Note from the Director and Co-Director

Roger Segalla and Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf

As the incoming Director of ICP&P (Roger J. Segalla, Jr.), and continuing Co-Director (Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf), we would like start by thanking the outgoing Board members who have worked so hard to make ICP&P one of the best institutes in the Washington, DC area. First, we would like to thank Sharon Ballard and Tripp Reed for their hard work and dedication in bringing us high quality programs and conferences representing the very best in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice. Thank you Sharon and Tripp! Welcome to Patricia Olsen and Marilyn Voigt who will be taking over as the new Co-Coordinators of Programs. We also want to thank our out-going Membership Representatives: Faith Lewis and Mary Jean Kane. Finally, we want to thank Elizabeth Carr, our newest Director Emeritus, for all the hard work and devotion she brought to her tenure as Director. Elizabeth set a high bar for Directorship which we will strive to live up to. Although Maxine Arnsdorf has thankfully committed to extending her tenure as ICP&P Co-Director, I (Roger) want to thank her and all the continuing Board members for the service to our Institute. You should all feel proud of what you have accomplished through your hard work and commitment to ICP&P and its goals.

As we come to the end of another training and program year we, the membership of ICP&P, have a lot to feel good about and a lot to look forward to. This year's Relational Perspective Institute (RPI) was a very successful for ICP&P, bringing in a series of great relational speakers, featuring the talents of our local faculty, and making ICP&P the Washington area institute for the study of relational psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. In January we were treated to a series very interesting presentations by ICP&P members. Richard Chefetz, MD presented: A Mind Avoiding Itself: What Really Happens in Dissociation? Sheila Cahill, JD, MSW presented: Addressing States of Mind: Reflections on the Clinical Consequences of Relational Therapy and the Theoretical Turn from Repression to Dissociation. Russell Carr, MD presented: Combat and Human Existence: Toward an Intersubjective Approach to Combat-Related PTSD and Jeffery Jay presented the results of his Brief Survey of the Economic Recession's Impact on Therapists. In April we were treated to a very engaging presentation by our own Elizabeth Carr, APRN and Mauricio Cortina, MD titled Kohut & Bowlby: The Men, Their Ideas and the Clinical Exchange. All in all a very interesting and engaging year for ICP&P.

We have much to look forward to in the upcoming year. For example we will once again go back to the tradition of All-Institute Town Hall Meetings which will be used to introduce new initiatives, address concerns or suggestions regarding ICP&P, and field ideas about the direction of ICP&P for the years to come. This year's meeting will be held Sunday September 12th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. In keeping with our tradition this will be a casual Pot-Luck Brunch, so bring your tried and true favorite pot luck meal and join us in shaping ICP&P bpth new and in the future!

Note from the Secretary

Leslie Westbrook

In an effort to keep the membership informed about issues that are being discussed by the ICP&P Board, a brief summary of each meeting is published in the Newsletter. If there are items about which you have questions, opinions or concerns, please feel free to contact a Board member. We welcome your input. All Board members are listed in the front of the ICP&P Directory and on the website. Here are some highlights from the May 20th meeting:

• The ICP&P budget is in the black. The Relational Program Institute came in within budget.
• Marilyn Voigt was appointed Co-Coordinator for Programs and the Board voted to accept the appointment.
• The Board voted unanimously to move forward with plans for a Self Psychology Institute in 2011-2012.
• Progress is being made toward securing speakers for the 2011 Annual Conference which will focus on Addictions.
• The Board voted to co-sponsor the New York Bystanders No More Conference.
• A short course proposed by Steve Stein on the neurobiology of the mind-body connection was approved.
• There are nine new study groups for the next study group cycle. Sign up will begin in June.
• The next Board meeting will be June 21st at 7:45 p.m. at the ICP&P offices.

Note from Programs Co-Coordinators

Patricia Olsen and Marilyn Voigt

In an effort to keep the membership informed about issues that are being discussed by the ICP&P Board, a brief summary of each meeting is published in the Newsletter. If there are items about which you have questions, opinions or concerns, please feel free to contact a Board member.

Note from Chair, Psychoanalytic Training Program

Sandra Hershberg

This is an excerpt of the remarks given at the graduation on May 23rd.

It is a pleasure to come together as a community brimming with pride to celebrate and recognize the considerable accomplishments of our three graduating members-in-training of the psychoanalytic training program—Monica Callahan, Janet Dante and Mary Jean Kane.

As we all know it takes a community of extremely hard working and committed individuals coming together collaboratively to create a vital thriving program. And we are thriving. At the most recent RPI meeting I was gratified to hear many individuals from the community and other psychoanalytic institutes speak of the welcoming spirit and lively exchange that our group inspired. Our advanced candidates include Kathy Beck, Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, Linda Kanefield, John McComb, Sarah Pillsbury, and Rhoda Spindel. While we have chosen to wait another year to form a new class, we are planning to gather a class for the fall of 2011.

We are fortunate to have a group of diverse, enthusiastic, creative analysts on the faculty of the psychoanalytic training program and with each graduating class we expand and enrich that supply. I would like to acknowledge the contributions of our PSA faculty as a whole and particularly recognize those on the Executive Committee: Elizabeth Carr, also chair of Admissions; Marie Hellinger, Chair of Candidates Progress and Jane Jones for their unswerving dedication to the vigor of the program, insight, energy and practical help with all of the many details that arise whenever they arise. Susan Gorman, Larry Ballon, Elizabeth and Jane have been dedicated, hard working members of the Curriculum committee and they have been a pleasure to work with. Jane Jones has generously continued in her role as class liaison. Joe Lichtenberg, a continuing source of wisdom, counsel, an enormous breath of experience, and, at nearly 85, he is going strong with a new book in collaboration with Frank Lachmann and Jim Fosshage which will be out in the fall.

These graduates have completed six years of intensive, challenging, frustrating, vitalizing work, involving three years of formal study, a personal psychoanalysis, three supervised clinical cases, and the expenditure of time, energy, and money. In other words each one has made a very large investment in herself and in her personal and professional growth. The training experience is embedded in the generative community of ICP&P and includes the class as a potentially supportive peer group in addition to other colleagues and teachers. These three graduates comprise a group of very dedicated and hard working analysts who have already indicated their commitment to analytic work and their desire to be actively engaged in ICP&P as analysts, teachers, study group leaders, and in a range of organizational capacities. Monica, Janet, and Mary Jean will be study group leaders in ICP&P in the fall.

Monica Callahan is a seasoned clinician. She earned her PhD in Psychology from Vanderbuilt University. She has had a range of experiences in community psychiatry, having worked in Vista after college, a formative experience, and at St. E's during her psychodrama training. Monica's active and empathic response to social inequities is a foundational element of her work in general. She has taken specialized training in psychodrama and has been a trainer of psychodramatists. She worked at PIW on the Trauma Unit and has special training in eating disorders and continues to mine her interest and experience, in studying and working with patients who have been severely traumatized and suffer with eating disorders. She was an esteemed teacher in the ICP&P Psychotherapy program before she entered the psychoanalytic program and has continued to make important contributions as a teacher and adviser in that program. Currently, Monica is a member of the Executive Committee for the ICP&P Psychotherapy Program. Monica's deep commitment and immersion in her analytic work, her intelligence and respect for her patients, connect in a unique fashion with her love of learning, developed imaginative and analytic capacities, longstanding interest and involvement in creative expression, and her knowledge and facility of psychodrama and improvisation.

Janet Dante received a Masters in Psychology from Temple University and an MSW from the University of MD. Janet came to ICP&P after having completing a six year psychotherapy training program in object relations at the International Psychotherapy Institute. From the beginning she has immersed herself in the contemporary self psychological orientation of our psychoanalytic program, understanding in detail the differences in theoretical models. As a candidate she presented her work at the (JICC) Joint Institutes Candidates Conference, in 2008, representing our contemporary self psychological approach so beautifully. Organizationally, Janet has been the Treasurer of ICP&P for the past three years with the communal desire to keep her in that role as long as she is willing to stay. Earlier in her career she served as the Treasurer and on the Executive Board of the Greater Washington Clinical Social Work Society. Janet is a dedicated, conscientious analyst who manifests a strong desire to contribute and to grapple with complex theoretical and technical challenges in the work.

