Skip to main content

October 2009 Newsletter

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

We have begun another exciting year and are already in full swing with all our operations. The new Board met in September and approved the operating budget for 2009-2010. Janet Dante announced that we ended last year with a surplus. Accordingly, the Board approved adding $5,000.to the reserve fund. We continue our commitment to building our reserve fund as we are able.

There are a number of new initiatives that are in the early planning stages including a major investment in redesigning our publicity materials. A number of suggestions from the membership have come before the Board for consideration. One example of a membership request involves including the membership roster on the ICP&P website on a voluntary basis. We are in the process of exploring the financial feasibility of this project.

We welcome your ideas and energy. So much of what has come to life within ICP&P begins with a request from one or more of our members. We encourage you to contact one of us or any member of the Board with your ideas and suggestions. Also, if you have a complaint, please let us know about that as well.

Note from the Secretary
Leslie Westbrook

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 and on the website. Here are some highlights from the September 17th meeting:

  • ICP&P finances are in the black. The Relational Institute had 84 persons registered as of the Board meeting.
  • Scientific Day will be January 23, 2010, at the National 4-H Center. A second Saturday conference will be held on March 27th at the 4-H Center and the program, on Bowlby and Kohut, will be presented by Elizabeth Carr and Mauricio Cortina.
  • Twenty-four new members have joined ICP&P as a result of the Relational Institute. The Board discussed ways to integrate new members into ICP&P.
  • The deadline for receiving membership dues and information about members so that the new directories are updated is October 5th.
  • The Consultation and Referral Service brochure is ready to go to the printer.
  • The results of the Financial Survey were presented, and the Board encouraged Jeffrey Jay to present the results of the survey on Scientific Day.

Note from the Programs Co-Chairs
Sharon Ballard and Tripp Reed

Our second program of the year will take place on Saturday, December 5, 2009. This conference, which coincides with the second Relational Perspectives Institute weekend, will feature Donnel Stern, PhD. His presentation, Partners in Thought: Witnessing, Enactment and Unformulated Experience, will focus on therapeutic action from a Relational perspective. We encourage you to register early for this conference.

We will be offering two programs that are free of charge to ICP&P members beginning with Scientific Day scheduled for Saturday, January 23, 2010. We are very pleased that Lauren Brandt has offered to chair the review committee for this event. Scientific Day has always been an enriching clinical forum for our members and we hope that many of you will consider submitting papers. As always, we look forward to an opportunity for lively, stimulating clinical dialogue.

The second conference, offered at no charge to our membership, will be held on March 27, 2010. Elizabeth Carr and Mauricio Cortina will be present their fascinating new paper, Kohut & Bowlby: The Men, Their Ideas and the Clinical Exchange. This presentation will explore the historical and personal contexts that contributed to the major theoretical ideas of these prominent thinkers. Clinical material will be an integral part of the presentation.

The ICP&P Board voted to sponsor the first Bruce Wine Memorial Conference in the fall of 2010. This full day, experiential program will feature William Coburn, PhD. More details will follow as this program is fully developed.

News and Notes

A Message from Ann Aukamp

I leave ICP&P with many fond memories of good interactions, interesting presentations, and enjoyable study group meetings. Don and I are taking the momentous step of relocating as we have long planned to the family house in Woods Hole, MA of which we have been the lucky recipients. We are commuting weekly between Maryland and Massachusetts while our house in Silver Spring is on the market. We expect to be full-time in Massachusetts by the end of November.

While I do not want to re-create a weekly therapy practice in Woods Hole, I look forward to the opportunity to write some, and to do occasional consultations and brief interventions. My new address is 25 Nobska Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543. My new telephone number is 508-548-4269. My email will change once we close out our Verizon account in Maryland. Then my new email address will be aauka@comcast.net. I look forward to staying in touch with ICP&P, and to perhaps come back for occasional conferences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Sunday, October 18, 2009 The Joint Institutes Candidates’ Committee presents Claiming the Psychic Space: Creating an Opening for Thinking Through Psychoanalysis the 15th Annual Candidates' Symposium at the Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis in Laurel, MD. Yolanda de Varela, PhD will present a clinical paper "Claiming Psychic Space: Creating an Opening for Thinking through Psychoanalysis." All five analytic institutes will be responding to the case presentation. Marie Hellinger, MSW will be ICP&P’s discussant. 3 CME’s or 3 CE’s will be awarded. A brochure with registration information was sent to all ICP&P members. For more information, contact jiccmail@gmail.com
  • Thursday, October 22 – Sunday, October 25, 2009 The International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology’s annual conference The Forward Edge of Self Psychology in Chicago, IL. For more information, visit www.psychologyoftheself.com
  • Saturday, November 7, 2009 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC) presents The Third Annual Conference Celebrating a Lifetime of Achievement Honoring Anna Ornstein, MD and Paul Ornstein, MD. The Kimmel Center at NYU, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY. For more information, visit http://lifetime03.eventbrite.com
  • Saturday, November 21 – Monday, November 23, 2009 The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation presents its 26th Annual Conference Pathways to Integration of Traumatic Experience: Individuals, Groups and Society at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.isst-d.org or email info@isst-d.org
  • Saturday, December 5, 2009 ICP&P presents Partners in Thought: Witnessing, Enactment and Unformulated Experience with Donnel Stern, PhD. The Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
  • Saturday, January 23, 2010 ICP&P presents Scientific Day at the National 4-H Center, Chevy Chase, MD.

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.

  • Caregivers Support Group – Beginning in early November, the group will meet every other week in the middle of the day in Silver Spring, MD near the intersection of Georgia Ave. and University Blvd. This support group will provide an opportunity to meet with other caregivers to discuss the realities of this new role, and the many feelings that come with it. Special focus will be on balancing the needs of the patient and the needs of the caregiver. For more information, contact Flora Ingenhousz at 301-649-5525 or flora-lcsw@comcast.net
  • Group On Groups - Mary Dluhy is beginning a weekly supervision group in November for clinicians who run groups. The supervision group will meet on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 1:30 PM at 4501 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 109. For further information you may contact Mary Dluhy at mdd23@georgetown.edu or at 202.237.5150.
  • Relational Supervision Group – Roger Segalla is starting a weekly Relational Supervision Group. To discuss joining this group supervision please contact Roger Segalla at 301-652-1707 or rsegalla@verizon.net
  • Openings in On-going Psychotherapy Groups - Monica Callahan has openings in a psychotherapy groups for women over 35 with eating disorders. The group meets in Bethesda. For more information, contact Monica Callahan at 301-587-6211 or by email at Callahanml@erols.com
  • Couples Supervision Group – Beginning in the fall a new couples supervision group will be starting on Tuesdays (from around noon to 1:15) for therapists interested in sharpening their skills as they deal with difficult couples. Maximum group size is 5 to allow for individual presentations and group process. If interested or wish more information please call Joyce Lowenstein at 202 333-7860 or email at js.lowenstein@verizon.net
  • Early Morning Therapy Hours Available (starting at 7:00am) for individuals or couples. Pamela Forman is a "lark" (a morning person), with a home-office in Chevy Chase, MD and would be delighted to see clients early in the day. Please contact Pamela Forman at 301-657-3475.
  • Mixed, Adult Psychotherapy Group – Tybe Diamond is starting a new group starting in October that combines interpersonal, self psychological and experiential approaches. Concurrent individual psychotherapy with the referring therapist is recommended. If you are interested in making a referral for this group, contact Tybe Diamond at 202-966-1381 or ibtybe@aol.com
  • Peer Supervision Group - If you would be interested in forming an ongoing (bi-weekly) peer supervision group meeting in Maryland, please contact David Wyner at 718-884-9574 or Maxine Ellenberg Arnsdorf at 301-593-6194.
  • Office Space Needed - Looking to rent office space in Dupont Circle for FULL TIME hours. Prefer to be in shared space with other mental health professionals and looking for space large enough to run groups. Please contact Laura Kasper at drlaurakasper@me.com or 202-487-6340.
  • Office Space Available - available March 1, 2010 in Virginia. Lovely sunny suite with three mental health professionals. Ample, light-filled waiting room, kitchen and parking. The office is convenient to Metro and Route 66. Contact Louise Kavruck at 202-906-0711.
  • Furnished Office Available (Monday, Wednesday & Friday) starting immediately. 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 Space Available – located in Friendship Heights/Chevy Chase available full or part-time in desirable Highland House. Share large office space including waiting room, bathroom, kitchen, and WiFi with psychiatrist and social worker. Separate back entrance. Contact Diana Seasonwein at 202-412-9020 or drseasonwein@verizon.net or David Chen at 301-312-9537 or dchen003@gmail.com
  • Sublet Office Space Available – office located at 1301 Connecticut Ave in Northwest available Mondays and Fridays. The office is fully furnished with a beautiful couch, 2 chairs, and a window over looking Dupont Circle. There are 5 other therapists in the suite. Contact Elaine Hoffman at 202-841-0270 or at elaineshoffman@msn.com
  • Office Furniture Available - Tybe Diamond has moved her office and is selling 4 nearly new, Italian, suede, earth tone, swivel chairs, a glass coffee table and 2 oriental rugs. If interested contact Tybe Diamond at 202.966.1381; ibtybe@aol.com.

The deadline for submitting items for the November Newsletter is October 28, 2009