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WASHINGTON CENTER FOR
PSYCHOANALYSIS PROGRAM FOR
PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING

Come learn about Our Psychoanalytic
Training Program

Meet with Faculty, Graduates, and Candidates in an informal
setting
Discover what makes Analytic training at the Washington Center
Unique

*Comprehensive training including all major schools of psychoanalytic
thought
*An open and collegial community of psychoanalysts
*A rigorous and thorough training
*An opportunity to belong to a lively and thriving intellectual community

Sunday, March 21, 2010
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
At the Home of Linda Stern, Ph.D.
3322 Newark Street. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP Linda Stern, (202)966-0717 lssmft@aol.com

DISCUSSION & VIDEO PRESENTATION

Speaker
Dr. Sue Johnson

Sponsored by
The Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy
Training Program
Washington Center for Psychoanalysis

Overview: Dr. Johnson is a clinical psychologist and the developer of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, along with colleague Les Greenberg. EFT is a non-analytic short-term, structured approach to working with couples. This approach targets key emotional responses in partners with the goals of creating a shift in interaction patterns and fostering the creation of a secure bond between partners.
In the first two hour segment, Dr. Johnson will overview her approach, how it was developed, its grounding in the neuroscience of attachment theory, and the research which supports this method. In the second two hour segment, Dr. Johnson will show a 30 minute training tape with a couple to highlight how she actually works. The group will discuss this in detail, along with further audience discussion.
Dr. Johnson’s work differs from the theoretical perspective of our training program. However, we support dialogue with contemporary thinkers and respect exploring and learning from these differences.

When: Friday March 26, 2010
1:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Where: National 4-H Youth Conference Center (Missouri Room)
7100 Connecticut Ave
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Cost: Registration deadline March 24
$100 clinicians/participants
$40 candidates & students (with school ID)
$150 at the door
Register: www.wcpweb.org

Four Sessions
Basic Concepts: Projective Identification, Unconscious Assumptions, Marital Fit

Learn by Video Observation

Sponsored By

The Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy
Training Program
Washington Center for Psychoanalysis

Course Overview
This introductory experience is designed to expose clinicians already skilled in psychotherapy or psychoanalytic practice to work deeply with couples and families. It is also an opportunity for those skilled in working with couples and families in other theoretical modalities who want to explore a psychoanalytic approach. Each of the four classes contains a combined group discussion of a pre-circulated paper(s) followed by observing a taped interview of a family and a couple. Even if clinicians only want to focus on working with couples, seeing the projective process in observing a family taped interview strengthens learning for both modalities of therapy. The class size will be limited to foster discussion. Further training opportunities will also be addressed. This is a great opportunity to explore a way to consider expanding one’s expertise and practice.

When:

Saturdays from 9:00AM – 11:30AM
March 20, 27, April 3, 10

Where:
Washington Center for Psychoanalysis
4545 42nd St NW, #209, Washington, DC, 20016

Cost:

$275 for Center Members (full, corresponding, friends)
$325 for non-member clinicians

Questions: Contact Linda Grey at 703 533-1359 or Lgrey01@aol.com.
Registration online at: http://www.wcpweb.org/
Class limited to 7 participants.

Speaking to the inherent value enactments provide, Sandor Ferenczi once stated “You must catch your hare before you can cook him.” This seminar will explore why enactments are an inevitable result of being unbearably caught in “the grip of the field” until that field is destabilized by an unanticipated action. A relational perspective on the phenomena of enactments, and their powerful potential for moving the therapeutic process forward, will be explored using a variety of clinical vignettes and participant case examples.

Cost: Registration is free to Members, $20 for non-members
CEU\’s: Earns 3 CEU\’s for an additional $5.

Registration: Contact Lynn Hamerling (LynnHamerling@gmail.com) or (202) 722-1507.

For More Info go to www.WSPP-DC.org.

This post was submitted by WSPP.

Sally Bloom-Feshbach, Ph.D. will present on the topic:
Negotiation, Spontaneity and Authenticity: Relational Co-Construction.
This workshop will explore the contemporary psychoanalytic perspective known as Relational Psychoanalysis, with a primary focus on how this perspective may be used clinically. The movement from a classical one-person drive/structure model toward an intersubjective two-person model of mutual influence between therapist and patient will be touched upon, as well as relational perspectives on therapeutic action. The use of negotiation, authenticity, neutrality and spontaneity will be highlighted and illustrated with clinical material. Participants are encouraged to bring questions, thoughts and clinical examples to a lively interactive discussion of relational concepts.
3 CEUs are available.
The conference is from 9:00-12:30 at Sheppard Pratt Conference Center.
For more information and to register, please visit our website: www.BSPSmaryland.org

This post was submitted by BSPS.

Many of us are hearing more about sexual addictions lately, both in our practices and in popular culture.  But what are sexual addictions, and how do we talk to our patients about them in productive ways?  We will focus on how to assess for a sexual addiction, explore the underlying dynamics of secrecy and shame, and become familiar with treatment options and resources.  We will define the addictive cycle, review examples of specific sexual behaviors, including Internet pornography addiction (the “crack cocaine” of sexual addictions), and explore the secondary functions of these addictive/compulsive sexual behaviors.  The presenter will offer a framework for exploring sex addicts’ inner world, and invite participants to discuss their own case examples.

