Upcoming Events at IPI Metro DC

IPI Metro Training Programs, 2008-2009

Information and Registration:
IPI Metro: 301-951-3782 or www.ipimetro.org

Contemporary Dynamic Psychotherapy Program (CDPP)
Course Chair: Bonnie Eisenberg, Ph.D.

This course has been designed for new practitioners or those new to psychodynamic thinking, and includes didactic, supervisory, and clinical components. On Thursday evenings, students will attend one-hour group supervision, followed by a two-hour class. In addition, students will be required to see two patients (at a frequency of 1 time per week) in the IPI Metro Psychotherapy Center, and to attend one hour per week of individual supervision with an IPI Metro faculty member. Individual supervision will be conducted in the supervisor’s office or on the telephone. Whenever possible, treatment cases and supervisory assignments will be made with consideration to each student’s geographical and scheduling concerns and clinical interests.

Clinical Seminar Program (CSP)
Course Chair, Sheila Hill, MSW

This program offers both beginning and experienced clinicians the opportunity for in-depth study of the central concepts of Object Relations Theory. The focus of our studies will be on the notion of containment and this concept will be directly applied to our clinical work through discussion of cases. The program consists of a series of nine seminars (held on Saturday morning per month for nine months). In Part I of each seminar (1.5 hours), participants will read together and discuss selected papers by Bick, Bion, Ferro, Klein, Meltzer, Odgen, Spillius, and Symington. In Part II (1.5 hours), participants will take turns presenting their clinical work for group discussion through the lens of the concepts studied.

Sex and Sexuality in Contemporary Psychotherapy
Course Director, Kate Scharff, MSW
Course Coordinator, Mona Mendelson, MSW

Issues of sex and sexuality are ubiquitous in life and in psychotherapy. Nevertheless, most mental health training programs do not give sex the attention it deserves. Many seasoned clinicians still feel awkward or untrained in dealing with sex and sexual themes in practice, creating a safe psychological space for sexual ideas to emerge, or in helping clients with sexual problems. In recognition of the need to re-open and update our examination of sex and sex therapy, IPI Metro is pleased to offer this rich and unique curriculum, taught by leaders in the field of human sexuality.

CHILD THERAPY SEMINAR
Chair: Rachel Kaplan, MSW

This seminar will utilize selected readings and case discussions to focus on early intervention and ongoing child therapy practice. The course is open to clinicians who work with children in any setting (including schools, parent guidance, and counseling settings) , but is particularly appropriate for less experienced therapists who wish to increase their effectiveness in play therapy and early intervention with parents and infants.

Master Speaker Seminar Series
David E. Scharff, Chair

Beginning in September, the 2008-2009 Master Speaker monthly videoconference seminar will link Washington, DC, Salt Lake City, UT, Long Island, NY, and Omaha, NE with major contributors from the U.S. and abroad. Participants not located in these cities may elect to participate by telephone. The video conference seminars are each two hours, one Friday a month from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Guest speakers have included Otto Kernberg, Christopher Bollas, Alvaro Rey de Castro, Theodore Jacobs, Steven Ellman, Paul Williams and many others. The 2008-2009 speakers will begin with Nancy McWilliams on September 26, 2008. Other speakers to be announced.
Look for more information in IPI's Fall 2008 brochure or on the IPI website: www.theipi.org .