Upcoming dates
5/2/21

Open House -- Couples Therapy Training (April)
2021-04-17 13:00 - 14:00
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
COUPLES TRAINING OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, April 17, 2021
1:00pm
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 network of graduates
About Our Training Program
Our 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.
The 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT, LQP
CE credits will be offered for the coursework.
Financial aid is available to those who qualify.
Timeline:
Rolling Admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
RSVP For This Event!
Register here.

Diversity Book Group: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time (WCSPP members only)
2021-04-18 10:00 - 11:30
Diversity Book Group Presents:
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time
A national bestseller, Baldwin’s classic is as relevant and important today as it was in 1963. You may have noticed the renewed dialogue about this powerful and important work. Please join us in conversation.
Date: April 18, 2021
Time: 10-11:30am
Location: Zoom. (link will be sent to those who RSVP)
Please RSVP to lesliegibsonphd@gmail.com
When it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle…all presented in searing, brilliant prose,” The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature. – Goodreads

"Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble": A Monthly Conversation about Race (WCSPP Members Only)
2021-05-02 16:30 - 18:00
The Diversity Committee invites you back to:
“Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble”:
A Monthly Conversation about Race
When: May 2, 2021 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Zoom
Irene Studwell – Moderator
Please RSVP to:
Julie Willstatter
willstatterj@gmail.com
or
Irene Studwell
istudwell@gmail.com

CAPP Open House: Reflections on Working with Children and Adolescents Online During the Pandemic
2021-05-03 20:00 - 21:30
WCSPP’s Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program Open House
CAPP invites you to attend a
VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE via ZOOM
Reflections on Working with Children and Adolescents Online During the Pandemic
A discussion between CAPP faculty member Leslie Gibson, PhD
and current CAPP candidate Anna Keylina, LMSW, MHC.
Date & Time:
Monday, May 3rd, 8:00pm
Place: Wherever YOU Are…On Zoom!
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 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.
Register for this FREE event HERE (Link to follow)
(Fill out a brief form to establish a Zoom link for the Open House)
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT, LQP
Please note: CE credits are available for coursework. Financial Aid will be available to those who qualify.
Courses will take place online
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
Learn more at wcspp.org

CAPP Open House via Zoom: Reflections on Working with Children and Adolescents Online During the Pandemic
2021-05-05 20:00 - 21:30
Register here for this event

Reflections on Working with Children and Adolescents Online During the Pandemic
A discussion between CAPP faculty member Leslie Gibson, PhD and current CAPP candidate Anna Keylina, LMSW, MHC.
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 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT, LQP.
Please note: CE credits are available for coursework. Financial Aid will be available to those who qualify.
Courses will take place online
Timeline:
Rolling admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021.
Program begins September 2021
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We’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!

Date And Time

Wed, May 5, 2021
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Community Meeting
2021-05-25 19:00 - 20:30

Open House -- Couples Therapy Training (June)
2021-06-01 19:00 - 20:00
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
COUPLES TRAINING OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
1:00pm
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 network of graduates
About Our Training Program
Our 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.
The 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT, LQP
CE credits will be offered for the coursework.
Financial aid is available to those who qualify.
Timeline:
Rolling Admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about!
RSVP For This Event!
Register here.

"Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble": A Monthly Conversation about Race
2021-06-06 16:30 - 18:00
The Diversity Committee invites you back to:
“Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble”:
A Monthly Conversation about Race
When: June 6, 2021 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Zoom
Irene Studwell – Moderator
Please RSVP to:
Julie Willstatter
willstatterj@gmail.com
or
Irene Studwell
istudwell@gmail.com

Zoom Into...Dreams (CE Credits Available)
2021-06-09 19:30 - 21:30
A WCSPP Community Forum

Psychoanalysis In Action presents:

Zoom Into…Dreams

Come to an experiential workshop to learn how to use dreams in psychotherapy.

Dr Mark Finn will introduce participants to the relationship between psychoanalysis and dream work. The important value of the dream.
Dr. Gitlin will lead participants through an exploration of an anonymous dream. The process is one of “feeling one’s way into a dream.” The stories we tell ourselves, the images we use to tell those stories, all emerge in the language of the unconscious. The group process will allow us an entry into the unconscious of the dreamer.
Dr. Gitlin and Dr. Finn will speak about the value of exploring the unconscious. They will also discuss what dreams teach us about the language of the unconscious mind.
This will be followed by an open discussion and Q&A
Please register for this event here.

Open House -- Advanced Psychoanalytic & Foundations (June)
2021-06-16 19:30 - 20:30
Please Join Our VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE via ZOOM
About Our Training Programs
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 work place 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.
Growing 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.
The 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.
The 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 the 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT
CE Credits will be offered for coursework.
Financial Aid is available for those who qualify.
Timeline:
Rolling admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021
Program begins September 2021
We’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
RSVP For This Event!
Register here.

CAPP Open House on Zoom
2021-06-23 20:00 - 21:00
The Child/Adolescent/Parent Program (CAPP) invites you to an Admissions Open House:
Program directors Jane Bloomgarden and Irene Studwell will answer questions about our training program.
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 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.
Who is eligible and should apply?
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., LCSW, NP, LMSW, LCAT, LMHC, LMFT
CE Credits will be offered for coursework.
Financial Aid is available for those who qualify.
Timeline:
Rolling admissions with decisions made by July 30, 2021.
Program begins September 2021
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We’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about!
Please register for this event here.

Psychoanalysis in Action - The Nuts and Bolts of Beginning and Growing A Private Practice
2021-06-29 19:30 - 21:00
A WCSPP COMMUNITY FORUM
Psychoanalysis in ActionThe Nuts and Bolts of Beginning and Growing a Private Practice:
Practical considerations and unconscious currentsTuesday, June 29
7:30 – 9 pm
Wherever YOU are…on Zoom!
Instructor: William Behr, LCSW

Register for this event below.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychoanalysis-in-action-how-to-start-a-private-practice-tickets-159525239285
You will be asked to complete a brief form to establish a Zoom link for the workshop.
Fee for this event is $20

This workshop will address the practical considerations of dealing with insurance panels, setting up an office, marketing on the internet and within the community, and establishing fees. It will then shift to more abstract issues of maintaining evenly suspended attention, setting the frame, answering direct personal questions, and instilling a sense of curiosity.

William Behr, LCSW is the former director of the Psychotherapy Training Program at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, as well as a faculty member and supervisor. He is also a supervisor at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP) is a non-profit academic center which provides high quality post graduate training to mental health practitioners representing a variety of licensed disciplines. Founded and chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 1974 as an interdisciplinary, psychotherapy and psychoanalytic educational center, we were the first in Westchester County to provide such intensive training to non-medical clinicians. As New York State has expanded the scope of licensing, we are currently able to train students with a variety of graduate degrees. Since our origins, WCSPP has been dedicated to an open exchange of ideas and dialogue. Our faculty represents diverse perspectives on human development and psychotherapeutic techniques.

For more information on our training programs, upcoming virtual admissions open houses, and other events and opportunities go to WCSPP.org.

The Nuts and Bolts of Beginning and Growing a Private Practice: Practical Considerations and Unconscious Currents
2021-06-29 19:30 - 21:00
This event is part of our Psychoanalysis in Action series.
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This workshop will address the practical considerations of dealing with insurance panels, setting up an office, marketing on the internet and within the community, and establishing fees. It will then shift to more abstract issues of maintaining evenly suspended attention, setting the frame, answering direct personal questions, and instilling a sense of curiosity.
William Behr, LCSW is the former director of the Psychotherapy Training Program at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, as well as a faculty member and supervisor. He is also a supervisor at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.
Psychoanalysis in Action is the beginning of our work to be a resource for a wider community of caregivers, therapists and anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the human experience. We hope to be available as external consultants to individual therapists and community organizations searching for opportunities to consider fresh ways to look at the therapeutic process. Our intent is to show how psychoanalytic principles can inform therapeutic work of all kinds, in both private practice and agency settings.

Candidate Orientation
2021-09-12 15:00

First Trimester Begins
2021-09-14 19:00 - 21:00

Psychoanalysis in Action - Working With the New Normal: Helping Families and Couples Manage Back to School and Work Transitions in the Time of COVID
2021-09-22 19:30 - 21:30

Scientific Meeting - You Don’t Have to Be a Specialist to Treat Addictions: An Integrative Harm Reduction Approach with Andrew Tatarsky
2021-10-01 19:30 - 21:30

Dialogues In Clinical Moments w/ Ken Barish, PhD: Helping Oppositional Children--An Integrative, Emotion-Regulation Approach
2021-10-16 11:30 - 12:30
(Limited to 8 participants to allow for depth of clinical discussion)

WCSPP Community Fundraiser - Member's Only
2021-10-17 16:00 - 17:00

Dialogues In Clinical Moments w/ Kate Washton, LCSW: Helping Families Understand Sensory Challenges Today
2021-10-23 11:30 - 12:30

Dialogues In Clinical Moments w/ Diane Malkin, LCSW: Helping Couples Negotiate The New Normal In Covid-- A Case Presentation
2021-10-30 11:30 - 12:30
