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The Washington School of Psychiatry

presents

Evolving Subjectivity:  Relational Theory in Group Psychotherapy

Presenter:  Robert Grossmark, Ph.D.

Friday & Saturday, October 2 & 3, 2009

Friday, 9:30 AM–6:30 PM

        Saturday, 9:30 AM–6:30 PM

This two-day conference will present an application of relational theory to group therapy work, using didactic and experiential methods.  A combination of lectures, discussions, demonstration groups, and participatory groups will provide a comprehensive presentation of the theory and practice.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Any mental health clinician interested in relational theory and its clinical application may attend.  It is not necessary to be conducting groups in order to benefit from this conference, though the discussions will be geared to the theory’s efficacy in group work.

OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

1.                  Describe some unique aspects of a relational approach to group therapy, such as the concepts of multiplicity and mutuality.

2.                  Apply these concepts to situations in clinical practice.

3.                  Recognize the differences between the two-person psychology of the relational approach and the one-person psychology of some more traditional psychoanalytic approaches.

PRESENTER 

Robert Grossmark, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City.  He teaches/supervises at several post-graduate institutes in New York, and has published in many psychoanalytic journals.  He was the winner of the 2008 Alonso Prize for Excellence in Group Psychotherapy, awarded by the American Group Psychotherapy Association, for his article, The Edge of Chaos: Enactment Disruption and Emergence in Group Psychotherapy.  Dr. Grossmark is one of the few relational theorist who has applied relational concepts to group psychotherapy.

Location

The Washington School of Psychiatry
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20016
Directions

CE/CME Award - 12

Fee - $360.00

Continuing Education

The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers.

The School is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors.  We adhere to the NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines.  Provider # 6388  

The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.  

Registration

Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register. You can also use the conference registration form to register for this seminar by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730, or mail the form to: Washington School of Psychiatry, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016.

Cancellations and Refunds

Refunds will be made for cancellations received at the School office in writing prior to    September 24 and are subject to a non - refundable administrative fee of $50.

Disclosure of Commercial Support and the Unlabeled use of a commercial product.  No member of the planning committee and no member of the faculty for this event have a financial interest or other relationship with any commercial product(s) discussed in this educational presentation.

There are still openings for the Fall 2009

Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Training Program

      Jon Frederickson, MSW, Co-Chair           

Barbara Suter, Ph.D., Co-chair

Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy is designed to achieve long term structural character change in briefer periods than with traditional psychodynamic therapy. Based on psychodynamic theory, it uses active techniques designed to focus, clarify, and intensify the therapeutic process.

This model of treatment was first developed by Habib Davanloo. Davanloo recognized that rapid character change could take place through helping the patient relinquish defenses against emotional experience. He accomplished this through a method of handling resistance and transference which mobilizes the patient’s unconscious therapeutic alliance. As a result, the patient reveals the core emotions and conflicts which have been responsible for character problems. This model of treatment has shown excellent results with a broad range of patients in numerous psychotherapy studies over the past 35 years.

In addition to the work of Davanloo, this program introduces students to recent contributions to this technique. Students will also study work on defense restructuring (Patricia Coughlin), attachment theory based ISTDP (Rob Neborsky), work with fragile patients (Allan Abbass), mindfulness based ISTDP (Allen Kalpin), mobilizing ego capacity (Josette ten Have de Labije), work with projection (Kees Cornellisen), radical empathy (Diana Fosha), and other subjects as well. This course will focus on relational and experiential techniques for deepening the therapeutic relationship by facilitating the experience and working through of core affects.

When patients can afford only a time-limited treatment, therapists must be even more skilled, rapid, and effective. We will teach those clinical skills in this program. Students learn how to help patients relinquish defenses in order to face feelings they previously avoided. You will also learn how to recognize pathways of unconscious anxiety discharge in the body so as to help patients better regulate their anxiety. You will also learn how to use “radical empathy” in order to better connect to the patient emotionally. You will learn how to help patients turn against ego syntonic defenses. Whether you do primarily long term or short term psychotherapy, the skills you learn in this course will deepen and accelerate your work with all of your patients. Whatever theoretical orientation you use, the course will increase your skills for intensive therapy.

Format

This is a three year program which leads to a certificate and graduation. However, you can take one semester, one year, two years, or three years of the program. The ISTDP training for the first year of the program is organized in two hour classes. The first hour is a theoretical presentation; the second hour uses videotaped therapy sessions to illustrate the theory and to develop your clinical skills. It is our intent to demonstrate everything we teach with videotaped examples drawn from our own work.

Classes for first year students meet Fridays in the late afternoons, ten sessions a semester. 

Curriculum

First Year, First Semester

Basic principles of theory and technique in ISTDP: the triangle of conflict, regulation of anxiety, unconscious pathways of anxiety discharge, restructuring of defenses, therapeutic alliance—conscious and unconscious, resistance, transference.

First Year, Second Semester

Working through the central dynamic sequence of psychotherapy–beginning with a patient, psychodiagnosis of fragility and depression, working with superego pathology, resistance against emotional closeness, deactivating malignant transferences and an introduction to a variant of ISTDP, Diana Fosha’s AEDP.

Supervision

Optional small group and individual supervision can be set up as needed.

Educational Objectives

First Year

·                           Recognize the triangle of conflict and how to use it to obtain character change quickly

·                           Recognize the pathways of unconscious anxiety discharge and learn how to regulate the patient’s anxiety

·                           Learn to recognize, clarify, and confront defenses, and how to transform them from syntonic to ego dystonic

·                           Learn to help patients face feelings without anxiety or defenses interfering

·                           Learn how to mobilize the therapeutic alliance

Eligibility

General guidelines:

·                           A graduate degree in social work, psychology, psychiatry,    psychiatric nursing, counseling, or related clinical fields

·                           Experience conducting psychotherapy

·                           Personal psychodynamic psychotherapy

·                           A solid grounding in psychodynamic psychotherapy

Applications will be considered on the basis of individual skills, maturity, and experience

Tuition

Year 1:  $1,200

Faculty

• Jon Frederickson, MSW, Co-Chair
• Barbara Suter, Ph.D., Co-chair
• Steve Slatkin, MD
• Leyla M. Kenny, Ph.D.
• Janet Merkel, Ph.D.
• Nancy Reder, MSW

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Application Form
• Scholarships
• School Policies

To apply to the program, print and complete the application form

Please send the completed application form to

Registrar, Washington School of Psychiatry

5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20016-4118

You can also call 202 237-2700 to receive an application form by mail.

For more information about the Washington School go to our website: www.wspdc.org

Washington School of Psychiatry 5028 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20016-4118 Copyright 2008
phone: 202-237-2700    fax: 202-237-2730     email: wspdc.info@wspdc.org

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The Washington Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (WSPP)is an educational organization which offers Five Friday Seminars and a Three-Session Short Course. Our 2009-2010 program and information about Registration and Membership can be viewed at our website, www.WSPP-DC.org.

CONTEMPORARY KLEINIAN THEORY AND TECHNIQUE: A THREE-SESSION COURSE WITH JUDITH ROVNER, MSW

Dates and time: October 23, 30 and November 6, 2009, 9:30am-12:30pm

Registration: $185 for WSPP members; $275 for non-members.
This course earns 9 CEU’s which are included in the price.

Registration is limited to 10 participants. Act soon to reserve your space. Click here:  http://www.wspp-dc.org/Kleinian-Theory.htm

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FIVE FRIDAYS 2009-2010

When I Fall In Love? - Stephan Pasternak, MD and Curtis Bristol, MD
Friday, October 9, 2009
12:30 - 3:30pm

Written On The Body - Deborah Blessing, LiCSW
Friday, November 13, 2009
9:30am - 12:30pm

Just Can’t Get Enough - Lisa Drexler, PhD
Friday, January 8, 2010
9:30am - 12:30pm

The Unbearable Inevitability of Enactments - Roger Segalla, PhD
Friday, March 12, 2010
12:30pm - 3:30pm

Couples Work: From Ghosts to Ancestors - Sharon Alperovitz, MSW
Friday, April 23, 2010
12:30pm - 3:30pm

This post was submitted by Lynn Hamerling, PhD.

Washington Professionals for the Study of Psychoanalysis (WPSP)offers new and continuing member-directed seminars for continuing education credits for all members of our professional community.

A new seminar, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, will explore love through literature, modern and classical. Using the short stories of Colm Toibin, D.H. Lawrence, Jhumpa Lahiri and Anton Chekhov, seminar participants will examine the nuances of attachment. The group will meet in Rockville, MD on the second Monday of each month: 1:30-3:00. For information, please contact Laurel Nelson at 301 984-1619

For information on joining continuing seminars, please see the community calendar or contact Carolyn Cole, Ph.D. at 202-232-1031 for further information.

Just a reminder- Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. will be presenting this Sunday, September 13, on the topic, “The Trauma that the Patient Forgot to Mention” at the Sheppard Pratt Conference Center.
Registration, coffee and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am, and the conference will begin promptly at 9:30. Please join us!! It is not too late to walk-in and register at the door (but pre-registrations cannot be accepted at this point).
It is also not too late to join BSPS for this year! Details can be found on our website.
Please note** the Charles Street entrance to Sheppard Pratt is currently closed. Please follow the well-marked detour signs.
For more information, please visit our website: www.BSPSmaryland.org.

This post was submitted by BSPS.

Jane Prelinger, MSW, Chair

The Clinical Program on Psychotherapy Practice is a two-year certificate program providing in-depth study of contemporary psychodynamic theory and practice in both individual psychotherapy and other treatment modalities. The program emphasizes the psychotherapeutic relationship as the central healing force in psychotherapy. The Clinical Program adheres to no single theory; ego psychology, self psychology, object relations and interpersonal theories are all considered in depth and applied to clinical work. Theoretical formulations are examined, particularly those of the contemporary self psychological and relational theories, from the perspective of how they explain and support their clinical applications.

Three elements distinguish this program from others at the Washington School:

1.      Training in multiple treatment modalities is central. In addition to the primary emphasis on individual psychotherapy,       courses are taught on Family, Group, Couple and Brief Psychotherapy. All students receive training in each of these     modalities; each student also selects an area of emphasis in which to receive clinical supervision.

2.      Students have one-on-one supervision of individual psychotherapy and of the student’s chosen alternate treatment modality. The Class Dean acts as an advisor to each student.

3.      Students are required to participate in two additional WSP training weekends of their choice, with the approval of their     class dean.

CURRICULUM

The curriculum is organized around a Core Sequence and an Alternate Modality Sequence. The Core Sequence introduces the student to the following:

1.     Personality Assessment: The study of clinical assessment through the medium of the clinical interview.

2.      Phases of Psychotherapy: A course is devoted to each of the phases of treatment: beginning, middle and termination.

3.       Infant Observation Course: Students observe patterns that emerge as parents and infants relate to one another;     observations are linked to students’ clinical material.

4.      Dreams and the Unconscious: Using dreams, this course explores the nature of the unconscious: what dreams reveal, the role they play in the therapeutic process and how they can be used to deepen the intensity and meaning of psychotherapy.

5.        Psychopharmacology: A brief introduction to the various classes of psychopharmacologic medications and their use in          conjunction with psychotherapy.

The Alternate Modality Sequence provides grounding in:

1.      Group Psychotherapy: A course in theory of group functioning, including a process group that facilitates a learning                  opportunity through attention to the here-and-now process.

2.       Couple and Family Psychotherapy: Clinical and theoretical aspects of object relations couple and family therapy are explored.

3.       Brief Psychotherapy: An introduction to the current principles of brief therapy.

SUPERVISION

Each student receives weekly clinical supervision with a member of the faculty. In the second year, the student starts weekly supervision in one of the alternate treatment modalities as well. Supervisors are assigned by the Steering Committee. The Eugene Meyer III Treatment Center, one of two nonprofit outpatient clinics of WSP, may be able to offer a placement for students in this program. Other clinical placements in the Washington area may be available for students who do not have appropriate clients at their places of employment.

SCHEDULE

Classes meet Thursday evenings from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., with an hour break for dinner during which students are encouraged to eat together.

ELIGIBILITY

Selection of students is made on an individualized basis. In general, students are expected to have a graduate degree in a mental health field, some experience conducting psychotherapy and some knowledge of psychodynamic theory.

TUITION AND FEES

Tuition for the 2009–2010 academic year is $2,300. Supervision is $75 per session. Limited scholarship money may be available, based on need and merit.

Washington School of Psychiatry 5028 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20016-4118
phone: 202-237-2700 fax: 202-237-2730 email: wspdc.info@wspdc.org

The Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program is a three-year course of study offered to experienced therapists who desire to expand their knowledge of psychodynamic theory and practice. The Advanced Program promotes an appreciation of multiple theoretical perspectives and is designed to meet the needs of therapists who seek:

Greater depth and complexity in understanding the therapeutic relationship and its impact on the internal world of patient and therapist
Enhancement of clinical skills and therapeutic efficacy
A lively intellectual and professional community in which to nurture one\’s professional identity and grow and contribute to the field
Students build a strong foundation for practice through theoretical and technique-oriented seminars and case conferences. Program-wide presentations by faculty and students and weekly supervision enhance a student\’s clinical expertise and develop his or her personal framework of practice. The APTP honors a tradition of interdisciplinary collaboration within the Washington School of Psychiatry, and draws its faculty and students from many disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling and the expressive therapies. The three-year curriculum is organized to provide both an appreciation of the historic unfolding of psychoanalytic theory and its contemporary interpretation by today\’s leading thinkers.

The first year begins with a reading of the classical papers of Freud. Students are then introduced to contemporary defense analysis and to transference/countertransference dynamics as these operate in the consultation room. The impact of developmental research on psychoanalytic thinking and technique is explored through attachment theory and research, infant observation, and current contributions of neuroscience to our understanding of affect, memory, and trauma.

In the second year of the program, students are immersed in the interpersonal tradition of Harry Stack Sullivan and the British Object Relations School including W.R.D. Fairbairn, Melanie Klein, and Donald Winnicott. The work of Balint, Guntrip and Ferenczi and the post-Kleinians prepares students to grapple with the issues of identity formationa and distortion as they apply to the development of severe psychopathology.

The third year of the program emphasizes clinical studies of borderline phenomena, internalization and differentiation of the self and other, and the integration of a continuous and coherent psychic identity. The dramatic contributions of Kernberg, Kohut and Lacan to the shaping of contemporary approaches to psychoanalytic psychotherapy are thoroughly explored. An emphasis on synthesis and integration of theory as it is articulated by both relational and intersubjective perspectives rounds out the final year of the program when students typically find that their own therapeutic voices have become more complex and coherent within their own professional framework, Finally, throughout the three-year curriculum, special topic seminars are offered, including dream interpretation, psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic technique in oedipal transferences.

Schedule
Classes meet on Tuesdays for 34 weeks each year from September through May. Each evening consists of a theoretical seminar, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., which focuses on a theoretical approach and a clinical seminar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., which explores the clinical practice of that theory. On twelve Tuesdays of the year, there will be a group process meeting from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Supervision
Students are required to have a minimum of 35 hours of supervision per year with a supervisor of their choice from the faculty. Students change supervisors each year in order to encounter multiple theoretical perspectives. Fees are arranged between the student and the supervisor. Low-fee supervision is available for students in financial need.

Eligibility
Students come from the professional areas of social work, psychology, psychiatry, pastoral counseling, nursing, art therapy and other mental health disciplines. Students are selected on the basis of clinical experience and motivation for rigorous study, talent, flexibility in thinking, and a capacity for exploring the thinking of others through dialogue.

Tuition
Tuition for the 2009–2010 academic year is $2,350. Supervision fees and required course materials are additional. Limited scholarship money for tuition may be available, based on financial need and merit.

APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM
To apply to the program
Call 202 237-2700 to receive an application form by mail.
Or go to the Washington School website: www.wspdc.org

Washington School of Psychiatry 5028 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20016-4118
phone: 202-237-2700 fax: 202-237-2730 email: wspdc.info@wspdc.org

This post was submitted by mstiers.

The Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis presents Relational Perspectives:  Origins, Growth and Frontiers with Lewis Aaron, PhD.  This program will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9:00am to 12:30pm at The Cosmos Club of Washington, DC 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 

This program will provide participants with a broad overview of the developmental history of Relational Psychoanalysis.  Program discussions include Relational Psychoanalysis: The Emergence of a Tradition and Psychotherapy Vs. Psychoanalysis:  A Relational Approach to this Historical Distinction.  There will be time for discussions and questions.

Learning Objectives: 

This workshop is designed to help you understand the history and development of Relational Psychoanalysis.  Based on this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Differentiate relational theory from related psychoanalytic theories.
2. Summarize how Relational theory drew on interpersonal, self-psychological and object relation theories.
3. Describe how relational theory challenges the classic differentiation of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
4. Recognize how feminism impacted the development of relational theory.
5. Identify some of the major ongoing controversies at the forefront of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theory. 

CE credits:  3.0

* The dress code of the Cosmos Club requires all men to wear suit jackets and ties in the public areas and all participants are prohibited from wearing jeans and tennis shoes.  Ties and jackets can be removed inside the conference meeting rooms. 

For more information, visit www.icpeast.org or e-mail icpeastadmin@att.net, or call 202-686-9300 ext. 4

                     
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REGISTRATION FORM

Name: _____________________________________________Designation__________________

Street Address: ____________________________City/State_______________________________

Phone: (w) _________________ (h) _________________E-mail: _________________________

Please note: Pre-registration is required and walk-ins will not be accepted. 

Fees: (check the appropriate box) Make checks payable to: ICP&P and send to:  4601 Conn. Ave., NW, Suite 8, WDC 20008.

□ ICP&P Member: $85.00    □ Non Member: $110.00    □ Students:  $40.00   

Continuing Education Credits
ICP&P is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  ICP&P maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.  ICP&P has been approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I continuing education credit.  Because ICP&P has received this approval from the Maryland Board, CE credits hours awarded by ICP&P may also be claimed by social workers licensed in Virginia and the District of Columbia.  These continuing education credits meet the ANCC approval standards for nurses.  Attendees will earn 3.0 CE credits for attending the conference. Full attendance is required to receive the designated CE credit. 

WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRY
IS TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW FOR THE FALL 2009

SUPERVISION TRAINING PROGRAM

The Supervision Training Program comprises a one-year curriculum which provides experienced supervisors and those interested in psychotherapy supervision a background in the theory and practice of supervision from a psychodynamic perspective, and provides an opportunity to look more deeply into the complexity of constructing a positive supervisory environment. This program provides a comprehensive view of the overlaps and differences between supervision and psychotherapy, and examines how conscious and unconscious forces, both within and between supervisor and supervisee, must be addressed for the supervisory experience to be effective.

CURRICULUM

The Program consists of eight three-hour, once-monthly meetings, each devoted to a different topic. The first half of each session is a didactic and clinical exploration of that day’s topic led by members of the faculty, who are experienced supervisors. The second part is an ongoing, experiential supervision group led by one faculty member for the entire year.

SCHEDULE

Classes meet on a monthly basis from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday mornings from October through May at the Washington School of Psychiatry. The first meeting will be on October 17. The following meetings will take place on November 7, December 12, January 9, February 6, March 6, April 3, and May 1.

ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION

Students must be licensed in a mental health discipline, and be working in a supervisory capacity or have had supervisory experience. Selection of students is done on an individual basis. The application deadline is September 15, 2009. For further information contact Barry J. Wepman, Ph.D. at bjwep@aol.com or, by phone at (202) 337-0705.

TUITION
Tuition for the 2009 – 2010 academic year is $720.

FACULTY
Barry J. Wepman, Ph.D.
Kathryn J. Chefetz, LCSW, MSW
Kristina C. MacGaffin, MSW
William Pinney, Ph.D.
Linda S. Stern, Ph.D.
Cherian Verghese, Ph.D.

APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM
To apply to the program
Call 202 237-2700 to receive an application form by mail.
Or go to the Washington School website: www.wspdc.org

Washington School of Psychiatry 5028 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 400, Washington D.C. 20016-4118 Copyright 2008
phone: 202-237-2700 fax: 202-237-2730 email: wspdc.info@wspdc.org

This post was submitted by michael j stiers.

BSPS is online! Check out our new site: www.BSPSmaryland.org.

Our summer membership drive is about to start- if you are on our mailing list, please look in your mail for information (or send us an email to be added to our mailing list or to request more information– contactbsps@BSPSmaryland.org).
You can join online on our site, if you prefer.

Also, be on the lookout for registration brochures for our September 15th conference: “The Trauma that the Patient Forgot to Mention” featuring Richard M. Waugaman, M.D.
You can register online at our website, too!

Look for new features (get added to our mailing list, and more) as our website develops.

This post was submitted by BSPS.