BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WILA Alumni Association - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:WILA Alumni Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wilaalumni.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WILA Alumni Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTSTAMP:20260427T140839 CREATED:20220901T053542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T044212Z UID:221581-1767139200-1767225599@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:Join our mailing list to be notified of upcoming events DESCRIPTION:Sign up for updates!\nWe’ll email you about upcoming events\n \n \n \n \n \n EMAIL * FIRST NAME LAST NAME Select list(s) to subscribe to Yes\, I consent to receive emails from Wright Institute Los Angeles. 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You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link\, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/subscribe/ CATEGORIES:CE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T153000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20250913T203727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260131T004838Z UID:223582-1763197200-1763220600@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: "Suicidality: Phenomenology\, Assessment\, Treatment and Countertransference" - Dr. Katherine Smith DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nIn this short course\, we will explore the phenomena surrounding the assessment and treatment of suicidal patients in outpatient psychotherapy. Specifically\, this course will address the contemporary milieu of suicide phenomena and prevention\, psychodynamic/psychoanalytic perspectives on suicidality\, countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients\, suicide assessment in an outpatient setting\, and outpatient treatment of suicidal patients (including working with specific affective states). \nThe program will run from 9am PST to 3:30pm PST and will include a 30 minute break for lunch. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDescribe the current state of suicide phenomena and prevention.\nIdentify patient risk and protective factors for suicide.\nDescribe theoretical foundations of suicidality.\nIdentify techniques for assessing suicidal risk.\nImplement suicide assessments at intake and throughout treatment.\nIdentify two types of suicidal patients.\nDescribe affective states experienced by suicidal patients.\nWork collaboratively with patients to create safety plans and commitment to treatment.\nDocument treatment and safety plans that address suicidal ideation and behaviors.\nImplement patient-centered safety plans.\nDescribe countertransference phenomena associated with the treatment of suicidal patients.\nIdentify coping strategies and support for clinicians treating suicidal patients.\nDescribe the experience of treating a patient who attempts suicide.\nDescribe the experience of mourning a patient lost to suicide.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n KATHERINE SMITH\, PSY.D. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT#115452\, a psychoanalytic therapist\, and candidate in psychoanalysis at LAISPS. She is the founder of TherapySmith\, where she supervises associate therapists and provides consultation to other licensed clinicians. Katherine has trained in a variety of modalities and settings\, including LGBTQ+ affirmative psychology at the LA LGBT Center and Angeles Psychology Group\, neuropsychology at Cedars-Sinai\, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Wright Institute Los Angeles. As a result of her education and training\, her clinical approach is broadly psychodynamic with a soupçon of depth and relational psychoanalysis. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\n6 CE credits\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donation Amount:\n \n \n $ 275.00\n \n Licensed Clinician $275WILA Alumni Association Member $200Students/Unlicensed Clinician $100Video-recording Only (No CE credit available) $100Purchase\n \n Select Payment Method \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stripe - Credit Card\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Personal Info \n\n \n \n \n First Name *\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Last Name *\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Email Address *\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Credit Card Info \n\n \n \n \n This is a secure SSL encrypted payment. \n \n \n \n \n Card Number *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n CVC *\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cardholder Name *\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Expiration *\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Would you like to help cover the processing fees?\n\n \n \n I'll cover the 0 transaction fee to support WILA's non-profit mission!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our Email List\n \n \n \n \n \n Total \n \n $275.00 \n \n {amount} payment + {fee_amount} transaction fee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2025-ce-smith/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/imagination-5153681_1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T123000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20250412T142448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T160919Z UID:223462-1752915600-1752928200@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: "Working with Fat in the Countertransference" - Dr. Hilary Offman DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n :::PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nSaturday\, July 19th\, 2025; 9 am-12:15 pm PST \n9:00-9:10 – Welcome\, CE reminders\, introduction\, review of CE information \n9:10-9:50 – Paper presentation: “The Intersectionality of Misogyny: On Being Female\, Fat\, and Trans” \n9:50-10:30 – Discussion \n10:30-10:45 – Break \n10:45-11:15 – What happened when I was a guest supervisor for a case on fat \n11:15-12:15 – Discussion \nIn Western culture\, fat is one of the worst things you can be. In addition\, the application of stereotypes like laziness\, greediness\, and lack of self-discipline to fat bodies automatically assigns a sense of culpability in the form of a morality of appearance. This societal view further marks fat individuals as ‘failed’ members who are then more likely to internalize collective fatphobia into a marginalized self-identity. Therapists working with fat patients must\, therefore\, be prepared to confront their patients’ profound feelings of shame. How can we navigate this complexity? \nIn a ‘two-person psychology\,’ a framework that emphasizes the importance of the analyst’s subjectivity in the co-construction of meaning\, we need to take into account how the therapist feels about fat. Should we admit to patients that we share the same feelings about fat as everybody else\, or do we pretend that we don’t in order to be “nice”? Regardless of whether we have ever been fat\, almost all of us have experienced what it’s like to be afraid of it. How much of it\, if any\, should we share?  \nThis presentation delves into some of the countertransferential issues that surface when therapists work with fat. In the first part\, Dr. Offman will feature a paper entitled “The Intersectionality of Misogyny: On Being Fat\, Female\, and Trans. This case study explores countertransference working with a fat trans patient\, both before and after my transformation from a very fat therapist to a ‘regular’ one. \nFor the second part\, Dr. Offman will present what happened when guest-supervising a case involving a slim psychoanalytic candidate and her 400-pound patient. We will use this example to facilitate a discussion about how crucial it is to acknowledge the impact of the analyst’s subjectivity with respect to fat\, whether to ourselves or to our patients. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify the essential features of a two-person psychology and how they relate to the treatment of patients with fat bodies.\nFormulate how the desire to be ‘nice’ while neglecting one’s own feelings and experiences related to fatness may affect the treatment of these patients.\nApply new insights into countertransference when working with fat patients to enhance one’s own clinical practice.