ICP+P strives to be an anti-racist and inclusionary organization. We are highly motivated to understand and change the way systemic racism has impacted the mental health field, our organization and our personal and professional identities.
ICP+P has hired Vision for Equity and we are collaborating with them to actively and thoughtfully work to instill the values of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging into our professional culture.
What we do
NEWS+EVENTS
ICP+P Roundtable: Promoting Efficacy in the Therapeutic Alliance: Considerations for non-Black Clinicians working with African-American Clientele ~ Sep 18, 2022
In this ICP+P Roundtable, as an African-American Black male therapist, Marvin Evans, will share his thoughts and experiences on the topic based on his perspective as someone trained in the Eurocentric models of psychotherapy, while negotiating models of efficacy drawn from theory as well as cultural ethos.
Joseph D. Lichtenberg’s Legacy: Reflections on Power, Aggression, and Transformation ~ Sep 10, 2022
The conference will be in two parts. In the first part of the day, Arthur Gray will present on Joseph Lichtenberg’s ideas about power and personal efficacy. In the second part of the conference, Marie Hellinger and Elizabeth Carr will present ideas from their recently published paper (2021) on self psychology and aggression.
Welcome to our community
ICP+P is an organization that serves the needs of DC-area mental health practitioners who ground their work in self, relational, and other contemporary psychodynamic models.
At ICP+P, we purposefully create a culture of openness, authenticity and respect – one in which clinicians are able to develop trusting relationships with one another. In this climate members can learn effectively and receive guidance with their work from supportive colleagues. It is special to find a community that speaks your language and demonstrates warmth, operates at a high level of ambition and achievement, values scholarship and depth of learning, and practices empathy, attunement and helpfulness…