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Welcome

Welcome to the International Psychotherapy Institute, we are a professional learning community dedicated to the study of psychodynamic theory and practice at the leading edge of the psychotherapy field.

Events for May 2013

Master Speaker Videoconference Series - May 10

IPI Metro DC Open House - May 15

Events for June 2013

Child Couple and Family Summer Institute - June 5-8

For all upcoming events, please see the IPI event calendar.

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IPI Distance Learning Programs

Stream live to your computer and listen and communicate by phone with colleagues from around the country as we study contemporary theory and practice issues together.

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Observing the infant in a normal environment helps prepare the participant for working in the transference/countertransference field in therapy.

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IPI, in partnership with leading clinicians around the world, offers a videoconference course with six segments. You may join at the beginning of any one of these segments.

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Currently the study group is reading Freud. Watch for a new group in Spring of 2013.

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