UN COMMITTEE SECURE IMPRESSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE FOR IPA
Vivian Pender and the IPA’s United Nations committee were featured in an impressive and glowing article in the newsletter of the American Psychiatric Association.
To read the article click here
PRAGUE CONGRESS – PLACES FILLING UP FAST
Thanks to strong interest from Members and IPA Candidates, registrations are approaching 2,000, just as the Early Bird period has closed. Continue reading IPA Bulletin 3, 2013
Click Here to View: What is psychotherapy anyway? A dialogue between psychoanalysts on YouTube.
“What is Therapy Anyway?” is a down to earth discussion of what deep therapy is all about. The listener can see the value of working to find a personal, authentic, meaningful center and transcend trauma.
In everyday yet informed language, both participants show how growth in self awareness is basic to living a satisfying life. Some of the misconceptions about therapy are also discussed.
Dr. Gerald J. Gargiulo Dr. Amira Simha-Alpern
Foundations of Psychoanalytic Practice
We are pleased to offer a new 10-week course on Analytic Listening and Concepts beginning on September 30th, 2013.
This stand-alone course is suitable for students from a wide variety of backgrounds, including practicing clinicians from all disciplines, recent graduates of Masters-level or Doctoral-level programs, professionals considering changing careers, and anyone interested in exploring the possibility of post-graduate psychoanalytic training. Continue reading Foundations of Psychoanalytic Practice at CFS
Lisken Van Pelt Dus
Our poet this month is both multi-talented and rich in background and experience. A teacher and martial artist (yes, that’s right; she teaches classical Okinawan karate and kobudo (weapons) at a martial arts studio of which she and her husband Bob are co-owners). Her more conventional job is as a teacher of writing and languages at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. I seem to recall that she is also a fine musician.
Raised internationally, in England, the U.S. and Mexico, she arrived in the Berkshires from London to attend Williams College, where she earned a B.A. in religion. Subsequently, she completed a Master’s in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: April 6, 2013
