Somatic Complaints: How and when to use them as a guide in dynamic work

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 […]

Virtual Open House: Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Advanced Psychoanalysis

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 […]

School Violence and Its Impact on Children, Parents and School Staff

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, […]

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

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. […]

Addiction and the Couple: Dynamics and Therapeutic Approaches

About this event 2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYD's Presenter: Michal Seligman, PsyD Live on Zoom! Most substance use treatment, including couple therapy, has been informed by a disease model of addiction that is expressed in an abstinence-only approach to treatment. Until recently, prominent couple […]

Virtual Open House: Couples Therapy Training Program

SIGN UP FOR THIS FREE VIRTUAL EVENT USING THE EVENTBRITE LINK BELOW About Our Training Program Our Couples Therapy Training Program is a one year program which teaches both basic and advanced couples therapy techniques and theories with a combination of psychoanalytic and systems perspectives. Candidates are introduced to several different theoretical approaches including object […]

Virtual Open House: Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program

About this event Learn about the academic and clinical components of our two-year online training program. Candidates can elect to do the academic piece, without seeing a training case. *Come learn how the program can add to your skills helping your patients parent their children. *Come hear how a deeper understanding of child development can […]

Listening with a Beginner’s Mind: A Psychoanalytic Approach Informed by W.R. Bion and Zen Buddhism

About this event Dialogues In Clinical Moments: Small-group Discussions of the Latest in Psychoanalytic Thought and Practice Today, Treating the Gamut of Presenting Problems and Diagnoses 1 CE Hour available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYD's Is it valuable or even possible to remain a “beginner” in knowing and […]

Welcome Wine & Cheese (WCSPP only)

The WCSPP community is invited to a casual wine & cheese event to welcome the new 2022-2023 candidates. More details to follow via Listserv, including location in Scarsdale