• Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House

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

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

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

  • Couples Therapy Training Program Open House

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

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

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

  • Empathy and Historical Understanding

    Empathy, for Kohut, always involves an awareness of difference, of the distinction between the empathizing self and the empathized other. Since empathy is decidedly not sympathy, we can and must—Dr. […]

  • Using Coaching Techniques To Help Clients Break Through Blocks

    Join us for a virtual event, "Psychoanalysis in Action at WCSPP: Using Coaching Techniques To Help Clients Break Through Blocks," hosted by the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP). Event Details: Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Location: Live on Zoom Presenter: Colin Beavan, Author, Coach, and Consultant Cost: $25 […]

  • WCSPP Film Night: “Close”

    2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs This film is available for viewing on Hulu, YouTube, or Google Play before the event. Friday, November 3, 2023 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Admission with CE: $20 A discussion will be facilitated via ZOOM by ROBERT GAINES, PhD & CARTER […]

  • WCSPP Annual Conference: Language in Psychotherapy

    3 CE credits for most NY and CT Licenses (pending) OVERVIEW: WCSPP’s November 2023 Conference showcases two new papers by noted thinkers writing today about psychoanalysis and language, Donnel Stern and Jeanine Vivona, whose biographies, including the range of their published work, appear below. Language, imagination and the interpersonal Field Paper presented by Donnel B. […]