Reflections on Money Matters in the Transference/Countertransference Matrix

Presenters: Irwin Hirsch, PhD and George Whitson, PhD Clinical Material presented by Nicholas Singman, LCSW Moderators George Goldstein, PhD Janet Shimer, LCSW, MBA Sylvia Steinert, LCSW 2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Pending for CT LCSWs This webinar is live, real-time and interactive The impact of […]

Blooming in December: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults

Psychodynamic treatment of older adults can be extremely effective. The assaults, losses, and indignities accompanying older age are many and may exacerbate old relational conflicts, revive early trauma, and erode the sense of self. In the context of therapy, it presents opportunity. Aspects of treatment that we will explore include current and revived trauma, the […]

Master Class: Ruptures and Crises in Termination, Jill Salberg, PhD

WCSPP's Leadership and Development Committee is inviting all graduates of psychoanalytic training programs* to a one time master level class  Ruptures and Crises in Termination Jill Salberg, PhD. 2 CE HOURS AVAILABLE FOR MOST NYS PRACTITIONERS The difficulties involved in ending treatment are complex and can present challenges and possibilities for analyst, patient and the therapeutic dyad.  It is no […]

Internal Family Systems: A Psychoanalytic Tool

Dialogues In Clinical Moments: Small-group Discussions of the Latest in Psychoanalytic Thought and Practice Today, Treating the Gamut of Presenting Problems and Diagnoses CONTINUING EDUCATION – 2 CE HOURS INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS) is a guided meditation technique that mirrors the main goals and aims of psychoanalysis. Richard Schwartz who developed the IFS technique noticed […]

A Shimmering Landscape: The Actual and the Imaginative in Psychic Life

Speaker: Dodi Goldman, PhD 2 CE Hours available for: NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs, Connecticut Practitioners - LCSW WCSPP invites you to an evening with Dodi Goldman, PhD, of the William Alanson White Institute. Through an interactive consideration of a series of projected images, we will explore how the […]

Diversity Book Group (WCSPP only)

The book is Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Andrea Elliott. More details to follow via Listserv

WCSPP Film Night “Beanpole” : Clinical Perspectives on Remarkable Movies

2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs This film is available for viewing on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, or Google Play before the event A discussion will be facilitated via ZOOM by JANIT BLISS, LCSW-R & JANE BLOOMGARDEN, PhD About the movie “BEANPOLE”, FILMED IN 2019, BEGINS […]

WCSPP’s Annual Conference: The Arc of Adoption

Keynote Speakers: Billie Pivnick, PhD, and Katie Naftzger, LICSW 4 CE Credits for most NYS licenses; Connecticut Practitioners - LCSW Overview At their roots, adoption stories begin with elements of sorrow. The children, adolescents and parents whose lives together begin in loss often find their way into clinical settings, faced with challenges that are unique. […]

Enriching Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Using New Models and Metaphors from Contemporary Science

2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYD's Overview: Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy can be enriched through interdisciplinary studies that move beyond the confines of psychoanalysis itself.  This scientific meeting will look toward the contemporary sciences to provide new ideas, models, and metaphors that can both broaden and enrich psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.  […]

Siblings: Love, Rivalry and the Forging of Identity

2 CE Hours available for: NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs About the event Psychoanalysis has traditionally emphasized the relationship with parents as central to identity formation and character development. Yet, as Juliet Mitchell puts it, "why should there be only one set of relationships which provide for the structure […]