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November 2010

Note from the Director and Co-Director

Roger Segalla and Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf


Building on the success of the Relational Perspectives Institute (RPI), ICP&P is planning another one-year training institute for the 2011-2012 academic year. This institute, formally titled Self Psychology Institute: Forty Years of Growth and Innovation (SPI), will focus on the very latest thinking in psychoanalytic self psychology. Using a format similar to the RPI, the Self Psychology Institute will include four weekend events featuring leaders from contemporary psychoanalytic self psychology. However, unlike the RPI, the SPI weekends will include optional pre-conference seminars on Basic Self Psychology, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy and an overview of current Self Psychology, followed by full day Saturday presentations by the guest speakers.

The first Saturday, September 17, 2011, will feature infant researcher Dr. Frank Lachmann presenting: The Growth of the Individual: A View Through the Empathic Lens. The second Saturday, November 19, 2011, will feature our own Dr. Joseph Lichtenberg presenting: Affects, Intentions and Goals: A New Look at Motivations. The third Saturday, February 4, 2012, will feature Dr. Donna Orange presenting: Engagement and Developmental Enactment. The fourth and final Saturday, April 28, 2012, which will double as our Annual Conference, will feature both Dr. Judy Teicholz and Dr. Jim Fosshage presenting: The Clinical Challenge and How We Meet It: Conceptual Guidelines for What We Say and What We Do.

The format for the Saturday conferences will provide the participants the same kind of on-going discussion and integration groups that were so popular during the RPI. Also like the RPI, this new one-year institute will be held at the Cosmos Club on Massachusetts Avenue NW. Space in the institute will be limited to 100 participants. Please look for the SPI brochure, containing more complete information, to arrive in February 2011. In the meantime, feel free to contact either of us, or institute chairs Joe Lichtenberg and Rosemary Segalla, with any questions.


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 October meeting:

  • The minutes of the September Board Meeting were accepted.
  • The budget was reviewed and the Board voted to take $10,000 from savings to use in this year's budget to handle pre-conference cash flow demands for the 2011-2012 Self Psychology Institute.
  • The Board discussed the Shelby Conference on Creating a Viable Sexual Orientation and the need to provide participants more opportunity to process thoughts and feelings about the subject matter. It was noted that attendance was down for the conference and that in the future Members in Training need to be encouraged to attend the meeting with the presenter after lunch.
  • The Bruce Wine Memorial Conference is on track in terms of planning.
  • The Board considered changing the title of the various training programs. The Member in Training representative will consult with all the members of the training programs to determine whether there is a desire to change the titles.
  • Membership reported that 55 persons still needed to be contacted to determine their intentions regarding rejoining ICP&P this year. Study Groups for the two year cycle are underway.

Bruce Wine Memorial Conference

Elizabeth M. Carr

The first Bruce Wine Memorial Conference will be held at the National 4-H Conference Center on December 4, 2010. By now, the beautiful brochure announcing the conference should be in your hands. If you have not received a brochure, please inform Morgan Theriot, ICP&P Administrator, and she can mail you a brochure or you can go to the ICP&P website: www.icpeast.org for information and registration.

We are very proud to announce that William Coburn is our featured speaker and will be presenting his ideas about Psychoanalytic Complexity Theory. Dr. Coburn is on the forefront of exciting innovations in psychoanalytic thinking and clinical practice. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and a highly respected leader in both the IAPSP and IARPP communities. The conference is organized with two small group sessions in order to provide an opportunity to engage in lively conversation with colleagues.

Bruce Wine (1948–2008) was an important part of the founding and early success of ICP&P. He was revered as an inspiring teacher and supervisor. There is a biographical description of Bruce in the conference brochure that will tell you more about him.

This conference is co-sponsored by ICP&P and the Bruce Wine Memorial Fund. With pride and gratitude we dedicate this conference to Bruce – our friend and colleague.


Report on the MIT Board Representative Election

Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf

The members of the Psychoanalytic, Psychotherapy and Couples Training Programs held an election to determine their representative to the ICP&P Board. Kathy Beck, an advanced Psychoanalytic candidate, was selected to fill this position. Her one-year term started with the October Board meeting.

Many thanks to outgoing MIT Board Representative Russell Carr for his contribution to the Board and to ICP&P.


Low Fee Referral Service

Susan Gorman

Thank you for your referrals to the Reduced Fee Referral Service. Please continue to keep us in mind. We offer low fee psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and couples therapy. A number of Members-in-Training are still in need of patients to complete their clinical requirements. For more information, please contact Susan Gorman at 703-356-8839 or susanlgorman@gmail.com. We appreciate your support.


Study Group for Prospective Trainees in the Psychotherapy Training Program

Monica Leonie Callahan

The Psychotherapy Training Program is offering a study group for anyone considering this training. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month from 7:00-8:30pm and is facilitated by Monica Callahan at her office in Bethesda (4915 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 404). The idea is to enable participants to sample the self psychology literature and its clinical application, get a feel for the program's curriculum in general, and form a support group ahead of the fall 2011 class. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Monica Callahan at 301-587-6211 or callahanml@erols.com


Reading Group for Prospective Trainees in the Psychoanalytic Training Program

Linda Kanefield and Elizabeth Carr

We are holding a series of meetings for anyone considering the Psychoanalytic Training Program. We will read and discuss several theoretical papers, as well as answer questions and talk about the experience of doing psychoanalytic training at ICP&P.

The meetings will be on Sunday afternoons from 3:30 - 5:30pm on December 5, February 6, March 6, and April 3. We will meet at the home of Elizabeth Carr at 701 Woodside Parkway in Silver Spring, Maryland.

If you are interested, or know anyone who is, please contact Linda Kanefield at 301-654-2645 or kaneschn@gmail.com. We will send the readings to those who would like to participate in the group.


New Study Group Available

Transference and countertransference phenomena are now understood in ways that are very different from their original conceptualizations as formulated by Freud. This study group will examine these ideas as they evolved from the context of distortion and obstacle to constituting primary data for understanding the patient's intrapsychic and interpsychic worlds. Readings will include classical papers by Racker and Searles as well as the more contemporary writings of Gill, Hoffman, Hirsch, Bromberg, Renik, Ehrenberg and other theorists whose work is of interest to participants. Group members will be encouraged to discuss their clinical work as it relates to these ideas.

The group will meet at the home of Tybe Diamond at 4707 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 205, Washington, DC. Tybe Diamond and Rick Ogden will serve as co-leaders for the group. The group will meet once a month on a Friday from 1:00-2:30pm (the particular Friday will be announced at a later date). Please contact Tybe at 202-966-1381 or at ibtybe@aol.com if you are interested in joining this study group. The group is limited to 9 members.


UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Sunday, November 14, 2010 - The Joint Institutes Candidates' Committee presents The 16th Annual Candidates' Symposium Abandonment and the Building of Trust from 2:00 - 6:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD. A case presentation will be presented by Robert Gerlits, MSW and discussants will include Dorothy Holmes, PhD, Doug Dennett, MD, Karen Proner, MS, Katherine Brunkow, MSW and Elizabeth Carr, APRN, MSN, BC. For more information, email jiccmail@gmail.com or call 804-282-3882 ext. 2.
  • Saturday, December 4, 2010 ICP&P and the Bruce Wine Memorial Fund present 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. This full-day conference is scheduled from 9:00am – 5:15pm. >>More information and registration
  • Saturday, March 5, 2011 ICP&P presents How the Attachment Profile of the Clinician Impacts Therapeutic Outcome: Research Findings with Diana Diamond, PhD 9:00am – 12:30pm at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD.
  • Saturday, May 7, 2010 ICP&P presents its 17th Annual Conference with Brian Johnson, MD 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.

  • Bridging the Divide: Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice and the "Big Tent" of Psychology - Division 39 is seeking papers, presentations, and symposia for the annual American Psychological Association's Conference in Washington, DC scheduled for August 4-7, 2011. The conference focus is the integration of psychoanalytic theory, research, and practice within multiple areas of psychology. Specifically, we are interested in work that bridges psychoanalytic principles and trauma, infant development, psychotherapy, social justice, social psychology, group dynamics, neuroscience, and clinical work with diverse populations. Please visit www.apa.org/convention/proposals.aspx for more information or contact Cheri Marmarosh at cmarmarosh@gmail.com or Joyce Lowenstein at jl.lowenstein@verizon.net
  • Group on Groups - Announcing openings, beginning in January 2011, in a supervision group for therapists who lead psychodynamic psychotherapy groups. The supervision group meets weekly on Tuesday's from 12:15 to 1:30pm. The fee is $75 per session. For further information, please contact Mary Dluhy at 202-237-5150.
  • Women's Psychotherapy Group – Openings are available in a psychodynamic women's psychotherapy group for women between the ages of 30-65 who are currently in individual therapy or are open to being in individual therapy. The group meets from 6:00-7:15 pm in Dupont Circle. For information please contact Mary Brennan 202-833-2329 or Deborah Blessing 202-872-9146.
  • Women's Group - I am looking to add new members to a women's group which meets Monday evenings at my downtown office. I have found the group to be a useful adjunct to individual therapy. The women in the group are in their 30s and 40s with issues including isolation, helplessness, and over-eating. The group is more supportive than insight oriented. Please contact Beth Altman at 202-775-0041 for further information.
  • Trauma Consultation Group - Christine Courtois and Jeffrey Jay have been conducting a consultation group for therapists working with psychological trauma and there is now space for a new member to join. The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Two well known books by Dr. Courtois have been recently updated and republished: Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders, An Evidence-Based Guide, and Healing the Incest Wound. Dr. Jay has extensive clinical and forensic experience in treating and evaluating victims of war, crime, and disaster. For further information, call 202-362-0063.
  • Seeking Office Space - Looking for office space to rent part-time (not on weekends), preferably in NW Washington DC or in Bethesda/ Chevy Chase area. Contact Brigitte Ladisch at 301-652-6250 or 301-651-7592.
  • Office Space Available – lovely furnished office in Dupont Circle available with an in-suite bathroom and private waiting room available Tuesday, Wed and Thurs mornings. Contact Sheila Cahill at sheilacahill@mac.com or call 202-966-8390.
  • Seeking a Part-time Administrative Assistant - Busy Psychologist in private practice looking for a part-time administrative assistant to work 12-15 hours a week. The home office is located near downtown Silver Spring. Responsibilities include the following: provide administrative support including answering telephone, greeting patients, and scheduling appointments; verify insurance benefits, including obtaining referrals and authorizations as needed; purchase office supplies; reconcile daily invoice transactions and prepare weekly deposit; research and resolve claim, billing, and reimbursement issues and oversees claim submissions through billing service. Requirements: proficiency with Word and Excel; excellent verbal and written communication skills; excellent organizational, follow through, and execution skills; self-starter who is proactive and able to work with minimum supervision; reliable and flexible work habits. Please fax resume to Cindy Post at (301)565-5211.

The deadline for submitting items for the December Newsletter is November 27, 2010