Date:  Friday, January 8, 2010 -  9:30am - 12:30pm (refreshments and socializing 1/2 hr. prior)

Location:  BCC Services Center - 4805 Edgemoor Lane - Bethesda, Md

Cost: Registration is free to Members, $20 for non-members
CEU\’s: Earns 3 CEU\’s for an additional $5.

Registration: Contact Lynn Hamerling (LynnHamerling@gmail.com) or (202) 722-1507.

For More Info go to www.WSPP-DC.org.

Please join BSPS for a presentation and discussion with Dr. David I. Joseph.
This workshop will explore the topic of ethics as applied to clinical psychotherapeutic practice. A general framework for conceptualizing ethical decision making will be presented. This will be followed by a discussion of (1) treatment recommendations (2) money (3) confidentiality and (4) boundary crossings and boundary violations. Clinical material will be presented but participants are encouraged to come with personal ethical dilemmas that they have experienced.
3 CEUs are available.
Registration information is available at www.BSPSmaryland.org.

This post was submitted by BSPS.

As therapists, we try to help our patients heal splits and enlarge their capacities to feel, think and tolerate ambivalence. When psychosomatic illness is involved, achieving these goals is unusually challenging. Psyche and soma are deeply split: the body has a tale to tell but the patient is not listening – indeed, cannot bear knowing the story that exists. When the patient cannot make emotional links, the physical symptom takes on a life of its own, often compromising the patient\’s health. We will talk together about our patients and examine how we can best help them name, claim and emotionally grapple with what ails them.

Date: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:30am - 12:30pm (refreshments and socializing 1/2 hr. prior)

Location: BCC Services Center - 4805 Edgemoor Lane - Bethesda, Md

Cost: Registration is free to Members, $20 for non-members
CEU\’s: Earns 3 CEU\’s for an additional $5.

Registration: Contact Lynn Hamerling (LynnHamerling@gmail.com) or (202) 722-1507.

For More Info go to www.WSPP-DC.org.

This post was submitted by Lynn Hamerling, PhD.

The Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies Presents John Zinner, M.D.:
Demystifying Projective Identification: A Videotaped Consultation with the Family of a Sexually Abused Pre-adolescent Boy

Projective Identification is a profoundly important bridge between intrapsychic and interpersonal phenomena. Nevertheless, many clinicians remain unnecessarily puzzled by the concept and its mode of operation. This videotaped family session will provide a vivid demonstration of projective identification, how it is manifested in the clinical situation, and how the therapist may intervene in a family to transform blame into empathy.
The Presenter, Dr. John Zinner is a psychoanalyst, as well as a family and couple therapist. His ideas, writings and teaching evolved from his research at NIMH into the impact of family interaction on adolescent development. As a clinical professor, he teaches psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the George Washington University Medical Center and at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He is a Teaching Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and also provides training in family and couple therapy at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM at the Sheppard Pratt Conference Center
Coffee, Sign In & Registration 9 AM
Attendees of this program will receive 3 CEU credits.
Please visit our website for more information and to register: www.BSPSmaryland.org.

This post was submitted by BSPS.

Introduction to Couple and Family Therapy
Basic Concepts

Sponsored By

The Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy
Training Program
Washington Center for Psychoanalysis

Course Overview
This introductory experience is designed to expose clinicians already skilled in psychotherapy or psychoanalytic practice to work deeply with couples and families. It is also an opportunity for those skilled in working with couples and families in other theoretical modalities who want to explore a psychoanalytic approach. Each of the four classes contains a combined group discussion of a pre-circulated paper(s) followed by observing a taped interview of a family and a couple. Even if clinicians only want to focus on working with couples, seeing the projective process in observing a family taped interview strengthens learning for both modalities of therapy. The class size will be limited to foster discussion. Further training opportunities will also be addressed. This is a great opportunity to explore a way to consider expanding one’s expertise and practice.

Objectives
1. Participants will be able to describe an example of unconscious family assumptions and how it applies to organizing couple/family therapy material
2. Participants will be able to describe projective identification and how it applies to interpreting couple/family therapy material

When Saturdays from 10:00AM – 12:30PM
October 31, November 7, 14, 21 (2009)

Where
Washington Center for Psychoanalysis
4545 42nd St NW, #209, Washington, DC, 20016

Cost $325 for Center Members (full, corresponding, friends)
$375 for non-member clinicians

Faculty
Linda Grey MSN. She is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia, where she treats individuals, couples, and families. She Is Chair of the Contemporary Couple and Family Therapy Training Program. She is on the faculty of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, the Modern Perspectives in Psychotherapy, and a Sunday writing group facilitator for the New Directions Program through the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Ann Devaney MSW. She is in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia and Bethesda, Maryland where she treats individuals, couples, and families. She is a faculty member of the Contemporary Couple and Family Therapy Training Program at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a faculty member of the Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program and guest faculty of the Clinical Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry.

Questions: Contact Ann Devaney at 703 356-4727 or anndevaney@yahoo.com.
Registration online at: http://www.wcpweb.org.
Class limited to 10 participants.

This post was submitted by Lgrey.