Psychoanalytic Events & News

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.

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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.

WSPP is offering a 3-Session Course on Friday Mornings - October 23, 30 and November 6, 2009, 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: East Bethesda at the home of Eileen McClatchy

A few years ago, Judy Rovner offered a short course for WSPP in Contemporary Kleinian Theory and Technique. It was a small, intimate seminar with a lot of opportunity for rich clinical dialogue. The seminar was so worthwhile for participants, that WSPP asked Judy to return to teach some further Contemporary Kleinian topics. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore how clinically useful these concepts are. The course will be limited to 10 participants. We have a few openings left.

Registration: $185 for WSPP members; $275 for non-members. (Non-members are invited to join WSPP for $60.00 and save on registration.) This course earns 9 CEU’s which are included in the price.

For more information about the specific topics covered and registration, please click here: http://www.wspp-dc.org/Kleinian-Theory.htm.

This post was submitted by Lynn Hamerling, PhD.

SAVE THE DATE!
Trauma: Intersections Among Narrative, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis
An Interdisciplinary Conversation
Co-Sponsored by the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, and the Departments of Psychiatry, English, and Human Sciences at the George Washington University
March 4-6, 2010
At GW University
See the conference website: www.washingtontraumaconference.com
Keynote Speakers include:
Bruce Perry, MD
Alan Cheuse
Howard Steele, PhD
Cathy Caruth, PhD
Jacob Lindy, MD
Francoise Davoine, PhD, and Jean-Max Gaudilliere, PhD

This post was submitted by mikeniz.

Washington Center for Psychoanalysis

The Curriculum Committee of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute

Presents

Ethical Issues - Money

A panel discussion

Sunday, December 13, 2009

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Sibley Auditorium
Sibley Memorial Hospital
5255 Loughboro Road, NW, Washington DC

Program:

David Cooper, PhD – Who Pays the Bill and How Much? Ethical Issues in Fee Setting

Denise Fort, PhD – Ethics and Family Finances: When parents pay for treatment

Marc Levine, MD – Psychological and Market Forces: How Much Are We Worth?

David Miller, MD - Could You Treat a ‘Bernie Madoff’? When your money ethics and those of your patient don’t match.

John Zinner, MD – Missed Appointments: Ethical, Transference and Countertransference Issues: How come you charge me if I don’t come? You don’t pay me when you’re away!

This is a 3 credit ethics course
Members: $70, non-members: $95

Register online at the Center’s website:
https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=wcp&formId=66650

This post was submitted by Michael Nizankiewicz.

*** SAVE THE DATE ***

Sunday, February 21, 2010
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

The Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research 17th Annual Conference

Mentalization as a Multidimensional Concept: Implications for the
Treatment of Patients with Trauma-Related Psychopathology
with Patrick Luyten, Ph.D.

Ernst Auditorium
Sibley Memorial Hospital
5255 Loughboro Road, N.W.
Washington D.C.

For additional information: www.CPRincDC.org

Mentalization PDF brochure.pdf (97 KB)

This post was submitted by Sally Brandel.