Clinical Seminars for the Practicing Psychotherapist Spring

Creating Opportunities Since 1974
Clinical
Seminars
for the
Practicing
Psychotherapist
Spring 2015
Creating Opportunities Since 1974
T
he Westchester Center for the Study of
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP)
was chartered in 1974 by the Regents of the
University of the State of New York to meet
the training needs of mental health professionals. WCSPP provides formal training in
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Classes
are held in White Plains, N.Y.
WCSPP is interdisciplinary, non-hierarchal and
committed to the collaboration between faculty
and candidates in the development of curriculum, policies, and a strong educational milieu.
WCSPP sponsors an annual conference, scientific meetings and workshops that are open to
the community. In addition, WCSPP provides
consultation and service to a variety of institutions in the larger community.
The faculty represents a range of contemporary
psychoanalytic perspectives. It is committed
to a continuing reassessment of psychoanalysis
and psychotherapy in the light of new knowledge and developments in the profession.
For further information, call Crystal Treat,
Administrator, at 914-997-7500, or go to
wcspp.org.
A Group Approach
to Working with Dreams
This experiential workshop will teach the unique process
developed by Monte Ullman, M.D., who demystified the
usefulness of dreams and the power of exploration in a
group. The purpose of the workshop is to convey the
basic skills needed to participate and lead, as well as
to transform this process into individual work. It is an
extraordinary experience for dreamer and participant
based on a highly sensitive structure. The dreamer remains
the expert of his/her own creative act, and as participants,
we “lend" ourselves as helpers. It enhances the art of listening and the capacity to refrain from intrusion. This
finely tuned process generates the safety necessary for
the dreamer to make discoveries difficult to make alone.
Fridays, January 9, 16 and 23
10:00 am–1:00 pm
15 Deer Track Lane, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
914-669-8849
Fee: $95
Carol Kemelgor, LCSW, is a graduate of the
Psychoanalytic Training Program at WCSPP and maintains a private practice in Katonah, N.Y. She was a
member of Montague Ullman’s Saturday Dream Group
for 11 years. Her research on discrimination of women in
science and interpersonal relations in academic research
labs has been shaped by contemporary psychoanalytic
theory. She is co-author of Athena Unbound and has
been published in numerous journals.
Psychoanalytic Therapy with LGBT
Patients: Catching up with History
This course seeks to offer therapists ways of improving
their psychoanalytic work with LGBT patients and associated issues. The past 20 years have seen revolutionary
changes both in our society's treatment of LGBT people
and in psychoanalytic theory of same-sex desire and
relationships. The implications of these changes for
clinical practice are broad and deep, including questions
such as self-disclosure and the nature and role of
human sexuality and identity. The impact of these
changes stretches beyond the LGBT community, casting
light on our understanding and experience of a range
of cultural phenomena, such as casual sexual and
extramarital activity. This course will explore these
changes and illustrate their clinical applications,
using material brought by the instructor as well as by
participants who may wish to share their experiences.
Wednesdays, January 21 and 28
3:00–4:30 pm
786 Pinesbridge Road, Ossining, NY 10562
914-762-7505
Fee: $70
David Schwartz, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan and Westchester. He has
served on the editorial boards of several professional
journals including Gender and Psychoanalysis,
Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Psychoanalysis,
Culture and Society and The Journal of Gay and
Lesbian Mental Health. David has published in the
area of sexuality and gender for the past 25 years.
Don’t Squeeze Me: How Sensory
Profiles Help in Our Work with
Children and Their Families
This workshop will focus on our understanding of the
sensory dimensions of a child’s life and the way in
which those dimensions impact development, how
they are understood by the parents and by the child,
and strategies for helping the child and the parents
manage them when they are problematic.
Friday, January 23
10:00 am–12:00 noon
615 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
914-478-7118
Fee: $35
Kate Washton, LCSW, is a graduate of the Psychoanalytic
Training Program of WCSPP, former Director of the
WCSPP’s Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training
Program, and faculty member and Supervisor in that
program. She maintains a practice in Hastings-on-Hudson,
N.Y., working with children, adolescents, and adults
as well as providing consultation with colleagues.
It Takes Two to Tango—
Couples Therapy
Working with couples is challenging yet exciting
and rewarding work. This seminar will examine the
fundamental parameters of couples therapy using an
approach that integrates psychoanalytic thinking
with systems theory. Issues to be explored will
include: setting the frame and beginning the treatment; the nature and forms of change; attachment
styles and patterns; affect regulation, mentalization,
and mindfulness; differentiation theory; conflict
resolution; sexuality; and infidelity.
Saturdays, January 24 and 31
1:00–2:30 pm
28 Mountain Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538
914-834-5426
Fee: $70
John Turtz, Ph.D., is teaching and supervisory faculty
at the WCSPP, where he is currently Director of the
Couples Psychotherapy Training Program and past
Co-director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training
Program. He is currently Co-director, faculty, and
Supervisor at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis.
He is in private practice in Larchmont, N.Y., and
Manhattan.
Mindfulness: It's Not What You Think
Integrating Mindfulness and
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
This seminar will include an overview of the neuroscience research on the impact of mindfulness
on the mind and the brain. We will discuss the
fundamental tenets of Buddhist psychology and its
interface with Western psychology. Clinical applications of mindfulness in psychodynamic psychotherapy and the ways mindfulness enhance the
therapist's awareness of countertransference will
be discussed. Case material will be presented. Each
session will include a meditation, which we will
process afterwards. Please bring a cushion if you
have one. Readings will be provided before the
seminar.
Sundays, January 25 and February 1
10:00–11:30 am
3 Sylvan Road South, 3rd floor, Westport, CT 06880
203-227-9700
Fee: $70
Randi Roth, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice for 20 years with offices in Westport,
Conn., and White Plains, N.Y. She is Co-founder and
Co-director of The Westport Center for Mindfulness
and Psychotherapy. Randi graduated from WCSPP’S
Psychoanalytic Training Program and the Supervisory
Training Program. Additionally, Randi received a certificate in focusing: a mind/body mindfulness practice from the Focusing Institute in New York City.
She is certified in MB-EAT, a mindfulness-based
group for individuals with eating disorders and
related issues.
Listening for
Supervisors
Listening is how we move into the experience of our
patients. We listen to our friends, our loved ones and in
supervision. When we supervise, we need to listen on
multiple levels to what is being said by our supervisees.
This seminar will highlight the many ways we listen,
what we hear, and the various techniques involved
in supervisory listening. This is a learning opportunity
enabling supervisors and those who will become
supervisors to be more effective and confident. Practical
considerations, such as the use of recording or process
writing and concepts including parallel process and
transferences that emerge during the supervision, will
be addressed. Clinical material will be used for discussion around these and other seminal concepts.
Wednesdays, January 28 and February 4
6:00-7:30 pm
188 East Post Road, Suite 303, White Plains, NY 10601
914-683-1814
Fee: $70
Ruth Greer, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT, is a faculty member of the WCSPP Supervisory Training Program and
a member of the teaching and supervising faculty
of WCSPP. She has been Co-director of the Adult
Psychotherapy Training Program, the Couples
Psychotherapy Training Program and is currently
Director of Admissions at the Westchester Center.
Dr. Greer maintains a private practice with adults
and couples in Rye, N.Y.
Suzanne Weisman, LCSW, is on the teaching and
supervisory faculty of WCSPP. She is the former
Director of the Adult Psychotherapy Training Program
and is currently an Associate Director of Admissions.
Suzanne maintains a private practice in White Plains,
N.Y., and Manhattan.
From Dyad to Triad:
How to Include a Psychiatrist
in Your Work with Patients
This seminar will address three components of working with a psychiatrist. This will include the appropriate times, diagnoses and symptoms to refer for a
medication consultation; medications used; and common side effects. In addition, we will discuss how to
help patients tolerate their medications and how to
define measurable changes in the target symptoms.
We will discuss the importance of effective collaboration between the referring clinician and the psychiatrist. This seminar will address these topics using
didactics, case examples, and discussion.
Wednesdays, January 28 and February 4
1:00–2:15 pm
49 Oregon Road, Armonk, NY 10504
914-273-2210
Fee: $70
Margot Rubinstein, M.D., trained at New York
Hospital-Westchester Division, and is Past Attending
Psychiatrist, Long-term Borderline Unit. She is a voluntary faculty member, Assistant Clinical Professor
in Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital in
White Plains, N.Y. She completed her psychoanalytic
training at WCSPP and has training in EMDR. She is
Past Medical Director of a nonprofit mental health
clinic in Rye, N.Y., for three years and has been in
private practice for 20 years.
Introducing
Lacan
One of the most influential psychoanalytic thinkers
today, Jacques Lacan often seems opaque to clinicians. This seminar will offer an introduction to
Lacan's approach to therapy. Questions of diagnosis,
choice of a therapeutic stance, how to involve the
patient, and how to bring about change will be
addressed. How Lacanian psychoanalysis differs
from other approaches will be examined. Both the
beginner and the experienced clinician who is interested in finding out how Lacanian ideas work clinically are encouraged to attend.
Saturdays, January 31 and February 7
10:00–11:30 am
218 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
914-271-1276
Fee: $70
Barbara Tholfsen, LCSW, has been in private practice
in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., since 1995 where she
sees adults, children, couples, and supervisees. She
teaches Freud’s Clinical Cases at WCSPP. She has presented papers on Lacanian psychoanalysis at multiple
conferences and founded Lacanian Foothold, a psychoanalytic resource group for clinicians.
How to Talk Openly
about Death and Dying
The most difficult part of living with a life-threatening
illness is talking about it. The focus of this seminar
will be how to address these overwhelming emotions
so that therapist and patient can talk openly about
death and dying. The benefits for our patients are that
they feel relief of tension and become less fearful of
death. The therapist’s presence and support often
translate into patients’ discovery of a language to
use when they talk about their inner experience with
family and friends. We will discuss the primary relationship needs of people facing life-threatening illness;
how people maintain emotional and/or physical intimacy; and how we respond empathically to our patients
and manage our own reactions to their suffering.
Thursdays, February 5 and 12
6:30–8:00 pm
15 Chester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
914-649-3623
Fee: $70
Julie Willstatter, LCSW-R, is a graduate of the
Psychoanalytic Training Program at WCSPP and is
also the former Program Director at Gilda’s Club
Westchester. Julie has a private practice in White
Plains, N.Y., where she helps individuals, couples,
and families talk openly about death and dying.
Creating Opportunities Since 1974
Professional Education
Is A Lifelong Process
◆ Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program
◆ Two-Year Adult Psychotherapy Training
Program
◆ Two-Year Child and Adolescent
Psychotherapy Training Program
◆ One-Year Couples Psychotherapy Training
Program
◆ One-Year Supervisory Training Program
Financial Aid Available
to All Candidates as needed
◆ Psychotherapy Service (Sliding Scale)
Chartered by the Regents of the University
of the State of New York in 1974,
WCSPP provides training in psychoanalysis and
psychotherapy across a range of contemporary
psychoanalytic approaches.
Please call for a brochure and
information about our next Open House:
914-997-7500
wcspp.org
WCSPP, 468 Rosedale Ave., White Plains, NY 10605
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