Prior to entering the Psychoanalytic program, Mary Jean Kane trained in couples work and subsequently completed the ICP&P Psychotherapy Training Program. However, I am not sure how Mary Jean has managed to do all she has done while she has been a candidate in psychoanalytic training. During her training in this program she completed group psychotherapy training at the National Group Psychotherapy Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry and, in addition, she has served as the Chairperson in the last phase of the Clinical Social Work Institute, a freestanding PhD program in Social Work, which required a great deal of time and energy. As her supervisor throughout her tenure as a candidate, I can attest to her maturation as an analyst, her diligence and commitment in consolidating a range of psychoanalytic techniques while feeling connected to her experience of herself and her patient, and favoring a self-psychological/relational approach. You may remember the wonderful presentation she made over the Donnel Stern weekend of the RPI this year. As I have come to know Mary Jean in some depth, I have appreciated her lively sense of humor, her energy, her deep compassion, and her openness in discussing her own experiences and reactions to her patients in the work.

Note from Chair, Psychotherapy Training Program

Faith Lewis

This is a note of deep gratitude to our faculty and our Executive Committee, Advisory Committee, Supervisors, all of whom have worked hard and been so supportive of each other, and of the MIT's. The faculty who taught this year were: Monica Callahan, John Gershefski, Sally Bloom-Feshbach, Faith Lewis, Joe Lichtenberg, Rosemary Segalla, Janice Sanchez, Leslie Smith, Heidi Block, Pat Petrash, Bill Pinney and Adina Shapiro.

Faculty slated to teach in future years, in addition to the above: Lauren Brandt (Head), Mike Bulger, Elizabeth Carr, Janet Dante, Keith Erickson, Marie Hellinger, Sheila Hill, Mary Jean Kane, Janna Sandmeyer, Eric Shaw, Roger Segalla and David Wyner. Hopefully others will step forward as well; we have such a wealth of talent in the community.

The Advisors to the current class are: Martha Blechar Gibbons (Head), Mike Bulger, Lauren Brandt, Cay Hartley, Jeffrey Jay, Roger Segalla, Marilyn Voigt, Dorothy Wine, and Gail Winston. Current supervisors have been: Elizabeth Carr, Nancy Hartsock, Marie Hellinger, Faith Lewis, Allan Melmed, and Stephen Stein. The Executive/Progress Committee consists of Lauren Brandt, Monica Callahan, Keith Erickson, John Gershefski, Faith Lewis (Head) and Martha Blechar Gibbons.

And last, but not least, have been our impressive MIT's. I look forward to a celebration supper chez moi on Thursday June 17th them as well as John Gershefski, the process group facilitator.

And then we can look forward to starting up again with a first class Thursday Sept 10, followed quickly by a "Retrospectives" lecture by Roger Segalla (plus a lunch), on Saturday, Sept. 11th with the MIT's. Any faculty who wish to attend this morning lecture and lunch should give me a heads-up!

Have a wonderful summer and thank you all again for all your work and great energy in support of this program.

Psychotherapy Training Program Monthly Study Group

Monica Callahan

The ICP&P Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program is offering a monthly study group beginning this fall for anyone considering this training, to be facilitated by Dr. Monica Leonie Callahan, at her office in Bethesda (time to be negotiated). The readings will enable participants to sample the self psychology literature and its clinical applications, get a feel for the program's curriculum in general, and form a support group ahead of the 2011 class. Please contact Monica at 301-587-6211 or by email at Callahanml@erols.com if interested.

Study Group Sign Up Information

Dorothy Wine

This is the complete listing of study group offerings for the next two year cycle (2010-2012). It is important to sign up even if you wish to remain in your current study group. In other words, everyone in the ICP&P community is given an equal opportunity to join any study group every two years. It is up to each member, and not the study group facilitator, to sign up for the new group cycle. If you have any questions you wish to discuss about a particular group, you should feel free to contact the group facilitator.

