Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence
In Psychoanalytic Scholarship and Service
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
is pleased to present its
FALL PARENTING SERIES
at the
White Plains Public Library
100 Martine Ave., White Plains, NY 10601
Four Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Room B
OCTOBER 1
Solving Common Family Problems: Five Essential Steps
Kenneth Barish, Ph.D.
In every family, there will be problems. The problem may be getting ready for school in the morning, doing homework, or going to bed at night. In this workshop, child psychologist Kenneth Barish will present a pro-active plan for solving common family problems. Dr. Barish will discuss how parents can engage children in the process of problem-solving and replace frequent arguments with appreciation and feelings of pride.
Kenneth Barish, Ph.D. is on the faculty of the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Dr. Barish is the author of Pride and Joy: A Guide to Understanding Your Child’s Emotions and Solving Family Problems, winner of the 2013 International Book Award (Parenting and Family), and the 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Award (Home Category).
OCTOBER 15
Point2Plan: Engaging Your Teen in Conversations About Career and Life Planning
Margaret Herzog, Ph.D.
This presentation is geared toward helping parents engage their teen to plan for academic, vocational, and avocational targets. Methods for initiating and sustaining constructive interactive dialogues regarding the integration of a teenager’s values, strengths, and sense of purpose will be explored.
Margaret Herzog, Ph.D. has been in private practice in Larchmont, NY for 30 years. She lectures nationally and internationally on parenting issues and is a psychoanalytic candidate at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
OCTOBER 29
New Research to Help Us Better Understand and Parent Adolescents
Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, LCSW
New studies on brain development help us understand risk-taking in adolescents. Other research shows that connection to the family is one of the most important factors in protecting teens against emotional problems, suicide, violence and risky behaviors. Learn ways to stay connected to your teens while they experiment and search for their personal identity and independence.
Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, LCSW is Assistant Director of the Child and Adolescent Program at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, faculty member at the National Institutes for Psychotherapy, and has a private practice in Mamaroneck, NY.
NOVEMBER 12
The Hidden Dimension of Good Parenting
Robert J. Katz, Ph.D.
The child’s capacity to directly sense the ongoing organization of her own inner experience lies at the core of the child’s developing “SELF.” The parent’s ability to become aware of and respond to this realm of experience is the hidden dimension of good parenting. By focusing on this aspect of experience, parents can potentially learn about the possibility of facilitating a deeper and more empathic connection to their child’s sense of themselves.
Robert J. Katz, Ph.D. is on the faculty at the NYU Postdoctoral Program, the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; he is on the Medical Staff at Phelps Memorial Hospital and is in private practice in both Manhattan and Briarcliff Manor.
The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
is a non-profit psychoanalytic training institute chartered in 1974
by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
This email represents our on-going efforts to share a pluralistic view of psychoanalysis with the broader community.
Learn more at wcspp.org or email us at info@wcspp.org.