High-Quality, Low Cost Couple Treatment at WCSPP
By Categories: Psychoanalysis

LOOKING FOR HIGH-QUALITY, LOW-COST COUPLES TREATMENT?
The Psychotherapy Service of The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
is accepting referrals of couples!

WCSPP has over a 40-year reputation for quality training in psychoanalysis and related disciplines and the unsurpassed level of service that our affiliated clinicians provide to their communities.
IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH SOMEONE YOU BELIEVE
WOULD BENEFIT FROM COUPLES THERAPY,
PLEASE CONSIDER WCSPP.
For more information or to refer a client, please contact:
Jennifer Sestok, Administrator wcspp_adm@earthlink.net or call (914) 997-7500
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Continue reading High-Quality, Low Cost Couple Treatment at WCSPP

“Nasty Women” Toward a New Narrative on Female Aggression with Jane R. Zuckerman at WCSPP
By Categories: EVENTS

Scientific Meeting: 2 CE Hours available for LCSW’s, LMSW’s, LP’s, LMFT’s, LMHC’s, LCAT’s
“NASTY WOMEN”: TOWARD A NEW NARRATIVE ON FEMALE AGGRESSION Janet R. Zuckerman, Ph.D.
Friday, December 7, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Suggested contribution: $20 Admission with CE: $30 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
468 Rosedale Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 RSVP to Ken Barish barish@wcspp.org

Presented by the Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP
The relationship between women and aggression is a complex one. It is troubled by numerous cultural biases that constrain women to be nice, never anger and avoid aggressive self-assertion. These social forces have silenced women throughout time, reflecting a powerful patriarchy that dates back for centuries. Continue reading “Nasty Women” Toward a New Narrative on Female Aggression with Jane R. Zuckerman at WCSPP

Canadian Jewish Official: New Data Showing Sharp Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes in Country ‘Simply Too Stark to Ignore’
By Categories: Politics

Click Here to Read: Canadian Jewish Official: New Data Showing Sharp Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes in Country ‘Simply Too Stark to Ignore’ by Barney Breen-Portnoy on the Algemeiner website on November 29, 2018.

The Toronto area is home to Canada’s largest Jewish community. Photo: John Vetterli via Wikimedia Commons.

‘People Are Ready to Die or Go to Jail in Order to Kill Jews Today,’ Warns Fr. Patrick Desbois, Pioneer of Catholic-Jewish Understanding
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Click Here to Read: ‘People Are Ready to Die or Go to Jail in Order to Kill Jews Today,’ Warns Fr. Patrick Desbois, Pioneer of Catholic-Jewish Understanding by Ben Cohen on the Algemeiner Website on November 29, 2018,

On Thursday, May 12, 2011, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal recognized the work of Father Patrick Desbois, President of the Yahad-In Unum Association of France, with a Tribute of Appreciation certificate. U.S. Department of State, photographer not specified. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Austen Riggs Center Researcher Dr. Katie Lewis Receives Major Grant from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
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For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Aaron M. Beatty: Communications Officer 413.931.5245 aaron.beatty@austenriggs.net
Austen Riggs Center Researcher Dr. Katie Lewis Receives Major Grant from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Stockbridge, MA – November 28, 2018 – Katie Lewis, PhD, research psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center, has received the competitive Young Investigator Innovation Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for her study: “Impact of Interpersonal Experiences on Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.” Dr. Lewis’ study was one of fewer than ten chosen out of 175 applications.

Dr. Lewis’ study seeks to understand the ways in which daily interpersonal experiences and momentary interpersonal ruptures influence the development of suicidal ideation and engagement in self-destructive behaviors, in individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness. As part of this grant, Dr. Lewis will have the opportunity to work with the esteemed Dr. Thomas Joiner, a leading expert on suicide. Continue reading Austen Riggs Center Researcher Dr. Katie Lewis Receives Major Grant from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention