IPTAR The Gould Center — Travelling Through Time: A Group Intervention in Northern Ireland with M.Gerald Fromm, PhD
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Registration Required: Event Fee $20 https://iptar.org/event/10-23-gould-center-m-gerard-fromm-ph-d-traveling-through-time-a-group-intervention-in-northern-ireland/

CASE CONFERENCE SERIES: Fall 2019/ Spring 2020 Theme: Working at the Boundary: Inclusion, Exclusion, Identity and Otherness in Groups, Organizations and Nation States.  IPTAR Conference Room — Wednesdays: 11:30am to 1pm 1651 Third Avenue, Suite 205 — NYC 10128

CE Credits Available for LCSW’s, LP’s, LCAT’s and LMHC’s  (included in Fees for this event with pre-registration).
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October 23, 2019 
M. Gerard Fromm, Ph.D. Erikson Institute, Austen Riggs Center Travelling through Time: A Group Intervention  in Northern Ireland.
This presentation will report on a one-time group intervention with politicians and civic leaders in Northern Ireland during a time of escalating violence.  Time permitting, we will also discuss a more recent intervention with Unionist civic leaders. The first intervention was carried out by a team Continue reading IPTAR The Gould Center — Travelling Through Time: A Group Intervention in Northern Ireland with M.Gerald Fromm, PhD

October News & Events at Austen Riggs
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October News & Events: The Riggs Blog – Recent Stories
Centennial Conference Photos

On Sept. 21-22, we welcomed more than 200 individuals to our Centennial Conference–The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions.

We are grateful to everyone who helped to make the conference happen and to everyone who was able to attend; it was a truly inspiring day and a half of learning, community, and partnership.  >> View Photo Gallery
Suicide Prevention Awareness on the Radio

Research Psychologist Katie Lewis, PhD, appeared on the WAMC program Vox Pop, hosted by Ray Graf, to discuss suicide prevention awareness month and take calls from listeners.

Lee Watroba, Erikson Institute Program and Community Outreach Manager for the Austen Riggs Center and Chair of the Berkshire Coalition, appeared Continue reading October News & Events at Austen Riggs

From the Chair to the Couch 2019 to 2020 at NYPSI
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The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute invites you to a clinical series: FROM THE CHAIR TO THE COUCH 2019 – 2020
The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute invites you to the first clinical discussion of the year in our Chair to Couch series. It will take place on Tuesday, November 5th from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Interested in learning more about psychoanalysis and how to deepen your clinic practice? Please join us for our first gathering and open house where you will have an opportunity to meet current candidates, talk about psychoanalytic training, and learn about our community and the current endeavors of our candidates and members.
A sample of what we will discuss includes: the challenges of balancing life Continue reading From the Chair to the Couch 2019 to 2020 at NYPSI

POETRY MONDAY: October 7, 2019
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                                                                                                  Ursula K. Le Guin

Good morning, everyone.  Here in New England, it’s a chilly day that feels almost like winter, and the trees have brought up to these hills those that we call “leaf peepers.”  But we’ll notice when they’re gone and the roads go strangely quiet.

You’ve probably read of the death of another famous author last year: Ursula K. Le Guin.  Much has been written about her work, primarily as a writer of children’s books, science fiction and fantasy.  Less discussed in all the tributes was her poetry.  All those who didn’t realize she was a glorious Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: October 7, 2019