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Clinical Ethics for Psychotherapists, with Dr. Ernest WallworkCOURSE DESCRIPTION: Dr. Ernest Wallwork is a Professor of Ethics at Syracuse University and a psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington DC and Syracuse, New York. In this two-session videoconference course, Dr. Wallwork will probe the neglected issue of how to think ethically about interventions within a clinical hour. Each seminar will be focus on a case presentation that will (1) illustrate typical ethical issues encountered in psychotherapy, (2) help to differentiate the therapist’s dispositional role responses (virtues) from his/her normative judgments, and (3) demonstrate ethical (as well as technical) reasoning about transference and countertransference issues and various possible alternative interventions. Chaired by Caroline Sehon, Chair of IPI Metro in Washington DC. CE Credits in Ethics Education are currently required for licensing renewal of mental health professions in Utah. Note: You can now register for this course online. Visit our Pay Online page. For more information, contact Anna Innes at
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or 301-215-7377 COST: $75 for each session or $125/course CE CREDITS: 3 per seminar Master Speaker Videoconference SeminarDavid Scharff, MD & Janine Wanlass, PhD, Co-chairs 2011-2012 Series September 30, 2011 - May 11, 2012 COURSE DESCRIPTION: CONTINUING EDUCATION: 2 hours per video conference; 18 hours for full series of nine. Additional hour/s may be available in some cities for participation in additional group discussion. FEES: $360 for the full series of nine. $45 for individual video sessions. Fees for additional group discussion hours will be set by host cities. TIMES and DATES: SCHEDULE: September 30, 2011: Jill Scharff, MD
A screenshot of the September 26, 2008 videoconference. The screen shows live video feeds from Salt Lake City (large picture), Omaha, Chevy Chase, Panama City, New York, and Indianapolis. Infant Observation Seminar - 2012FACULTY: Nancy Bakalar, MD IPI’s Infant Observation Seminar is roughly a year long program in which a small group of students meet by telephone conference call for 2 hours over 25 sessions, roughly every two to three weeks. Meetings are scheduled so as not to conflict with major holidays and IPI weekends. Our next class will begin early in 2012. The seminar will likely be offered Friday afternoons, or possibly on Wednesdays. The purpose of the seminar is to provide an opportunity to have a first-hand experience of watching the development of the relationship between a young baby and his mother/caretaker; to hone observation skills; and to enhance one’s capacity to notice and use one’s countertransference. The group comes together to review process notes of observations written by students from their experiences with babies and caretakers. Students may elect to attend the seminar only, without actually having a baby to observe, but the student will have a deeper, richer experience if he or she participates in an actual observation. Students observe for one hour per week and write up their process notes afterwards. During the first 2 to 3 seminars we will cover how to find a baby and family, how to set the contract, etc. The only required readings are Esther Bick’s classic papers on infant observation. The theories of Klein, Winnicott, Bion and others are brought into discussions as the dynamic material in the process notes dictate. The cost of the seminar is $2,000 for 50 hours of instruction. For planning purposes, we would like to get an idea of the number of individuals who are interested in the next class or two. If you are interested in joining the next class or two, contact Dr. Nancy Bakalar at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy - Spring Semester, 2012Janine Wanlass, Ph.D. & David Scharff, M.D., Co-chairs Special Topics in the Theory, Technique, and Practice of Couple Therapy January 18, 2012 – May 2, 2012 8 sessions of two hours each, 9:45 - 11:45 a.m. ET The Spring Semester of this Couple Therapy Course will focus on special topics and challenges in the practice of couple treatment. Drawing from both sides of the Atlantic and bringing back popular guests from past semesters, presenters will include Christopher Clulow, Carl Bagnini, Sharon Nathan, Norma Caruso, Richard Zeitner, and Christopher Vincent. In addition, case presenters and discussants from various points on the globe will add depth, humor, and practical application to the exploration of theoretical constructs. Participants may join the course at several established videoconference sites including Chevy Chase, MD, Indianapolis, IN, Long Island, NY Salt Lake City, UT, Omaha, NE, Pittsburgh, PA, Tel Aviv, Israel, Taipei, Taiwan, and Panama City, Panama, or may join individually by videoconference program or by phone or video streaming (for information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 301-215-7377). FEE/REGISTRATION: $295 (participants register for the full course of eight sessions - not open to registration for individual sessions). CE CREDIT: 16 HOURS SCHEDULE: January 18 February 1 February 29 March 14 March 28 April 4 April 18 May 2 Contact IPI at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 301-215-7377 for more information on any of our programs, including objectives, target audience, instructional level of the activity, schedule, cost, refund/cancellation policy, instructor credentials and CE credit. THE YEAR OF READING FREUD10 MONTHLY TELEPHONE SEMINARS For 2012 "The Year of" seminar series will focus on a basic encounter and understanding of Freud's theory and its implications for an object relations clinical approach. The seminar meets monthly, starting in February, 2012, by telephone for 90 minutes for ten months. A completed seminar course awards 15 CE credits and costs $440. The IPI faculty will select a series of Freud’s basic papers to be read, discussed, and applied in depth to clinical work. The discussion is led by each of the faculty members in turn for two consecutive meetings. Currently there are two groups meeting: Mondays from 8-9:30 pm and Wednesdays, from 7:30-9 pm. The group membership which is constant over the 10 sessions have a maximum of 10 members. Please check our website (www.theipi.org ) or email us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for updates, additional information, and to express interest in participating. |
