Psychoanalytic Brooklyn would like to invite you to a conversation on the similarities and differences between drug and alcohol addictions and disordered eating in patients' presentations and clinical treatment. Both addiction disorders and disordered eating present challenges and complexities. There are significant variations between anorexic and bulimic patients. Significant differences also exist between alcohol abuse and drug abuse and dependence. …

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Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/register_wcc_2023-2024 Tigger, Eeyore, and the Crunch of (Mis)Recognition; The work of Paul Russell, MD Description: Paul Russell once wrote, “There is no real treatment process that does not include some piece of therapy for the therapist.” This program will detail Russell’s contribution to our understanding of complicated treatment impasses, detailing a variety of his contributions but focusing primarily …

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At the Home of Katherine Snelson 37 West 12th Street #12J Dear CFS NY Members It has been a long time since we all met together in-person to discuss matters of importance to the Society and Institute in NY.  We know how important being together in-person is for building our sense of community and for feeling connected with one another.  …

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Location TBA Dear CFS DC Members It has been a long time since we all met together in-person to discuss matters of importance to the Society and Institute in DC.  We know how important being together in-person is for building our sense of community and for feeling connected with one another.  So I would like to invite you to attend …

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Henri Rey’s seminal work on borderline and psychotic patients who alternate between claustro- and agoraphobic anxieties led him to identify the claustro-agoraphobic dilemma, where borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid patients experience no place of safety. They are afraid of being trapped while inside their object and terrified of disintegration if they escape to the emptiness of outside space. Henri Rey worked …

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Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/register_wcc_2023-2024  The Emerging Field of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Description: Psychedelic therapies have garnered much enthusiasm in recent years as potential breakthrough treatments for a variety of mental health conditions. This presentation will describe the current state of the field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, explore proposed mechanisms of psychedelics’ therapeutic action; and detail ethical implications of psychedelic therapies as they become …

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Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/register_wcc_2023-2024 Psychoanalytic Infant Observation – Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Usefulness for Clinical Work with Patients of All Ages Description: The experience of observing infants began in 1948 at the Tavistock Clinic in London as part of the pre-clinical part of the Child Psychotherapy Training Program. It was founded by Esther Bick, a child psychoanalyst from the …

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