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April 2009 Newsletter

Note from the Director and Co-Director
Elizabeth Carr and Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf

By the time you receive this Newsletter, the ballots for the 2009 election will have been mailed. Once you receive it, please complete your ballot and return it in the enclosed envelope. We appreciate the number of people who accepted nominations to the Board and are interested in becoming more involved in the governance and operations of ICP&P. Every election brings a sense of renewal as we welcome new members to the Board. We also want to thank the members of the Nominations Committee: Candy Detchon, Chair; Gail Winston, Judy Marx, and Nancy Wolfson.

Another important matter for your consideration involves a survey that focuses on assessing the continuing education needs of the membership. You will receive an email explaining how to access Survey Monkey; this format should be familiar to you as we previously used it for the Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing and training surveys. Please take a few minutes to click on the link and complete the survey. Your input is very important to planning future programs and conferences. The survey was developed by Brad Brenner and Maxine with input from Allan Melmed, Marilyn Fuchs, Deborah Marks and Elizabeth.

The Continuing Medical Education Committee, chaired by Allan Melmed, is in the final phase of completing an application to MedChi so that ICP&P can become an authorized to provider of CME credit to physicians who attend educational programs. The committee hopes to finalize the application, including the required supplemental information, by the end of May. This committee has been working together since last summer on the project and holds monthly meetings to develop the required materials and complete the application. The committee includes Allan, Deborah Marks, Dorothy Wine, and Elizabeth.

Note from the Secretary
Janice Sanchez

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. Here are some highlights from the March 19th meeting:

  • There will be an open house for all our Training Programs on May 13th at 7: 30 at the home of Faith Lewis.
  • The Psychoanalytic Training Program will have its own open house on May 6th at 7:30, also at the home of Faith Lewis.
  • Graduation will be on May 31st. There will be one graduate from the Psychoanalytic Training Program, and six graduates from the Couples Training Program.
  • The spring conference brochures have been mailed out, and it will be possible to register for this online: online registrant pay for Eventbrite and ICP&P is charged a transaction fee by PayPal.
  • Ideas are being discussed for two free conferences for next year. One of them will be Scientific Day.
  • Victoria Pickering is continuing to help us with our website. She suggests we do things to increase our visibility on the web (i.e. add past conferences, links to some of our favorite writings, Wikipedia, etc.)
  • ICP&P Library hours are by appointment.

Note from the Program Co-Chairs
Sharon Ballard and Tripp Reed

Our March 7th conference with Gary Rodin was a huge success. We had over 125 participants, and almost a third were non-members. The presentation was illuminating, poignant and thought-provoking as we examined mortality and end of life issues that impact all of us both personally and professionally.

Please mark your calendars for ICP&P’s 15th Annual Conference on Saturday, May 2, 2009, Capturing the Image of Mother-Infant Interaction: Links to the Clinical Encounter, with Beatrice Beebe, PhD. Dr. Beebe will explore face-to-face interactive processes that inform both mother-infant communication and adult treatment. In addition to the presentation of research on the origin of disorganized attachment in infancy, she will share her findings from a new project, "Videotaping the Analyst’s Face," in which patterns of vocal rhythm coordination between therapist and patient are subjected to microanalysis, alongside the verbal narrative. Early registration ends on April 15th. Registration and payment (credit card) will be easier than ever with our new website.

By now, you have received the Relational Perspectives Institute brochure in the mail. While we hope and expect that many ICP&P members will choose to participate in the Institute, we have received several inquiries about whether the Saturday morning portion of the weekends will be open for registration as an ICP&P program. We anticipate that ICP&P members who are not part of the Relational Perspectives Institute will be able to register and pay for these morning presentations. Please note that the last Saturday of the Relational Perspectives Institute will coincide with ICP&P’s 16th Annual Conference.

In addition to RPI, we will be offering two Saturday morning programs next year that will be free for members. One will be Scientific Day; and the other is under discussion and will be finalized shortly.

Relational Perspectives Institute
Roger Segalla

Register now for the 2009-2010 Relational Perspectives Institute!

