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...dedicated to training skillful and effective psychotherapists and psychoanalysts |
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the premiere issue of the CPPNJ E-Newsletter. The goal of this monthly e-newsletter is to deliver useful professional information to you in a timely, cost- effective and environmentally friendly manner. We plan to bring you announcements of our upcoming events and programs, clinical case studies, practical ideas for your practice, news related to current mental health issues, interesting profiles of people within the CPPNJ community, and much more that we haven't even thought of yet. Many of the articles will begin in the E-newsletter and link to our website and blog for a longer discussion. And we will also archive future issues electronically, precluding the need to print and save the articles and providing you with a valuable and ongoing source of professional articles and advice for future reference. Most of all we want to provide you with relevant information.
I would like to acknowledge the wonderful job Nancie Senet has done to this point with our newsletter - it is because of her efforts and talents that the CPPNJ community has stayed connected and informed each month for the last five years, and during the recent transition period. We will miss her contributions.
We look forward now to delivering our newsletter electronically. We also invite you to be part of the editorial board of the e-newsletter, and to make contributions in your area of interest. If you would like to participate in any way, please email me at MaryLantz2@mac.com. Whether you participate as a reader or a volunteer, we welcome your feedback, your ideas and any thoughts you may have about its usefulness to you.
Mary Lantz
Editor-in-Chief |
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Programs, Classes and Celebrations
May 23, 2010 - 1st Annual CPPNJ Fundraiser
Spirit of New Jersey Cruise
11:30 - 2:00 pm
June 11, 2010 - Graduation and End of Year Celebration
Hamilton Park Hotel
6:00 - 10:00 pm
Two Views on Treating Paranoid Disorders
Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D.
Some Thoughts about Working with Paranoid Patients
Richard Reichbart, Ph.D. The Therapist Mistaken for a Monster
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Hartman Lounge, The Mansion, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
Two Views on Treating Paranoid Disorders
Two senior analysts will present differing views on the treatment of patients with paranoid dynamics, with one thing in common: both strongly believe that paranoid dynamics are more prevalent in our non-psychotic patients than the literature would suggest, and that there are important ways of addressing them successfully. McWilliams will argue that the relational turn in psychoanalysis is particularly useful for treating patients with paranoid psychologies, and Reichbart will stress that paranoid dynamics are a defense against closeness to the analyst and represent an attachment to a parental figure that can be addressed by seemingly concrete interpretations.
Click HERE to read the full program description and biographies of the presenters.
Faculty and Others: $60 at the door / $50 pre-registration by June 8.
Candidates: $50 / $40
Students with ID: $10 |
| Our Events
Notes from our April 'Salon'
On Friday April 30, there was an informal "salon" for CPPNJ faculty in the Montclair home of Carol Marcus.
Helped along with some great wine choices and other refreshments, conversation ranged from a discussion of the clinical meanings behind "indolence" to psychoanalytic practice combined with EMDR. The group's ideas and interests were prolific, and discussion was wide-ranging. The group reluctantly broke up late in the evening, and both those who attended as well as those who couldn't make it expressed their positive reactions to the idea...and expressed a wish for future salons.
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Notes From the Directors
Irwin Badin and James Garofallou
It's been around 4 years since the two of us sat down to talk about the feasibility of bringing our two institutes together as a way of solidifying what was strongest about each of our organizations and of hopefully igniting a renewed burst of energy and commitment in our membership in order to preserve psychoanalysis in New Jersey. Incredibly, here we are writing the last of the "From the Director" columns as we anticipate our institute being led by a newly elected Director and Board.
Click HERE to read full article
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Profile of a Renegade
An interview with Dr. Al Shire
Dr. Al Shire |
Dr. Al Shire was the first director and one of the founding members of the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of NJ (IPPNJ), now the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of NJ, after a merger with the Contemporary Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Study. Dr.Shire has seen the field of psychoanalysis change from the early days when choices for studying psychotherapy included only Freud, Sullivan, Horney or Fromm. Which one he chose has yet to be determined.
Dr.Shire was drawn to the field of psychoanalysis after having read Wasteland by Jo Sinclair, a story of how a psychoanalyst helped a deeply traumatized man. The depiction of psychoanalysis resonated with his desire for self-searching and the need to do something that would satisfy his need to help people.
Click HERE to read full article
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Read our CPPNJ Blog
For additional resources and discussions
Contributed by: Eric Sherman
April 15 was particularly taxing this year, what with having to survive another round of Tea Party protests steeped in anger. The sound and the fury that ratcheted through the country after Congress passed health care reform has subsided a bit, but it is clearly still simmering. As psychoanalysts, trained to understand the complex workings of the mind, how do we comprehend the fear and loathing?
Click HERE for complete post |
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CPPNJ Elects a New Board of Directors
Meet the new Director
As you all know, after a long, rewarding, and arduous term as co-Directors, Irwin Badin and Jim Garofallou are stepping down, in accordance with the by-laws of CPPNJ, which call for elections as part of the new institute. They have performed a tremendous service to the Institute both as Directors of their respective institutes, and in their dedication to ensuring the merged institute, CPPNJ, would emerge from the process strong and forward-looking. The heartfelt thanks of each member go out to both Jim and Irwin for their work.
The four newly-elected Board members are:
Director: Seth Warren
Dean of Faculty: Tom Johnson
Dean of Students: Shawn Sobkowski
Candidate Representative: Susan Stein
As part of the election process, Seth Warren was asked to reflect on three questions put to him by the newsletter:
1. Can you tell us something about your background, experience, and orientation?
2. How do you envision CPPNJ moving forward into the future, both in attracting candidates and presenting psychoanalysis as a powerful methodology, given the constraints our times?
3. What are three goals which you have for your Directorship?
His answers are reprinted here:
Seth Warren |
1.Can you tell us something about your background, experience, and orientation?
Born in New York City, I have lived in New Jersey since 1983, when I moved here to begin my graduate training at Rutgers. I completed my Masters in Clinical Psychology in 1986, and my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1989. I began my formal psychoanalytic training in 1990, at the Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at New YorkUniversity, and received my Postdoctoral certificate in 1998.
Click HERE for Mr. Warren's full response.
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The Couples Division hosts a Day-Long Conference on Erotic Life in Committed Relationships
Tom Johnson, Esther Perel and Dr Daniel Goldberg |
Contributed by: Ellie Muska
On December 6, 2009, the New Jersey Couples Training Program and the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in New Jersey invited Esther Perel, the author of Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic, to give a lecture/ discussion titled "Attachment, Long-term Relationships and Erotic Life".
Ms. Perel set the tone for the day by inviting the audience to be in conversation with her about her thoughts on the nature of erotic desire in long term relationships. She was a dynamic speaker, riveting at times, and kept the discussion lively and real.
Click HERE to read full review |
Legislative Alert
Insurance Battleground - Contributed by: Karyn Reader
There seems to be a never ending onslaught of how insurance companies intrude into our patients' privacy and limit reimbursement. Their intrusion into our work has been intensified since passage of the Paul Wellstone-Dominici Act, which is the federal parity law that went into effect January 1, 2010 for people working in companies that have 51 or more employees. This changes prior laws that excluded ERISA (self funded plans) from parity. Now, even self funded plans must comply. However, all members of unions do not reap any benefit of this law until their contract renews, whenever that may be. There are also some likely glitches to this new law. After the first year, any company or organization whose mental health costs go up more than 2% will be exempt from complying with the law for the following 12 months. After that, an increase of 1% will exempt them from the law for the next year. Clearly this is extremely short sighted as we all know that taking care of mental health needs significantly can impact other medical costs, but this is not taken into account in this formula. It will create major chaos in terms of knowing whether each one of our patients continues to be covered under this parity law, or not. Patients' benefits will have to be looked at every year even when their insurance plan seemingly does not change! It can jump back to 20 sessions per year instead of unlimited and we will NOT be notified! Be on the lookout come January 1, 2011 and every year after that!
Click HERE for more important Insurance changes |
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Thank you for joining us! Be sure to look for our next newsletter in June. The featured topic will be 'Psychoanalysis and the Brain' by Harlene Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
 No need to print this email - for future reference, all issues are archived. |
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