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

Our new website is now live. We encourage you to check it out by going to: www.icpeast.org. A new feature involves the capacity to register online for conferences using a credit card. This feature is available for the 2009 Annual Conference with Beatrice Beebe and the Relational Perspectives Institute. We are working with Victoria Pickering, website designer, and are fine-tuning the redesigned website. One way to think about this project is to view it as a work in progress. We welcome your input and ideas. Please contact Faith Lewis who has been leading this project to give your feedback.

The request for nominations has arrived by email and will include job descriptions for the open positions. Please see the article in this edition of the Newsletter for more information. We welcome your feedback on the nomination process. Our yearly elections create continuity and renewal as new persons join the Board and take on leadership responsibilities. We encourage you to consider becoming more involved in the ongoing life of ICP&P by running for a Board position or joining a committee such as the CE Committee, the Library Committee, or Outreach & Recruitment Committee.

There is another leadership position coming open within ICP&P. Roger Segalla has informed us that he must step down from his position of Chair of the Psychotherapy Training Program in order to meet the demands of leading the Relational Perspectives Institute. The Chair of the Psychotherapy Training Program is responsible for all aspects of that program. This position is appointed by the Board. We invite anyone who is interested to submit a resume to the ICP&P office. We will interview all candidates for this most important position. For more information about this position, please contact Roger, Maxine, or Elizabeth. By the way, we expect to have a first year class for the fall 2009.

On Sunday, February 22nd a group of 70 met together to honor and remember Fred Hilkert and Bruce Wine. Many people spoke about their contributions to the ICP&P community. As Joe Lichtenberg put it, both Fred and Bruce were big, strong, gentle men who gave generously of themselves, their time and their energy. From the beginning, both contributed in numerable ways – holding various Board positions, leading projects, teaching, developing curriculum, and so on. ICP&P would not be where we are today without their leadership and efforts. We salute them.

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, options 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 of the highlights from the February 19th meeting:

• A correction was made to January’s minutes. For the conference held on February 1st that was organized by the Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research, Nancy Meyer was a discussant not a presenter.
• In preparation for our Board elections, Candy Detchon will serve as chair of the nominating committee.
• Roger Segalla will step down from being the Chair of the Psychotherapy Training Program as soon as a replacement is identified.
• ICP&P participates in a consortium of analytic organizations in the Baltimore-Washington area. Efforts are being made to develop a format for a community-wide master calendar for conferences and activities.
• A survey to identify member learning needs is being developed.
• Registration is going well for the Gary Rodin conference on the morning of March 7th. An afternoon session for our training programs will begin at 2:30.
• Graduation will be held on Sunday, May 31st at the Key Bridge Marriott.
• The Board voted to have Victoria Pickering do monthly updates for our website for six months.

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

Please mark your calendars for our next big event – 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.

Note from Chair, Couples Training Program
Barbara Shapard

The Couples Training Program would like to invite you to our annual dinner on March 20, 2009 at the home of Barbara Shapard in Arlington, VA. All members-in-training from the training program, as well as ICP&P members who are interested in learning more about the Couples Training curriculum and program, are welcome to attend. Eat, share and enjoy! RSVP to Barbara Shapard at barbshapard@gmail.com or call 703-243-1804.

Note from the Nominations and Elections Committee
Gail Winston, Judy Marx, Nancy Wolfson and Candace Detchon - Chair

It is time for nominations to the ICP&P Board for the term May 2009—May 2011. The following positions are open: Secretary, Treasurer, Coordinator of Membership, and Board Representative.

In 2006, the Board voted to have yearly elections (previously they were held every two years), but with only some of the Board positions turning over at the same time, thus providing some continuity in the leadership—instead of a totally new Board every two years.

With one exception, all Board positions are for two-year terms. Since the position of Member-in-Training Board Representative is a one-year term, this position is also open, but is voted on only by members-in-training, and will be voted on in the fall after training classes have formed.

We encourage you to consider running for the Board, and thought it might be easier for you to think about this if you had some information about the positions that are open.

• Secretary: attends all Board meetings and records the actions and minutes of the meeting; puts a brief summary in the monthly newsletter.
• Treasurer: responsible for oversight of the Institute’s operating finances and investments, keeps track of our financial position, and prepares financial statements for Board meetings.
• Coordinator of Membership: responsible for enrollment and orientation of new members. Also oversees the activities of the study groups and the Library. In the past, this job has sometimes been shared by two people (see below).
• Board Representative: assist in the planning, review, and decisions of the Board. The Board Rep serves as a liaison between the membership and the Board, ensuring that the concerns of members are brought to the Board, and that members are informed of Board decisions. There are a total of six board representatives, but only one position is currently open.

Please also talk to current Board members in these positions:

• Secretary: Janice Sanchez, LCSW
• Treasurer: Janet Dante, LCSW-C
• Coordinators of Membership: Judy Hoffman, LCSW and Kathy Beck, LICSW
• Board Representatives: Lauren Brandt, PhD, Mary Jean Kane, LCSW, Faith Lewis, LCSW, Leslie Westbrook, PhD, Jeffrey Jay, PhD, and Leslie Smith, Ph.D.

The Board meets monthly from September through May; the time and place of each regular meeting is decided at the first meeting of the new Board. Feel free to contact any member of the Nominations and Elections Committee if you have any questions.

New Member Introductions
Jeffrey Jay

Nancy Hartsock, PsyD, is a mental health professional who appears to have doggedly pursued a quest for the best analysis of human behavior: long before her current work as the only staff psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the Walter Reed Medical Center, Dr. Hartsock was an administrator at the National Academy of Science where she administered grants to more than 20 university training programs. Unsatisfied with policy and administration, she returned to graduate school and, ten years ago, became a student member of ICP&P. She left the area for a psychology internship at the University of Maine’s Counseling Center. When she returned, she worked at the Women’s Center in Vienna and pursued an understanding of Self and Relational psychologies, continuing her movement from the macro to an intimate understanding of human behavior. Now, she is called upon to bring all of her experience together to help in training and clinical work at Walter Reed. She has also returned to ICP&P with a hope of pursuing further training in one of the therapy programs. Nancy has a private practice in Chevy Chase and plans to offer long-term group work, perhaps in conjunction with another ICP&P member.

When asked what she looks forward to, Melinda Salzman says returning to modern dance, having once studied dance at Sarah Lawrence College. But now, paused in that leap, with two college age children, she maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Silver Spring, focusing on adults, with a special interest in couples’ treatment. She also focuses on issues of loss which sprang from her affiliation with the William Wendt Center (then the St. Francis Center), in 1985. From there it was a short step to facilitating grief groups each October at the Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial Weekend. And, along with Flora Ingenhousz, who was featured here last month, Melinda works (dare we say "choreographs") Stroke Survivor Groups with the Montgomery Stroke Association. Her interest in ICP&P centers on the educational opportunities and the caliber of people in the membership, and she is joining a couples study group. In our welcome, we hope ICP&P provides a soft professional landing, as well as a resilient springboard for those artistic desires.

News and Notes
Lauren Brandt

The Board has asked me to initiate a new column for the Newsletter that provides an opportunity for the membership to share news of transitions and accomplishments with the ICP&P community. While for the purposes of this column, the boundary between personal and professional is not yet firm, we’d like to hear about presentations, publications and new initiatives.

In this spirit, we’d like to congratulate Heidi Block on the birth of Max River Heckerblock, born February 9, 2009. Heidi writes, "He’s gorgeous and can’t wait to come to an ICP&P event!"

Congratulations also to Heidi’s suitemate, Ashley Seeger, on the birth of Josephine Emilia Seeger on October 24, 2008.

New father Keith Erickson writes "Ella Isabel Erickson was born at home on December 31, 2008. She was welcomed by 2-year-old Emily, who has been learning that being a big sister evokes very mixed feelings. Ella has struggled with reflux disease and is just now feeling a bit better and discovering there is more to life than abdominal pain. Her sleep-deprived and often distraught parents are relieved and grateful for her recovery and for having been entrusted with such a wise, patient, and vulnerable little soul."

Thanks to the three of you for your response to my last-minute inquiry. We look forward to meeting Max, Josephine and Ella. Please forward to lbjls@rcn.com news of (noncommercial) activities you’d like to share. Looking forward to hearing from you.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday, March 6, 2009 – GWSCSW presents The Role of Social Workers in Stroke Recovery with Flora Ingenhousz, MSW and Melinda Salzman, MSW in Silver Spring, MD. For more information, visit www.gwscsw@gmail.com
• Saturday, March 7, 2009 ICP&P presents Facing the Inevitable: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Mortality with Gary Rodin, MD at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD.
• Friday, April 3, 2009 – ICP&P presents Short Course – An Introduction to Psychopharmacology and an Update on Current Practice with Allan Melmed, MD at the ICP&P office, 4601 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 8, NW, Washington, DC.
• 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 202-363-1740, or email: debfox2@verizon.net
• 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. Presenters 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 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.

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.

• 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 – Newly renovated and decorated quiet/private office in downtown Bethesda available for sublet. Times flexible, mostly evenings, one afternoon, Saturdays and other hours. Parking available. For more information, contact Art Blank Jr. at 301-951-5611, or e-mail at asbjrmd@aol.com
• Office Space Available – for full-time use 2 blocks from Bethesda Metro with free patient parking in building. This lovely office is part of 20-year-old, 5-office suite shared with 4 other therapists. The office was the master bedroom in previous 3-bedroom apartment before conversion. Suite includes waiting room, full bath and kitchen, wi-fi- fax, Drink-More water, maid service, magazines, etc. This office has its own full private bath, picture window, and large walk-in closet. Current rent $831 monthly (plus quarterly shared suite expenses ($100-300/quarter), and shared real-estate tax 4% yearly escalation. Utilities included and 1 reserved parking for therapist. Call Steve Schulman 301-657-3733.
• Sublet Available – in Tenelytown area of DC directly across from the Tenley/AU Metro. Furnished office space can be rented by the hour or for a flat rate on a monthly basis. Plenty of street parking available and close to Best Buy and Whole Foods. Please contact Alison Howard at 202-368-3501.
• 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 Goranssonat 202-296-4531.

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The deadline for submitting items for the April 2009 Newsletter is March 26, 2009.

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