Love, “The Kiss” and Repair: Clara Thompson’s Contributions to Relational Theory

This presentation begins with a moving account of Clara Thompson’s collaborative clinical work with the Hungarian psychoanalyst, Sandor Ferenczi. The vignette sets the stage for understanding the revolutionary aspects of the active and innovative work between Ferenczi and Thompson, and the transformative clinical practice Thompson would go on to introduce to her American colleagues. Ann D’Ercole […]

How Our Work As Therapists Changes Us As People

Katonah Study Group joins WCSPP: How Our Work As Therapists Changes Us As People Presented by: Andrew Klafter, MD Moderated by: Mark Banschick, MD 2 CE HOURS available for:NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Based on 25 years of intensive psychotherapy work with patients and intensive supervision, training, and consultation […]

Internal Family Systems (IFS): A Psychoanalytic Tool

2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYD's 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 that if we are able to feel our feelings as physically embodied, we […]

WCSPP Film Night: Past Lives

2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs This film is available for viewing on Amazon, Google Play or Apple TV. Watch the movie before the event. A discussion […]

Supervisory Training Program Open House

Program Highlights: One-year certificate program Provide direct supervision to psychoanalytic candidates or graduates Receive weekly supervision from a senior faculty member Once-weekly classes via zoom on a trimester basis Program […]

Gender Dysphoria as Complicated Terrain for Kids, Parents, and Clinicians

2 CE Hours available to NYS LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, Psychologists and PsyDs Beginning with an exploration of the nature of gender as seen through the respective lenses of psychoanalysis, science and culture, Dr. Schwartz will offer a psychodynamic understanding of gender dysphoria and transgender identity. He will carefully examine the discourse underlying the […]

Couples Therapy Training Program Open House

Our Couples Therapy Training Program is a one-year program which teaches both basic and advanced couples therapytechniques 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. […]

CAPP Training Program Open House

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 […]