We are now registering participants for the 2009-2010 Relational Perspectives Institute (RPI). If you register by April 15th you will receive a $150.00 discount on your institute tuition. To learn more about the institute please visit our brand new website at: http://icpeast.org/relational.htm

Don't forget the RPI is a one year program that will not be on-going in the way the Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic and Couples Training Programs are structured. So this is your chance to have an in-depth, intensive and interactive immersion into Relational Psychoanalysis. If you have questions about the RPI please contact the Chair, Roger J. Segalla at: rsegalla@verizon.net

Training Programs Open House

ICP&P invites you to join us for an Open House to learn about our Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic and Couples Therapy Training Programs on Wednesday, May 13 at 7:30pm at the home of Faith Lewis (4511 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC). The Chairs from each Training Program will be in attendance along with faculty, graduates, and current members-in-training. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by calling the office at 202-686-9300 and selecting the Training Program message line.

Upcoming Events

  • Friday, May 1, 2009 The Maryland Association for Counseling and Development will hold its Annual Conference at Johns Hopkins University’s Columbia Campus. This year the theme is domestic violence. Presents include Dr. Rhea Almeida (A New Paradigm in Domestic Violence Intervention: Transformational Family Counseling), Former Senator Sharon Grosfeld (Domestic Violence Laws and their Impact on Women), Dr Wanjiru Kamau (Domestic Violence and the Immigrant Population) and others. For more information visit www.mdcounseling.org or contact Elizabeth Nyang at enjyan@aol.com
  • Saturday, May 2, 2009 ICP&P’s 15th Annual Conference - Capturing the Image of Mother-Infant Interactions: Links to the Clinical Encounter with Beatrice Beebe, PhD at the Johns Hopkins University Center in Rockville, MD.
  • Wednesday, May 6, 2009 ICP&P’s Psychoanalytic Training Program Open House at 7:30pm the home of Faith Lewis, 4511 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC. There will be a buffet dinner and a talk by Joe Lichtenberg, MD. RSVP to 202-409-6835.
  • Friday, May 15, 2009 ICP&P presents Short Course – Treating Chronic Illness with Self Psychology with Adina Shapiro at the ICP&P office, 4601 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 8, NW, Washington, DC.
  • Sunday, May 31, 2009 Graduation for ICP&P’s Training Programs at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA

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.

  • Midlife Eating Disorders Psychotherapy Group – Monica Callahan is planning for an April beginning of her ongoing therapy group for "somewhat older" women with eating disorders and related issues. The approach combines interpersonal and experiential methods, and individual therapy simultaneous with group is recommended. The group will meet Thursdays 5-6:15 in Bethesda. For more information, contact Monica L. Callahan at 301 587 6211 or by email at Callahanml@erols.com
  • Relational Supervision Group – Roger Segalla is starting a weekly Relational Supervision Group. To discuss joining this newly forming group supervision please contact Roger Segalla at 301-652-1707.
  • Short Course – The Basics of Sex Therapy - April 17 and May 1, 12:15 - 1:45; and May 15, 12:15 - 2:15 - Deborah Fox, MSW and Certified Sex Therapist will present a short course The Basics of Sex Therapy at her office, 4600 Connecticut Ave., NW, DC. This course will provide an opportunity for clinicians to gain knowledge and skills in the area of sexuality and be able to work more comfortably and effectively in cases in which the full set of sex therapy skills isn't required. 5 CEU’s (NASW). For more information, call Deborah Fox at 202-363-1740, or email debfox2@verizon.net
  • Adult Psychotherapy Group Forming – 2 more men needed for a group that will focus on relational issues. The members should be somewhat psychologically sophisticated and able to tolerate the immediacy of "here and now" interventions. The fee will be kept reasonable so that members can continue their individual treatment. The group will meet from 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm, the day to be determined, in Upper Northwest - 4601 Connecticut Avenue. Please email Gail Winston at gwinston@gail.winston.com or call 202-686-1177 for further information.
  • Sublet Available - Established psychotherapist seeks person to share renovated 2 office suite on a full time or part-time basis in Dupont Circle in historic building with marble lobby full time front desk. Steps to Dupont Metro station. Please contact Linda Levine at 202-462-4646.
  • Office Sublet Available – Sublet available in beautiful office space near Dupont Circle. Both daytime and evening hours are available. Please contact Ashley Seeger at 202-721-0088.
  • Office Space Available - two days a week in Downtown Washington, DC (17th and K Streets). Large, sunny, one side fully windowed and beautifully furnished office in suite with 2 psychiatrists and a psychologist. Shared waiting room and utility room with kitchenette. Great location, one block from both the Red and Blue lines, easy walk to Yellow line. $630 per month. Contact Yu Ling Han at 202-213-1876 or Leslie Goransson at 202-296-4531.

The deadline for submitting items for the May 2009 Newsletter is April 27, 2009