Topics in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice with Special Emphasis on Gender and Gender Bias

August 2, 2019 - Facilitator: Penny Hooks, MD

Nannies, Caregivers, and Psychoanalysts - The 2011 movie, “The Help,” raised public awareness about the importance that nannies have in children’s lives.

September 6, 2019 - Facilitator: JoAnn Ponder, PhD

Transgender Identification and Development - Psychoanalysis was slow to keep pace with contemporary societal views about transsexuality

October 4, 2019 - Facilitator: Sharon Gerber, LCSW

Bullying and Harassment - Bullying and sexual harassment have reached epidemic proportions in U.S. society.

November 1, 2019 - Facilitator: Cynthia Lee, PhD

Ghosts, Phantoms, and Ancestral Hauntings - Our round table discussion coincides with the Mexican Holiday of Day of the Dead.

December 6, 2019 - Facilitator: Marianna Adler, PhD

When Ideas Won’t Flow: Writers’ Block - This discussion will focus on the phenomenon of writers’ block and explore various dynamics underlying it.

January 10, 2020 - Facilitator: Holly Crisp-Han, MD

Narcissism and Its Vicissitudes - The current sociopolitical environment has intensified public interest in narcissism and its manifestations.

February 7, 2020 - Facilitator: Gretchen Heyer, LPC

My Dog, My Cat, Myself - Psychoanalysts have recently shown an increasing interest in our relationships with non-human objects

March 6, 2020 - Facilitator: Randall Matthews, MD JD

Online Treatment: Theoretical and Ethical Considerations - This discussion will examine the pros, cons, and ethics of online treatment.

April 3, 2020 - Facilitator: M. Sagman Kayatekin MD - Cancelled

Descent into Despair: Suicide Dynamics - Suicidal patients present frightening challenges for clinicians, and many of us have or will experience the devastating loss of a patient or family member to suicide at some time in our lives.

May 1, 2020 - Facilitator: Letha Cole, MD

The Clinical Impasse - Few treatment situations are as humbling or frustrating to negotiate as the clinical impasse.

May 29, 2020 - Facilitator: Shweta Sharma, PsyD

Descent into Despair: Suicide Dynamics - Suicidal patients present frightening challenges for clinicians, and many of us have or will experience the devastating loss of a patient or family member to suicide at some time in our lives.

2019-2020 DIVERSITY CONFERENCE

GENDERED HATRED/ GENDERED LOVE: WORKING PSYCHOANALYTICALLY IN THE ERA OF CONTEMPORARY MISOGYNIES

Facilitator: Oksana Yakushko, PhD

Friday, August 23, 2019

1:00 - 4:15 PM (12:30 PM Check-In)

The Council on Recovery - Houston

303 Jackson Hill Street, Houston, TX 77007

3 CE/CME/CEUs

Registration Fees (includes snacks & beverages)

Register and Submit payment below

Alumni Members/CFPS Faculty $75

Associate Members $100

Student Members/CFPS Candidates and Trainees $50

Non-Alumni Clinician Members $125

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series

May 29, 2020 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

CFPS Library - 900 Lovett, Houston, TX 77006

Descent into Despair: Suicide Dynamics

Shweta Sharma, PsyD

Suicidal patients present frightening challenges for clinicians, and many of us have or will experience the devastating loss of a patient or family member to suicide at some time in our lives. Our knowledge about suicidal risk and dynamics was greatly abetted by John Terry Maltsberger, who was both a psychoanalyst and suicidologist who spent his professional lifetime studying suicidal patients. He asserted that suicidal breakdown involves a superego attack on the self and an ego regression. He designated four associated aspects of ego disintegration: affective flooding, desperate maneuvering to counter the mental emergency, loss of self, and grandiose mental scheming for psychic survival. Shweta Sharma and Christopher Fowler provide a detailed case study from their work at Menninger, linking an adolescent’s suicidal crisis to Maltsberger’s psychodynamic formulation. They believed that a mentalizing approach to therapy opened up nonsuicidal pathways for enduring and dealing with suffering, while supporting the adolescent’s developmental needs. The recent article by Emeric Bojarski and Zheala Qayyum discussed the suicidal dynamics specific to LGBT youth, who show much higher rates of suicide than other populations. Jane Tillman, who works at Austen Riggs Center and also researches and writes extensively about suicide, suggested several dynamics involved in the intergenerational transmission of suicide. Based on the case of writer Walker Percy and his family history of suicides, Tillman suggested the role of moral injury and the mysterious object.

To RSVP for Round Table, please click the link below.

Click HERE to RSVP

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series -May 29, 2020 - Descent into Despair: Suicide Dynamics

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series -May 1st, 2020 - Clinical Impasse

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - April 03, 2020 - Decent into Despair: Suicide Dynamics - Cancelled

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series -March 06, 2020 - On Line Treatment - Theoretical and Ethical Considerations

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - February 07, 2020 - My Dog, My Cat, My Self

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - January 10, 2020 - Narcissism and Its Vicissitudes

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - December 06, 2019 - When Ideas Won't Flow: Writers' Block

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - November 01, 2019 - Ghosts, Phantoms, and Ancestral Hauntings

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - October 4, 2019 - Bullying and Harassment

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - September 6, 2019 - Transgender Identification and Development

Alumni Group Round Table Discussion Series - August 2, 2019 - Nannies, Caregivers, and Psychoanalysts

2019-2020 Diversity Conference - Gendered Hatred/Gendered Love: Working psychoanalytically in the era of contemporary misogynies

JOIN TODAY

All CFPS graduates of the studies of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy are eligible to join the Alumni Group.

Monthly Meetings are available by video conference for those outside of Houston. Lunch is provided with RSVP for those in Houston.

Alumni - $150

Alumni who want PEP-WEB

• Attendance at monthly meetings
• 1.5 CE/CMEs per meeting
• Lunch is included with RSVP
• Discounted rate for Conference
• Year-long subscription to the PEP-WEB online psychoanalytic library

Alumni Associate - $100

Alumni who do not want PEP-WEB

• Attendance at monthly meetings
• 1.5 CE/CMEs per meeting
• Lunch is included with RSVP
• Discounted rate for Conference

Student Membership - $50

Students enrolled in a full-time program or CFPS Candidates and Trainees

• Attendance at monthly meetings
• 1.5 CE/CMEs per meeting
• Lunch is included with RSVP
• Discounted rate for Conference
• Year-long subscription to the PEP-WEB online psychoanalytic library

Non-Alumni Clinicians Program CME Fees

Monthly Meetings - $30

Five (5) Monthly Meetings - $125

Ten (10) Monthly meetings - $225

Discounted rates for bundle pricing must be paid in advance

Click HERE to fill out the Alumni Group Application

ALUMNI ANNUAL FEES

Only graduates/alumni from CFPS are eligible to join the Alumni Group. All others may pay the fee to attend the sessions.

PAY ONLINE