There are two ways to sign up for study groups. Method one will use Survey Monkey. Morgan will send out an email to the membership with a link to Survey Monkey. After clicking on the link, you will be asked to list your name and your first, second and third choice of study groups. You will also have the opportunity to indicate if you wish to participate in a second study group (space permitting). If you do not have access to a computer, you can print out the study group request form and mail it to me Dorothy Wine, 1834 Cherri Drive, Falls Church, VA 22043. Please no phone calls to register.

Sign-ups will begin on Friday, June 25th. Any form received in the mail prior to this day will be counted as arriving on June 25th. I will email you confirming your study group assignment during the month of July. In the past, over 95% of the membership receives their first choice and everyone has been accommodated in their first or second choice. Once everyone has the opportunity to join one study group, members may be permitted to join a second study group. At the end of the summer, I will notify members if there is space in a second study group.

Some study groups are offering CEU credits. Learning objectives for these study groups can be found on our website (within the next couple of days) by going to www.icpeast.org and clicking on the "For Members" tab and then clicking on "Study Groups".

Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy
Deborah Marks, MSW and Martha Blechar Gibbons, PhD
1st Tuesday of every month - 9:30-11:00am
North Bethesda, Maryland

This study group welcomes clinicians who are interested in exploring different treatment approaches in work with children, adolescents and their families. We envision people coming together to discuss and share in the delights and struggles in working with this population.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Study Group
Adina Shapiro, LCSW
4th Friday of every month – 3:00-4:30pm
ICP&P Office, 4601 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC

This study group is for those interested in learning more about interpersonal therapy and technique. We will read Ferenczi, Sullivan, Fiscalini, Mann, Wolstein and others, depending on interest. Emphasis will be placed on locating interpersonal theory within the context of other relational theories, including self psychology.

The Impact of the Social Environment on the Psyche
Brigitte Ladisch, PhD
3rd Friday of every month - 1:30-3:00pm
Chevy Chase, Maryland

This study group will explore and study the impact of the social environment on the psyche, initially reading the book, Psychoanalysis, Class and Politics (2006). Lynne Layton, one of the authors in the book, writes: "I feel strongly that clinical theory and practice has to figure out how to re-establish the links between the psychic and the social that dominant ideologies work tirelessly to unlink". Subsequent readings could include writings by Suzan Gutwill, Nancy Hollander, Neil Altman, Jessica Benjamin, Gary Walls and would be decided by the group as we progress into the subject.

The Therapist as Writer
Anne Gray, MSW, LCSW and Georgia DeGangi, PhD
3rd Tuesday of every month - 11:20am-12:50pm
Bethesda, Maryland

* CEU credit 13.5 units offered for full participation over 9 months
This study group is for psychotherapists who have been writing and want the push of a group to stretch harder, grow taller, write more deeply, and bring a story to life. As psychotherapists we listen to others' stories, awed by the power unleashed in the telling. Our own stories too often are held silent, waiting hopefully... will we remember that image or those feelings? Or will our writing become another item on a "to do" list that is rarely completed?

There are times in our lives when we no longer want those stories to slip away. And so we begin this group for psychotherapists who are determined to create room for the richness of their own stories, professional and personal, to rise to the surface, to be noted, to be offered a form of transmission. The group is primarily evocative and supportive in nature, with a focus on stimulating participants to create and complete an article, story, essay, or memoir. Through the sharing of our writing with one another, we hope to clarify our thinking and writing styles. The group will be small and each person will submit three pages for all members to read for comments in the following group.

Theory, Research, and Practice of Clinical Supervision
Cherian Verghese, PhD and Richard Ogden, PhD
2nd Friday of every month - 1:00-2:30pm
910 17th St., NW, Washington, DC

This group will focus on the theory, research, and practice of clinical supervision. Readings will be drawn from the current literature as well as the historical writings on psychodynamic supervision. Particular attention will be directed to parallels with and divergences from psychotherapy. Also, we will explore cultural and contextual assumptions, implications, and ramifications associated with theories of supervision. Using the readings as a starting point, discussion within the group will be opportunities for presenting "cases" that would include work with supervisees and patients in which principles of supervision would be illustrated as they are observed and experienced within the group.

