Alumni Group
2021-2022 Alumni Group Program Theme:
Mourning, Melancholia, and Loss: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives Theoretical Foundations and Controversies
Losses, Mourning, and Adaptation in the Adoption Triad: A Birthmother,
Adoptee, and Adoptive Mother Speak
An Online Clinical Panel Discussion with
Presenters:
Sharon Horowitz, PhD, Joellen Peters, PhD & JoAnn Ponder, PhD
Saturday, February 26, 2022
9:00 am - 12:15 pm Central time
Live Zoom Presentation
Register for Zoom invitation (link will be emailed the day of the event)
3 CE/CME CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED
$50 CFPS Faculty, HPS Member, Alumni Group Members * $25 CFPS Candidates ,Trainees, Alumni Student Member * $60 Non-members
During each Round Table meeting, participants will discuss approximately 3 journal articles. They include classical and contemporary papers with theoretical, developmental, and clinical emphases. The program is like a course, but you can choose which meetings to attend. The discussions will be facilitated by psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychotherapists who have publications, clinical experience, and/or special interest in the topic.
Round Table Discussion Meetings are scheduled once or twice per month from August 2021 through May 2022 for a total of 13. The group will meet from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM Central Time through video sessions only. Log-in information will only be sent to those who register at least two hours before each session.
There are 5 special events (film screening, 2 lectures, panel discussion, and conference) related to our theme.
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January 7, 2022 - Losses and Mourning in Immigration
Guest Facilitators: Asli Baykal, PhD, LCSW, Tara Chivukula, LCSW, Leticia Fallick, LPC &
Denise Lemos Zaborowski, PhD, LPC-S
11:00 am to 1:00 pm CST - Video Session
While immigration may involve hopes for a new life and new opportunities, it also may involve major losses. Vamik Volkan (1999) noted that immigrants who leave behind their countries, loved ones, and cultural environment experience loss and must go through a mourning process. Many of these individuals create linking objects or phenomena, which help them maintain connections to the past while adjusting to a new environment. Nostalgia accompanies such phenomenon and may itself serve linking functions. Salman Akhtar (1995) described immigration from one country to another as a third individuation,.....read more
August 6, 2021: Mourning and Melancholia: Foundational Perspectives - Facilitator: Alana Spiwak, MD
September 10, 2021: Defenses Against Mourning: Unresolved Grief and Pathological Mourning - Facilitator: Richard Michael, PhD
September 24, 2021: Ordinary People: Loss and Grief in the Family System - Facilitators: Jamie L. Loveland, PhD, LCSW & Ellen Safier, LCSW (Please note new time)
October 1, 2021: Parent Loss in Childhood: Are Children Able to Mourn? - Facilitator: JoAnn Ponder, PhD & Ann Weiss, LPC
Mourning as Part of the Developmental Process
October 22, 2021: Losses and Mourning on the Developmental Journey to Adulthood - Facilitator: Carol Wolfe, LPC
November 12, 2021: Losses and Mourning Among Older Adults - Facilitator: Nancy Warren, PhD
Multiple Facets of Loss and Mourning
December 3, 2021: Into the Fog: Dementia Patients and Their Family Caregivers - Facilitators: James Lomax, MD & Sheila LoboPrabhu, MD
January 7, 2022: Losses and Mourning in Immigration - Facilitators: Asli Baykal, PhD; Tara Chivukula, LCSW; Leticia Fallick, LPC & Denise Lemos Zaborowski, PhD, LPC-S
January 28, 2022: Mourning a Massive Trauma - Facilitator: Sharon Chada, PhD
March 4, 2022: Mourning a Suicide - Facilitator: Cynthia Mulder, LCSW
Intergenerational Transmission of Unmourned Loss and Trauma
March 25, 2022: Historical Trauma and Racial Melancholia Among Chinese Americans: Clinical Implications - Facilitators: Beverly Du, MD & Christina Treece, MD
April 8, 2022: The Child of Parents with Unresolved Mourning - Facilitator: JoAnn Ponder, PhD
May 6, 2022: Intergenerational Transmission of Loss - Facilitator: Dania Eldandashli, LPC
2021-2022 ALUMNI CONFERENCE/SPECIAL EVENTS
Documentary Film Screening and Discussion
August 28, 2021, 10am- 1:15pm: LONE TWIN: Mourning the Loss of a Twin an online film screening and panel discussion with - Discussants: Ricardo Ainslie, PhD; Mary Burke, LCSW & Joan A. Friedman, PhD
3 CE/CMES - $50 CFPS Faculty, HPS Member and Alumni Group Members; $25 CFPS Candidates and Trainees; Alumni Student Member; $60 Non-members. Register Today
Lecture and Book Discussion
December 9, 2021, 7:00-8:30pm: The Melancholy of Race Revisited - Presenter: Anne Anlin Cheng, PhD
1.5 3 CE/CMES - $20 CFPS Faculty, HPS Member and Alumni Group Members; $15 CFPS Candidates and Trainees; Alumni Student Member $40 Non-members. Register Today
Clinical Panel Discussion
February 26, 2022, 9:00am-12:15pm: Losses, Mourning, and Adaptation in the Adoption Triad: A Birthmother, Adoptee, and Adoptive Mother Speak - Presenters: Joellen Peters, PhD; JoAnn Ponder, PhD & Sharon Horowitz, PhD
3 CE/CMES - $50 CFPS Faculty, HPS Member and Alumni Group Members; $25 CFPS Candidates and Trainees; Alumni Student Member; $60 Non-members
Community Event
April 22, 2022, 5:00pm-7:00pm: Memorial Tattoos - Presenter: Maureen Murphy, PhD (possibly with tattoo artists as well)
2 CE/CMES - $20 CFPS Faculty, HPS and Alumni Group Members; $15 CFPS Candidates and Trainees; Alumni Student Member; $40 Non-members
Clinical Conference
May 21, 2022, 9:00am-12:15pm: Hope, Disillusionment, and Recovery: Psychic Loss and Mourning - Presenter: Peter Shabad, PhD
3 CE/CMES - $50 CFPS Faculty, HPS Member and Alumni Group Members; $25 CFPS Candidates and Trainees; Alumni Student Member; $60 Non-members
ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP - JOIN TODAY
All CFPS graduates of the studies of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy are eligible to join the Alumni Group.
Monthly Round Table Discussions are only available by video.
Alumni - $150
Alumni who want PEP-WEB
Attendance at monthly meetings
1.5 CE/CMEs per meeting
Discounted rate for Conference/Special Event
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
Discounted rate for Conference/Special Event
Student Membership - $50
Students enrolled in a full-time program
Attendance at monthly meetings
1.5 CE/CMEs per meeting
Discounted rate for Conference/Special Event
Non-Alumni Clinicians Program CME Fees
1.5 CE/CMEs and lunch include with RSVPMonthly Round Table Meetings - $30
(6) Six Monthly Round Table Meetings - $150
(13) Thirteen Monthly Table Meetings - $250
Discounted rates for bundle pricing must be paid in advance.
ALUMNI ANNUAL FEES - PAY ONLINE
Only graduates/alumni from CFPS are eligible to join the Alumni Group. All others may pay the fee to attend the round table discussions, conferences, and special events.
2021-2022 ALUMNI GROUP MEMBERS
ALUMNI GROUP CHAIR
Ethan M. Klein, LCSW
ethanm.klein@gmail.com 730 N. Post Oak Rd., Suite 350Houston, TX 77025Phone: 832-282-4456 FACULTY LIAISON
JoAnn I. Ponder, Ph.D.
joannponder@aim.com3660 Stone Ridge Road, Suite D102Austin, TX 78746Phone: 512-496-8244Ariela Alpert, LCSW
a@arielaalpert.com 2923 West Dallas StHouston, TX 77019
Phone : 832-878-6826
Monica Altamirano, LPCalta_monica@yahoo.com1302 Waugh Dr. #704)Houston TX 77019Phone: 713-298-4645
David J. Ansell, D.O.
davidjansell@aol.com 707-B Sabine St. Houston, TX 77007 Phone: 281-782-4208Fax: 832-565-1494
Kriste Babbitt, MD
kristebabbittmd@gmail.comwww.kristebabbittmd.com 4295 San Felipe St. Suite 205Houston, TX 77027Phone: 713-337-9009 Cell: 713-364-4694 Fax: 832-827-8507Alexandra Blekhman, LPC
alexandrablekhmanlpc@gmail.com 2211 Norfolk, Suite 615,Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 832- 455-0515
Paul Boone, LPC
paul@paulboonelpc.com 15904 Royal Ashdown DriveAustin, TX 78717 Phone: 512-636-6810
Dana Levy Boyko, LCSW
Dboyko@ethosbhg.com900 Lovett Blvd. Houston, TX 77006Phone:713-857-8467
Kalonda Bradshaw, MDStudies in Child Psychoanalysiskbradshawmd@gmail.com6701 Fannin St., Suite 1740Houston, TX 77030Phone: 832-822-2787
Justin Cullers, APRN, PMHNP-BC
jwcullers@gmail.com 11009 AlhambraHouston, TX 78759Phone: 512-466-1293
Susan Depew, LCSW
5909 West Loop South, Suite 265Bellaire, TX 77401Phone: 713-306-8393Leticia Fallick, MA, LPC
lfallick1@comcast.net 14027 Memorial Drive #132 Houston, Texas 77079-6826Cell: 832- 423-0543Maryrose Galluzzo, LCSW
mrgalluzzo@gmail.com 4131 Spicewood Springs Rd. Ste A3 Austin, Texas 78759 Cell: 512-981-8281Sharette Gray, MD, FAPAStudies in Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapydrgraypsychiatry@gmail.com1914 Justin LaneAustin Texas 78757Phone: 512-300-0428Fax: 512-300-0846
Barton Jones, LCSW
bartonjoneslcsw@gmail.com 3730 Kirby Drive, Suite 204 Houston, Texas 77098Phone: 832-263-3275
J. Nan Lefforge, L.C.S.W.
lefforgenan@gmail.com4550 Post Oak Place, Suite 352Houston, TX 77027Phone: 713-840-0333Fax: 713-840-0188Nadia Leibovitz LMSWnadia.n.leibovitz@gmail.com730 N Post Oak Rd #301Houston, TX 77024Phone: 713-303-1328
Elaine M Loiselle PhD
elaine@loisellephd.com 4550 Post Oak Place, Ste 252 Houston, TX 77027Phone: 832-567-2860Martha Maer, LPC
mbmaer@comcast.net 2726 Bissonnet StSte 240 PMB 623 Houston, TX 77005 Phone: 713-252-1671Adriana Martinez Crane, LCSW Studies in Adult Psychoanalysis amcrane74@yahoo.com 3100 Richmond Ave. suite 403 Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 281-468-1281
William A Myerson PhD MBA wmyerson@wmyerson.com 4203 Montrose Boulevard Suite 370Houston, TX 77027Phone: 713-527-9854 Cecilia Samish, LCSW csamish@hotmail.com
10303 Willowgrove Dr Houston, TX 77035 Phone: 713-661-4332
Stephanie Sim, MD 10701 Corporate Dr., Suite #243 Stafford, TX 77477 Phone: 832-541-0609
Seema Thekdi, MD
smthekdi@gmail.com
5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 530
Houston, TX 77005Phone: 832-919-6223
Karen Winston
kwinstonlmsw@aol.com 6300 West Loop S #330 Bellaire, TX 77401 Phone: 713-826-5984Denise Zaborowski, PhD, LPC-S
4131 Spicewood Springs Rd Ste C-8 Austin, TX 78759 Office Cell 512-573-26692021-2022 Continuing Education Accreditation and Evaluations
Program evaluations are emailed to participants with 1-3 business days and must be completed and submitted within 30 days of the event to receive credit for a CME certificate. No exceptions.
These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [number of credits] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (sponsor number CS1391) is approved by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Social Worker Examiners to offer continuing education units to the social workers.
The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (CE Provider Number 379) is approved by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors to offer continuing education credit to licensed professional counselors.
The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (Continuing Education Provider Number 340) is approved by the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists to provide continuing education activities for marriage and family therapists.
The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies maintains responsibility for the program.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
Updated July 2021