Creating Opportunities Since 1974 Clinical Seminars for the Practicing Psychotherapist Spring 2015 Creating Opportunities Since 1974 T he Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP) was chartered in 1974 by the Regents of the University of the State of New York to meet the training needs of mental health professionals. WCSPP provides formal training in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Classes are held in White Plains, N.Y. WCSPP is interdisciplinary, non-hierarchal and committed to the collaboration between faculty and candidates in the development of curriculum, policies, and a strong educational milieu. WCSPP sponsors an annual conference, scientific meetings and workshops that are open to the community. In addition, WCSPP provides consultation and service to a variety of institutions in the larger community. The faculty represents a range of contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives. It is committed to a continuing reassessment of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the light of new knowledge and developments in the profession. For further information, call Crystal Treat, Administrator, at 914-997-7500, or go to wcspp.org. A Group Approach to Working with Dreams This experiential workshop will teach the unique process developed by Monte Ullman, M.D., who demystified the usefulness of dreams and the power of exploration in a group. The purpose of the workshop is to convey the basic skills needed to participate and lead, as well as to transform this process into individual work. It is an extraordinary experience for dreamer and participant based on a highly sensitive structure. The dreamer remains the expert of his/her own creative act, and as participants, we “lend" ourselves as helpers. It enhances the art of listening and the capacity to refrain from intrusion. This finely tuned process generates the safety necessary for the dreamer to make discoveries difficult to make alone. Fridays, January 9, 16 and 23 10:00 am–1:00 pm 15 Deer Track Lane, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526 914-669-8849 Fee: $95 Carol Kemelgor, LCSW, is a graduate of the Psychoanalytic Training Program at WCSPP and maintains a private practice in Katonah, N.Y. She was a member of Montague Ullman’s Saturday Dream Group for 11 years. Her research on discrimination of women in science and interpersonal relations in academic research labs has been shaped by contemporary psychoanalytic theory. She is co-author of Athena Unbound and has been published in numerous journals. Psychoanalytic Therapy with LGBT Patients: Catching up with History This course seeks to offer therapists ways of improving their psychoanalytic work with LGBT patients and associated issues. The past 20 years have seen revolutionary changes both in our society's treatment of LGBT people and in psychoanalytic theory of same-sex desire and relationships. The implications of these changes for clinical practice are broad and deep, including questions such as self-disclosure and the nature and role of human sexuality and identity. The impact of these changes stretches beyond the LGBT community, casting light on our understanding and experience of a range of cultural phenomena, such as casual sexual and extramarital activity. This course will explore these changes and illustrate their clinical applications, using material brought by the instructor as well as by participants who may wish to share their experiences. Wednesdays, January 21 and 28 3:00–4:30 pm 786 Pinesbridge Road, Ossining, NY 10562 914-762-7505 Fee: $70 David Schwartz, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan and Westchester. He has served on the editorial boards of several professional journals including Gender and Psychoanalysis, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society and The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. David has published in the area of sexuality and gender for the past 25 years. Don’t Squeeze Me: How Sensory Profiles Help in Our Work with Children and Their Families This workshop will focus on our understanding of the sensory dimensions of a child’s life and the way in which those dimensions impact development, how they are understood by the parents and by the child, and strategies for helping the child and the parents manage them when they are problematic. Friday, January 23 10:00 am–12:00 noon 615 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 914-478-7118 Fee: $35 Kate Washton, LCSW, is a graduate of the Psychoanalytic Training Program of WCSPP, former Director of the WCSPP’s Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, and faculty member and Supervisor in that program. She maintains a practice in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., working with children, adolescents, and adults as well as providing consultation with colleagues. It Takes Two to Tango— Couples Therapy Working with couples is challenging yet exciting and rewarding work. This seminar will examine the fundamental parameters of couples therapy using an approach that integrates psychoanalytic thinking with systems theory. Issues to be explored will include: setting the frame and beginning the treatment; the nature and forms of change; attachment styles and patterns; affect regulation, mentalization, and mindfulness; differentiation theory; conflict resolution; sexuality; and infidelity. Saturdays, January 24 and 31 1:00–2:30 pm 28 Mountain Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538 914-834-5426 Fee: $70 John Turtz, Ph.D., is teaching and supervisory faculty at the WCSPP, where he is currently Director of the Couples Psychotherapy Training Program and past Co-director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training Program. He is currently Co-director, faculty, and Supervisor at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is in private practice in Larchmont, N.Y., and Manhattan. Mindfulness: It's Not What You Think Integrating Mindfulness and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy This seminar will include an overview of the neuroscience research on the impact of mindfulness on the mind and the brain. We will discuss the fundamental tenets of Buddhist psychology and its interface with Western psychology. Clinical applications of mindfulness in psychodynamic psychotherapy and the ways mindfulness enhance the therapist's awareness of countertransference will be discussed. Case material will be presented. Each session will include a meditation, which we will process afterwards. Please bring a cushion if you have one. Readings will be provided before the seminar. Sundays, January 25 and February 1 10:00–11:30 am 3 Sylvan Road South, 3rd floor, Westport, CT 06880 203-227-9700 Fee: $70 Randi Roth, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice for 20 years with offices in Westport, Conn., and White Plains, N.Y. She is Co-founder and Co-director of The Westport Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Randi graduated from WCSPP’S Psychoanalytic Training Program and the Supervisory Training Program. Additionally, Randi received a certificate in focusing: a mind/body mindfulness practice from the Focusing Institute in New York City. She is certified in MB-EAT, a mindfulness-based group for individuals with eating disorders and related issues. Listening for Supervisors Listening is how we move into the experience of our patients. We listen to our friends, our loved ones and in supervision. When we supervise, we need to listen on multiple levels to what is being said by our supervisees. This seminar will highlight the many ways we listen, what we hear, and the various techniques involved in supervisory listening. This is a learning opportunity enabling supervisors and those who will become supervisors to be more effective and confident. Practical considerations, such as the use of recording or process writing and concepts including parallel process and transferences that emerge during the supervision, will be addressed. Clinical material will be used for discussion around these and other seminal concepts. Wednesdays, January 28 and February 4 6:00-7:30 pm 188 East Post Road, Suite 303, White Plains, NY 10601 914-683-1814 Fee: $70 Ruth Greer, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT, is a faculty member of the WCSPP Supervisory Training Program and a member of the teaching and supervising faculty of WCSPP. She has been Co-director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, the Couples Psychotherapy Training Program and is currently Director of Admissions at the Westchester Center. Dr. Greer maintains a private practice with adults and couples in Rye, N.Y. Suzanne Weisman, LCSW, is on the teaching and supervisory faculty of WCSPP. She is the former Director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training Program and is currently an Associate Director of Admissions. Suzanne maintains a private practice in White Plains, N.Y., and Manhattan. From Dyad to Triad: How to Include a Psychiatrist in Your Work with Patients This seminar will address three components of working with a psychiatrist. This will include the appropriate times, diagnoses and symptoms to refer for a medication consultation; medications used; and common side effects. In addition, we will discuss how to help patients tolerate their medications and how to define measurable changes in the target symptoms. We will discuss the importance of effective collaboration between the referring clinician and the psychiatrist. This seminar will address these topics using didactics, case examples, and discussion. Wednesdays, January 28 and February 4 1:00–2:15 pm 49 Oregon Road, Armonk, NY 10504 914-273-2210 Fee: $70 Margot Rubinstein, M.D., trained at New York Hospital-Westchester Division, and is Past Attending Psychiatrist, Long-term Borderline Unit. She is a voluntary faculty member, Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains, N.Y. She completed her psychoanalytic training at WCSPP and has training in EMDR. She is Past Medical Director of a nonprofit mental health clinic in Rye, N.Y., for three years and has been in private practice for 20 years. Introducing Lacan One of the most influential psychoanalytic thinkers today, Jacques Lacan often seems opaque to clinicians. This seminar will offer an introduction to Lacan's approach to therapy. Questions of diagnosis, choice of a therapeutic stance, how to involve the patient, and how to bring about change will be addressed. How Lacanian psychoanalysis differs from other approaches will be examined. Both the beginner and the experienced clinician who is interested in finding out how Lacanian ideas work clinically are encouraged to attend. Saturdays, January 31 and February 7 10:00–11:30 am 218 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 914-271-1276 Fee: $70 Barbara Tholfsen, LCSW, has been in private practice in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., since 1995 where she sees adults, children, couples, and supervisees. She teaches Freud’s Clinical Cases at WCSPP. She has presented papers on Lacanian psychoanalysis at multiple conferences and founded Lacanian Foothold, a psychoanalytic resource group for clinicians. How to Talk Openly about Death and Dying The most difficult part of living with a life-threatening illness is talking about it. The focus of this seminar will be how to address these overwhelming emotions so that therapist and patient can talk openly about death and dying. The benefits for our patients are that they feel relief of tension and become less fearful of death. The therapist’s presence and support often translate into patients’ discovery of a language to use when they talk about their inner experience with family and friends. We will discuss the primary relationship needs of people facing life-threatening illness; how people maintain emotional and/or physical intimacy; and how we respond empathically to our patients and manage our own reactions to their suffering. Thursdays, February 5 and 12 6:30–8:00 pm 15 Chester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 914-649-3623 Fee: $70 Julie Willstatter, LCSW-R, is a graduate of the Psychoanalytic Training Program at WCSPP and is also the former Program Director at Gilda’s Club Westchester. Julie has a private practice in White Plains, N.Y., where she helps individuals, couples, and families talk openly about death and dying. Creating Opportunities Since 1974 Professional Education Is A Lifelong Process ◆ Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program ◆ Two-Year Adult Psychotherapy Training Program ◆ Two-Year Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program ◆ One-Year Couples Psychotherapy Training Program ◆ One-Year Supervisory Training Program Financial Aid Available to All Candidates as needed ◆ Psychotherapy Service (Sliding Scale) Chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1974, WCSPP provides training in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy across a range of contemporary psychoanalytic approaches. Please call for a brochure and information about our next Open House: 914-997-7500 wcspp.org WCSPP, 468 Rosedale Ave., White Plains, NY 10605 Registration Form Please mail this form with a check payable to the instructor of your seminar. Address to mail form and check is listed with the course description. 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