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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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:20260427T160831 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