WCSPP
INTOUCH
January 2011
Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
!"#$%&'()**' Fall Conference…
Graduation…
Welcome Party…
Class Snapshots…
Conversations…
In this issue: Features Page 4
Coffee with WCSPP Director Steve Spitz answers questions about the Center’s future…
Pages Class Snapshots 24 - 26 Check out the newest dedicated talent… Page 6
The Creative Gesture Page 13
Eric Mendelsohn gazes on empiricism’s human face at the November conference “Attachment: Development and Clinical Perspectives”…
Coping with the Loss of a Pet
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Quoting Those at Town Hall
Glenn Wolff reflects on the personal experience and clinical needs…
With Fascination Geri Friedman witnesses the development of attachment at WCSPP’s scientific conference…
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Members engage in the association’s proposal to further include students of the one- & two-year programs…
Heritage in Forward Motion
Association’s Evolving Identity
Barbara Hyde Messer reveals how WCSPP’s enduring principles began in our heritage and continue onward…
Ann Crane articulates the psychoanalytic field’s present-day milieu and WCSPP’s Psychoanalytic Association’s evolution…
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More Events Enjoyed Welcome Party Photos p. 8 Graduation pp. 9 – 12 Autumn Scientific Conference pp. 13 – 15 Fall Film, Fireside Chat, e-Colloquium p. 16
In Every Issue Page 3
About This Newsletter Terry Klee, InTouch Editor, explains why sweaters…
Upcoming Opportunities
Page 31 This spring’s offerings are plentiful…
In the Next Issue Page 30
Because everything going on at WCSPP just doesn’t fit into one newsletter...
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Members’ Endeavors Members encourage one another by sharing…
Pages Click 5, 15 Click links to explore related stories, arts, & 20 and more…
Stay In Touch
Page 30 Submit Ideas, Writings, and Feedback
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Editor’s Letter Oh! For Sweaters
By Terry Klee, In Touch Editor What’s roomy, comfy, and warm? Yes,
Glenn Wolff fills the feature column with
your favorite weekend sweater, for one.
his writing on pet loss. Eric Mendelsohn &
But, after sorting six-months of WCSPP’s
Geri FrLHdman recall the fall conference’s
goings-on, I see that this also typifies
focus on attachment. No less, discover
WCSPP. Our diversity, support, and
encouragement when you scroll Members’
sharing of psychoanalytically informed
Endeavors. Throughout, enjoy the new
endeavors subtly, over time, knit us
format, albeit voluminous. We’ll get it
together. It’s evident in these pages: Steve
tailored down in time. But, the new format
Sptiz greets our Center’s future, while
inaugurates the first issue to be crafted
Barbara Hyde Messer writes of our
purely by WCSPP hands, saving $1,800 per
Center’s responsive heritage. Ann Crane
issue. There will be, um, mis-stitches. But,
articulates psychoanalysis’ milieu and
just like a favorite sweater—even more so,
alumni inclusion. Class snapshots give
like all of WCSPP—In Touch is sincere in its
you a peek at present students, while
dedication and quality. And, it’s yours. !
graduates share their ceremony-sentiments.
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“ The ‘sweat-equity’ that creates and runs our training programs, conferences, and events is inspiring. Personally, this is the most gratifying part of Institute life.” Steve Sptiz WCSPP Director
Coffee with WCSPP Director Steve Spitz scenes activity that contributes to
training and development. This, in
making all that we do flow smoothly.
turn, affects our budget. As a non-
The ‘sweat-equity’ that creates and
profit educational institution, we
IN TOUCH: By compiling synopses of
runs our training programs,
continue to depend on fund raising to
the Center’s past six-months of goings-
conferences, and events is inspiring.
supplement our revenue. Fundraising
on, we’re struck at just how much is
Personally this is the most gratifying
becomes more challenging during
really going-on. What would you say
part of Institute life.
difficult economic times.
IN TOUCH: The ‘sweat-equity’ is
IN TOUCH: And?
At the end of 2010, WCSPP’s Director Steve Spitz chatted with In Touch.
are the Center’s 2010 highlights? SPITZ: This year we have welcomed
inspiring, isn’t it? Where would you
our largest incoming class of 26
say this inspiration is necessary to,
students, which includes 8 students in
um, well, get us through what makes
our newest program in Couples
us sweat? You know, what challenges
Therapy. This robust influx of new
do we face?
students reflects our ongoing vitality
A second challenge relates to the state of psychoanalysis, which has for too long neglected its own public relations. Recent efforts to address this problem such as Jonathon
SPITZ: Our current challenges relate
Shedler’s articles in American
to two larger circumstances. The first
Psychologist and Scientific American are
is the negative economic situation that
a good start, but much more is needed
Another highlight for me is the
of course is not just a local problem.
so the public is aware of the enduring
commitment and effort of our entire
Recession and unemployment
efficacy of psychoanalysis and
community. As director I have a
discourage people from considering
psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
and breathes fresh life into our training environment.
window into some of the behind-the-
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Continued from previous page, Q&A with Spitz IN TOUCH: Recession, non-profit education, belated PR by the
“ Jonathon Shedler’s articles…are a good start,
psychoanalytic field as a whole: this makes me think of Barbara Messer’s remarks from the Town
but much more is needed so
Hall meeting---how WCSPP is
the public is aware of the
founded on being responsive and
enduring efficacy of psychoanalysis…” Steve Spitz WCSPP Director
The Buzz. Learn more about Jonathan Shedler’s article published in the American Psychologist (2010) and The Scientific American (2010) with his presentation of empirical evidence for the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy. Check out the APA’s review.
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progressive. So, in this case, how
in psychoanalysis. As part of this initiative to stay current and collaborative, we have recently joined an association of psychoanalytic training institutes who are all confronting similar issues and circumstances. IN TOUCH: Any last thoughts?
are we rising to the challenges? Yes, and certainly not of least SPITZ: We continue to adapt and
importance, we continue to explore
look at new training opportunities
new and creative ways to raise
to keep pace with changes in New
funds. Despite our solid financial
York State practice laws. There
footing fundraising needs to be an
may be opportunities to train
ongoing part of our thinking and
some non-traditional professionals
efforts.
