We hope to see you at our Welcome Brunch on Sunday, September 15th from 11:00am – 1:00pm. All members, as well as those considering joining our community, are welcome **Prior to the brunch we will hold our first membership meeting from 10:00am – 11:00am. Please arrive at Marge’s at 9:45am for the meeting. All current […]
Matt Aibel, LCSW The political is understood as an essential, irreducible aspect of our self-representations and an undeniably consequential factor in our difficulties in living. It can thus no longer be considered taboo in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Matt will examine challenges of working with political material, especially as treatment conducted during the highly partisan, […]
Patricia Smucker, LCSW Calling all psychoanalysts who never thought they could consider this mode of practice. Key elements of this misunderstood treatment modality will be presented over a four-week period by a highly-trained, experienced practitioner. This event will be held in Lido Beach, NY. Thursday, October 10th Thursday, October 24th Thursday, November 7th Fees Members: […]
Uri Bergmann, PhD How can developmental neurobiology inform treatment? The past 20 years have evidenced an avalanche of neurobiological data regarding how the human brain develops in the context of somatosensory stimulation and relational attachment. This data charges us to become more aware, fluent and clinically comfortable with the right hemispheric functioning of our patients […]
We are watching the movie, “Rachel Getting Married” which is on Netflix on Sunday, Feb 2, 10:30-12:30. Susan Berger, LCSW will be discussing the movie. Brunch will be served, and there is a general meeting prior to the brunch from 9:15-10:30. *Continuing Education credits: The Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis SW CPE is recognized […]
Bob Raymond, PhD. Skill level: Moderate to advanced In this three-session mini workshop we will explore when to go deep (Harville Hendrix, Stephen Mitchell) vs. when to help with exploring communication/attachment styles (John Gottman, Sue Johnson, etc.). The first half of each session will be didactic with the second half reserved for clinical material and […]
SIPP 2020 Winter Conference — Lunch included How do we work clinically with our patients’ politics in this highly charged and polarized environment? How to stay true to the values of analytic inquiry with appreciation for complexity, unconscious dynamics and personal history, while also providing safety, empathy and non-judgment? We are asking: what do we […]
This event has been postponed until Fall 2020. Beth Feldman, Ph.D. This two-hour workshop will review the leading treatment approaches for helping men and women who are struggling with addiction. We will focus on a relational approach to working with addiction, integrating theory and case studies. Attendees will be encouraged to bring in their own case […]
This event has been postponed until Fall 2020. Leslie Reed Shields, LCSW As clinicians, in this time of uncertainty, might we be called to journey a different path in our clinical work? Contemplative Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that has at its core the belief that one’s inner wisdom and natural dignity is sacred and […]