Poetry Monday: Irene Willis

Note from Arnold Richards, new editor of Poetry Monday: I am very sad to report that the poetry editor of International psychoanalytic blog, Irene Willis, has died. Irene Willis was a world class poet and for one year the poet laureate of New Jersey. She made a major contribution to this effort and she will be missed very much. We have decided to continue Poetry Monday and I will replace Irene Willis as the editor. We welcome contributions from other poets.  Pease send any poems for consideration to Psypsa@aol.com

Below, in keeping with Irene’s Poetry Monday format, are three of Irene’s own poems:

Tornado Watch

I don’t mean to make light of this
but when the first warning came
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Analytic Listening: Foundations of Psychoanalytic Practice at CFS

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) Continue reading Analytic Listening: Foundations of Psychoanalytic Practice at CFS

PSYCHOANALYTIC BROOKLYN “When a Child is Pulled from Therapy – An Elegy” At CFS

C BROOKLYN “When a Child is Pulled from Therapy – An Elegy” Presenters: Barbara Sabbeth, PhD, Christopher Kido, LCSW and Holly Johnston, PhD
Friday, March 6, 2026 2:00-3:30pm Online via Zoom 1.5 CEUs Available

This panel discussion explores the impact of losing child patients. Discussion follows exploring the impact of these unique losses on the clinician and its counter transference and clinical reactions will be explored.

Barbara Sabbeth, PhD is a supervising and training analyst at the Contemporary Freudian Continue reading PSYCHOANALYTIC BROOKLYN “When a Child is Pulled from Therapy – An Elegy” At CFS

MITPP Online Workshop CEUs 3/21/26: INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES

INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES

PRESENTERS: VIVIAN ESKIN, PH.D. and DEBRA GILL, LCSW

This seminar explores how trauma is transmitted across generations—not through direct narratives or biological mechanisms, but through silence, repetition, narcissistic identification and embodied emotional communication. Inherited trauma affects the internal object world and Continue reading MITPP Online Workshop CEUs 3/21/26: INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES