Analytic Listening: Foundations of Psychoanalytic Practice

We are pleased to offer a six-week course on analytic listening and concepts beginning April 2026. This course qualifies for nine Continuing Education credits.

This course is suitable for students from a wide variety of backgrounds, including practicing clinicians from all disciplines, recent graduates of masters-level or doctoral-level programs, professionals considering changing careers, and anyone interested in exploring the possibility of post-graduate psychoanalytic training.

Applicants to our training program are also encouraged to enroll.

Instructor: Michal Drenger, PhD Dates: Mondays, April 20, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, and June 1, 2026 Time: 6:15 – 7:45pm  Location: Brooklyn NY (exact location given upon registration)

On a fundamental level, psychoanalysts listen. How we listen, what we listen for, what we say, and when we say it form the core of psychoanalytic practice. By discussing readings and clinical vignettes, participants will learn about what it means to listen and how to listen as analysts using all of our senses. Moment by moment, we attend to the multiple layers of communication – hearing implicit memories, unconscious wishes, fears, and conflicts embedded in each patient’s overt narrative and presentation. We try to identify and listen to the transference and its effect on us, the countertransference, and by so doing, deepen our understanding of how patients experience and relate to their internal and external worlds. This information guides how we respond and allows us to intervene in ways useful to the patient.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
1. Define the concept of analytic listening.
2. Discern possible symbolic meanings hidden in manifest communications.
3. Understand the value of using the transference and the countertransference as tools to deepen their understanding of how patients experience and relate to their internal and external worlds.

Michal Drenger, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst. She is a member of the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS) and on the faculty of the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the CFS, where she teaches courses on psychoanalytic theory and technique. She has a private practice in Brooklyn, NY.

Program Fee: $350
Full refund if requested 15 days prior to the first date of the program.
Enrollment is limited. Early registration is encouraged.

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For any further information, please contact Connie Stroboulis at connies3@aol.com

Who Should Attend: The instructional level for this activity is advanced.  Mental Health Professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed professional counselors, e.g. LPs, LCATs, and pastoral counselors) and those with an interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and clinical applications.

Continuing Education Credits:

NY Social Workers: The PTI-CFS is recognized by the NYS Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0087

NY Psychoanalysts: The PTI-CFS is recognized by the NYS Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0021.

NY Licensed Psychologists: The PTI-CFS is recognized by the NYS Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0017.

CE credits will only be granted to participants with documented attendance of the entire program and completed online evaluation form. No partial credit will be offered. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements.  Upon completion of this program and online evaluation form, participants will be granted credits.

Important Disclosure Information: None of the planners and presenters of this program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.