BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WCSPP - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wcspp.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WCSPP REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194950Z UID:25980063-1591124400-1591129800@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Town Hall Meeting via Zoom: June 2nd at 7:00pm DESCRIPTION:Town Hall Meeting via Zoom: June 2nd at 7:00pm \nThe Diversity Committee of WCSPP presents: \nCOVID-19: “We are all in the same boat.” … Are We? \nSome might intend comfort in this platitude\, but it presumes a shared reality that does not exist. This unique time highlights differences of experience across demographic groups. Our June Town Meeting will provide a forum to explore the wide range of ways COVID-19 has affected our patients and our work. \n*All WCSPP community members are invited. Attendance required for current candidates.* \nZoom link to be sent in days leading up to event. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/town-hall-meeting-via-zoom-june-2nd-at-700pm/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194922Z UID:25980062-1591210800-1591216200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: WCSPP Zoom Series -- Helping Parents and Children During Covid-19 and Beyond: Struggles\, Strengths\, and Strategies DESCRIPTION:A presentation of salient perspectives from three of our faculty\nmembers will be followed by time to share your thoughts\,\nexperiences\, and questions. \nFaculty panel featuring: Ken Barish\, PhD; Leslie Gibson\, PhD; and Angela LaManna\, LCSW.\nModerated by Debra Lilienfeld\, LCSW. \nPlease note: the discussion will be followed by a brief open\nhouse for all those interested in joining our program in the fall. \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email and Zoom link.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-wcspp-zoom-series-helping-parents-and-children-during-covid-19-and-beyond-struggles-strengths-and-strategies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194951Z UID:25980064-1591882200-1591885800@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: Couples Therapy Training Program Open House Via Zoom DESCRIPTION:How Couples Training Can Change Your Practice \n-Hone your skills and confidence in treating couples \n-Become part of our Westchester/Connecticut community of clinicians \n-Begin 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. \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\, LQP \nCE credits will be offered for the coursework.\nFinancial aid is available to those who qualify. \nTimeline: \nRolling Admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2020 \nProgram begins September 8th\, 2020 \n*WCSPP PLANS TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON CLASSES IN THE FALL\, HOWEVER WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER ON-LINE LEARNING AS NECESSARY. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-couples-therapy-training-program-open-house-via-zoom/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200613T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200613T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194952Z UID:25980065-1592056800-1592060400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy & Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program Open House Via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Using the Dream as a Psychoanalytic Tool to Open Up and Explore: \nThe Patient’s Mind at Work \nJoin us as Dr. Aviva Gitlin\, WCSPP faculty\, takes us all on a live journey using our own unconscious responses in our work with DREAMS. \nAbout Our Training Programs \nWCSPP 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. \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 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. \nAviva Gitlin\, Psy.D. is the chair of the curriculum committee and on the faculty of WCSPP. She is Past President of the WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association. She is an Adjunct Faculty and Supervisor at the Ferkauf School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. Dr. Gitlin has Certificates in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy from WCSPP. \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 \nCE Credits will be offered for coursework.\nFinancial Aid is available for those who qualify. \nTimeline: \nRolling admissions with decisions made by July 30\, 2020 \nProgram begins September 8th\, 2020* \n*WCSPP PLANS TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON CLASSES IN THE FALL\, HOWEVER WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER ON-LINE LEARNING AS NECESSARY. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-foundations-of-psychodynamic-psychotherapy-advanced-psychoanalytic-training-program-open-house-via-zoom/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194953Z UID:25980066-1593093600-1593097200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program Open House via Zoom DESCRIPTION:See faculty members supervise a current candidate on their on-going case. This live supervision will highlight training perspectives on both individual and parent work. \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? \n
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT\, LQP \nPlease note: CE credits are available for coursework. Financial Aid will be available to those who qualify. \nProgram begins September 8th\, 2020 \n*WCSPP PLANS TO CONTINUE ONLINE LEARNING UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE\, BUT AT LEAST UNTIL SPRING 2021. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-open-house-via-zoom/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T111500 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194953Z UID:25980067-1593252000-1593256500@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Diversity Book Group Presents Contemporary African-American Poets (members only event) DESCRIPTION:Diversity Book Group Presents: \nContemporary African-American Poets \nJune 27\, 2020 \n10:00 – 10:15: Virtual Coffee\n10:15 – 11:15: Poetry Discussion\nThose who want to linger may. \nPlace: Your favorite Zoom Room! \nThe events of the last few weeks have asked and invited many of us to examine our biases\, our racism born out of the systemic\, embedded racism in our society. In response to this task the Diversity Committee is moving up the rescheduling our Covid-postponed Diversity Book Group “Contemporary African-American Poets” to June 27. \nPoetry compresses and focuses ideas and emotions. It can be intense and evocative. It is one of the arts that has the potential to help us transcend differences and can express in few words what prose can take whole books to convey. We will be reading the poetry of several contemporary African-American poets. It will be with the aid of these poets that we will have the opportunity\, in community\, to make meaning and to examine our own sentiments. \nThe poems will be sent to all who RSVP along with the Zoom link for this event. Some people have already received the poems\, but please let us know if you are newly joining us and need them. \nRSVP to lesliegibsonphd@gmail.com ASAP\, please with a deadline of 6/21. It takes us some time and effort to send out the poems and we want to be sure everyone has a chance to read. \nWe look forward to seeing you\, however virtual it may be. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/diversity-book-group-presents-contemporary-african-american-poets-members-only-event/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200713T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200713T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195019Z UID:25980068-1594668600-1594672200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: Child\, Adolescent\, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program Open House via Zoom DESCRIPTION:See faculty members supervise a current candidate on their on-going case. This live supervision will highlight training perspectives on both individual and parent work. \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? \n
Applicants must be licensed Masters or Doctoral-level mental health professionals: M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, LCSW\, NP\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC\, LMFT\, LQP \nPlease note: CE credits are available for coursework. Financial Aid will be available to those who qualify. \nProgram begins September 8th\, 2020 \n*WCSPP PLANS TO CONTINUE ONLINE LEARNING UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE\, BUT AT LEAST UNTIL SPRING 2021. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community…Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-child-adolescent-parent-psychotherapy-training-program-open-house-via-zoom-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195020Z UID:25980069-1595511000-1595514600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:RSVP: Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy & Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program Open House Via Zoom DESCRIPTION:Please Join Our VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE via ZOOM \nAbout Our Training Programs \nWCSPP 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. \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 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. \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\, 2020 \nProgram begins September 8th\, 2020* \n**WCSPP PLANS TO CONTINUE ONLINE LEARNING UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE\, BUT AT LEAST UNTIL SPRING 2021. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/rsvp-foundations-of-psychodynamic-psychotherapy-advanced-psychoanalytic-training-program-open-house-via-zoom-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200823T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200823T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195052Z UID:25980075-1598200200-1598205600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:"Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:" A Monthly Conversation about Race (members only) DESCRIPTION:The Diversity Committee invites you to join us for: \n“Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:” A Monthly Conversation about Race \n*Due to the significant number of outages that remain in our area following Tuesday’s storm\, this month’s conversation about race has been rescheduled to take place on Sunday\, August 23rd. \nFor our first time out\, we’ll use a podcast from “On Being”  as our jumping-off point after a brief description of how we at WCSPP have gotten here. \nWhen:  August 23th at 4:30 pm \nWhere:  Zoom \nWho:  Irene Studwell and Julie Willstatter—Introduction; Wade Anderson—Moderator \nPlease RSVP to Irene Studwell\n istudwell@gmail.com \nLink to podcast:  \nhttps://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/ \nResmaa Menakem \n‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’ \nThe best laws and diversity training have not gotten us anywhere near where we want to go. Therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem is working with old wisdom and very new science about our bodies and nervous systems\, and all we condense into the word “race.” Krista Tippett sat down with him in Minneapolis\, where they both live and work\, before the pandemic lockdown began. In this heartbreaking moment\, after the killing of George Floyd and the history it carries\, Resmaa Menakem’s practices offer us the beginning to change at a cellular level.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://wcspp.org/event/good-trouble-necessary-trouble-a-monthly-conversation-about-race-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195022Z UID:25980071-1599591600-1599591600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Orientation DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wcspp.org/event/orientation/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195022Z UID:25980072-1600196400-1600196400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Classes Begin DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wcspp.org/event/classes-begin/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195053Z UID:25980076-1601667000-1601674200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Scientific Meeting -- Storytelling and the Experience of Talk Therapy: Notes on the Possible and the Impossible DESCRIPTION:2 CE Hours available for\nNY LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs \nSTORYTELLING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF TALK THERAPY: NOTES ON THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE \nLive Webinar! \nCLAIRE BASESCU\, Ph.D.\n \nFriday\, OCTOBER 2\, 2020\n7:30 – 9:30 p.m. \nAdmission including CE: $30 \n\nTO REGISTER: \nhttps://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3797273767002816270 \nThis webinar is live\, real-time and interactive \nPowered by GoToWebinar \nPresented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP \nThis paper addresses multiple aspects of storytelling and narrative in relation to talk therapy. It is an essayistic exploration of the collaborative meaning-making nature of the therapy conversation. All theory\, all case presentations\, all interpretive organizing of experience\, are forms of narrative storytelling based in the subjectivity of analyst and patient\, mediated by language. Also of interest are the complex motivations for talking\, the need for solitude\, and both the need for and fear of human communication. While the essay is mostly literary and clinical\, Ricoeur’s theory of hermeneutics provides theoretical support for these explorations. \n​Claire Basescu is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Greenwich Village. She is a Graduate and Supervisor of Psychoanalysis at the William Alanson White Institute and was formerly on the Editorial Board of the Journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis. She is the author of articles that combine scholarly\, clinical\, and creative writing on such topics as divorce\, parenthood\, abortion\, solitude\, and therapy\, particularly the experience of the therapist. She taught a seminar based on the TV show “In Treatment” and has also published poetry. \nCONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS \nLearning Objectives: \nParticipants will be able to: \n1. Explain the theory of psychotherapy as a collaborative meaning making endeavor between two equally subjective participants.\n2. Describe the power of narrative in psychotherapy.\n3. Describe how political and cultural forces influence personal narratives.\n4. Explain Ricoeur’s theory of hermeneutics. \nTeaching Methods: \nLecture Presentation; Question and Answer \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 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. \nA completed survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours. \nWho should attend: Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, graduate students. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/scientific-meeting-storytelling-and-the-experience-of-talk-therapy-notes-on-the-possible-and-the-impossible/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201004T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201004T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195123Z UID:25980082-1601829000-1601834400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:"Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:" A Monthly Conversation about Race (members only) DESCRIPTION:The Diversity Committee invites you back to:”Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:”\nA Monthly Conversation about Race \nThanks to all who joined us for our first meeting\, and shared\, so openly and courageously\, formative experiences that shaped our attitudes on race. For our second meeting\, we hope to continue the conversation\, adding reflections on ways this early learning has stayed with us\, personally and professionally. We will start out together and then divide into small groups for a more private space. \nWhen: October 4th at 4:30 pm \nWhere: Zoom \nWho: Irene Studwell and Julie Willstatter—Introduction \n Ed Ballen —Moderator \nPlease RSVP to Irene Studwell\n istudwell@gmail.com \nThe “On Being” podcast with John Lewis will be our jumping-off point. Let’s hope his bravery and kindness prompt us to examine our own “trouble” together. \nLink to podcast: \nhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-being-with-krista-tippett/id150892556?i=1000485871039 URL:https://wcspp.org/event/good-trouble-necessary-trouble-a-monthly-conversation-about-race-members-only-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201018T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201018T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195021Z UID:25980070-1603015200-1603020600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Diversity Book Group: Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Anti-Racist (members only) DESCRIPTION:Diversity Book Group Presents: \nHow to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi \nOctober 18\, 2020 \n10:00 – 11:30am \nPlace: Your favorite Zoom room! \nRSVP to lesliegibsonphd@gmail.com to be added to the Zoom registration. \n  URL:https://wcspp.org/event/diversity-book-group-ibram-x-kendis-how-to-be-an-anti-racist-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T235900 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195050Z UID:25980073-1603584000-1603670340@wcspp.org SUMMARY:WCSPP Graduation DESCRIPTION:Graduates \nAdvanced Psychoanalytic Program \nRachel Alfandre\, LCSW\nPatricia Evette Gordon\, LCSW\nIsabel Frankel Rachlin\, LCSW \nFoundations of\nPsychodynamic Psychotherapy Program \nMikaela Bernthaler\, PsyD\nMelissa Capozzi\, LCSW\nCarla Lisio\, LCSW\nMargaret Trussler McLaughlin\, APRN\nClaudia Rivas\, LCSW\nJean Seibel\, MA\, LCAT\, BC-DMT\nRebecca Gould Walkley\, LMHC\, SEPI \nChild\, Adolescent and Parent Program \nTraci Gavila\, PsyD\nJim Kramer\, LCSW\nTed McCourtney\, LCSW\nChristopher Nardozzi\, JD\, LCSW\nTina M. Resier\, LMSW\nRachael Lucille Sokolowski\, ATR-BC\, LCAT \nCouples Psychotherapy Program \nCarlotta Berg Hanson\, LCSW\nLaura Dermer\, LCSW\nKarlie Goldstein\, LCSW\nPamela D. Siemon\, LCSW \nSCHEDULE WITH ZOOM LINKS: \n2:30 pm\nWCSPP All Program Graduation Ceremony\nhttps://zoom.us/j/4273630828 \n3:00 pm\nAdvanced Psychoanalytic Program Ceremony\nhttps://zoom.us/j/4890337216 \n4:00 pm\nFoundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program Ceremony\nhttps://zoom.us/j/3265649913 \n5:00 pm\nChild\, Adolescent and Parent Program Ceremony\nhttps://zoom.us/j/3136089799 \n6:00 pm\nCouples Program Ceremony\nhttps://zoom.us/j/5993504505 \nWE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-graduation/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T194822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T194822Z UID:25980052-1604689200-1604689200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:WCSPP Film Night - POSTPONED DESCRIPTION:WCSPP Film Night POSTPONED \nClinical Perspectives on Remarkable Movies \nStreaming “Everlasting Moments” followed by discussion with Melissa Capozzi\, LMSW\, and Robert Gaines\, PhD. \n*More information will be posted about the re-scheduling of this event. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-film-night-postponed/ CATEGORIES:Member Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201108T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201108T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195150Z UID:25980083-1604853000-1604858400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:"Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:" A Monthly Conversation about Race DESCRIPTION:The Diversity Committee invites you back to: \n“Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble:”\nA Monthly Conversation about Race \nFor our third meeting\, we will continue what has been a rewarding conversation\, adding reflections on ways our early experience of race has stayed with us\, personally and professionally. We will start out together and then divide into small groups for a more private space. \nWhen: November 8\, 2020 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nWhere: Zoom \nIrene Studwell – Moderator \nPlease RSVP to: \nJulie Willstatter\nwillstatterj@gmail.com\nor\nIrene Studwell\n istudwell@gmail.com \nUpcoming dates\n12/6/20\n1/20/21\n2/7/21\n3/7/21\n4/4/21\n5/2/21 URL:https://wcspp.org/event/good-trouble-necessary-trouble-a-monthly-conversation-about-race/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195122Z UID:25980081-1605346200-1605353400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Community Forum - The End of the Hour: A Therapist's Reflections on Closing a Practice DESCRIPTION:Community Forum \nTHE END OF THE HOUR:\nA THERAPIST’S REFLECTIONS ON CLOSING A PRACTICE \nSharon Medoff Picard\, LCSW\n \nSaturday November 14th\, 2020\n9:30 – 11:30 a.m.\nAdmission: $30 \n2 CEU credits offered to\nLCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, and LCATs \nON ZOOM! \nMORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW \nRSVP to:\nAssistant@wcspp.org\n845 867-7318 \nTo pay by credit card go to wcspp.org/register \nTo pay by check addressed to WCSPP\, please mail to:\nZoe\nPO Box 997\nMillbrook\, NY 12545 \nChoosing to close a private practice carries profound ramifications for therapist and patients. Generally\, our patients leave us. Usually—and ideally—through a mutually constructed and thoughtful termination process. Sometimes\, terminations are marked by an abrupt rupture; with rare exceptions\, however\, these\, too\, are at the behest of the patient. In addition\, for most of us\, a termination is accompanied by the understanding that a patient is welcome to return should the need arise. Choosing to close up shop for personal reasons involves interrupting ongoing work\, disappointing and angering patients and stirring up abandonment issues. As well\, for the therapist\, it involves separating from a deeply cherished identity. \nWith reference to some of the limited available literature\, this presentation will address the conundrums of making such a choice\, the dilemmas facing the therapist\, the theme of loss and the arc of the work during the months between the announcement and termination. \nDiscussion will invite commentary from therapists dealing with the prospect of closing a practice since the onset of the pandemic. A time when all the anticipated affects and quandaries are made more awkward and delicate and when an imposed sense of crisis may infuse the process. \nSharon Medoff Picard\, LCSW is a faculty member at WCSPP and a former director of their Adult Psychotherapy Training Program. She recently closed her private practice but remains involved with training and supervision. \nCONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE CONTACT HOURS \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 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. \nLearning Objectives: \nParticipants will be able to:\n1) Discuss the impact of choosing to close a practice on both patients and therapist.\n2) Describe the themes that mark the period of transition between the announcement of the closing of a practice and the final termination.\n3 ) Describe the impact of closing a practice on the identity of the therapist. \nTeaching method: \nPresentation of paper followed by group discussion \nA completed survey must be submitted at the end of the community forum. \nWho should attend: Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, graduate students. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/community-forum-the-end-of-the-hour-a-therapists-reflections-on-closing-a-practice/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201121T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195051Z UID:25980074-1605949200-1605960000@wcspp.org SUMMARY:WCSPP Annual Conference - Gender Dysphoria: At the Intersection of Culture and Clinical Practice DESCRIPTION:WCSPP’s Annual Conference this year will be a webinar offering 3 CE hours \nGENDER DYSPHORIA: At the Intersection of Culture and Clinical Practice \nRegister by clicking here! \nView the 2020 Conference Brochure \nKeynote Speakers:\nDavid Schwartz\, PhD Clinical and ethical considerations in the treatment of gender dysphoric children and adolescents: When doing less is helping more \nLaurel Silber\, PsyD A child’s developing gender subjectivity in the context of attachment concerns with implications for psychotherapy \nAt this extraordinary moment in time\, we are called upon to reconsider the ways we think and act across many spheres of life\, including race\, sexuality and gender. In this conference\, gender will take center stage as we strive to expand our understanding of gender dysphoric children within the larger context of their families and culture. \nAs challenged children and families look to clinicians for guidance\, it is the intention of this conference to contribute to a better and more complex understanding of the issues children and their families face. \nDr. David Schwartz’s presentation will explore the present state of treatment of children and adolescents who identify as transgender or who experience gender dysphoria. Special attention will be given to the effects of contemporary cultural pressure\, practitioner bias and parental anxiety as these three interact. Dr. Schwartz will emphasize the importance of an empathic\, non-directive clinical stance\, including engagement with parents\, as the key to offering a treatment that is ethically informed and therapeutically effective. \nDr. Laurel Silber’s presentation explores new clinical and theoretical questions arising in child/family psychotherapy relative to cultural shifts and gender variance. What have we learned from the children? Play therapy is well suited to the task of sorting the self. Children engage in play to organize feelings and experience\, to make meaning and find belonging within their attachment system. What changes in the intergenerational narrative as some children\, seeking coherency\, explore boundaries and resist binaries for categorization? As adults\, we will be reflecting on what is different and the same as we hold in mind gender subjectivity and discover some surprises within our open dialogue. \nThe webinar will continue with questions and discussion with all participants. \nRegistration and Fees Fee is $75\, which includes 3 CE hours. \nCANCELLATION POLICY: Requests for a refund MUST be received by email or letter by November 7\, 2020\, for full refund\, less a $25 processing fee. \nContinuing Education:\nNYS Mental Health Practitioners: WCSPP is recognized by the NYS Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed 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. \nCT Social Workers and Other Mental Health Practitioners: CE hours approved. \nPsychologists: The Westchester Center for Psychological Education (WCPE) is a co-sponsor of this programs with WCSPP. The WCPE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The WCPE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Approval pending. \nIf requesting CE hours\, a completed evaluation must be submitted online through WCSPP’s Survey Monkey after the conference and before midnight\, Tuesday\, Dec. 1\, 2020.\nThis webinar is open to NY and CT Social Workers\, Psychoanalysts\, Marriage and Family Therapists\, Mental Health Counselors\, Creative Arts Therapists\, Psychologists\, Psychiatrists\, Pediatricians and other health care professionals. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-annual-conference-gender-dysphoria-at-the-intersection-of-culture-and-clinical-practice/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195053Z UID:25980077-1606849200-1606854600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Community Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wcspp.org/event/community-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195151Z UID:25980084-1607270400-1607270400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Paul Stark Memorial Meeting DESCRIPTION:Paul Stark Memorial Meeting \nWe welcome all faculty\, graduates and candidates to join with us in honoring the memory of WCSPP’s co-founder Paul Stark who passed away earlier this year. As our Institute’s first Director\, he played a major role in imparting the core values that continue to distinguish our community. His vision of a pluralistic\, non-hierarchical psychoanalytic educational center training Social Workers\, Psychologists and Psychiatrists on a basis of professional equality was unique in its time. Please join us in remembering Paul’s contributions as well as celebrating the history of our institute which opened its doors in 1974. \nWestchester Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Paul Stark Memorial\nTime: Dec 6\, 2020 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/6681579601?pwd=WFNGZGNUdUZ0YUZsQlVmRDBlOTgvZz09 \nMeeting ID: 668 157 9601\nPasscode: 123456\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,6681579601# US (New York)\n+13126266799\,\,6681579601# US (Chicago) \nDial by your location\n +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 668 157 9601\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adG0A1DsO \nMemorial Committee\nElliot Adler\nBill Behr\nBarbara Messer URL:https://wcspp.org/event/paul-stark-memorial-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195119Z UID:25980078-1607454000-1607461200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Second Trimester Classes Begin DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wcspp.org/event/second-trimester-classes-begin/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201211T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201211T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195152Z UID:25980085-1607715000-1607722200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Scientific Meeting: Secrets and Lies in Psychotherapy\, Barry Farber\, Ph.D. (2 CE Hours Available) DESCRIPTION:Scientific Meeting \n2 CE Hours available for\nNY LCSWs\, LMSWs\, LPs\, LMFTs\, LMHCs\, LCATs \nSECRETS AND LIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY \nLive Webinar! \nBARRY FARBER\, Ph.D. \nAdmission including CE: $30 \nTO REGISTER: \nhttps://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8209733777429935629 \nThis webinar is live\, real-time and interactive \nPowered by GoToWebinar \nPresented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP \nIn every context of their lives\, people lie and have secrets. Even in psychotherapy\, that space of near-absolute confidentiality\, clients lie and keep secrets. Often\, though not always\, these lies and secrets significantly interfere with therapeutic progress and good outcome. Often\, therapists have little or no awareness of the extent to which clients have been far from truthful with them. \nThis presentation\, based on recent studies by the speaker and his research team\, provides an overview of the most common client lies told in therapy\, clients’ stated reasons for them\, the perceived consequences of them\, and clients’ ideas about what therapists might do to facilitate more honest disclosure. Three of the most common lies (and the motives for them) will be emphasized: suicidal ideation; sexual thoughts and behavior; and client feelings about their therapist and the progress of therapy. The last part of the presentation focuses on ways by which therapists can prevent (or at least minimize) the extent of lies and secrets in therapy\, as well as how they might deal with their inevitable expression. \nBarry A. Farber received his PhD from Yale University in 1978. The next year\, he became a member of the clinical psychology faculty at Teachers College\, Columbia University\, where he’s been ever since. Dr. Farber served as Director of Clinical Training at Teachers College for 24 years and has also served three stints as Department Chair. \nDr. Farber has varied interests within the area of psychotherapy research\, including the nature and consequences of therapists’ provision of positive regard\, and the extent to which patients\, therapists\, supervisors\, and supervisees honestly disclose to each other. His recent book\, Secrets and Lies in Psychotherapy\, co-authored by two of his graduate students\, grew out of a 2-year research project involving over 1\,000 patients who were asked about the secrets kept and lies told in their therapy. \nDr. Farber is also the author of Self-disclosure in Psychotherapy\, two books focusing on burnout in the helping professions\, and a book on Carl Rogers (The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers: Cases and Commentary) as well as a book called Rock ‘n Roll Wisdom: What Psychologically Astute Lyrics Can Teach About Life and Love. \nCONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS \nTeaching Method: \nPower-Point presentation with ample opportunity for questions and discussion. \nLearning Objectives: \nParticipants will be able to: \n1. Participants will be able to identify the most common lies that clients tell in psychotherapy.