Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association   Program Description This event will address individual and group supervision from a psychoanalytic perspective as well as core legal and ethical considerations when working with supervisees. Learning Objectives Upon completion of the program participants should be able to: Identify three dynamics that occur within group supervision Identify three strategies […]

Co-Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association &New Center for Psychoanalysis   Program Description Patients 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 […]

Sponsored by The WILA Alumni Association   Program Description Working 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. Learning Objectives Upon […]

Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association   Program Description This 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 […]

Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association   Program Description This 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 […]

Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association   Program Description This 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 […]

Sponsored byThe WILA Alumni Association   Program Description Working 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 […]