Academic Development & Committees
Committees:
Admissions
Co-Directors: Christopher Nardozzi, JD, LCSW and Diane Malkin, LCSW
Communications
Director: Angie Larned, PhD
Conference Committee
Chairpersons: Jane Bloomgarden, PhD and Irene Studwell, LCSW
Consultation Service
Chairperson: Linda Futterman, PhD
Continuing Education
Director: Carlotta Berg Hanson, LCSW
Curriculum Director: Margot Rubinstein, MD
Distance Learning Initiative
Director: Heidi Knoll, LCSW
Research Assistant: Carla Lisio
Diversity Initiative
Chairpersons: Irene Studwell, LCSW and Julie Willstatter, LCSW
Events
Chairpersons: Bilha Goldberg, LCSW and Constance Haslett, PhD
Faculty Selection
Director: Rob Muller, PhD
Film Night
Chairperson: Jane Bloomgarden, PhD Assistant: Melissa Capozzi, LMSW
LQP Development
Chairpersons: Bilha Goldberg, LCSW and Constance Haslett, PhD
Leadership Development
Chairpersons: Coren Schwartz, LCSW and Leslie Phillips, LCSW
Psychoanalysis in Action (PIA)
Chairperson: Aviva Gitlin, PsyD
Psychotherapy Service
Chairpersons: Debra Lilienfeld, LCSW and Andrea Smith, PsyD
Scientific Meetings
Chairperson: Kenneth Barish, PhD
Scientific Meetings
Kenneth Barish, Ph.D. KBarish280@aol.com
The Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP sponsors a series of Friday evening speakers on a wide range of topics relevant to the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Consistent with the pluralistic mission and ethos of our institute, our scientific meetings present diverse opinions and theoretical perspectives. Recent meetings, for example, have addressed working with grief in psychotherapy, multiple listening perspectives in psychodynamic therapy, better understanding of children with autism, a new understanding of perception of aggression in women, and ethical issues in psychoanalytic practice. CE credits are available for those who attend.
Film Nights
Jane Bloomgarden jwillbloom@gmail.com
Film Night at WCSPP occurs twice a year, typically in the fall and in the spring. It’s a time for us, as a community, to share clinical perspectives on remarkable movies that we view, often coming from other cultures and sometimes from our own. The films we watch share a common thread: they all speak to the depths of who we are as people and the ways, influenced by culture, that we live, mourn, love, suffer, and manage challenge. CE credits are available for those who attend.
Diversity Initiative
Irene Studwell, LCSW istudwell@gmail.com and Julie Willstatter, LCSW willstatterj@gmail.com
The Diversity Committee aims to promote greater awareness of issues of diversity within the WCSPP community through helping to organize presentations and provide information to the WCSPP community which will enhance our understanding of and encourage curiosity about individuals who are different than us, our own reactions to these differences and to recognize how this affects our personal and clinical interactions. We are committed to advocating for a focus on issues of diversity in the recruitment, education and training of candidates.
Annual Conference Committee
Jane Bloomgarden, Ph.D. and Irene Studwell, LCSW
Every Fall, WCSPP holds an annual conference open to the public with speakers, both internal and external to our community, addressing a theme.
Events Committee
Bilha Goldberg, LCSW and Constance Haslett, PhD bilhagoldberg@gmail.com clhaslett81@gmail.com
The events committee plans events such as our annual graduation, September “welcome to candidates” party and other community celebrations.
Leadership Development Committee
Coren Schwartz, LCSW and Leslie Phillips, LCSW
corensz@gmail.com lphillipslcsw@gmail.com
The mission of the LD Committee is to provide support to interested members of the WCSPP community as they pursue opportunities for teaching, writing and further training. There are three components to the Committee: The Mentorship effort matches recent graduates with faculty members for the purpose of individual consultation in writing or teaching. In Master Classes senior or visiting faculty present intensive courses that focus on topics of psychoanalytic significance.