Note from the Director and Co-Director
Elizabeth Carr and Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf

As this year’s term for the ICP&P Board draws to a close, we would like to express our thanks to several dedicated Board members who are stepping down. For the last four years, Kathy Beck and Judy Hoffman have served as Co-Coordinators of Membership. Judy has been a steady welcoming presence to all the new members, as well as maintaining relationships with the membership at large. She has advocated for individual member needs as well as providing a pivotal voice in many important Board decisions. Kathy Beck has done an exceptional job in the operations of the ICP&P study groups including recruiting leaders and generating descriptions of each study group for the Newsletter and the website. Additionally, both Judy and Kathy have pitched in to provide assistance in some of the small tasks that are essential to the continued smooth running of the organization. We thank them for their service to the Board and to the ICP&P membership.

Janice Sanchez has served as Secretary for the last two years. The Secretary is responsible for documenting all the Board decisions and taking minutes at the Board meetings. As our discussions are lively and far-reaching, this is not an easy task. Janice has done a wonderful job fulfilling this role and we appreciate her service to the Board.

Leslie Smith joined the Board last fall as the Member-in-Training Board Representative. She has participated in the Board discussions and her insights have been very helpful. We have enjoyed Leslie’s participation on the Board.

ICP&P Graduation is scheduled for May 31. Graduation is the culmination of our academic year and, as such, is a great occasion for celebration. We congratulate all the graduates on their outstanding accomplishment. We also want to thank the faculty for their commitment and dedication to our training endeavors. We hope many of you will join us at this festive event. Please RSVP as indicated on the invitation you have received in the mail.

Note from the Secretary
Janice Sanchez

In an effort to keep the membership informed about issues that are being discussed by the ICP&P Board, a brief summary of each meeting is published in the Newsletter. If there are items about which you have questions, opinions or concerns, please feel free to contact a Board member. We welcome your input. All Board members are listed in the front of the ICP&P Directory. Here are some highlights from the April 16th meeting:

• It was announced that we have 39 registrants for the Relational Perspectives Institute!
• We had some extensive discussion about compensation for those who will be leading, teaching and working for the RPI. Our plans for this will set a precedent for future programs.
• We have 99 people registered for our Annual Spring Conference with Beatrice Beebe.
• Some of the Saturday morning conference plans for next year are still being discussed.
• Some questions to be considered at a future meeting are: Could we have reduced membership fees for agency workers? Could we start a self psychology study group for agency workers?

Note from the Nominations and Elections Committee
Candy Detchon (Chair), Judy Marx, Gail Winston and Nancy Wolfson

The Committee is pleased to announce the election of the following Candidates to the ICP&P Board for the term 2009-2011:

• Secretary: Leslie Westbrook
Treasurer: Janet Dante
• Co-Coordinators of Membership: Margo Silberstein and Dorothy Wine
• Board Representative: Nancy Hartsock

Thanks to all of the nominees who were on the ballot and congratulations to those of you who were elected. The Chair would also like to express her gratitude to Judy Marx, Gail Winston, and Nancy Wolfson for their time and commitment to the duties of this committee. Thanks also to Morgan Theriot for her valuable assistance.

New Member Introductions
Jeffrey Jay

Richard Ogden is rejoining ICP&P, lured back by the collegiality and educational opportunities that our organization offers. Richard maintains a private practice for adolescents and adults in Bethesda. In addition, he supervises graduate students at GWU’s Psy.D. program and is on the staff at Sibley Hospital. Outside of work, his focus has been on raising his three daughters, the youngest of whom is now a high school junior. As her entry into college approaches, he is looking forward to increasing his professional activities and working on his tennis game.

Gwendolyn Pla, a new member of two ICP&P study groups, has been accepted into the Psychoanalytic Training Program, and attends conferences, while teaching classes in nutrition at Howard University. A full commitment? Maybe for some, but it wouldn’t surprise you if you read her resume which reports a BS in Chemistry, an MS in Biochemistry, a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences, and an M.S.W. Trained as a scientist, Gwen wanted a "deeper understanding of human motivation," which ultimately led her to her own analysis and graduate training in psychotherapy. Fascinated, I had to ask how she puts together her multi-leveled understanding of a client; she answered that if a person comes to treatment with nutritional issues, she stays with that, but if the person is not moving, then, as a therapist, she "starts to move" toward the unappreciated psychodynamics. After a few moments of conversation, I was not surprised that, when faced with stasis, Gwen moves forward. Gwen has a private practice in Silver Spring for adults and families.

