CALENDAR / EVENT LISTING
When:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
What:
“Dialogues on…Children at Every Stage: Healthy Eating or Eating Disorders?” with Susan Sherkow, M.D
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis division continues the “Dialogues on…” series of discussions with leading child development experts.
Who:
Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. serves on the child psychiatry faculties of both Mount Sinai College of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition, she is a Training and Supervising Analyst at Berkshire Psychoanalytic Institute as well as a Supervising Analyst and an Instructor in courses on Child and Adolescent Development at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. For a number of years, Dr. Sherkow managed an Eating Disorders Developmental Nursery as part of her private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. She has presented and published widely on the topics of “normal eating,” “feeding disorders,” and “the intergenerational transmission of eating disorders from mothers to children”.
With the “Dialogues on…” series of discussions and Q&A, the NYC community has access to child development experts on relevant and pressing topics. The events are free and open to the public and are an integral part of NYPSI’s commitment to community outreach.
“Dialogues on…” events are geared towards professionals and parents who are involved with the care of children in the school and home environments. Educators, school administrators, community leaders, grandparents and parents are welcome to attend.
The “Dialogues on…” series is made possible by a generous donation to NYSPI from The Poses Family Foundation. Additional funding was received from The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation in honor of Ms. Themis Dimon.
Looking Ahead:
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
“Dialogues on…the Impact of Learning Disorders and ADD on Psychological Development” with Josephine Wright, M.D.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
“Dialogues on…Children’s Concepts about Death and Dying” with Pat Nachman, Ph.D.
How:
Free and Open to the Public
Donations accepted.
Where:
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York
www.nypsi.org6 Train to 77th Street
4-5-6 Train to 86th Street
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s (NYPSI) is recognized by Time
Out New York as offering one of the twenty best lecture series in the
city. NYPSI’s mission is to provide the highest level of psychoanalytic
training to mental health professionals, promote excellence in
psychoanalytic research and offer a range of educational, advisory and
affordable therapeutic service programs to the New York City community.
NYPSI’s position as the oldest psychoanalytic organization in the Americas
parallels its global leadership role in the history of psychoanalysis and
its influence on the cultural and intellectual life of New York City . The
Society was founded in 1911 by A.A. Brill, one of the first practicing
psychoanalysts in the United States and the first translator of Freud into
English. NYPSI is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible organization.