Experiential and Theoretical Investigations into the Creative Process
Katherine Williams, PhD
3rd Tuesday of every month - 7:30–9:00pm
3715 Alton Place, NW, Washington, DC (a short walk from Tenleytown Metro)

* CEU's credit will be offered for full participation

This study group has studied creativity and self psychology through reading theoretical and clinical articles, viewing films and plays, and meeting with graphic artists and writers to discuss their process. We expect to continue this focus in the next two year cycle and would welcome new members who have an interest in this area.

Clinical Application of Mind-Body Principles, Neuroscience and Contemporary Dynamic Approaches
Stephen R. Stein, PhD and Gretchen Fair MSW
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month - 11:00am-12:30pm
Woodley Park, Washington, DC

* CEU's credit will be offered

This study group will focus on the practical integration of relational psychotherapy, neuroscience, and mind-body principles in the clinical encounter. A didactic and experiential format will be employed to assist members in learning, understanding and practicing various mind-body strategies. Attention will be directed to reviewing current research and practicing skills in the use of mindfulness, meditation, hypnosis, and guided imagery. We will also use these techniques to explore our connections to each other within the group and to deepen our understanding of ourselves in the clinical process. Participants will be encouraged to bring in case material. The overall goal of the group is to enrich and expand treatment through an integrated model which combines theory, scientific findings, and the effective clinical application of mind-body techniques.
Prospective study group members are asked to call Dr. Stephen Stein at 202-745-2556 to discuss their interest in the group before enrolling.

Memoirs, Novels and Relational and Attachment Theory
Marilyn Voigt, MSW and Gail Winston, MSW
3rd Friday of every month – 2:00-3:30pm
4601 Connecticut Ave., Suite 3, Washington, DC

This study group will be expanding our reading from memoirs and psychological novels to include contemporary writers on relational and attachment theory. Books we have read this past cycle included Lolita, The Good Marriage, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Weekends at Belleview, Lit, A Hidden Life, The Secret Scripture, The Seal Woman, Olive Kittredge, Enid Ghost, and Homer and Langley. We have discovered that not all memoirs are well written!

Couples Therapy Study Group
Sharon Ballard, MSW and Peggy Miller, MSW
2nd Friday of every month beginning in October – 1:10-2:40pm
3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 214, Washington, DC

Sharon Ballard and Peggy Miller are graduates of ICP&P's Couples Training Program. The challenges of working with difficult couples will be explored by this study group through readings and clinical discussions. Topics will include working with oppositional couples, infidelity, countertransference dilemmas, loss and blended families. Additional topics will be determined by the interests of group participants. Group members should be actively working with couples.

Play Reading Study Group
Bob Schulte, MSW and John Dluhy, MD
2nd Friday of every month - 2:00-3:30pm
1204 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia and 3709 Ingomar Street, NW, Washington, DC

A play reading study group gives its members an enlivening way to experience subjectivity through role assumption and scene study. The acting experience, absent the pressures of performing for an audience, provides the therapist/actor a safe opportunity to experientially empathize with the client's subjective experience of working in the here-and-now, especially group therapy members. The format gives freedom to switch roles, stop the action at will, and re-read the play multiple times for deeper understanding. Discussion of the play and the acting experience will follow each play reading and may extend for multiple sessions. Members may recommend scripts for reading.

Intersubjectivity Study Group
Janet Dante, MSW
3rd Friday of every month - 10:00-11:30am
5207 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, Maryland

This is a new study group that will be starting this year. The focus of the group will be on deepening our capacity to work intersubjectively with our patients. The first book we will read is Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach by Stolorow, Brandchaft and Atwood. Additional readings will be determined by the interest of group participants.

Psychoanalysis and Self Psychology
Curtis Bristol, MD and Joseph Lichtenberg, MD
3rd Monday of every month - 8:00-9:30pm
6256 Clearwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland

We will read and discuss literature that is relevant to the theory and practice of self psychology. Individuals present the paper to be read, we agree or find another, and we have a general discussion. If you wish to join this group, please contact Curtis Bristol at 202-466-8690 before registering, since the reading material has been cumulative.

Endings and Beginnings
Nancy Wolfson, MSW
2nd Friday of every month - 2:30-4:00pm
3916 Leland Street, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Our initial focus will be on termination/endings in therapy from the perspective of Self Psychology and Relational Psychology. Discussion will incorporate readings to be selected by group members with a strong emphasis on clinical case material. Over the course of the two years we will expand our focus on transitions through the life cycle in which endings/losses, of our choosing or not, can create opportunities for new beginnings.

The Study of Self Psychology
Heidi Block, LICSW
Last Thursday of every month - 7:30-9:00pm
6631 Eastern Ave., Takoma Park, Maryland

We will read contemporary self psychological writings and use these as foundations to discuss case material and other clinical issues with each other.

Exploratory Psychodrama Study Group
Monica Leonie Callahan, PhD
One Saturday every month (TBA) - 10:00am-12:00pm
Bethesda, Maryland

*CE credit is available
We are an experiential peer supervision group, aiming to understand our clinical and professional work in depth with the help of psychodrama-based enactment techniques. Members share an interest in the nonverbal, intersubjective, and creative dimensions of psychotherapy, along with a grounding in self psychological and relational theories. Relevant readings are included, although that is not our primary focus. We welcome people who can commit themselves to the group process that supports this kind of work, and regular attendance, to the extent possible, is very important to us. For more information contact Monica at 301-587-6211 or email Callahanml@erols.com

Dissociative Phenomena
Wendy Berns, MSW
4th Wednesday of every month - 12:30-2:00pm
Arlington, Virginia

This study group will focus on dissociative processes in clinical work, from the everyday experiences, which are ubiquitous, to the extreme experiences found in DID character structure. We will integrate ideas about dissociative phenomena with concepts found in attachment and relational theories. We will read books and articles about dissociation, such as the writings of Elizabeth Howell and Jodi Davies, and also work as a peer group, following material from our individual, couples, and group cases.

Integrating Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
David Wyner, MSW
1st Thursday or Friday evening or Saturday morning of every month (whatever day works best for the group)
22821 Ridge Road, Germantown, MD

Constructivism, hermeneutics, one-person vs. two-person, self, relational, classical perspectives: These are among the arguments critically evaluated in Merton Gill's Psychoanalysis in Transition (1994). As we read this classic work, we will always be working with clinical material, bringing to life central ideas in psychoanalysis from Freud through Lichtenberg.

Attachment and Affect Regulation: Individuals, Couples, and Groups
Cheri Marmarosh PhD
3rd Friday of every month - 3:30-5:00pm
Fairfax, Virginia

Cheri Marmarosh, a graduate of ICP&P's Psychotherapy Training Program, will be starting a study group. The focus will be applying attachment theory to individual, couple, and group cases. We will focus on Wallin's book Attachment in Psychotherapy (2005) that explores the influence of attachment on the development of the self, the applications of attachment theory to clinical practice, and the attachment patterns interacting between the therapist and patient. In addition to Wallin's book, we may also integrate readings from Fosha, Siegel, and Solomon's book, The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development, and Clinical Practice (2009). Depending on the interest of study group members, we can select to read Allan Schore's chapter that is focused on right brain regulation or Fosha's chapter integrating attachment, emotion, and tranformational experience.
Topics and readings will be determined by the interests of those in the study group.

Sexual Identities, Sexual Self and Sexual Relationality in the Clinical Setting
Faith Lewis LCSW and Tripp Reed LCSW
2nd Monday of every month - 8:00-9:30pm
4511 17th St., NW, Washington, DC

We will all be exploring the intersubjective sexual field as it relates to our work. Given the intimate nature of the case presentations with this approach, we will limit the group to 8 people and wish to maintain a high level of confidentiality throughout. We may read Sexuality & Attachment (2007) by Blatt, Dimond and Lichtenberg, Sexuality & Sensuality Across the Divide of Shame (2007) by Lichtenberg, Gender As Soft Assembly (2005) by Harris, Tolpin on the emergence of the sexual self, and others (TBA, introduced by the group).