Ron Vande Loo is returning to ICP&P after a hiatus, or perhaps, for those who know him, and his interests in intimacy (especially couples therapy), poetry, and the rich contribution of Buddhism, it is better to say he returns to a place he never left; after all, Ron met his wife, Darlene Atkins, in an ICP&P (Elizabeth Carr) study group in 1996. Close to many in the community, Ron felt a particular desire to rejoin ICP&P after the loss of Bruce Wine this past year. In his therapy practice, Ron enjoys working with individuals and couples, using his training in self, relational, and developmental psychology. When asked, he was kind enough to forward a short poem (and its accompanying commentary), befitting his explorations of reflection and connection. It is printed here also as a late, but mindful tribute to April which is National Poetry Month.

Intimacy

; the interior seen
is
the interior longed for
is
the interior claimed

the interior claimed
is
the interior longed for
is
not
the interior scene

so begins intimacy;

Ron Vande Loo  April 2009

The semicolons at the beginning and the end of the poem imply the open-ended but not quite seamless nature of the relational process, a process that begins prior to any wording and continues beyond words – a moment’s glimpse of a larger sentence. The recurring undisturbed "is" reflects the idealizations that become moment-to-moment seamless expectations until there is the inevitable disruption of "is not", an injury core to the difficult but rich discovery and co-creation process of intimacy.

Training Programs Open House

ICP&P invites you to join us for an Open House to learn about our Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic and Couples Therapy Training Programs on Wednesday, May 13 at 7:30pm at the home of Faith Lewis (4511 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC). The Chairs from each Training Program will be in attendance along with faculty, graduates, and current members-in-training. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by calling the office at 202-686-9300 and selecting the Training Program message line.

Relational Perspectives Institute

Register now for the 2009-2010 Relational Perspectives Institute (RPI)! To learn more about the institute please visit our brand new website at: http://icpeast.org/relational.htm

Don't forget the RPI is a one year program that will not be on-going in the way the Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic and Couples Training Programs are structured. So this is your chance to have an in-depth, intensive and interactive immersion into Relational Psychoanalysis. If you have questions about the RPI please contact the Chair, Roger J. Segalla, Jr., Ph.D. at: rsegalla@verizon.net

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday, May 15, 2009 ICP&P presents Short Course – Treating Chronic Illness with Self Psychology with Adina Shapiro at the ICP&P office, 4601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 8, Washington, DC.
• Sunday, May 31, 2009 Graduation for ICP&P’s Training Programs at 11am at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA
• Friday, June 19, 2009 ICP&P presents Short Course – Applications of Mind-Body Principals to the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety with Stephen Stein, PhD and Karen Schachter, MSW at 3000 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 327, Washington, DC.

BULLETIN BOARD

The Policy for Bulletin Board items is: Members can place items three months a year. Items can be up to eight lines in length. Longer items or additional months are available for a fee. Please contact the administrator for the fee schedule.

• Midlife Eating Disorders Psychotherapy Group – Monica Callahan has openings in her ongoing psychotherapy group for women over 35 with eating disorders and related issues. The approach combines interpersonal and experiential methods, and individual therapy simultaneous with group is recommended. The group meets Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 pm in Bethesda, MD and is Metro accessible. For more information, contact Monica L. Callahan at 301 587 6211 or by email at Callahanml@erols.com
• Relational Supervision Group – Roger Segalla is starting a weekly Relational Supervision Group. To discuss joining this newly forming group supervision please contact Roger Segalla at 301-652-1707.
• Office Space Available - at Tenley Circle. Two offices and a group room across from the Tenley/AU Metro on the corner of Albemarle and Wisconsin Avenues, NW. Two clinicians are seeking two others to share the space. There is plenty of Zone 3 street parking available. Rent to be split 4 ways, and includes all utilities. Please contact Alison Howard at 202-368-3501 or by email at AMHoward@starpower.net
• Furnished Office Available (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) beginning June 1. The office is in a suite across from Farragut Square (910 17th Street -- between K & I St, NW). Half a block from the Red and Blue/Orange Metro lines. To learn more, please contact Elizabeth Carr at 202-822-8371 or emcarr@aol.com
• Office Sublet Available – Sublet available in beautiful office space near Dupont Circle. Both daytime and evening hours are available. Please contact Ashley Seeger at 202-721-0088.
• Office Space Available – 2 to 2 1/2 days a week (days of week negotiable) in downtown Washington, DC (17th and K Streets). Great location, one block from both the Red and Blue lines, easy walk to Yellow line. Large, sunny, one side fully windowed and beautifully furnished office in suite with 2 psychiatrists and a psychologist. Shared waiting room. Large utility room with kitchenette. Free use of fax, copy machines, and 4-drawer file cabinets. Contact Yu Ling Han at 202-213-1876.

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The deadline for submitting items for the June 2009 Newsletter is May 27, 2009

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