Standards for Recordkeeping and Medical Necessity for Psychotherapy in New York State with Bruce Hillowe at CFS
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Standards for Recordkeeping and Medical Necessity for Psychotherapy in New York State
One-Session Program (2 Contact Hours)
Presenter:       Bruce Hillowe, JD, PhD
Date:               Thursday, September 15, 2016
Time:               8:00-10:00pm
Location:         Mt. Sinai, Hatch Auditorium, Madison Ave @ 100th St., NYC

The importance of record-keeping for psychotherapists cannot be overemphasized. An adequate record is required by ethics codes, professional regulations and insurers and is essential for Continue reading Standards for Recordkeeping and Medical Necessity for Psychotherapy in New York State with Bruce Hillowe at CFS

What Are Perversions? Sexuality, Ethics, and Psychoanalysis with Sergio Benvenuto at IPTAR
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SAVE THE DATE: Sergio Benvenuto on October 18, 7:30pm
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The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research hosts SERGIO BENVENUTO in conversation with Das Unbehagen and The Candidate Journal on the topic of his new book:What Are Perversions? Sexuality, Ethics, and Psychoanalysis (Karnac, 2016)

Dr. Benvenuto will be joined by panelists from IPTAR, The Candidate Journal and Das Unbehagen: Aleksandra Wagner, PhD, LP, Sam Semper, PhD, Emma Lieber, PhD, and Anna Continue reading What Are Perversions? Sexuality, Ethics, and Psychoanalysis with Sergio Benvenuto at IPTAR

No Spouse, No Kids, No Caregiver: How to Prepare to Age Alone
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Click Here to Read: No Spouse, No Kids, No Caregiver: How to Prepare to Age Alone: A growing population of ‘elder orphans’ lack a built-in support system. What to do if you become one By Anna Medaris Miller on the US News and World Report website on October 26, 2015.

Growing older alone doesn’t mean you’re doomed – just as aging with a partner or kids doesn’t mean all’s clear. (GETTY IMAGES)

Poem on Blind Faith by Lawrence L. Schwartz
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On the Occasion of Hiroshima Day we thought it fitting to share the following poem by Lawrence L. Schwartz.  He introduces it with the following words:

On July 11, 2016, I was privileged to read my “Poem on Blind Faith” at the United Nations Chapel, in my role as an interfaith minister, as one of the guests at an interfaith program organized by Guruji Dileepkumar Thankappan.  (Text of poem follows link to video.)

Click Here to View:  Lawrence L.  Schwartz reading the poem on YouTube.

“A Poem on Blind Faith”

When religion is based on fear, not Love,
You cannot feel that God’s within,
You’re stuck with the fear of “that God above,”
And spend your days in dreading “sin,” Continue reading Poem on Blind Faith by Lawrence L. Schwartz