A.I. on the Couch: Staying Human in the Age of Advanced Technology

About Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and its implications for the field of psychoanalysis! Earn 2 CE HOURS, approved for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs. This program has been approved for Continuing Education Credit Hours by the National Association of […]

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. Kohut argues—empathize with people we find decidedly unsympathetic. Dr. Kohut will demonstrate that history written from an empathic perspective, that is, from the perspective of […]

How We Do This Work: The Analyst’s Holding Environment (ON ZOOM)

ON ZOOM 2 CE HOURS available for: NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDs Presented by: Eric Mendelsohn, PhD Location: Zoom About this event: This talk has many points of origin. It is a highly personal statement of what I need and draw upon in doing this work and a summation […]

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. […]

A Roadmap for Couple Therapy: Arthur Nielsen, MD

2 CE Hours available for NY Practitioners - LCSWs, LMSWs, LPs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LCATs, PHDs, PSYDsA Roadmap for Couple Therapy Presenter: Arthur Nielsen, MD Live on Zoom! Friday, December 1, 2023 7 - 9 pm Admission including CE: $45 This webinar is live, real-time and interactive Couple therapy is difficult for many reasons. Therapists must […]

An Antidote to Cynicism: One Approach to Spiritually Informed Psychotherapy

Note: CE is Not Available for this Event Presenter: Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein, Clinical Psychologist Live on Zoom! About the event: Marcelo Bronstein, says “as a rabbi, I was the shrink, as a shrink I am the rabbi.” In this conversation with Aviva Gitlin, Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein will explore the intersection between Spirituality and Psychology. Marcelo […]

Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis (IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM)

Megan Rundel, PhD, Author of Psychedelic Psychoanalysis: Transformations of the Self in conversation with WCSPP Faculty Mark Finn, PhD Aviva Gitlin, PsyD Wade Anderson, PhD & Community Morning Presentation by Megan Rundel, PhD, Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California; Zen Sensei at Crimson Gate Meditation Community

Admissions Open House

WCSPP PLANS TO OFFER ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. CE credits will be offered for the coursework. Financial aid is available to those who qualify. Learn about our extensive training opportunities for Fall 2024 in: *Advanced Psychoanalysis *Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy *Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy *Couples Therapy Join us to meet our program directors […]