Extension Division
The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, founded in 1971, holds an absolute charter from the State of New York to offer a Certificate in Psychoanalysis and is recognized by the State of New York as a licensure qualifying institute for those seeking licensure in psychoanalysis.
Modern Psychoanalysis rests on the theoretical framework and clinical approach of Sigmund Freud and the innovative techniques of Hyman Spotnitz and Phyllis W. Meadow. Its cornerstone is emotional communication, the practice of which allows for the loosening of repetitive and rigid patterns of thinking and behavior. This technique along with others has revolutionized the psychoanalytic field, expanding treatment to the full range of emotional disorders. These interventions have proven valuable to those working in the varied fields of social work, mental health, education, the law, business, and the arts among others.
2021 Spring Extension Division Brochure [download print version]
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To Have and to Hold: Understanding and Treating the Compulsive Hoarder
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 • 9:30 - 11:30 AM
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
This workshop will give an overview of hoarding and the diagnostic categories in which it may be a factor. We will examine the beliefs commonly held by hoarders and will explore the syndrome’s underpinnings, including neurological factors and psychodynamics.
Patrice La Mariana, MA, LP, is on the faculty of CMPS and NYGSP.
EVENT CANCELED: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory: Analytic Listening and the Use of the Analyst's Mind
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 • 7:30 - 9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Montana Katz will describe the motivation for the development of psychoanalytic field theory as well as the various psychoanalytic field theory models that have been developed in different contexts and parts of the world. She will explore whether and how psychoanalytic field theory models offer something new and useful to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and other clinical modalities.
June Workshop: Can Love Last? Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Couples Therapy and Sexuality
Tuesdays: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM
6 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
What makes it so difficult to keep the flame alive? Is mature love a myth? How do unconscious conflicts dampen desire?
June Workshop: Sex in the Consulting Room: Decoding the Hidden Meanings of Erotic Transference
Thursdays: June 1, 8, 22, 29, 2017 | 7:00- 8:30 PM
6 CE CREDITS FOR LICENSED PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
The taboo on—as well as the inevitability of—sexual feelings in the treatment room has been an issue inpsychoanalysis since its inception, and the challenge of working with these feelingsis an integral part of its fabric.
June Workshop: Being Apart to Be Together: Helping Group Members Tolerate the Tension of Intimacy
Mondays: June 5 and 12, 2017 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM
CANCELLED 3 CE Credits for Licensed Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, and Psychologists. This workshop will explore how the ability to set flexible/dynamic boundaries in group is integral to members’ being able to sustain intimacy with one another. The presenter will also briefly discuss how boundaries can serve as roadblocks to intimacy, and she will demonstrate, via an experimental process group, techniques that can assist in resolving these resistances. Teresa Solomita, LCSW-R,is a graduate of CMPS, Hunter College School of Social Work, and The Couples Institute, and is an advanced student at The Group Center. Ms. Solomita is in private practice in NYC and Brooklyn. Tuition: 0
Cisgender/Transgender: Bye-Bye, Binary
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017 • 7:30–9:30 PM
Agender, Bigender, Cisgender, FTM, MTF, Genderqueer, Other, Neither, and Two-Spirit; these are a few of the 58 gender options that Facebook offers. Whatever happened to him and her? We are confronting twenty-first-century conceptions of gender with a nineteenthcentury mind-set.
Introducing Bion: Some Basic Dimensions
FRIDAY, MAY 5 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR PSYCHOANALYSTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
James Ogilvie will introduce an aspect of Bion’s psychoanalytic engagement with the “primitive mind,” focusing on some of the basic turns through which he engages us. Bion has a remarkable ability to bring us into a more immediate, “from the inside” contact with areas of psychic fragmentation and rebirth.
On Subjective Space
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Practitioners and General Public: ; Students: Free
Paola Mieli, PhD, is a psychoanalyst in New York City. She is a founding member and president of the Freudian-Lacanian Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association (New York).
The Contributions of Gaetano Benedetti to the Psychoanalytic Therapy of Persons Experiencing Distressing Psychotic States, in the Light of Contemporary Affective and Social Neuroscience
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 • 7:30–9:30 PM
2 CE CREDITS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Practitioners and General Public: ; Students: Free
Gaetano Benedetti has been working psychoanalytically with schizophrenic patients for over 50 years at the Burghölzli, the psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich. Brian Koehler will review Benedetti’s contributions to the psychoanalytic therapy of persons experiencing distressing psychotic states.
Social Workers' Luncheon: Is Psychoanalytic Training for You?
Friday, April 28, 2017, 12:00–2:00 PM
Join us for lunch to explore the ways that modern psychoanalytic training can expand your clinical insight and strengthen your clinical and supervisory skills. Complimentary lunch with RSVP.
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New Books in Psychoanalysis