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hilary Offman\, MD FRCPC\, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with a private practice in Toronto\, Canada. She is a lecturer and supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also a supervising analyst\, faculty and Board member for the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP). She is the former co-chair of the Candidates Committee for the International Association of Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (IARPP) and a current member of the IARRP Board of Directors\, where she co-chairs the International Chapters Committee. Her writing interests include themes of otherness\, queerness\, and fatness. Her papers are used to teach about working psychoanalytically with patients who identify as non-binary. Her article “Fatphobia is Real” won the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in Medicine (CASE) Gold Writing Award. She recently published her first poem\, “Why? July?” in the Annals of Internal Medicine. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\n3 CE credits are available for all nationally licensed clinicians\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donation Amount:\n \n \n $ 120.00\n \n Licensed Clinician $120WILA Alumni Association Member $100Students/Unlicensed Clinician $60Purchase\n \n Select Payment Method \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stripe - Credit Card\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Personal Info \n\n \n \n \n First Name *\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Last Name *\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Email Address *\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Credit Card Info \n\n \n \n \n This is a secure SSL encrypted payment. \n \n \n \n \n Card Number *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n CVC *\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cardholder Name *\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Expiration *\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Would you like to help cover the processing fees?\n\n \n \n I'll cover the 0 transaction fee to support WILA's non-profit mission!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our Email List\n \n \n \n \n \n Total \n \n $120.00 \n \n {amount} payment + {fee_amount} transaction fee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2025-ce-offman/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ai-generated-8572325_1280.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T133000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20240802T211142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T220016Z UID:223031-1726912800-1726925400@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:Online CE Event – “Transference and Countertransference: Re-considering the relationship in the therapeutic dyad during times of great strain for both therapist and patient” with Leigh Tobias\, PhD FIPA BCPsa DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nThis presentation takes up the challenge of the pressured external world to therapeutic dyad in the consulting room\, including the question of the value of therapy at all at a time of various social threats:  climate\, racism\, war\, politics. The focus will be on the clinical encounter full of the psychodynamics of powerful emotional and external conflict\, shock\, and divisiveness.   I will explore the clinical desire\, often for therapist as well as patient\, for answers in world that is erupting with rapid change\, challenge\, and violence. \nPlease note the program will contain a 15 minute break and will grant 3 CE credits. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nName their psychological points of reference with regard to social threats.\nDescribe the development of anger and its purposes for the analyst and patient.\nUse clear language for recognizing and expressing  differences in the clinical encounter.\nDetail a definition of ‘container-contained’ with greater depth.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEIGH TOBIAS\, PH.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst and member of the Infant Observation Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Center of California. She holds the co-Chair for Continuing Education for 2023-24. She is the current President of the North American Psychoanalytic Confederation (NAPsaC); has been past President of the PCC\, past President of The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Institutes (CIPS). Dr. Tobias maintains a full-time private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy with adults and couples in Beverly Hills\, CA. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\nCEs may only be granted to licensed clinicians nationally.\n3 CE credits\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donation Amount:\n \n \n $ 135.00\n \n Licensed Clinician $135WILA Alumni Association Member $120Student $65Purchase\n \n Select Payment Method \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stripe - Credit Card\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Personal Info \n\n \n \n \n First Name *\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Last Name *\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Email Address *\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Credit Card Info \n\n \n \n \n This is a secure SSL encrypted payment. \n \n \n \n \n Card Number *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n CVC *\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cardholder Name *\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Expiration *\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Would you like to help cover the processing fees?\n\n \n \n I'll cover the 0 transaction fee to support WILA's non-profit mission!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our Email List\n \n \n \n \n \n Total \n \n $135.00 \n \n {amount} payment + {fee_amount} transaction fee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Become a WILA Alumni Association Member today! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2024-ce-tobias/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/illumination-5190771_1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T133000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20230522T195203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T212945Z UID:222765-1706954400-1706967000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:Online CE Event – "The Art and The Science of Working Through in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" with Martha Stark\, MD DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the\nWILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nSaturday\, February 3\, 2024 | 10:00 am – 1:30 pm (PST) / 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm (EST) \nThe following description was provided by Martha Stark\, MD: \nI will rather boldly attempt to formulate an “overarching conceptual framework” for the working through process in psychodynamic psychotherapy and in any depth psychology for which the ultimate goal is deep and sustained healing. I will therefore be presenting a theoretical framework that outlines a series of steps whereby psychological rigidity (rigid and unevolved defense) will incrementally evolve into psychological flexibility (more flexible and more evolved adaptation). \nThe process of getting from rigid defense to more flexible adaptation is never a straight-line progression. Rather\, evolving from psychological rigidity to psychological flexibility will involve the therapist’s strategic provision of not just support but also an artfully conceived combination of challenge and support – namely\, optimal stress. \nAgainst the backdrop of empathic resonance and a collaborative alliance\, the therapist will therefore repeatedly offer the patient optimally stressful interventions mindfully formulated to generate destabilizing internal dissonance and homeostatic imbalance. In essence\, by continuously juxtaposing “healthy but anxiety-provoking challenge” of the patient’s defenses with “less healthy but anxiety-assuaging support” of them\, the therapist will be creating growth-incentivizing “mismatch experiences” for the patient – the ongoing working through of which will prompt the patient to re-equilibrate at ever-higher and ever-more evolved levels of resilience and adaptive capacity. \nIndeed\, I will hope to demonstrate that psychodynamic psychotherapy affords the patient both impetus and opportunity\, albeit belatedly\, to master traumatic experiences that had once been overwhelming – and\, therefore\, defended against – but that can now\, by virtue of the synergy between the therapist’s loving support and the patient’s underlying resilience and innate capacity to adapt to stress\, be revisited\, re-enacted\, grieved\, reprocessed\, and recontextualized\, such that thepatient will eventually be able to “reposition” herself in relation to them. As a result\, growth-impeding defenses\, once necessary for survival\, can be gradually transformed into growth-promoting adaptations – accompanied by a strengthening at the broken places. \nIn essence\, the patient will be incentivized to return\, in an embodied fashion\, to the scene of the original crime but will now (in the context of her