The Beauty. You may also enjoy the video sponsored by the Institute for Psychoanalysis in London. (Thank Judith Levy for spotting it.) Watch “Understanding across Generations,” click here. In the video, consider our female forbearers’ experience. To quote Betty Joseph in the video: “…there’s something so fundamentally right about analysis, whatever way if it goes this way or that way, that you can’t destroy it, it’s kind of indestructible.”
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Sprout Become a real part of your In Touch spring edition: Share snapshots from the upcoming events (Click here to go to p. 31 for listing.) Write about a WCSPP event Encourage others by sharing your latest endeavors Submit your art & poetry Share full or excerpts of your clinical articles (Or, we will track you down eventually.) Tell us: What apps are on your smartphone? Whatʼs on your playlist? What are you reading? Tell us about worthwhile films and DVDs WCSPPInTouch@gmail.com
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Feature Article In this regular In Touch column, both the burgeoning and established writers of WCSPP timidly and bravely let you into their hearts and heads, as they cultivate their writersʼ voices— and share.
Coping With The Loss of A Pet Glenn J. Wolff, LCSW “My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.” Author Unknown This quote encapsulates the intrinsic value of pet ownership. They give us unconditional love, support, loyalty, and security regardless of the clothes we wear, what job we hold or where we live. The economic crisis has forced many families to relocate for jobs and housing causing strained and weakened extended family relationships. The family pet has somehow mitigated this impact through continued and consistent companionship. Anyone who has a pet knows that they are amazing creatures, who give so much and ask for so little in return. They offer companionship, friendship and can take on the role of playmate, surrogate sibling and therapist. If that weren’t enough, scientists have discovered physical benefits to pet ownership such as improved heart function, lower blood pressure, and decreased feelings of depression, loneliness and isolation. Pet owners report that they enjoy the daily caretaking routines of feeding and walking their pet as it gives purpose and meaning to their lives. It is no wonder that pets are so highly valued.
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Winter Issue / January 2011 Regardless of the value many Americans place on pet ownership, we have yet to acknowledge pet loss in any important or ritualized way.
Pet Loss, Glenn Wolff Continued from previous page Regardless of the value many Americans place on pet ownership, we have yet to acknowledge pet loss in any important or ritualized way. Generally, society fails to validate the impact of pet loss. Family and friends may dismiss the loss as insignificant, suggest that the pet is replaceable, or even ignore or ridicule the loss. Expressions of grief and disruption in a pet owners’ life may be misunderstood or rejected, which can cause embarrassment and shame. This “disenfranchised grief”, where the relationship, loss and/or griever are not recognized, may impact the normal bereavement process and can lead to complicated symptoms and prolonged feelings of despair and sadness. The death of a pet can be especially problematic for children and adolescents. For many children, the death of their pet will be their first encounter with significant loss. Reaction to this loss can impact how the child or adolescent copes with future losses. Interestingly, pet loss is the most commonly reported stressor by preadolescents. This is not surprising because children and adolescents often experience a strong bond with their pet, and consequently experience the loss as significant. For teens, their pet affords them some stability and companionship during a tumultuous life phase. It is important that parents understand that the grief reactions of their children are real and can be significant. Parents should encourage their children to express and process their feelings through talking, writing or creating a memorial for their pet. Books are also available that can provide suggestions for rituals and activities such as When Violet Died and The Tenth Good Thing About Barney where a grieving child is encouraged to think of ten good things to say about his or her pet during a funeral in their garden. Through these rituals, the importance of the child’s relationship with their pet is recognized, and their grief reactions are supported.
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These rituals or ways of remembering a pet and saying good-bye are not just for children or teens. Grieving adults can be comforted through poetry, a burial ritual or simply creating a memorial to keep in a special place. As with any chronic feelings of grief and loss, individual and group psychotherapy may provide a safe and healing way to process the complex feelings of a loss of a beloved pet. This author provides such psychotherapy in my private practice. I know and understand the overwhelming feelings of loss after my beloved dog, Misha, died in 2000 after being a part of my life for sixteen years. After her death, I sought out group counseling to cope with the grieving process and now I am prepared to help and guide others through their pet loss and bereavement.
! Glenn Wolff, LCSW / (203) 249-3313 glennwolff@yahoo.com
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Welcome Party Wainwright House, September 12, 2010 The Westchester Center welcomed one of its largest classes with more than forty professionals enrolling in our Center’s programs. Among these people, twenty-six are embarking on new training programs for themselves, especially in the Adult Psychotherapy Training (9 students) and the inaugural Couples Psychotherapy Training (8 students). Returning to complete their already-started training are another 18 colleagues. What’s more, many of the “new” members are actually graduates of the Center already. They return to, again, further advance their clinical skills and knowledge. See class snapshots, pp. 2! – 2# !
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Graduation 2010 Sunday, October 17, 2010, Bonnie Briar Country Club, Larchmont
Thank you to Katie Hall Sharon Picard & Ruth Greer for hosting more than Honorees Elsa and Tom Menaker (center) with WCSPP’s Director Steve Spitz (left) & former director Arnie Zinman (right)
180 guests.
“ Elsa & Tom, Will you marry me?” George Goldstein, in his concluding sentiments for Honorees, The Menakers
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Graduates of 2010 A dedication for our profession, congratulations to‌ Psychoanalytic Training Program Nina Gershowitz Carlotta Berg Hanson Beverly Dodson Houghton
Supervisory Training Program Katie Hall Cynthia Heller Joan B. Stern
Adult Psychotherapy Training Program Randi borrow-Berdon Carlo Codato Alexa Ann Servodidio
Vivian Linder Joan Nordlinger Meira Renzoni Marina Sud Julie Ann Willstatter
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Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program
Honorees
Julie Z. Kuhn
Elsa Menaker
Kathleen Kelly Malone
Tom Menaker
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G r a d u a t i o n
Julie Kuhn & Kathleen Malone, Child & Adolescent Program, Excerpt of Graduation Poem We will be brief & to the point; About our experience at a special joint. The one at 260 Stuyvesant Ave, that is; Where the W-C-S-P-P has come to live… …While juggling our own families and work, endlessly; A more friendly group, there couldn’t be; From retreats to movie nights, at the W-C-S-P-P. Articles galore, every week; Anna, Donald, and Melanie. Fraiberg, Kernberg, Linehan; Altman, Pfeffer and Greenspan. Ainsworth, Beebe and Fonagy; Attachment theory & play therapy. O.K., we read Ghosts in the Nursery, three different times; But it was worth it, an article so rich and fine. Video games, texting, and Facebook, too; A language we were learning, oh, so new! Our chair and couch had now become the floor; Toys all over the office, crayons in our drawers. Little ones and teens were our inspirations; Motivating us to work hard, on their family relations. Special thanks to our husbands and kids, supporting us so patiently; While we were out Tuesday nights, at the W-C-S-P-P. We’d like to thank our teachers, all incredibly smart. Kate, Ken, and Liz who covered the first parts. Next Steve, Phil, Michael, Nancy & Jane; Covering the second year, so our interest never waned. Our supervisors included Ken, Tom, Jane, Debbie, and Jim; Making this whole program a total win! So, many thanks, from Julie and Kathleen; To the entire community of W-C-S-P-P.
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Cynthia Heller, Katie Hall, & Joan Stern Supervisory Training Program, Graduation Excerpt A passage from St. Exupery's Little Prince (2001) speaks to our experience: ”You must be very patient, replied the fox. First you will sit down, at a little distance from me.... I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings, but you will sit a little closer to me everyday.... The next day, the little prince came back.... It would have been better to come back at the same hour, said the fox. If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at 3 o'clock, I shall begin to be happy. But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you." And so our supervisory group evolved and grew together. We met at the same time, on the same day for thirty-three weeks, and it opened our hearts and our minds. For all of us, the colors of our daily work, as psychoanalysts and supervisors became more vivid.
- sodales.
…We all approached this program with the wish to re-immerse ourselves in psychoanalytic theory and practice and to re-examine and invigorate our work. The Supervisory Training Program provided another chance to look at ourselves as analysts with eyes more fully open than we would have prior to this training. We all had felt somewhat reluctant in our use of transference, along with too much 'coasting in the countertransference'. The program gave us an opportunity for in-depth exploration and examination of our theory and our clinical work. !
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“Love can be kept only by giving it to others.” Family saying of Alexa Ann Servodidio, excerpted from her graduation remarks on behalf of her self, Randi Borow-Berdon, & Carlo Codato of the 2010 Adult Psychotherapy Training Program
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R e m a r k s
A 50 Second Meditation Beverly Houghton, PhD, Psychoanalytic Graduate In the nearly 15 years I have been a student at the Westchester Center, I have been on three co-mingled journeys: An intellectual one from sociology to psychoanalysis, into a deeper and nuanced understanding of the internal processes that each person brings to an encounter with an Other;
“I came to your country from across a border, and you made me welcome.” Excerpt of Beverley Houghton’s commencement remarks
A journey from delight in intellectual theory to a profound appreciation of process, to the comprehension that two, or more than two people, protected by trust and attachment, can co-create a new present and from there a new and more open future; The third has been my own personal growth in the context of the Center and its wonderful people, into that freer and more fully lived personal and professional future. To everyone who has been part of these journeys and made them possible, my profound and heartfelt thanks. To borrow a metaphor from my latest avocation, teaching English to Spanish immigrants: I came to your country from across a border, and you made me welcome; I learned your language and culture and made them my own; and now, at last, I have my citizenship papers!
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WCSPP’s Annual Autumn Conference
Saturday November 20, 2010 Renaissance Hotel 80 Red Oak Lane, White Plains
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The Creative Gesture: Empiricism’s Human Face Eric Mendelsohn, PhD Our Annual Conference, Attachment: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives, was held on November 20 at the Renaissance Hotel in White Plains. The principal speakers, Drs. Miriam and Howard Steele, presented an overview of attachment and its disorders, orienting us to different forms of attachment, including secure, anxious, disorganized and apparently detached types. Their theoretical and clinical discussions were illustrated by research videotapes of parent-young child dyads in play and strange situations. These films, heartwarming, heartrending, engaging, troubling, funny, and achingly poignant, captured the connections and deflections, the receptivity and rebuff of attachment choreography. A highlight of the morning session was an interview with Harry, a university student brimming with vitality, warmth and enthusiasm. We had earlier been introduced to the toddler Harry filmed in spirited play with his mom and dad. In his discussion of the Steeles’s presentations, Dr. Robert Gaines made a case for the clinical utility of attachment theory and alluded to the history of its marginalization within psychoanalysis. (As recently as a decade ago Fonagy wrote of the “bad blood” between psychoanalysis and attachment theory.) Dr. Gaines referenced the congruence between attachment theory formulations and perspectives associated with several analytic theories, giving particular emphasis to the compatibility of attachment theory and Sullivan’s Interpersonalism. Using clinical vignettes, Dr. Gaines illustrated how
attachment theory can inform clinical formulations and strategies. This theme, the clinical application of attachment theory, was powerfully foregrounded in the Steeles’s presentation of their work with low income, at-risk families. Their discussion was again enlivened by films of parents with children, and parents in group interaction. These parents had encountered neglect, trauma and economic privation early on. Clinical interventions conveyed respectful recognition and appreciation for the emotional and material challenges these parents faced. The parents, in turn, grew in their ability to extend a similar generosity of spirit to their children. Especially moving was the mother who spoke of her relief and joy in discovering and rediscovering the “maternal instinct” within her. The Steeles, Dr. Gaines, and our able moderator, Dr. Arnold Zinman, impressed as resourceful clinical thinkers whose ideas inspired thought and appreciation for the creative gesture. The day’s discussions gave empiricism a good name and a human face. ! Eric Mendelsohn, PhD moranplace@aol.com
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“What was most striking for me was the evidence the tapes showed…” From column below by Geri Friedman
With Fascination: A Second-Year Analytic Candidate & Graduate of the Child-Adolescent Training Program Tells of the Autumn Conferenceʼs Visibly Striking Relevance
Geri Friedman, LCSW It was with fascination that I
was the evidence the tapes showed of the
parent.
listened and watched the presentation
consequence of emotionally distant and
central focus of my former training in
of
disruptive parenting. The observation of
WCSPP’s
Child
a
emotionally
Program.
Namely, an emphasis on
provided the audience was striking as
withdrawing into himself in light of the
observing
and
their
the
temporary separation from his mother
development of a child in a whole and
development of attachment to primary
and his looking as though he was
complex way was facilitated in our
caregivers unfolded with wonderful
actually falling asleep, was so unsettling
program.
specificity. Among the many lessons
yet so impressive in a powerful and
perspective and the results of the Steele’s
was the opportunity to witness a
revealing way.
work spoke so well of the importance of
longitudinal study of a specific child
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Dr.
Steele.
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about
months to 20 years of age. The boy’s
grounded theoretical inferences of the
peoples lives.
enduring
psychological inner life of this child—
a
concept Bowlby outlined so well,
and children in general.
was evidenced by the healthy and
The Steele’s study of attachment is
welcome emotional growth of this
very useful in further understanding
young man who was followed as he
early
grew up.
consequences
What was most striking for me
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development
relationship
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attachment,
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ongoing
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Geri Friedman, LCSW glfriedman@verizon.net
later
intimate child
and
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Fall Conference Contributors SPEAKERS MIRIAM STEELE, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Clinical Training, New School for Social Research. Trained as child psychoanalyst, Anna Freud Center, London. Dr. Steele’s study, “Intergenerational patterns of attachment,” links parental states of mind with social and emotional development of their children. Current research includes a study of attachment relationships at Rose Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. HOWARD STEELE, Ph.D.: Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, New School for Social Research. Founding and Senior Editor, Attachment and Human Development. Published work includes 2008 edited volume (with Miriam Steele), Clinical Applications of the Adult Attachment Interview and more than 70 journal articles and chapters. Research interests include the impact of attachment, loss, trauma and emotional understanding across the life span and across generations. MODERATOR ARNOLD ZINMAN, Ph.D.: Faculty and Former Director, Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Faculty, Supervisor and Former Co-Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
Within our WCSPP community, KEN BARISH wrote a book, relevant to the Autumn Conference, entitled Emotions in Child
Psychotherapy:
An
Integrative
RESPONDANT
Framework (2009). Brinich (2009) in APA’s
ROBERT GAINES, Ph.D.: Faculty and Supervising Analyst, and Director of Recruitment (Child and Adolescent Program) William Alanson White Institute; Faculty and Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Program Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis.
PsycCRITIQUES writes: “[Barish’s] book
PLANNING COMMITTEE: KEN BARISH RUTH GREER, ERIC MENDELSOHN, JANET SHIMER MICHAEL WALD
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demonstrates that psychoanalysis is alive, well, and interacting
with
many
other
fields…I
heartily
recommend it to trainees, but I especially urge more senior psychotherapists and psychoanalysts to give it their time and attention. I predict that Barish’s integrative framework will allow them to see their work—with adults as well as with children—in a new light and that their therapeutic techniques will be better for their having read this book.” Read review here
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More Happenings
So many opportunities & occasions, in review.
Fall Film Event
Fireside Chat Wednesday, December
The Wainwright House, Rye
Aviva Gitlin's Home, White Plains
LCSW, hosted an online chat about
WCSPP’s Jane Bloomgarden, PhD,
Twenty-plus colleagues got
HBO’s TV series “inTreatment”
and Michael Wald, PhD, led an
acquainted with Mark Banschick,
Given the show’s nearly real-time
enormously interesting discussion of
M.D.’s tenor and his book, The
portrayal of four persons’ therapy
"As It Is In Heaven," nominated for
Intelligent Divorce. Aviva Gitlin,
sessions, the group could share on
an Academy Award in 2005. The
PhD, and Janet Shimer, LCSW,
perceptions by the public and on
film dramatized the impact of early
MBA, who hosted the event, point
clinical process. (Psst,!+,-../0
loss, the search for recovery, the
out Banschick’s remark: “divorce-
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whereby this must be explained to
lives of consequence. Get film details
divorcing parents so that they will
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put their regression aside for the
event’s announcement on email.
sake of their children. To get more on his book, click this."
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2010
e-Colloquium:
Friday, November 5, 2010
Plus, look for the spring
8th,
This past fall Julie Willstatter,
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Town Hall Meeting
WCSPP’s Heritage in Forward Motion Those at the November 30th town hall meeting found the Center!s enduring principles in WCSPP!s heritage, as shared by Barbara Hyde
Waingwright House November 30, 2010
Messer, one of the Center!s first alumni, faculty, and supervisor! Barbara Hyde Messer, LCSW Before I go into the history of the Psychoanalytic Association, I’d like to give you a sense of what the Westchester Center was in its early days. The Center was started by a small group of psychoanalysts who practiced in Manhattan and also in Westchester where they lived. They were all highly esteemed, well published, and regarded as seminal thinkers in the field. They had graduated from and were on faculty at three of the major analytic institutes in NY; NYU Post Doc., Postgraduate Center, The White Institute. They were Paul Stark, Sabe Basescu, Alan Grey, Herb Zucker, Bill Silverberg, Avrum Ben Avi. (Ed Levenson, Murray Safian, Ziech Youcha, Erwin Singer, Monty Ullman, Ruth Gruenthal and Ruth Lesser were involved early on.) I was in the first class, originally eleven candidates. There were fewer faculty than candidates at the time. Initially, we were not accredited by NY State; we were all taking a chance, faculty and candidates alike. Faculty of course had their separate administrative meetings, but it was not uncommon for the students or reps to gather with the faculty in Sabe’s livingroom. Together we shared the positives and negatives from both sides. We sometimes felt like guinea pigs but mostly felt respected for our input and excited to be co-creators with very esteemed analysts of a new and unusual eclectic institute. As things developed we began to take on some of the social activities so important for an organization to succeed. We had a party in the new academic year which later grew into the welcoming party and we held a holiday party at different
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members’ homes with everyone contributing food. At this time we were responsible for getting our own patients for training and we were eager to develop our practices so we began community outreach to advertise the Center and to develop a low cost referral network. In about the 3rd year we formed a candidates association, having been joined by 2 more years of classes. We had class reps who met and consolidated our thinking about the best and worst of the program and communicated that to the faculty. At some point we initiated representatives to various committees; the curriculum committee and the faculty meeting. When we graduated in 1976 we created the Psychoanalytic Association to function as a graduate or alumni association. We structured our bylaws largely after the White Institute’s Psychoanalytic Society’s. We continued with community outreach to feed the low cost referral service, met with many of the community agencies and college counseling departments to offer consults and therapeutic services. We started the scientific meetings for the professional community at large and gave talks to the general community; “”Anxiety in the ‘80s” which I moderated and at which Sabe Basescu, Barbara Pearson and Mort Cantor spoke. At some point fairly early on started to organize the retreat and publish the directory. For many years the last town meeting was the annual Association membership meeting when the new officers were announced and business was conducted.