\n2. Participants will be able to identify common and specific motives for these lies.\n3. Participants will be able to identify specific practices that facilitate honest disclosure in psychotherapy. \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 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 survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours. \nWho should attend: Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, graduate students. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/scientific-meeting-secrets-and-lies-in-psychotherapy-barry-farber-ph-d-2-ce-hours-available/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201213T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195152Z UID:25980086-1607877000-1607882400@wcspp.org SUMMARY:"Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble": A Monthly Conversation about Race (WCSPP Members Only) DESCRIPTION:The Diversity Committee invites you back to: \n“Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble”:\nA Monthly Conversation about Race \nTopic: What We Don’t Say; What We Don’t Do \nWhen: December 13\, 2020 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nWhere: Zoom \nIrene Studwell – Moderator \nPlease RSVP to: \nJulie Willstatter\nwillstatterj@gmail.com \nUpcoming dates\n1/10/21\n2/7/21\n3/7/21\n4/4/21\n5/2/21 URL:https://wcspp.org/event/good-trouble-necessary-trouble-a-monthly-conversation-about-race-wcspp-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195153Z UID:25980087-1610296200-1610301600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:"Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble": A Monthly Conversation about Race - What is the Impact on Others When We Don’t Say or Do Something?(WCSPP Members Only) DESCRIPTION:The Diversity Committee invites you back to: \n“Good Trouble\, Necessary Trouble”:\nA Monthly Conversation about Race \nTopic: What is the Impact on Others When We Don’t Say or Do Something? \nWhen: January 10\, 2021 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nWhere: Zoom \nIrene Studwell – Moderator \nPlease RSVP to: \nJulie Willstatter\nwillstatterj@gmail.com\nor\nIrene Studwell\n istudwell@gmail.com \nUpcoming dates\n2/7/21\n3/7/21\n4/4/21\n5/2/21 URL:https://wcspp.org/event/good-trouble-necessary-trouble-a-monthly-conversation-about-race-what-is-the-impact-on-others-when-we-dont-say-or-do-somethingwcspp-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195221Z UID:25980091-1612292400-1612297800@wcspp.org SUMMARY:CAPP MINI COURSE: APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC TESTING IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN\, PARENTS\, AND EDUCATORS DESCRIPTION:Therapists\, would you like to enhance your work with children and parents? \nThe Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Presents \nA CAPP MINI COURSE: \nAPPLICATIONS OF PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC TESTING IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN\, PARENTS\, AND EDUCATORS \nThis three-hour mini-course on testing is open to our current candidates and to anyone else in the community who might be interested in learning more about testing and ways it can be used clinically. \nInstructor:\nJudith T. Moskowitz\, Ph.D. \nTime and dates: 7pm\, February 2\, 9\, and 23\, 2021.\nCost: $75 \nZoom \nSPACE IS LIMITED! \nRSVP to Irene Studwell istudwell@gmail.com\nor Jane Bloomgarden jwillbloom@gmail.com \n* * * * *\nA neuropsychological evaluation aspires to answer the question: “Who is this child?” It is a process analysis of the cognitive/intellectual\, academic\, and emotional factors that characterize a child’s functioning. In 9-12 hours (plus the time for intake and feedback)\, it provides a bird’s eye view that can help a therapist understand intellectual capacity\, areas of cognitive strengths and weaknesses\, and academic skills and deficits. With projective tests\, it also gives a snapshot of ego functioning\, defenses\, and issues related to anxieties\, mood regulation\, and social perception. The findings can shorten the introductory phase of treatment\, and give the therapist insights that would take months to discover. \nThis mini course aims to help clinicians understand what testing entails\, and how its results can be effectively relayed\, and help inform clinical interventions. Viewed as a major intervention (akin to “crisis intervention”)\, it has the potential to change the narrative\, and reframe the way in which a child is viewed – by parents\, teachers\, and self. A clinical approach is consistently used in relating to both parents and child\, and establishing a therapeutic alliance. \nCase material will be used to describe a variety of clinical presentations – what they mean\, how they can shed light upon the interaction between neurobiological and emotional factors\, and how they contribute to development. These factors may also impact parent/child relationships and identification patterns\, result in misinterpretations\, and possibly derail the acquisition of a child’s positive sense of self. The following are some areas that can be explored: (a) ADHD and executive functioning (b) Impact of language disorders (c) Pseudo-stupidity (d) Mood disorders and emotional dysregulation (e) Early identification of serious psychiatric disorders (f) The adopted child and “the black box”. \nDr. Moskowitz is a neuropsychologist based in Ardsley and a graduate of the Adelphi Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/capp-mini-course-applications-of-psychodiagnostic-testing-in-working-with-children-parents-and-educators/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195221Z UID:25980090-1612553400-1612560600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Scientific Meeting: The Impact of Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma on Adult Sexual Intimacy\, Suzanne Iasenza\, Ph.D. (2 CE Hours Available) DESCRIPTION:The Impact of Intergenerational Transmission\nof Trauma on Adult Sexual Intimacy \nLive Webinar! \nSuzanne Iasenza\, PhD \nFriday\, February 5\, 2021\n7:30 – 9:30 p.m. \nAdmission including CE: $30 \nTO REGISTER: \nhttps://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6753630738837275404 \nThis webinar is live\, real-time and interactive \nPowered by GoToWebinar \nPresented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP \nMuch 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. \nSuzanne 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). \nCONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS \nTeaching Method: \nLecture with power point\, case discussion and Q & A. \nLearning Objectives: \n1) Participants will be able to describe the effects of intergenerational trauma on couple intimacy and sexuality.\n2) Participants will be able to discuss how to identify and integrate the effects of intergenerational trauma in a treatment plan.\n3) Participants will be able to describe clinical techniques to help couples improve sexuality and intimacy. \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 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 survey must be submitted after the meeting for 2 CE hours. \nWho should attend: Psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, psychoanalysts\, other mental health professionals\, nurses\, graduate students. \nThe Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy\nis a non-profit psychoanalytic training institute chartered in 1974\nby the Regents of the University of the State of New York.\nThis email represents our on-going efforts to share a pluralistic view of psychoanalysis with the broader community.\nLearn more at wcspp.org or email us at info@wcspp.org. URL:https://wcspp.org/event/scientific-meeting-the-impact-of-intergenerational-transmission-of-trauma-on-adult-sexual-intimacy-suzanne-iasenza-ph-d-2-ce-hours-available/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210206T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210206T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195222Z UID:25980092-1612607400-1612612800@wcspp.org SUMMARY:On Zoom -- WCSPP Annual Open House DESCRIPTION:The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy \nANNUAL ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE \nSaturday\, February 6\, 2021\n10:30am – 12:00pm \nLearn about training opportunities for Fall 2021 in: \nPsychotherapy\nPsychoanalysis\nChild/Adolescent/Parent Psychotherapy\nCouples Therapy \nCase presentation with live supervision! \nOur post-graduate training opportunities have been restructured to allow more individual flexibility in the content and timing of training. \nWe’d love to have you become part of our community… Come see what we are all about! \nRSVP For This Event!\nSubmit the form to RSVP.  You will receive a confirmation email.\n\n [gravityform id=”2″ title=”false” description=”false”] URL:https://wcspp.org/event/on-zoom-wcspp-annual-open-house/ CATEGORIES:Public Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195252Z UID:25980093-1614366000-1614373200@wcspp.org SUMMARY:WCSPP Diversity Committee presents "The Work before us: Whiteness and the psychoanalytic institute" by Alexandra Woods\, PhD (members only) DESCRIPTION:**Please note date change** \nThe WCSPP Diversity Committee \ninvites you to a presentation\n“The Work before us: Whiteness and the psychoanalytic institute”\nby Alexandra Woods\, Ph.D.\nWhen: Friday\, February 26\, 7:00-9:00pm\nWhere: Zoom\nAlexandra Woods\, PhD\, will present ideas for building a diverse psychoanalytic institute \n• What does it take for an institute to call itself “anti-racist”?\n• How can institutes face resistance to systemic change?\n• How have psychoanalytic institutes collaborated to confront racism and white privilege? \nRead Alexandra Wood’s Paper!\nAttend this very important meeting!\nDiscuss possibilities for institutional change! \nYou will receive the paper via email through the WCSPP listserv prior to the event. \nRSVP: istudwell@gmail.com (Irene Studwell) or willstatterj@gmail.com (Julie Willstatter) URL:https://wcspp.org/event/wcspp-diversity-committee-presents-the-work-before-us-whiteness-and-the-psychoanalytic-institute-by-alexandra-woods-phd-members-only/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210309T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210309T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010147 CREATED:20240717T195121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T195121Z UID:25980079-1615316400-1615323600@wcspp.org SUMMARY:Third Trimester Classes Begin DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wcspp.org/event/third-trimester-classes-begin/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR