Anna Freud and ‘The Conscience of Society’

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020  |  7:30 – 9:30 PM

2 CE credits for Licensed Psychoanalysts and Social Workers

Out of the cultural and political ferment of inter-war Vienna emerged the Hietzing School, founded in the 1920s by Anna Freud and Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham. [Read more . . .]

Presenter: Elizabeth Ann Danto

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On Having Whiteness

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020  |  7:30 – 9:30 PM

2 CE credits for Licensed Psychoanalysts and Social Workers

Donald Moss will discuss whiteness as a condition one first acquires and then one has--a malignant, parasitic-like condition to which “white” people have a particular susceptibility.  [Read more . . .]

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Distance Learning Course: Ecopsychoanalysis and the Psychology of Climate Change

WEDNESDAYS, FEBRUARY 5 – APRIL 15, 2020  |  10:00 – 11:30 AM (Eastern), Via Zoom

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS IN NEW YORK AS WELL AS THOSE OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN AREA

15 CE credits for Licensed Psychoanalysis and Social Workers

Taught by Joseph Dodds, PhD

Tuition: 0

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Repetition and Reception

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019  |  7:30 — 9:30 PM

2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

Working with Vicarious Trauma

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019  |  7:30 — 9:30 PM

2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

Trauma is contagious; its powerful affect and frequently unformulated memories can be transmitted—sometimes nonverbally and often mysteriously—within families, across generations, and from patient to clinician; in the latter case it is commonly referred to as vicarious trauma. [Read more]

Presenter: Ghislaine Boulanger, PhD

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Joining: More Than a Technique

FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 • 2:30 - 6:15 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 • 8:45 AM - 4:10 PM

Intensive Clinical Weekend

8.5 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

Patients with narcissistic and personality disorders are often among the most difficult to treat, as they do not respond favorably to direct input from the analyst, such as interpretation. [Read more . . .]

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Modern Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding and Treating Addictive Disorders

WEDNESDAYS, MAY 22 – JUNE 26, 2019  |  7:00 – 8:30 PM

Short Course

9 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND CASACS

6 CLASSES: 0

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Transference and Countertransference Revisited

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019  |  9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

4 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS and SOCIAL WORKERS
 

This seminar will revisit key moments in the theoretical evolution of two critical, intertwined psychoanalytic concepts: transference and countertransference. Important questions will be highlighted and contextualized, and their implications for clinical work will be examined. [Read more]

with M. Gerard Fromm PhD

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Into the Mind of the Psychoanalyst: When the Personal Becomes Professional

FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019  |  7:30 – 9:30 PM

2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS and SOCIAL WORKERS
 

In this workshop, Steven Kuchuck will explore the impact of the therapist’s life experience and psychological makeup on the treatment. By expanding psychoanalytic study to include an examination of events in the clinician’s childhood and adult life as well as related psychodynamic issues, Dr. Kuchuck will focus on the ways the practitioner’s experiences, crises, and dynamics affect both clinical choices and the tenor of the therapist’s presence in the consulting room. [Read more]

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“I Am Alive Because I Do Not Own a House”: Psychoanalytic Work with Homeless Patients

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 | 7:30 – 9:30 PM

2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
 

Is homelessness an expression of breakdown — as is commonly believed — or is it a defense against breakdown? This presentation challenges the common assumption that treatments derived from psychoanalytic theories are appropriate only for people of means.  [read more]

With Deborah Anna Luepnitz, PhD

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