Applications preferred by June 1, 2012.  The Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis is ten minutes from the Capital Beltway and less than 30 minutes from Baltimore, [...]]]> Now accepting applications for Two-Year Adult Psychotherapy Program beginning Fall 2012.  Visit the Baltimore Washington Center’s website www.bwanalysis.org for an application and program information, or call 301-470-3635 or 410-792-8060.

Applications preferred by June 1, 2012.  The Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis is ten minutes from the Capital Beltway and less than 30 minutes from Baltimore, at 14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 102, Laurel, MD 20707.

OPEN HOUSE

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012

“Harold Searles is my Writing Hero”

Speaker:  Richard Waugaman, MD

Friday, April 27, 2012

8 PM – 9:30 PM

Residence Inn, Pentagon City

There is NO COST [...]]]> The Washington Center for Psychoanalysis New Directions Program invites you to it’s Friday evening scientific meeting:

“Harold Searles is my Writing Hero”

Speaker:  Richard Waugaman, MD

Friday, April 27, 2012

8 PM – 9:30 PM

Residence Inn, Pentagon City

There is NO COST for this program, but  you are asked to register at www.wcpweb.org.   1.5 CME/CE credits are available.

Presents

David Cooper, Ph.D.

Money, Money, Money, Money: Ethical and Clinical Considerations

Sunday, May 6, 2012

9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Sign In and Registration 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presentation Sheppard Pratt Conference Center 6501 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21285

Program Description: Money is a fundamental [...]]]> The Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies

Presents

David Cooper, Ph.D.

Money, Money, Money, Money: Ethical and Clinical Considerations

Sunday, May 6, 2012

9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Sign In and Registration
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presentation
Sheppard Pratt Conference Center
6501 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21285

Program Description:
Money is a fundamental part of the clinical encounter, about which little is usually said. While there are legal restrictions about publicly discussing fees, these restrictions support a discomfort most of us feel, which, unfortunately mirrors a discomfort most of our patients feel. This is a prescription for counter-transference blind-spots. There are both clinical and ethical issues involved in the setting and collecting of fees, and therapists need to find useful ways to think and talk about this set of issues. In this workshop, we will consider the place of money in the clinical situation, addressing challenges, and questioning assumptions we all tend to make.

About the speaker:
David Cooper, Ph.D. is a graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, where he is a Teaching Analyst and Chair of the Curriculum Committee. Dr. Cooper was the Director of Group Psychotherapy Training at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital (1984-1991) and Director of Group Psychotherapy and of the Lodge Day Program for the treatment of severe personality disorders at Chestnut Lodge Hospital (1991-2001). Since 2001 he has been in the full time private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He is currently the President-Elect of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.

Objectives:
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1) Identify at least 2 common sources of transference with regard to the psychotherapy fee;
2) Identify at least 2 common sources of countertransference with regard to the psychotherapy fee;
3) Articulate the ethical implications of establishing and re-negotiating the psychotherapy fee as evidenced in clinical case material

References:
For those who are interested, Dr. Cooper recommends the following reading on the topic:
Berger, B. & Newman, S. (2012). Money talks. New York: Routledge.
Dewald, P. A., & Clark, R. W. (Eds.). (2001). Ethics case book of the American Psychoanalytic
Association. New York: American Psychoanalytic Association.

Who Should Attend?
Mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, pastoral counselors) and persons with an interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and application.

CE Credits:
CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late, or depart early. Credit will be granted to participants who submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of participants to comply with these requirements.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be given 3 CE credits. This program is being co-sponsored by The New York Freudian Society (NYFS). NYFS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. The New York Freudian Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Baltimore Society of Psychoanalytic Studies is recognized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of continuing education activities.

This program meets the requirement for continuing education whose content area is ethics, as dictated by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Registration:
In order to register, please visit our website, www.BSPSmaryland.org, and fill out our online registration form. Make checks payable to Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and mail to: BSPS, PO Box 20910, Baltimore, MD 21209-0910. Program fees are non refundable.

Pre-registration fees (apply only if payment is received by 5/1/12):
• $35 BSPS and NYFS members
• $60 Non-members
• $5 Full-time student members
• $15 Full-time student non-members

Registration received after 5/1/12 or at the door:
• $45 BSPS and NYFS members
• $70 Non-members
• $15 Full-time student members
• $25 Full-time student non-members

Important disclosure information:
None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Contact:
For additional information, please contact Elizabeth Scott via email: contactbsps@BSPSmaryland.org or call: 410-665-3550.

Two-Year Adult Psychotherapy Program beginning Fall 2012

Visit the Baltimore Washington Center’s website www.bwanalysis.org for an application and

program information, or call 301/470-3635 or 410/792-8060. Applications preferred by

June 1, 2012.

The Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis is ten minutes from the Capital Beltway and less than 30 [...]]]>

Now accepting applications for

Dr. Fernando will present [...]]]> Please join us for the Eigth Annual Paul Gray Visiting Scholar Weekend on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, Laurel, Md.  Joseph Fernando, MDCM, Teaching, Training and and Supervising Analyst, Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis will present at a Psychoanalytic Forum and Colloquium.

Dr. Fernando will present “Identification with the Aggressor and Projective Identification: What’s the Difference?” at a Psychoanalytic Forum on Saturday, March 31 (5:00 – 6:30 p.m.)  Refreshments are available (4:30 – 5:00 p.m.)  No registration is required for the Forum. 1.5 CME/CEU credits are avaialble.

Dr. Fernando will present “Trauma, Drives and Reality: How Clinical Experience Led to a Revised Theory of Defenses” at the Colloquium on Sunday, April 1 (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.).  Continental Breakfast will be available (9:30 - 10:00 a.m.) Registration fee is $55.  Registration for the Colloquium is required.  Please call Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis at 301-470-3635 or 410-792-8060. Two CME/CEU credits available.

The Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanaysis is located at 14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 102, Laurel, MD 20707; 301-470-3635; 410-792-8060; www.bwanalysis.org

Becoming an embodied self is a life-long task, the foundations of which are grounded first and foremost in our earliest experiences with caregivers and their handling of our bodies and states of mind. However, the work of integrating mind/body – of establishing an enduring sense of [...]]]> Presenter: Deborah Blessing, LiCSW
Friday, March 16, 2012 9:30am-12:30pm

Becoming an embodied self is a life-long task, the foundations of which are grounded first and foremost in our earliest experiences with caregivers and their handling of our bodies and states of mind. However, the work of integrating mind/body – of establishing an enduring sense of identity – entails fresh challenges at each successive developmental stage. Bodily changes and unique bodily experiences, and their meaning to us, as well as shifting developmental tasks, create upheavals with each new life phase. How do we remain fundamentally ourselves while also changing and adapting to new internal and external realities? We will explore these issues from an object relations perspective, holding in mind the mutually affecting body/mind, internal and external realities.

Registration: Free for WSPP members; $20 for non-members. (Non-members are invited to join WSPP for $60.00 and save on registration.) This workshop earns 3 Continuing Education credits (sponsored by the APA)- for an additional cost of $10.

Light refreshments will be offered.

Location: BCC BCC Services Center
4805 Edgemoor Lane
Bethesda, Maryland. See our website for directions.

WSPP: A Local Chapter of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the APA. For more information about learning objectives, CE’s, registration and WSPP policies, please visit our website: www.wspp-dc.org. Our 2011-2012 program can be viewed here:

http://www.wspp-dc.org/fivefridays.htm

Please join us for an Open House

Sunday, March 4, 2012

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, 14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 102, Laurel, MD 20707

Please join us to learn more about training programs at the [...]]]> Open House Spring 2012[1]

Please join us for an Open House

Sunday, March 4, 2012

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, 14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 102, Laurel, MD 20707

Please join us to learn more about training programs at the Baltimore Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis.  After brief descriptions of Institute programs, we will have an informal open discussion.  There will also be opportunities for one-0n-one discussions.  Faculty, graduates and current psychoanalytic candidates will be available to talk with you about any issues and questions you may have.  We will serve refreshments.

Please register by completing the attached form (Open House Spring 2012 [1]) and return it by Friday,  March 2, 2012 to: Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, 14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 102, Laurel, MD 20707, or by fax, 410-792-4912.

Please contact the BW Center office at admin@bwanalysis.org or by phone at 301-470-3635 or 410-792-8060.  Visit the Center website at www.bwanalysis.org

The Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Theater Program

is very pleased to announce:

Dr. Michael Houston

will discuss

Signature Theatre’s

 Really Really

  Sunday, March 25th at 2 PM

  NOTE:  The box office reports very brisk sales for this performance—the final performance of [...]]]>  THE WASHINGTON CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS

The Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Theater Program

is very pleased to announce:

Dr. Michael Houston

will discuss

Signature Theatre’s

 Really Really

  Sunday, March 25th at 2 PM

  NOTE:  The box office reports very brisk sales for this performance—the final performance of the run.  If you would like to attend we suggest you purchase your tickets soon. 

 
From Signature Theatre:

Really Really

From one of the country’s most promising new voices comes this contemporary drama that pushes the edges and embraces the harsh reality of today’s youth.

At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away. In this quick-witted and gripping comic tragedy about “Generation Me,” it’s every man for himself.

Really Really contains nudity, strong language and explicit situations. For mature audiences only.

This is a world premiere by a talented young playwright.  Peter Marks of the Washington Post writes:

“This may be the first time you’re hearing of Paul Downs Colaizzo, but on the evidence of his crackling new play, “Really Really,” the name bears committing to memory. A sexually charged comedy-drama about self-serving collegians of a coldly calculating variety, “Really Really” sucks you in with its brio and caustic wit and holds you with its teasingly clever double-edged plot.”

For this performance only all patrons will receive a $10.00 per ticket discount off the published ticket prices by using the code “sigARMY” when ordering tickets through Signature Theatre’s box office.  All tickets must be purchased through Signature Theatre.

For more information about this play and ordering tickets follow this link: http://www.signature-theatre.org/shows/really-really

About the discussant:

Dr. Michael Houston is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.  He is past president of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Society of Greater Washington and of the Washington Psychiatric Society. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University Medical School.  He has a long standing interest in the ways in which psychoanalytic theories of human development have become an integral part of literature and drama. He has spoken previously at The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Arena Stage, and the Round House Theatre.  He maintains a private practice in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

No CME/CE is being offered for this meeting. 

Presents

William C. Wimmer, M.D.

The Role of Formal Games in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: A Case Illustration

Sunday, March 4, 2012

9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Sign In and Registration 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presentation Sheppard Pratt Conference Center 6501 N. Charles Street Baltimore, [...]]]> The Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies

Presents

William C. Wimmer, M.D.

The Role of Formal Games in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: A Case Illustration

Sunday, March 4, 2012

9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Sign In and Registration
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presentation
Sheppard Pratt Conference Center
6501 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21285

Program Description:
The use of formal games in psychotherapy can be an effective tool for focusing
the child\’s attention away from troubling emotions to a shared and enjoyable task.”.
The literature on the use of formal games in therapy will be reviewed, followed by the presentation of a case in which formal games play a significant role in the therapy.

About the speaker:
William C. Wimmer, M.D. is in the private practice of adult and child psychiatry and psychoanalysis and is the medical director of The Institute for Life Enrichment, located at Good Samaritan Hospital. He holds faculty appointments at both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine and is a supervisor of child and adolescent analysis at the Baltimore Washington Institute.

Objectives:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:
1. Define the role of play in a psychotherapeutic context.
2. Differentiate when one should or should not participate in formal games with a child patient.
3. Describe and interpret games as resistance, defense, and as a mode of expressing transference.

Who Should Attend?
Mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, pastoral counselors) and persons with an interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and application.

CE Credits:
CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late, or depart early. Credit will be granted to participants who submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of participants to comply with these requirements.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be given 3 CE credits.
This program is being co-sponsored by The New York Freudian Society (NYFS). NYFS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. The New York Freudian Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Baltimore Society of Psychoanalytic Studies is recognized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of continuing education activities.

Registration:
In order to register, please visit our website, www.BSPSmaryland.org, and fill out our online registration form. Make checks payable to Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and mail to: BSPS, PO Box 20910, Baltimore, MD 21209-0910.

Program fees are non refundable.

Pre-registration fees:
• $35 BSPS and NYFS members
• $60 Non-members
• $5 Full-time student members
• $15 Full-time student non-members
*Pre-registration fees apply only if payment is received by 2/28/12.

Registration received after 2/28/12 or at the door:
• $45 BSPS and NYFS members
• $70 Non-members
• $15 Full-time student members
• $25 Full-time student non-members

Important disclosure information:
None of the planners and presenters of this CE program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Contact:
For additional information, please contact Elizabeth Scott via email: contactbsps@BSPSmaryland.org or call: 410-665-3550.