relationship with a therapist who not only cares deeply but also has the courage to provide optimal challenge) be able to negotiate a new\, different\, and better ending\, that is\, an adaptive resolution – from “constricted” and “defended” to “expansive” and “wide open.” \nIn the uplifting words of Rollo May\, “The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free.” \nThere are no known conflicts of interest regarding commercial support for this event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program\, participants will be able to: \n\nidentify the three stages in the working through process\nexplain the importance of cultivating dual awareness\nhighlight the distinctions between defensive\, mindless reactions and adaptive\, mindfulresponses\ndefine optimal stress\ndescribe what it means to be embodied\nclarify the distinction between surviving and thriving\nexplain the relationship between traumatic growth-impeding stressors and defensivereactions\nhighlight the relationship between optimal growth-promoting stressors and adaptiveresponses\ndescribe what is meant by post-traumatic growth\nexplain why we can say that the problem always holds elements of the solution\nclarify what is meant by the statement that optimally stressful interventions effectivelysuperimpose an acute injury on top of a chronic one\nexplain why the patient’s return to the scene of the original crime is an important step inworking through traumatic early-on stressors\ndescribe the difference between the sobering reality of “what is” and the enliveningpossibility of “what could be”\nclarify the importance of generating\, and then working through\, mismatch experiences\nexplain the relationship between the Sandpile Model of Chaos Theory and an ascending spiral staircase\nspeak to the importance of therapeutic memory reconsolidation\nenumerate the five modes of therapeutic action in the Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm\nexplain the reason that the Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm is described as a C.A.R.E.S.approach to deep healing\ncreate a minimally stressful intervention\nformulate an optimally stressful intervention\ndesign an intervention that applauds and celebrates adaptive resolution\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MARTHA STARK\, MD\, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute\, is a Holistic Psychiatrist (Adult\, Adolescent\, and Child) and Integrative Psychoanalyst in private practice in Boston\, MA. \nMartha is Lecturer on Psychiatry (part-time)\, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder and Co-Director\, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies\, William James College; Faculty\, Psychiatry Redefined; Faculty and Scientific Advisory Board\, Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine; Adjunct Faculty\, Smith College School for Social Work; Former Faculty\, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis; and Advisory Board\, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. \nMartha is the Originator and Developer of the Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm: A C.A.R.E.S. Approach to Deep Healing.  \nMartha is an award-winning author of nine highly acclaimed books (including Relentless Hope: The Refusal to Grieve) on the integration of psychodynamic theory with clinical practice – several of which have become “required reading” in psychoanalytic training institutes and psychodynamic psychotherapy programs in the United States and abroad. She also has numerous teaching affiliations with local\, regional\, national\, and international psychoanalytic/psychodynamic training programs. \nBoard Certified by the American Association of Integrative Medicine\, Martha also contributes chapters to integrative medicine textbooks and articles to peer-reviewed toxicology/environmental medicine journals. Additionally\, she serves on the editorial/advisory boards of various holistic health publications. Periodically\, she is called upon to offer expert witness testimony on various toxic environmental exposures (including pesticides\, volatile organic compounds\, and mold). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\n3 CE credits are available for all nationally licensed clinicians\nThis webinar is at the intermediate AND advanced levels.\nTo receive CE credits\, you must attend the entire event.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donation Amount:\n \n \n $ 140.00\n \n Licensed Clinician – $140WILA Alumni Association Member – $130Student/Pre-licensed Clinician – $80Purchase\n \n Select Payment Method \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stripe - Credit Card\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Personal Info \n\n \n \n \n First Name *\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Last Name *\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Email Address *\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Credit Card Info \n\n \n \n \n This is a secure SSL encrypted payment. \n \n \n \n \n Card Number *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n CVC *\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cardholder Name *\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Expiration *\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Would you like to help cover the processing fees?\n\n \n \n I'll cover the 0 transaction fee to support WILA's non-profit mission!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our Email List\n \n \n \n \n \n Total \n \n $140.00 \n \n {amount} payment + {fee_amount} transaction fee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni Association Membership gets you a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive full or partial refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/ce-dr-martha-stark/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/handshake-5153649_1920.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T120000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20230521T181852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T175241Z UID:222742-1697274000-1697284800@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Engaging with Racism and Xenophobia in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Supervision - Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nThis presentation will explore the traumatic impact of racism and xenophobia on the intrapsychic and interpersonal lives of clients\, therapists\, supervisees\, and supervisors with an emphasis on the experiences of racial minority immigrants in the United States. Dr. Tummala-Narra will address how historical and ongoing racism influence the therapeutic relationship\, including transference and countertransference. She will provide considerations for a decolonizing approach to engaging with race in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Further\, she will focus on the dynamics of the supervisory relationship\, specifically how the supervisee and the supervisor can examine transference and counter-transference rooted in sociocultural issues\, develop an ability to tolerate and engage with anxiety\, fear\, and shame in discussing issues\, such as race\, culture\, religion\, social class\, and sexual orientation\, and discuss relevant power dynamics. \nPlease note: This event will run for 3 hours without any breaks or intermissions. \nThere are no known conflicts of interest regarding commercial support for this event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify ways in which racism and racial bias influence conceptualizations of health and pathology in development.\nRecognize how psychoanalytic theory informs and deepens an understanding of racial trauma and sociocultural context in psychotherapy.\nDescribe specific ways in which therapists’ and clients’ experiences of racism and xenophobia can influence the therapeutic relationship and the supervisory relationship\, particularly transference and counter-transference.     \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Usha Tummala-Narra\, Ph.D. is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Director of Community-Based Education at the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute at Boston University. Her research and scholarship focus on immigration\, trauma\, race\, and culturally-informed psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Her publications include over 90 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in books. Recent research has explored the experience of and responses to sexual violence among racial minority immigrant communities\, and the experience of racism and related stress faced by Asian Americans. Dr. Tummala-Narra is also engaged in theoretical and clinical scholarship examining sociocultural issues in psychotherapy from a psychodynamic perspective.  \nDr. Tummala-Narra serves on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 (Society for Psychological Study of Culture\, Ethnicity\, and Race) as Diversity-Immigration Member-at-Large. She has served as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors in APA Division 39 (Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology)\, and as a member of the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs\, the APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration\, and the APA Task Force on Revising the Multicultural Guidelines. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association\, and of APA Division 39 and Division 45.  \nDr. Tummala-Narra is an Associate Editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology\, Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues\, and Senior Psychotherapy Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. She is the author of Psychoanalytic Theory and Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy (2016)\, and editor of Trauma and Racial Minority Immigrants: Turmoil\, Uncertainty\, and Resistance (2021)\, both published by the American Psychological Association Books. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\nCEs available for licensed clinicians nationally\n3.0 CE credits\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Wright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts continuing education credit granted by the California Psychological Association or by any of its Approved Providers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \nThe Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. WILA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/ce-dr-usha-tummala-narra/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/earth-5831248_1920.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20230427T164920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230430T234114Z UID:222690-1684666800-1684674000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:WILA Alumni Open House DESCRIPTION:Welcome Home WILA! \nYou’re invited to join the WILA Alumni Association in celebrating the re-opening of the clinic doors to in-person psychotherapy. We will be gathering to catch up\, hear clinic updates\, and get tours of the newly remodeled space. \nWe’ll socialize indoors and have food and drinks on the patioCurrent trainees\, staff & Core Faculty are invited\, partners welcome \nFor everyone’s safety\, our usual COVID precautions will be observed:masks required indoors\, guests must show proof of full vaccination before entering \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/wila-alumni-open-house/ LOCATION:WILA\, 11845 W. Olympic Blvd.\, Suite 505W\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90064\, United States CATEGORIES:Social ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/unnamed.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA":MAILTO:operations@wila.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20230228T033355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230430T231402Z UID:222605-1682848800-1682859600@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: "Emotional Inheritance: The Legacy of Trauma" - Dr. Galit Atlas DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nThis talk will focus on Atlas’ new book Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist\, Her Patients\, and the Legacy of Trauma. It will discuss the ways in which trauma is transmitted from one generation to the next and held in our minds and bodies as our own. Atlas will examine emotional material that we unknowingly carry with us: the memories\, feelings\, and traumas that we inherit from previous generations and the link between our parents and grandparents’ history\, and our own emotional struggles. How do we inherit\, hold\, and process things that we don’t remember or didn’t experience ourselves? What is the weight of that which is present but not fully known? This talk will be divided to three parts\, each will focus on a different aspect of our emotional inheritance. The clinical tales will describe the many ways in which we can locate the ghosts of the past that hold us back and interfere with our lives and will focus on love\, loss and the power of attachment. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “Emotional Inheritance is a gem for anyone\, but it is an essential read for those seeking to understand trauma\, therapy\, and the healing process.”\n– Bruce D. Perry\, MD\, PhD \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDescribe the concept of “emotional inheritance” as a functional part of symptom presentation and treatment.\nIdentify the presence and utility of “emotional inheritance” in participant’s clinical work.\nExplain the term “erotic reparation” and its relation to inherited trauma.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n GALIT ATLAS\, PH.D. is on the faculty at NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is the author of The Enigma of Desire: Sex\, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis (Routledge\, 2015) and Dramatic Dialogue: Contemporary Clinical Practice (co-authored with Lewis Aron\, Routledge\, 2017). She is the editor and a contributor to When Minds Meet: The Work of Lewis Aron (Routledge\,2020). Her new book Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist\, Her Patients and the Legacy of Trauma is being translated into 23 languages. Atlas is a senior editor of the book series New Directions in Contemporary psychoanalysis from Confer Books and Karnac Books. She serves on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and of Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Atlas is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\nCEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\n3.0 CE credits\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Wright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n RatesLicensed Clinician – $135WILA Alumni Member – $125Student / Pre-licensed Clinician – $65 \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2023-ce-atlas/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/woman-7473330.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20230119T065604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T192033Z UID:222187-1677315600-1677326400@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: “Futurevision:” The Analyst’s Concept of the Patient’s Future Self and Implications for Treatment - Dr. Weisel-Barth DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nDr. Joye Weisel-Barth\, senior instructor\, training analyst\, supervisor\, and Board member at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis\, will present on the concept of “futurevision” in psychoanalytic treatment. As will be discussed\, “futurevision” is the analyst’s image and imagining of the patient’s future self. Often patients come to treatment depressed\, stuck trying to resolve the past and failing to meet the needs of the present. The future is absent\, or a bleak projection of what was or is. With what Dr. Weisel-Barth calls “futurevision\,” the analyst and patient are able to co-create an image of the patient’s future\, specifically one that contains the patient’s growth into a more developed self. The program will involve three components: 1) a description of the relational formation of the analyst’s “futurevision” of the patient as well as its influence on treatment\, 2) case material to elucidate a real-world example of “futurevision” in psychoanalytic practice\, and 3) discussion with attendees. \nThis event is presented at the intermediate level  and is for clinicians of any orientation interested in or practicing relational psychoanalytic work. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDescribe the concept of “futurevision” as a functional part of the analyst’s holding environment\nIdentify the presence and utility of “futurevision” in participants’ clinical work\nDifferentiate between “futurevision” and colluding with manic defense\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRESENTER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n JOYE WEISEL-BARTH\, PH.D.\, PSY.D. is a senior instructor\, training analyst\, supervisor\, and Board member at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. She teaches Basic Concepts\, Self Psychology\, Issues in Relational Analysis\, Interpersonal Psychoanalysis\, and Freud. Her psychological and analytic practice is in Encino\, California. Joye has served as Book Review Editor for Psychoanalysis\, Self and Context and Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Psychoanalytic Inquiry. She loves writing and is a frequent contributor to major psychoanalytic journals and guest presenter at psychoanalytic institutes and conferences. Her book\, Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives on Narrative in Psychoanalysis: The Creation of Intimate Fictions\, has been published by Routledge. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE INFORMATION\n\nCEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\n3.0 CE credits\nThis CE event is provided at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Wright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Donation Amount:\n \n \n $ 120.00\n \n Licensed Clinician - $120WILA Alumni Member - $110Student / Pre-licensed Clinician - $60Purchase\n \n Select Payment Method \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stripe - Credit Card\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Personal Info \n\n \n \n \n First Name *\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Last Name *\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Email Address *\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Are you licensed in CALIFORNIA? \n *\n Required\n \n \n \n Are you licensed in CALIFORNIA? \n *\n Required\n \n \n \n \n Yes \n \n \n No (you may still attend but we cannot provide you CEUs) \n \n\n \n \n Credit Card Info \n\n \n \n \n This is a secure SSL encrypted payment. \n \n \n \n \n Card Number *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n CVC *\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cardholder Name *\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Expiration *\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Would you like to help cover the processing fees?\n\n \n \n I'll cover the 0 transaction fee to support WILA's non-profit mission!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to our Email List\n \n \n \n \n \n Total \n \n $120.00 \n \n {amount} payment + {fee_amount} transaction fee \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n WILA Alumni get a discount!Membership gives you many benefits including discounts on CE events like this one. Join or Renew today to save! \n \n \n \n \n \n Refunds and CancellationsRegistrants who cancel with more than 24 hours’ notice are eligible to receive a refund by emailing WILA’s Business Director \n \n \n \n \n \n Questions or concerns?Email info@wilaalumni.org for help URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2023-ce-weiselbarth/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/futurevision.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220912T010000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T033649Z UID:221042-1662894000-1662901200@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:WILA in the Park DESCRIPTION:WILA Alumni & trainees: Please join us for WILA In The Park\, hosted by The WILA Alumni Association. A chance to meet\, connect\, and see one another in person again. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided.\n\nWe’ll be meeting at the grassy field next to The Will Rogers home (located at 1501 Will Rogers State Park Rd). There is a paid parking lot at the park.\n\nWe hope to see you there! Please RSVP to this Facebook event to let us know you’ll attend (or email Sophie at SophieDCTherapy@gmail.com). URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/wilainthepark/ LOCATION:Will Rogers State Park\, 1501 Will Rogers State Park Rd\, Pacific Palisades\, CA\, 90272\, United States CATEGORIES:Social ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Alumni-Social-Invite-2022-09-11.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220424T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T031325Z UID:221080-1650708000-1650733200@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Psychoanalytic Supervision - Drs. McWilliams\, Gomes & Phillips DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\n\nThis event will address individual and group supervision from a psychoanalytic perspective as well as core legal and ethical considerations when working with supervisees. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify three dynamics that occur within group supervision\nIdentify three strategies to increase group members’ sense of safety in exposing their clinical work to others\nName common transference-countertransference reactions that frequently occur within group supervision\nName three factors that contribute to the goodness of fit between supervisee and supervisor\nUnderstand how to apply psychoanalytic concepts including transference/countertransference\, parallel process\, and object usage to the supervisory dyad\nIdentify a strategy for assessing the supervisee’s clinical developmental level and supervisory needs in order to optimize the supervision experience\nUnderstand the impact of diversities on the supervisory relationship and dynamics\nUnderstand three legal/ethical considerations applicable to supervision\nUnderstand two ways to navigate ethical dilemmas/issues that commonly arise in supervision\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n NANCY MCWILLIAMS\, PH.D.\, ABPP teaches at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and has a private practice in Lambertville\, NJ. She is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis (1994; rev. ed. 2011)\, Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999)\, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2004)\, and Psychoanalytic Supervision (2021)\, and is Associate Editor of both editions of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006\, 2017)\, all with Guilford Press. She is a former president of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Division 39 of the American Psychological Association) and is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology. A graduate of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis\, Dr. McWilliams is also affiliated with the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge\, MA. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MICHELE GOMES\, PSY.D. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst who splits her time between her two passions: working with a diverse group of adults and couples in her private practice and leading WILA. Michele is a graduate of WILA’s two-year Postgraduate Fellowship and has remained committed to WILA’s mission ever since. She served as WILA’s Clinical Director for 5 years before becoming Executive Director in 2016. Her unique background in Psychoanalysis\, Multicultural Community Psychology\, Women’s Studies\, and Computer Programming reflects the range of interests and skills she brings to her work. Prior to her clinical practice\, Michele worked at the UCLA School of Public Health assisting with the conduct of epidemiological research related to the intersections between sociocultural variables and mental health. Michele became a Psychoanalyst at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. At NCP\, she teaches\, sits on the Board of Directors\, and is active on many committees including being a founding Co-Chair of the Committee on Diversities and Sociocultural Issues. Michele is committed to a non-profit way of life and hopes to expand the reach and role of psychoanalytic ideas in the community. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n STEPHEN C. PHILLIPS\, JD\, PSY.D. is a licensed psychologist and member of the State Bar of California. He maintains a private practice in Beverly Hills in clinical and forensic psychology. Dr. Phillips was President of the Board of Psychology from 2016 to 2019 and is the current Chair of its Enforcement and Telepsychology Committees. In addition\, he is on the adjunct teaching faculty of the California School of Professional Psychology and is a member of the core faculty and a primary supervisor at the Wright Institute Los Angeles. Dr. Phillips previously served on the Ethics Committee of the California Psychological Association. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n6 hour event meets the supervision requirement\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\nEarly Registration before 4/15/22\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $185\nGeneral – $200\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $75\n\nRegistration After 4/15/2022\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $200\nGeneral – $215\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $100 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2022-ce-supervision/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/supervision-CE-graphic.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T133000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220831T192112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T025107Z UID:221278-1622883600-1622899800@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: A Heart Shattered\, the Private Self\, and a Life Unlived - Dr. Martha Stark DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association &New Center for Psychoanalysis\n  \nProgram Description\n\nPatients who have never fully confronted – and grieved – the pain of their early-on heartbreak will often cling tenaciously to their hope that perhaps someday the object of their desire will be forthcoming. But there are others who\, in the aftermath of their early-on heartbreak\, will find themselves withdrawing completely from the world of objects – their hearts shattered – only then to find themselves overwhelmed by a terrifying sense of alienation and harrowing loneliness. Instead of relentless hope\, their experience is of relentless despair. \nIn this Presentation\, clinical vignettes will be offered that demonstrate how the therapist\, ever attuned to the patient’s intense ambivalence about remaining hidden vs. becoming found\, can help the patient overcome her dread of surrender to resourceless dependence (Khan 1972) such that there can be moments of authentic meeting (Guntrip 1969) between patient and therapist that restore purpose\, direction\, and meaning to an existence that might otherwise have remained desolate\, impoverished\, and desperately lonely. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nhighlight the primary difference between relentless hope and relentless despair\nelaborate upon the patient’s intense ambivalence about entering into the world of objects\nexplain the relevance of the concept of dreading surrender to resourceless dependence upon another\nexpound upon the importance of moments of authentic meeting as offering opportunity for restoring purpose\, meaning\, and direction to a life otherwise unlived\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MARTHA STARK\, MD\, a graduate of Harvard Medical School\, is a Holistic (Adult and Child) Psychiatrist / Psychoanalyst in private practice in Boston\, Massachusetts. \nMartha is Faculty\, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder / Co-Director / Faculty\, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies; Faculty\, Psychiatry Redefined; Faculty / Scientific Advisory Board\, Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine; Adjunct Faculty\, William James College and Smith College School for Social Work; Former Faculty\, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. \nMartha is an award-winning author of eight books on psychoanalytic theory and practice – several of which are “required reading” at various psychoanalytic training institutes and in psychodynamic psychotherapy programs both here in this country and abroad. \nBoard Certified by the American Association of Integrative Medicine\, Martha contributes chapters to integrative medicine textbooks and articles to peer-reviewed toxicology / environmental medicine journals. She also serves on the editorial / advisory boards of various holistic health publications. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n4 CE/CME credits\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\nEarly Registration before 5/29/21\n\nGeneral – $130\nWILA Alumni & NCP Members – $120\nStudents- $65\n\nRegistration After 5/29/21\n\nGeneral – $150\nWILA Alumni and NCP Members – $140\nStudents – $80\n\n \n BUY TICKETS URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2021-ce-stark/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Martha-Stark-A-Heart-Shattered-Book.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220901T024349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T033622Z UID:221457-1619269200-1619280000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Treating Eating Disorders - Dr. Lauren Moses DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\nThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\n\nWorking with eating disorders presents a complex and unique set of challenges for clinicians unfamiliar with this population. This course is designed for clinicians who are interested in gaining basic knowledge and understanding of working with clients with mild to severe eating disorders. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDiagnose eating disorders\nBe aware of signs\, symptoms\, and consequences of eating disorders\nUnderstand varying levels of care\nExplore eating disorder behaviors/underlying causes with their client\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LAUREN MOSES\, PSY.D. is a clinical psychologist (PSY27895) in private practice in Santa Monica\, CA where she specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma. She underwent extensive training at USC Student Counseling Services\, UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center\, UCLA Simms/Mann Center for Integrative Oncology and Wright Institute Los Angeles. \nDr. Moses has presented on a variety of topics including eating disorders\, body image\, and sexual assault. She also conducted research on the topic of residential treatment of clients with severe and enduring eating disorders. \nIn addition to private practice\, Dr. Moses regularly provides consultation on complex eating disorder cases and teaches and supervises at Wright Institute Los Angeles\, a non-profit clinic providing affordable\, long-term psychotherapy to the Los Angeles Community. Dr. Moses holds a certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and is fully trained in EMDR Therapy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n3.0 CE Credits\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the introductory level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $80\nGeneral – $100\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $70\n\nCancellations are subject to a $50 processing fee. Refunds will be given if an individual who has paid for the program notifies the WILA within 24 hours before the start of the program. URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2021-ce-moses/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ED-CE.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210220T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220901T030330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T033611Z UID:221483-1613811600-1613826000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: A Relational Approach to Couples Psychotherapy - Dr. Ringstrom DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\nThis program involves Dr. Philip Ringstrom’s presentation of his original model for doing relational psychoanalytic couples therapy. It involves a grounded framework for addressing the complex psychodynamics of couples in highly practical ways. The model is based on three broad themes: 1) the actualization of self-experience in an intimate relationship; 2) the capacity for mutual recognition and 3) the relationship having a mind of its own. Based on his 2014 Goethe Award winning book\, A Relational Psychoanalytic Approach to Couples Psychotherapy\, Dr. Ringstrom will offer a clinically useful road map of six nonlinear steps which wed his theory and practice. \nHis model begins with the therapist’s close attunement to the “hopes and dread’s” that each partner brings to the relationship\, pointing out the couple’s “vicious circle” interactions when each partner’s developmental (transference) longings trigger painful or unmanageable (repetitive transference) states in the other. The problems of blame\, shame\, failure of mutual recognition\, and difficulties in self-actualization are clearly laid out. On the heels of close attunement to the couple’s conscious longings and grievances\, Ringstrom shifts to how the emergence and exploration of enactments illuminates couples unconscious core repetitions\, with the goal of moving these core\, seemingly immutable conflicts (often between unconscious multiple self- states) from being etched in stone to being something that the therapy can begin to play with more improvisationally. \nThe overall presentation promises to be both engaging and stimulating. Dr. Ringstrom will lecture from a three-page-handout- outline of his model of couple’s psychotherapy while involving extensive audience interaction. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify the three organizing themes in couples’ psychotherapy: self-actualization in an intimate relationship\, mutual recognition\, and ‘the relationship having a mind of its own’\nUnderstand how these themes lend themselves to the principle of “thirdness” in long-term intimate relationships\nIncorporate changes in technique utilizing the model’s six steps\nDiscern the potential advantages and disadvantages of this model\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHILIP RINGSTROM\, PH.D.\, PSY.D. is a Senior Training and Supervising Analyst\, and Faculty Member of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles\, where he is also in fulltime private practice. He is a Member of the Editorial Boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues\, Psychoanalysis – Self and Context\, and Psychoanalytic Perspectives. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and a member of the International Council of Self-Psychologists. His book A Relational Psychoanalytic Approach to Couples Psychotherapy was the winner of the Goethe Award for the best book in psychoanalysis in 2014. He has published over 60 journal articles\, book chapters\, and reviews\, and has presented at conferences all over the world. He is currently working on a new book titled: Psychoanalytic Play: Dramatization\, Narration and Improvisation in Field Theory and Metapsychology. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n4.0 CE credits\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\nEarly Registration before 2/15/21\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $100\nGeneral – $130\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $65\n\nRegistration After 2/15/2021\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $120\nGeneral – $150\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $80\n\nCancellations are subject to a $50 processing fee. Refunds will be given if an individual who has paid for the program notifies the WILA within 24 hours before the start of the program URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2021-ce-ringstrom/ LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed upon registration) CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RingstromBook.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190928T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190928T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220901T032555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T033606Z UID:221502-1569664800-1569690000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Call of Darkness: Managing Suicidality in Clinical Practice - Dr. Hedges DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\nThis course for mental health professionals begins with the awareness that our ability to predict suicide is little better than chance and that at present there are no consistently reliable empirically validated treatment techniques to prevent suicide. However\, Dr. Hedges will demonstrate that in the past three decades much has been learned about the dynamics of suicide and many promising treatment approaches have been advanced that are slowly yielding clinical as well as empirical results. \nDr. Hedges will present the groundbreaking work on suicidality of Freud\, Jung\, Menninger and Shneidman as well as the more recent work of Linehan\, Kernberg\, Joiner and the attachment theorists along with the features in common that these treatment approaches seem to share. He will put forth a Relational Listening approach regarding the origins of suicidality in a relational/developmental context and will consider their implications for treating\, and managing suicidality. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDefine what is meant by “psychache”\nDescribe Joiner’s interpersonal approach to understanding and managing suicide\nState why reliable suicide research has not been possible\nExplain the difference between “mourning” and “melancholia”\nExplain how a “split in the ego” can lead to suicidality\nState how the attachment-abandonment dynamic can lead to instrumental suicidality\nState how the connection-withdrawal dynamic can lead to lethal suicidality.\nExplain what can be learned in a “suicide autopsy”\nList four key elements in documenting suicidality that limit your liability\nDefine what is meant by “telescoped memory”\nDiscuss why so many creative and famous people suicide at the peak of their careers.\nExplain why suicide is thought to be always dyadic despite the appearance of isolation and loneliness\nDefine “suicidal career”\nState the difference between “a cry for help” and “a cry of pain”\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LARRY HEDGES\, PH.D.\, PSY.D.\, ABPP\, began seeing patients in 1966 and completed his training in child psychoanalysis in 1973. Since that time his primary occupation has been training and supervising psychoanalysts and psychotherapists individually and in groups on their most difficult cases. He was the Founding Director of the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute in 1983 where he continues to serve as supervising and training analyst. Throughout his career Dr. Hedges has provided continuing education courses for psychotherapists throughout the United States and abroad. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n6.0 CE credits\nThis course satisfies the California Board of Psychology 2020 suicide prevention training licensure requirement and the Board of Behavioral Sciences 2021 suicide prevention training licensure requirement.\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate/advanced level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\nPre-Registration\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $200\nGeneral – $210\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $75\n\nAt the door\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $220\nGeneral – $230\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $95 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2019-ce-hedges/ LOCATION:New Center for Psychoanalysis\, 2014 Sawtelle Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90025\, United States CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SuicidalityHedges-Bookcover.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190223T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190223T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220901T042001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T024253Z UID:221570-1550912400-1550926800@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: The Frame: Variants and Invariants in the Session - Dr. Tobias DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\nThis discussion will explore the frame and setting of sessions; that which is constantand that which is tailored to each patient. Examples from clinical and supervisory work willbe used to explore both the firmness and flexibility required of the therapist to allow thepatients’ themes and conflicts to emerge. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify the aspects of the clinical situation and therapeutic frame that need to remain fixed\nIdentify qualities of mental attitude needed by the therapist to respond to a specificpatient’s oscillating states of mind\nRecognize the aim of both variants and invariants in the frame is to develop potential for transformation within the session\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LEIGH TOBIAS\, PH.D.\, FIPA\, is the past president of Psychoanalytic Center of California(PCC). She is a Training and Supervising Analyst and member of the Infant ObservationFaculty. She serves on the Teaching and Supervisory Faculty at Wright Institute LosAngeles where she annually teaches “Primitive Mental States.” Dr. Tobias is PastPresident of The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Institutes (CIPS). Sheserved as Secretary of the North American Psychoanalytic Confederation (NAPsaC). Dr.Tobias also maintains a full-time private practice with adults and couples in Beverly Hills. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n4.0 CE credits\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the advanced level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $120\nGeneral – $130\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $70 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2022-ce-tobias/ LOCATION:WILA\, 11845 W. Olympic Blvd.\, Suite 505W\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90064\, United States CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TobiasCE.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140840 CREATED:20220901T034343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T035501Z UID:221527-1526115600-1526130000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Life in the Upside Down: Working with Borderline States - Dr. Helscher DESCRIPTION:Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\nWorking with borderline states is extremely challenging because we often feel invaded\, overwhelmed\, and helpless to make sense of what is happening with the patient. Language\, both ours and the patient’s\, seems inadequate to capture the experience in the room. In this workshop\, I will use Bion’s notion of the failure of the contact barrier to describe these states of mind and explore ways of helping our patients and ourselves find firmer ground. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nUnderstand how the contact barrier divides conscious from unconscious process in the mind\, and how deficits in it manifest in the clinical setting\nUnderstand how to detect projective identifications and how to work with them in the session\nDescribe and interpret the borderline experience of being in the ‘upside down’\nBe able to help their borderline patients begin to ‘mentalize’ their unrepresented emotional experience\nUnderstand how trauma damages the contact barrier and the patient’s ability to emotionally digest their experience\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THOMAS P. HELSCHER\, PH.D.\, FIPA is a Training and Supervising Analyst at LAISPS and a faculty member at WILA. He is a member of the University of California Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Consortium and of the Lacanian Forum\, and teaches in the UC Veterans Writing Workshop. He is in private practice in Santa Monica. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n4.0 CE credits\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $120\nGeneral – $130\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $70 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2018-ce-helscher/ LOCATION:WILA\, 11845 W. Olympic Blvd.\, Suite 505W\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90064\, United States CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/UpsideDown.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140841 CREATED:20220901T035740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T040047Z UID:221540-1519462800-1519477200@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: The Follow Up Interpretation - Dr. Spivak DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\nThe WILA Alumni Association\n  \nProgram Description\nThe interpretive process is potentially the therapist’s most powerful tool for stimulating personal growth through emotional integration. But\, since an interpretation is aimed to destabilize some aspect of the patient’s neurotically organized internal world\, it can readily be experienced as a threat and therefore warded off. Even when the patient accepts the interpretation\, initially feeling recognized and understood\, unconsciously\, he may be quite threatened by the knowledge about himself that has long been disavowed. Understandable\, the new view of himself may quickly vanish as he is unknowingly desperate to re-stabilize himself by retreating to a familiar\, safer\, albeit self-defeating position. This program focuses on learning to make follow-up interpretations as a vital tool for stemming the patient’s retreat and advancing the treatment.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nThe distinction between the interpretive attitude and the interpretive offering\nCriteria for deciding if to interpret\, when to interpret\, and what to interpret in a session\nTo become more attentive to the immediate and delayed effects of interpretation as they are revealed in unconscious clinical material and countertransference reactions and enactments\nTo interpret at the “appropriate level” in order to help to complete an archaic developmental communication from the patient\nTo construct empathic and sensitive follow up interpretations that can often prevent or work through impasses\nTo attend to and address how the patient hears the interpretation: an understanding; an attack; a seduction; a punishment; an act of jealousy or envy\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALAN P. SPIVAK\, PH.D. is a Training/Supervising Analyst at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and is on the Faculty of the Wright Institute Los Angeles. Dr. Spivak is a pioneer in creating and presenting psychoanalytically oriented extension programs in Los Angeles. He has presented programs and papers nationally and internationally\, and twice received the Sanville Award for Creative Writing in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Spivak also maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n4.0 CE credits\nWILA is approved by the California Psychological Association so CEs may only be granted to California licensed clinicians\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\n\nWright Institute Los Angeles is approved by the California Psychological Association\, which is recognized by the California Board of Psychology (BOP) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists\, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists\, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Wright Institute Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance in addition to the completion of the appropriate evaluation form are required in order to receive CE credits. CPA OPD provider number WLA001. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\nEarly Registration before 2/15/21\n\nWILA Alumni Association Members – $120\nGeneral – $130\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $70 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2018-ce-spivak/ LOCATION:WILA\, 11845 W. Olympic Blvd.\, Suite 505W\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90064\, United States CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-31-at-8.58.35-PM.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150307T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150307T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T140841 CREATED:20220901T040514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T041501Z UID:221554-1425718800-1425744000@wilaalumni.org SUMMARY:CE: Individualities: How Personality Differences Matter for Psychotherapy - Dr. McWilliams DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association &New Center for Psychoanalysis\n  \nProgram Description\nAppreciating the clinical implications of personality differences has been a central concern for psychotherapists since the early part of the twentieth century. Our patients are unique individuals\, with specific\, personality-related strengths and weaknesses\, and although we may focus on a particular “disorder” that any client describes to us\, we understand that problem in the context of the person’s individuality. Dr. McWilliams discusses the history of the concepts of personality structure and disorder and their relevance to practice\, reviewing ten different psychological lenses through which personality has been viewed: temperament\, attachment\, observed clinical pattern\, defensive structure\, affective organization\, implicit cognition\, drive tendencies\, self-definition versus self-in-relation orientation\, core relational theme\, organizing developmental issue. She explores central tensions between research and clinical paradigms\, between trait-based and theme-based conceptions of personality\, and between the assumptions underlying the DSM and those underlying the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learning Objectives\nUpon completion of the program participants should be able to: \n\nDescribe the major differences between categorical and inferential/dimensional approaches to conceptualizing personality differences\nDifferentiate between understanding personality in terms of traits\, even conceived as dimensional\, versus in terms of intersubjective themes\, and to apply that understanding toward a more nuanced formulation of the psychologies of their individual clients\nApply Blatt’s anaclitic-introjective polarity to the improvement of their clinical work\nImprove their capacity to diagnose paranoid themes and psychotic-level preoccupations in their patients\nMake clinical choices that increase their effectiveness with patients who have personality patterns that reflect particular attachment styles\nDevelop a psychotherapy style appropriate for each client’s level and type of personality structure\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n NANCY MCWILLIAMS\, PH.D.\, ABPP\, who teaches at the Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology at Rutgers\, is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (1994\, rev. ed. 2011)\, Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999)\, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide (2004)\, all with Guilford Press\, and is Associate Editor of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006). She is Past President of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association and is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CE Information\n\n6.0 CE/CME credits\nTo receive CE credit you must attend the entire event\nThis CE is at the intermediate level\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration Fees\n\nGeneral – $140\nStudents/Pre-licensed – $70 URL:https://wilaalumni.org/event/2015-ce-mcwilliams/ LOCATION:Olympic Collection\, 11301 Olympic Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90064\, United States CATEGORIES:CE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wilaalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/McWilliams2015ce.png ORGANIZER;CN="WILA Alumni Association + New Center for Psychoanalysis":MAILTO:info@wilaalumni.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR