About this event 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 that teaches both basic […]
If you have graduated four or more years ago from a psychoanalytic training program as a certified psychoanalyst and are interested in applying to, or just learning more about, this very exciting and expansive one-year program, please consider attending. Current applicants, faculty and graduates will be present to discuss the program, the impact it has […]
We will be reading "That place gives me the heebie jeebies," from Lynne Layton's book, "Toward a Social Psychoanalysis: Culture, Character, and Normative Unconscious Processes," 2020.
Please join us for our first in-person gathering since March 2020!! (members only)
About this event 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 […]
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words, listen" — Rumi "My teacher has your voice," five-year-old Jonathan told me. I had been talking to Jonathan in the rhythm of early voice for the last two years, but I had no idea he noticed. He had changed from a child who wouldn't look at me and barely, […]
About this event **There is a 20 person limit on this event. 2 CE hours available for NYS Practitioners* Adolescent and adult patients often bring up concerns about their bodies (e.g. pains, stomach upset, physical tension) during the course of psychodynamic treatment. We will discuss situations where these complaints were not the primary reason for […]
Foundations and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Programs Open House About this event 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 […]
Carol Mahlstedt, MSW, Psy.D is a faculty member of WCSPP’s Child Adolescent Parent Program. A psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice, Dr. Mahlstedt is the founder of the Ridgefield Crisis Resource Team in Ridgefield, Connecticut and has spoken widely in communities since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School changed the face of everyday life. In addition, […]
An opportunity to hear from program directors and recent graduates, and learn about the academic and clinical components of our two-year online 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. […]