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As the Association grew it became a clearinghouse for available peer groups. As the graduates became more experienced analysts the Association took on a new role; it advocated and lobbied for faculty expansion of both teaching and supervising positions, so that graduates would
WCSPP Director Steve Sptiz, PhD, Psychoanalytic Training: Director: Judith Berenson Adult Psychotherapy Program: Director: Suzanne Weisman Associate Director: Jane Bloomgarden
have a chance to teach and supervise. This resulted in
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy:
graduates being notified of available positions before
Director: Kate Washton
canvassing the larger professional community.
Associate Director: Elizabeth Stuntz
The success of this thrust is seen in the large
Supervisory Training Program:
proportion of current faculty emerging from the
Director: Linda Fleischman
graduate pool: Helen Adler, Bill Behr, Judy Berenson,
Couples Therapy Program
Elaine Bieber, Diane Caspe, Steve Eliot, Mark Finn,
Co-Directors: Ruth Greer and John Turtz
Linda Fleischman, Linda Futterman, Ruth Greer, Bill
Treatment Service
Hartman, Helen Hodys, Jane Kuniholm, Angela
Director: Angela LaManna
LaManna, Elsa Menaker, Edyie Mencher, Barbara
Associate Director: Carol Mahlstadt
Pearson,
Sharon
Picard,
James
Rembar,
Sylvia
Admissions:
Rosenblum, Gail Witkin Sasso, Dale Singer, Steve
Director: Jane Kuniholm
Spitz, Liz Stuntz, John Turtz, Suzanne Weisman, Arnie
Associate Director: Janice Curran Marketing/Public Relations:
Zinman, and myself. So I think that this gives you an overview of the first few years of the Association’s life, how it was conceived of as the graduate or alumni organization of WCSPP, how it functioned to build and sustain a cohesive professional community which would meet both the continuing academic interests as well as the social and collegial needs of its members. !
Director: Michael Wald Associate Director: Janet Shimer Curriculum: Chair: James Rembar Faculty Appointments: Chair: William Behr Conference Committee: Chair: Eric Mendelsohn Event Planning:
Barbara Hyde Messer, LCSW msrmsw@optonline.net
Chair: Katherine Hall Sharon Picard Educational Planning: Chair: Eric Mendelsohn Treasurer: William Behr
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Association Update The Changing Membership and Identity of the Westchester Center and its Psychoanalytic Association
As presented at the Town Hall Meeting November 30, 2010
Association has remained a vital organization due to the
Ann S. Crane, PsyD Co-President of the WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association
efforts and commitment of many people over the last 35 or so years, many are now valued members of our faculty.
Since its inception, The Psychoanalytic Association
Over the past decade, we have seen significant
has provided the Westchester Center community with a
changes take place, in both the Institute and the
valued professional home. The Psychoanalytic Association
Association, all in the spirit of preserving the vitality of
– better known as the “PA” or the “Association” - is our
our psychoanalytic community and heritage.
own alumni association, developed and sustained by
changes first emerged about 10 years ago when the
graduates of the Institute. The Institute itself, of which the
Westchester Center began to expand its training offerings -
association is an outgrowth, has been a training center since
to include the study of adult psychotherapy, child and
1972 for those in pursuit of psychoanalytic study and
adolescent treatment, and most currently, that of couples
practice. The primary mission of the PA has evolved over
work. This journey of change was initiated by the Institute
time and is now mostly involved with providing ongoing
at a time of imposing demands from our culture – these
opportunities for learning, exchange of ideas, and social
demands came from essentially two places:
affiliation.
For those of you new to the Center, these
within the broader field of mental health where there was
opportunities include various educational forums such as
an ongoing emphasis on evidenced based treatment
Friday night scientific meetings, weeknight Fireside Chats,
modalities, which psychoanalysis had, at the time, less of a
and our eagerly awaited annual spring weekend retreat.
vested interest in, and secondly, from our wider culture
The retreat is highlighted as it offers us a chance to bring
which all but insisted upon a quickened pace for living
our collective and individual needs to a place where our
and an unrelenting demand for immediate treatment
minds can be enlightened while we also have a chance to
progress and cure.
develop
existing
for psychoanalysis to hold its ground as an “effective”
The PA also provides us with a yearly
treatment to turn to for psychological improvement and
new
friendships.
connections
and
strengthen
These
one, from
It was growing increasingly difficult
updated and coveted directory, which contains contact
change.
Since treatment efficacy was tied to research
information of and for all its members. The Psychoanalytic
based outcomes and short-term treatment was applauded,
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PA Changes, Bontinued from F84I>7A05F:J4 what became the gold standard in the public’s eye was not
beginning of what needs to be addressed in order for
psychoanalytic work. In facing this reality, many New
our profession, our institute, and our psychoanalytic
York area institutes, along with ours, began to expand their
association to continue to thrive.
training programs. The importance of expansion became
There are other changes that psychoanalysts
clear, and one way to do so was to widen the net for
have begun and need to further consider. These changes
potentially interested therapists to pursue postgraduate
have to do with our ways of relating to the rest of the
study of psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy. In an
world.
effort to fortify the inheritance and practice of our
means of communicating the powerful and curative
profession, it became necessary to make the learning of
effect that psychoanalytic treatment has to offer. On the
psychoanalytic theory and practice more accessible to more
other hand, we need to take an expanded interest in the
clinicians who may otherwise not have found their way to
benefits that other treatment modalities have to offer us.
learning about the richness and depth of psychoanalysis as
The indisputable contributions by neurobiologists
a body of knowledge and treatment. The addition of our
regarding the functioning of the brain and mind are
one and two year programs has enabled people to enroll at
already finding their way into our consulting rooms.
the Westchester Center in a way that has involved less of a
Allowing for interdisciplinary consideration of factors
demand on time and money. With psychoanalytically
that impact development, capacity for affect regulation,
informed thinking reaching more clinicians, the benefits of
not to mention the consequences of trauma, are proving
our work can be made more accessible and knowable to a
to be quite relevant and useful to the practice and study
wider patient population. This change marks just the
of psychoanalysis.
On the one hand, we need to improve our
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PA Changes, Continued from F84I>7A05F:J4 Fortunately, there has been an emergence of rigorous research showing unequivocal benefits of psychodynamic
psychotherapy. The
research
that
Jonathan Shedler has put on the map, featured in November
2010’s
Scientific
American
(and
first
work.
teaching and learning dialogue with those clinicians and researchers who are equally as fascinated by the workings of the mind as we are, but see things from a different perspective. I speak of all this by way of introducing a very
published in American Psychologist in 2009) provides the public with undeniable support for the value of psychoanalytic
work.
to psychodynamic therapy having a higher “effect size” than CBT or medication. Effect size refers to a of
treatment
benefit.
What is perhaps more striking is his
findings
that
psychodynamic
specific shift that we at the Westchester Center, and the Psychoanalytic
The
findings of his meta-analysis point
measure
How do we partner with and engage in a
even
after
psychotherapy
ends, people continue to make
“ I speak of all this by way of introducing a very specific shift that we at the Westchester Center, and the Psychoanalytic Association in particular, is needing to address. That is the presence of and need for a changing and more integrated membership.”
necessary
for
public
recognition and understanding, we clinicians must find ways to forge relationships with other scientific leaning groups
who
are
equally
compelled
toward
understanding the complexities of the mind. In order for the best of our psychoanalytic traditions to be recognized and perhaps even internalized by the public we need to figure out how to improve the public’s understanding of what we have to offer and to continue to actively integrate ourselves with other realms of knowledge, such as the neurobiological field.
The
question is how do we, as psychoanalytically informed clinicians, convey what we have to offer to those groups who have emerged to be more on the cutting edge and considered more acceptable in the public’s eye – as these groups have been boasting “evidenced based”
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That is the presence of and need for
a
changing
and
more
integrated membership. For most of its existence, the membership of the PA consisted exclusively of trained psychoanalysts. Soon after the
addition
of
the
adult
psychotherapy training program, a Psychotherapy Association was formed to provide comparable
As clinical researchers continue to provide the research
in
particular is needing to address.
gains. “evidence–based”
Association,
professional and social events for candidates and graduates of this program.
The Psychotherapy
Association was created around the year 2000 and was effectively led by candidates and graduates of the adult and child programs.
For various reasons, the
association lost its steam after enjoying a period of solid purpose and effectiveness. Last summer, Lee Bowbeer, a psychotherapy graduate, who was largely responsible for
this
association’s
success,
approached
the
Psychoanalytic Association with a well thought out proposal designed to find a way to bring the psychotherapy association membership into the much larger, more established, and thriving Psychoanalytic Association. Let me fast forward through MUCH discussion and many meetings – to the
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PA Changes, Continued from previous page
point where the Psychoanalytic Association’s Executive
do in the wider community.
Board arrived at an agreement to adapt the given proposal
It has become apparent over the course of this
for expansion of the PA membership to include the
past year, while examining the implications for the
psychotherapy
expansion of PA membership, that there are important
programs’
candidates
and
graduates.
and notable overlaps in what the
Eventually the message was simple: we, the PA, need to find a way to provide an ongoing professional association to all those at the Westchester
Center
interested practice
in
of
the
who
are
study
and
psychoanalytically
informed work.
The Executive
Board put forth a more formalized proposal that was then sent out in a community wide letter suggesting that we run the proposal as a “pilot” proposal to then be reevaluated one year later.
As we look to broaden our association membership, the nature of our training experiences will be different. How we work with these differences is important for the sake of our deriving the most and best from our expanding community and for the sake of fortifying the inheritance and practice of our profession. How we work these differences within our own community can serve as a model for what we need to do in the wider community.
So here
we are, that one year later.
Institute
and
PA
strive
for.
Whether we are in training to become
a
psychoanalyst
psychoanalytically
or
a
informed
psychotherapist, the development of one’s identity as an analyst or therapist really does require a commitment to a life-long journey of study. We are ever-evolving, in a journey
to
learn
more
about
ourselves, our patients, and the essence of our work.
Formal
training may stop after 2 years or 4 years, (and there are important differences);
but the
The expansion of the institute and the proposed
responsibility to continue to deepen our understanding
expansion of the PA has brought with it the need to
of ourselves and our work then becomes our own. The
examine how we think of ourselves as a professional
differences in our choice of training may well set us
entity. We were always a community of graduates having
along different trajectories of learning and practice. As
undergone psychoanalytic training. There was no need to
our journeys-after-training continue, our professional
question our “identity” – we were relatively the “same” –
identities will continue to be highly influenced by our
at least in the sense of having attended 4 years of training,
personalities, strengths, vulnerabilities, and interests all
which included coursework, clinical supervision, and the
of which ultimately contribute to the theoretical belief
requirement of a personal analysis. As we look to broaden
system(s) that we acquire. Our institute was founded
our association membership, the nature of our training
on the value of learning divergent psychoanalytic
experiences will be different. How we work with these
principles and technique. The Institute and PA have
differences is important for the sake of our deriving the
thrived with such diversity. Now we have diverse
most and best from our expanding community and for the
training
sake of fortifying the inheritance and practice of our
professional membership.
profession.
programs,
which
feed
into
a
diverse
How we work these differences within our
If we think of ourselves as an evolving melting
own community can serve as a model for what we need to
pot, there are some obvious concerns that come to mind
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The broader question is how to be open to fresh, innovative ideas and thinking while preserving and respecting the richness of our psychoanalytic traditions.
The broader question is how to be open to fresh, innovative ideas and thinking while preserving and respecting the richness of our psychoanalytic traditions. We won’t necessarily agree on what should be preserved. But we can agree on the value of psychoanalytically informed thinking as we continue to work toward preserving and enhancing the vitality of our diverse community, one that is steeped in a rich psychoanalytic heritage. The executive board of the PA has grappled with some of these Q’s this past year. We invite you to do the same. I would like to add a note of thanks to the PA’s executive board for all their involvement over the past 18 months as we grappled with some of these issues. Particular thanks go to our subcommittee Andrea Smith, Dolly Doucette, Julie Willstatter, Bari Smelson-Kanwal and Lee Bowbeer. And then there is my co-president, Heidi Knoll, whose voice I attempted to represent here as well. Heidi’s strong sense of conviction and dedication to the PA along with her clarity of mind and sense of humor has made for one great co-pilot. !
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A third-year psychoanalytic candidate began: “What is meant by differences in identities?”
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Alumni, supervisor, and faculty responded: “Unlike other institutes, WCSPP concerns itself with this very discussion—with the significance of its community and inclusion.”
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First Year Psychoanalytic Candidates: From Left to Right:
Heather McKee, PsyD Ramona Segreti, LCSW George Goldstein, PhD, Instructor Deborah Melincoff, PhD Emi Bromberg, PhD
Second Year Psychoanalytic Training Program From Left to Right:
Susan Schwartz, PsyD Suzanne Gabriele, PhD Phyllis Sloate, PhD, Instructor Cheryl Rothberg, LCSW Geri Freidman, LCSW
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Third Year Psychoanalytic Candidates: From Left to Right:
Edy Mensher, PhD, Instructor Andrea Deutsch, PhD Erika Brown-Campbell, PhD Wade Anderson, PhD Celine Stillman, LCSW David Rabinowitz, LCSW (Mellen Lovrin, DrNP, not pictured)
First Year Psychotherapy Training Program: Aracelis Turino, LMSW Diane Malkin, LMSW Susan Weingarten, LCSW Myra Marcus, PhD Courtney Puciata, LCAT Andrew Levine, LCSW Anne Ernest, LCSW Ruth Greer, PhD, Instructor
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From Left to Right: John Gerson, PhD Stacey Ochs, LCSW Nancy Eisner, LCSW Issac Shamah, LCSW Lorraine Schorr, LCSW Michael Altshuler, LCSW Roni Bernstein, LCSW Roz Cohen, PhD, Instructor Rebecca Conkling, LCSW, not pictured
Not available for class pictures: Second-Year Adult
WCSPPʼs One-Day Couples Symposium
Psychotherapy students: Judith Adamo, PhD Vicki Ehrlich, PsyD Lori Gunn, LCSW
"Conversations and Perspectives on Couples Therapy: Tapes, Books, and Various Looks”
Saturday, March 26
Georgette Law, LCSW Lois Mergentine, LCSW Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training students:
9:30 a.m. – Noon Staff Annex II, New York Hospital-Columbia Presbyterian White Plains
Natalie Cervantes-Libassi, LMSW; Paula McFarlane, MS
Includes WCSPP couples psychotherapy training program faculty:
Debra Lilienfeld, LCSW Carol Sampson, LCSW. CW Analytic Candidate: Nick Singman, LCSW
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Members’ Endeavors Jane Bloomgarden, PhD,
a WCSPP faculty, had her work published in the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Psychotherapy, December 2010. It is entitled "Siblings In The Nursery And Beyond” and regards sibling relationships, their considerable impact on the parents and children of the next generation, and the importance of transgenerational sibling stories, often neglected, in our clinical work. (jwillbloom@aol.com) Stewart M. Crane, LCSW, psychoanalyst, faculty, and former retreat committee chairperson, has been invited by the NY State Society of Clinical Social Workers to present on March 5th at the Mental Health Association in White Plains on his work with men sexually abused in childhood. This often unacknowledged trauma, (by society and by clinicians), has a huge impact on the lives of men and can often be expressed through addictive behavior such as sexual compulsivity and substance abuse. Stewart will focus on the typical clinical picture with these patients and the treatment issues for therapy. (smcrane716@aol.com) Geri Friedman, LCSW, a second-year candidate of the psychoanalytic program and graduate of the child & adolescent program, has been invited to speak this month at the Ossining Public Library about “Pathways to Parenthood: Pre- and Post-Adoption.” Some of you may recall Geri’s beautifully written expression on similar matters when she presented at the 2010 WCSPP retreat. In turn, ShrinkRap, a local media venue, interviewed Geri on her work in this area. To view Geri's interview, click here #Shrink Rap. (glfriedman@verizon.net) Steve Guggenheim, PhD, a graduate of the psychotherapy program, has been a volunteer co-facilitator of the Caregiver Support Group at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle for over 15 years. To publicize this free service, which is open to anyone caring for a sick or elderly friend or relative, he was interviewed on WVOX radio and appeared on Cablevision's Channel 78 program HealthTalk, in June & July 2010 respectively. (stevegug1@gmail.com) Katie Hall, LCSW, a psychoanalyst, recent grad of WCSPP’s Supervisory Training Program, & Supervisor at ICP, conducted a community program in November; the Bedford Free Library invited her to return for a second time to share a three-part workshop entitled “Calm, Cool, and Applying,” aimed at helping parents of high school juniors with the stress of the college process. Katie will also be leading a discussion group on “Others and Otherness” at a Stamford-Connecticut church in January. (dzuris@aol.com)
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Members’ Endeavors, continued Robert Katz, PhD, a faculty member of WCSPP, NYU Postdoc, and MIP, will be the keynote speaker of a NYU Postdoc Colloquium on January 22 at the NYU Kimmel Center. Bob’s presentation, entitled "An Imperfect Death: Heidegger, Oedipus and Basescu,” explicates an existential perspective on separation with an analytic view of a 62-year-old man’s narcissistic, obsessive resistances to more fully entering life. The moderator is Barbara Waxenberg, PhD, and the discussants are Jill Gentile, PhD, Carolyn Ellman, PhD, and Jessica Benjamin, PhD. (drrk593@optonline.net) Terry Klee, LCSW, a graduate of the psychotherapy program and editor of WCSPP In Touch, has been invited to conduct a workshop at the 36th Annual Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) Conference to be held in Philadelphia from March 3-6. It is entitled “I Am, But Not?: The Surprising Answers of Identity, Generativity, & SoCalled Childlessness.” Her submission to AWP was inspired by the supportive reception of her 2010 WCSPP Retreat paper “No Other Than Mother?” (tak2108@columbia.edu) Angela LaManna, LCSW of New Rochelle, WCSPP faculty, and current WCSPP Treatment Center director, is the new facilitator of the Greenwich Lyme Disease Support Group. She is also the founder of Lyme Lit on the Trail (LLOTT), a speaker’s bureau dedicated to educating mental health professionals about the neuropsychiatric sequelae of Lyme and other tick borne diseases. As part of LLOTT, Angela has appeared on the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI NYC-Metro) cable TV station and on the local media venue Shrink Rap. She and her colleagues have given presentations to the Westchester Chapter Clinical Social Work Society, The American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Hudson Valley EAPA. Angela’s article entitled “When Lyme Disease Presents as Mental Illness” was first published in the WCSPP newsletter and is available upon request. (almmsw@gmail.com) Eunice (Penny) Matthews, PhD, LCSW, an associate professor of social work at Eastern Connecticut State University and practicing consultant at the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Stamford, CT, joins Karen Brody, MD, who specializes in child psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, to form a group private practice specializing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for adolescents and adults, after training under Marsha Linehan Ph.D.. The Practice is located at 22 Fifth Street, Stamford, CT 06905 (203) 359 6777 or (914) 473 6926. Both Drs. Matthews and Brody completed the Psychotherapy Training Program in 2008 and 2007, respectively. (MatthewsE@easternct.edu)
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& More Members’ Endeavors Mellen Lovrin, DNP, a third-year analytic candidate of our institute, an adjunct faculty at Columbia University, and also a private practitioner of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in Nyack, NY, witnessed further fruition of her research and writings. (mel55@columbia.edu) Congratulations, Mellen! Here, they are: Lovrin, M. (2010). Young Adult Incarcerated Male Who Attempts Suicide. In J. Smolowitz, J. Honig, C. Reinisch (Eds.), Writing DNP Clinical Case Narratives (pp. 305-316). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Lovrin, M. (2009). Treatment of Major Depression in Adolescents: Weighing The Evidence of Risk and Benefit in Light of Black Box Warnings. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 22(2), 63-68. Lovrin, M., Reinisch, C. (2009) The Ethical Management of a Psychiatric Patient Disposition in the Emergency Department. Online Journal of Health Ethics.
Kathryn Mosca, LCSW, a graduate of the psychoanalytic program, has expanded her practice to the city: 36 West 11th Street. This is in addition to her existing Scarsdale practice. (kathymosca@gmail.com) Judith Schweiger Levy, PhD, a faculty and supervisor at our WCSPP, Training Analyst at New York Freudian Society, as well as also supervisor at City College Clinical Psychology Program and MIP, ICP was invited by the Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society to conduct a workshop entitled "Money Matters in Group Psychotherapy,” held at the Westchester County Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Center in Valhalla, NY, October 2010. Judith, can we ask you for “free” advice when we next see you? (jslphd@aol.com) Julie Willstatter, LCSW, a graduate of the psychoanalytic program, has been appointed an adjunct professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County. This coming Spring 2011 she will be teaching an elective course, “Adult Development.” (jwillstatter@optonline.net) Glenn Wolff, LCSW, a graduate of the psychotherapy program, has been appointed Adjunct Faculty at NYU School of Social Work, where he has taught an elective course "Psychopharmacology for Social Workers" and this spring may teach the course "Advanced Seminar in Clinical Practice." (glennwolff@yahoo.com)
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Contacting In Touch
Submissions: In Touch, a publication of the WCSPP Association and Faculty, is for the exchange of clinical ideas and experiences in our community. It recaps and invites the cultural engagement that is unique to WCSPP. Please share your essays, musings, insights, poetry, book & film reviews, photos, professional endeavors & milestones, and more.
Errors? We dislike the “oops” that inherently happen, despite our efforts to do well for all. Thus, the editor and guest writers apologize in advance for any miscues or omissions that may occur in this publication. Please contact us if there are; we want to know & make amends. Sincerely, Terry Ann Klee, LCSW Editor, In Touch Tak2108@columbia.edu
What do you want? Tell us what you want in your In Touch newsletter? WCSPPInTouch@gmail.com
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Please send your submissions to: WCSPPInTouch@gmail.com
In next issue of In Touch, April 2011: " Feature Article: Couples Counseling by John Gerson, PhD, Couples Psychotherapy Training Program Student " Profiles: A Look at Current Students & Candidates " Spring Retreat: Snapshots, Musings, & Formal Reprise
From the editorial desk, farewell & thank you to Julie Willsatter, LCSW, for her tutelage as our former co-editor. These pages will miss her, but her future endeavors are lucky to receive her.
" Couples Symposium of March 26th sponsored by WCSPP " Apps for Analysts & Other Smartphone Downloads " More Members’ Endeavors & Upcoming Opportunities " Arts & Life: Your Favorite Books, Films, Exhibits, & Playlists " Tell Us Yours: WCSPPInTouch@gmail.com
WCSPP’s Aims & Purpose: Developing Understanding WCSPP, the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, is Westchester County’s largest training program in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
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Founded in 1974 by a group of eminent psychoanalysts who shared a vision of a new model for psychoanalytic training, WCSPP pioneered a curriculum grounded in the principle of theoretical pluralism. Today still, we maintain unwavering commitment to that vision.
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Your Upcoming Opportunities
NYU Kimmel Center
Saturday, March 26 9:30 a.m. - Noon "Conversations and Perspectives on Couples Therapy: Tapes, Books, and Various Looks" New York Hospital-Columbia Presbyterian, White Plains
Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor 60 Washington Sq. South
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WCSPP Co-Sponsored International Psychoanalysis Symposium
WCSPP Spring Retreat April 8 – 10
March 5 – 6
“Humor, Improvisation, and Surprise in Clinical Practice”
“Our Practice Today: Treatment and Transformation”
Dolce Norwalk
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Stern th Auditorium, 100 Street & Madison Avenue
Watch for list-serve invitation
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! WCSPP Spring Film Event Date t.b.d.
WCSPP’s Faculty Stewart Crane, LCSW
Wainwright House, Rye
March 5
Watch for list-serve invitation
!as NYSSCSW Guest Speaker
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Discussing clinical work with men sexually abused in childhood Mental Health Association, White Plains
APA Division 39’s Annual Mtg.
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April 13 to April 17 “How We Matter”
WCSPP Scientific Meeting
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March 17-20
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March 11, 2011 8:00 PM “Inspiring Hope” Guest Speaker: Sandra Buechler, Ph.D. Author; Training and Supervising Analyst of William Alanson White Institute at Wainwright House, Rye
“Connection in a My Space World,” Sponsored by the
Click for AAPCSW Conference Details
(Occurs in San Diego)
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New York City
2011 AAPCSW Conference
National Institute for Psychoanalytic Education and Research in Clinical Social Work
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NYSSCSW 42’nd Annual Mtg. May 7, 2011 "The Multiple Dimensions of Narcissism & How to Survive It?" New York City
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