Danielle Knafo, PhD (IPTAR Member)
Janice Lieberman, PhD (IPTAR Fellow and Faculty)
Tuba Tokgoz, PhD (IPTAR Member and Faculty)
Moderator: Dvora Efrat, PhD  (IPTAR Member)  Continue reading Sunday Salon at IPTAR: “Our Bodies, Ourselves” 

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Sunday, February 3rd is the first installment of IPTAR’s 2019 series of events, ON THE VERGE: MADNESS IN THE CLINICAL ENCOUNTER.  We are very fortunate to host Alain Gibeault from France who will tell us about the ways psychoanalytic psychodrama is used in work with schizophrenic patients.

IPTAR PRESENTS: On the Verge: Madness in the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Alain Gibeault, PhD  Symbolization and Psychosis: A French  Psychoanalytical approach to the treatment of psychotic patients Discussant: Danielle Knafo, PhD Sunday, February 3, 2019 9:00 am – 4:00 pm IPTAR, 1651 Third avenue, suite 205 General: $125 includes 5 CE credits Candidates: $25 includes 5 CE credits  https://iptar.org/event/ontheverge-gibeault/

ABSTRACT: Symbolisation can be defined as an operation by which something will represent another thing; but one must also be able to Continue reading Alain Gibeault and Danielle Knafo on PSYCHODRAMA! at IPTAR

Through clinical vignettes, faculty and students will discuss the benefits, challenges and meanings of using social media tools in private practice. Continue reading Open House: Psychotherapy in The Digital Age at AIP 

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“Postpartum Depression and Video Interaction:  A Psychoanalytic View.”   Alexandra Cattaruzza M.S., L.P., FIPA

Postpartum depression is a phenomenon that affects ten to forty percent of women worldwide. It is the most common complication of pregnancy and can have profound and long lasting negative consequences for mother and child. This disorder is usually underreported due to the stigma associated with it, and very frequently goes undiagnosed and untreated. It is typically treated with medication, but since the effects of psychotropic drugs are largely Continue reading Postpartum Depression and Video Interaction with Alexandra Cattaruzza

Join us for the viewing and conversation with our special discussant, CAROLA ORTERO BRACCO, Executive Director of Neighbors Link and renowned expert on the integration of immigrants into our communities.
 Friday, February 1, 2019 7:30 p.m.
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
468 Rosedale Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605  Continue reading A Better Life Film at WCSPP

Stockbridge, MA – January 23, 2019 – The Austen Riggs Center (Riggs) will convene a conference of national and international experts in the fields of mental health care, treatment, research, advocacy, and the law to explore The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Continue reading 2019 Centennial Conference,  addressing the Mental Health Crisis in America at Austen Riggs

We’re familiar with the usual ways patients use the frame to communicate with us – lateness, cancellations, payment issues, etc. But what about the more subtle, idiosyncratic ways? Where and how a patient sits? How s/he enters and leaves? Eating/drinking in sessions, behaviors in our waiting room, use of the bathroom, etc. As clinicians, we open ourselves up to observing – warmly, non-judgmentally, compassionately – all the ways our patients communicate with us. Continue reading The Frame – Part II at CFS