News and Notes

Thomas Hoffman, MD has had his review of the 2004 Israeli movie, "Ushpizin," accepted by the International Forum for Psychoanalysis. The paper, "Reparation, Forgiveness, and Redemption in a Sukkoth Parable," will be published this summer. Preprints are available from Thomas at thoffmd@att.net

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The Washington School of Psychiatry Presents

The Infant and Young Child Mental Health Seminar 2010-2011 Series
Courage in the Face of Adversity:
Resilience in Childhood as seen from Four Perspectives

This nine-month seminar series begins Friday, September 17, 2010 from 12:15-3:15pm at 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, WDC 20016. Sessions include a case presentation followed by faculty and student discussion.

Presenters:

• Mauricio Cortina, MD
• Elizabeth Maury, PhD
• Georgia DeGangi, PhD
• Marc Nemiroff, PhD
• Griffin Doyle, PhD
• Edward Turner, MSW Gwen Martinsen, PhD

For additional information or to register, call 202-237-2700 or email wspdc.info@wspdc.org

Tuition: $750

25 CE credits awarded for full attendance

* This is a paid advertisement

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday, September 3, 10, 24 and October 1, 2010 ICP&P presents Short Course – The Impact of Countertransference in Couples Therapy with Tybe Diamond, MSW, BCD. 4707 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 205, Washington, DC Friday's from 2:00-4:00pm.
• Sunday, September 12, 2010 ICP&P's Annual Pot Luck Brunch and Town Hall Meeting. Chevy Chase Village Town Hall, 5906 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD.
• Saturday, October 2, 2010 ICP&P presents The Struggle to Develop a Viable Sexual Orientation: Clinical Stories of Working with Gay and Bi-Sexual Men with R. Dennis Shelby, PhD at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD.
• Saturday, December 4, 2010 ICP&P presents the Bruce Wine Memorial Conference –Psychoanalytic Complexity: Innovations in Therapeutic Attitudes and Clinical Practice with William J. Coburn, PhD, PsyD at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD.

BULLETIN BOARD

The Policy for Bulletin Board items is: Members can place items three months a year. Items can be up to eight lines in length. Longer items or additional months are available for a fee. Please contact the administrator for the fee schedule.

• Reading and Supervision Group - Mary Jean Kane is forming a reading and supervision for clinicians who are interested learning more about self psychology and intersubjectivity and applying these principles to their cases. For more information, call Mary Jean Kane at 703-550-4298.
• Office space available - in Chevy Chase, MD for sublet part-time most late afternoons and evenings. Comfortable office in a suite with five therapists. Easy, short walk from the Friendship Heights Red Line metro stop. Contact Linda Kanefield at 301-654-2645.
• Office space available – Large sunny office located 1 block from Red and Blue lines and easy walk to Yellow line at 17th & K Streets. Available 2 – 2 ½ days a week (days of week negotiable). The office suite, which has a shared waiting room with 2 psychiatrists and a psychologist, has large windows, is beautifully furnished and has a large utility room & kitchenette. Free use of fax & copy machine. Contact Yu Ling Han at 202-213-1876 or ylhan@starpower.net
• Office space available - in downtown Silver Spring. Share space with 4 friendly therapists in bright new build-out. Walking distance to metro, ample parking, kitchen and fax. Reasonable rates. Contact Kathy Richardson at 301-588-4183.
• Office space available - two blocks south of Dupont Circle available full-time. Share this large 3 office suite with two other psychologists. Available office is approximately 160 sq ft with a full set of windows facing a wide avenue with southern exposure and lots of natural light. The suite has a waiting area and a pantry for fridge water and office supplies. The building has an updated lobby and hallways, front desk security during normal business hours, and parking available for rent in the building. Rent will be approximately $1250/month and we are looking for someone willing to co-sign the commercial lease. Contact Janna Sandmeyer at jannalou@starpower.net or Laura Kasper at drlaurakasper@me.com
• Office space available – in Chevy Chase, DC. Bright, convenient, inexpensive office space available immediately in professional suite with other clinicians. Furnished waiting room, kitchen and bathroom. Call Rachel Cohen at 202 248-4479 or email rachelann.cohen@gmail.com

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The deadline for submitting items for the July/August Newsletter is July 15, 2010

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