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Dear Readers,
Like the child teasing his parent with a game of peek-a-boo as he practices object permanence, March plays with our feelings of loss and hope. Aren't we all looking for glimpses of Spring to poke its head out after hiding behind this difficult Winter, and yet, just like the child who hides to once again be "expectedly" discovered, Spring does the same dance. As soon as it looks like it is about to emerge, it hides again giving way to the inevitable Spring storms that pop up once more.
Here at CPPNJ we are feeling the renewal of Spring as we plan a full schedule of educational programs, including two day long conferences on attachment. Look for all the details below on our Spring conference with David Wallin. Remember, there is still time to register!
In this month's e-newsletter we are excited to introduce you to our new CPPNJ logo. Michelle Bauer and the Board have been working hard on a design for months. We think it's great and hope you will, too.
Featured in this e-news is the first of a series of three articles on brain research and studies supporting the work we do written by Harlene Goldschmidt and Debi Rolke.
And, we also have a clinical question raised by Daniel Goldberg as he explores recent research that underscores how difficult it can be to precisely understand the presenting problem of couples.
Here's to the hope of an early Spring!
Sincerely,
Mary Lantz LCSW
Editor-in-Chief
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Programs, Classes and Celebrations
March 20, 2011 - AN ALL DAY CONFERENCE
How the Attachment Patterns of Patient and Therapist Interlock: Nonverbal Experience, Mindfulness, Mentalizing and Change
Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Madison, NJ, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
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In this clinically-focused workshop, David Wallin, author of Attachment in Psychotherapy (Guilford, 2007), translates the findings of attachment theory research, as sparked by Bowlby's original insights, into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, he integrates attachment with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychoanalysis, the practice of mindfulness, and a focus on the body to help clinicians become more effective facilitators of growth and healing.
Click HERE to read more
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Spring 2011 All Day Conferences
April 29, 2011 - Women Helping Women Presents
The Inaugural Joan Marie Johnson Symposium on
Women's Mental Health
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane,
New Brunswick, NJ, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Susan Gutwill, LCSW: Women, Food and the Body: Culture, Psyche and Treatment
May 1, 2011 - Culture Conference: Attachments Broken and Repaired: Privilege and Culture in Psychotherapy Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Madison, NJ 9:00am - 4:00pm
Ruth Lijtmaer, Phd: Here and There: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Immigration
Nina Thomas, PhD: Witnessing in Psychoanalytic and "Extra Analytic" Contexts: Promise and Peril Following Political Violence
Cheryl Thompson, PhD: African-American Males and Disorders of Attachment
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A New Symbol for CPPNJ
By Michelle Bauer, LCSW
Several months ago the Public Relations Committee began working on the development of CPPNJ's new logo. We hired professional graphic designer Marilyn Rose to come up with a logo design that reflects who we are as an institute. Shawn Sobkowski and Michelle Bauer met with Marilyn to discuss with her the image we wished to convey.
Initially, Marilyn submitted nine designs. We narrowed it down to two designs and then finally chose a logo that conveys CPPNJ's focus on contemporary thought built upon the solid base of past psychoanalytic theories. The logo was presented to the Board at the January meeting and was accepted unanimously! We hope you are as excited with the results as we are! |
 Our CPPNJ Blog
By Eric Sherman, LCSW
From Egypt: A triumph of the human spirit
Friday evening, I watched the news from Egypt and cried.
I sat in my expensive leather chair enraptured by the site of hundreds of thousands of people -- many of them young and poor -- as they erupted in ecstasy.
The reporter from Tahrir Square had to shout above the delirium. At times, he was literally swept up, pulled into the undulating masses around him. Tears rolled down the cheeks of some of the men and women in the crowd. Others shouted with unbridled pleasure. It was all so sudden. So unexpected. Surreal.
A man older than many around him suddenly walked up to the reporter and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you!," shouted the elated older man. "Thank you to everyone! Thank you to the world!"
Click HERE for complete post
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Member Publications and Presentations
Beginning in April we are planning to publish a quarterly column of member publications and presentations. If you have an announcement of either a paper you've recently published or a presentation you've given, let us know - send Cathy Van Voorhees an email at CPPNJ@aol.com and we will be happy to get the word out.
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 Director's Column
By Seth Warren, PhD
While many have decried the diminishing importance of psychoanalysis in the face of changing cultural values, the bureaucratization of psychotherapy, decreased insurance reimbursements for psychotherapists, and so on, it is also important to recognize other, more positive developments in our field. The decline of more clearly delineated schools of psychoanalytic thought during the past twenty years or so has led to increasingly diverse theories and practices among psychoanalysts.
New connections with other disciplines have continued to emerge and open up, and new possibilities have arisen as different and distinct theoretical traditions have encountered one another in dialogues that rarely occurred thirty years ago. In many ways, psychoanalysis as an intellectual tradition is flourishing.
These new, ongoing "conversations" taking place among more traditionally Freudian approaches, object relations theories, interpersonal theories, self psychology and relational psychoanalysis - to name some of the major traditions - have had the effect of opening up psychoanalysis and broadening its scope and appeal.
Click HERE for the rest of the article
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The Standup Analyst
By Eric Sherman, LCSW
Press One for Aggravation, Press Two for Denials
Automated system: Thank you for calling Horizon Blue Dross/Blue Squeal. Your call is important to us, which is why you will be repeatedly put on hold and then disconnected. Let's get started. Please choose from the following options:
If you are a member, press or say "one." If you are a provider, press two or say "good luck getting this resolved in less than an hour."
Caller: Two.
I'm sorry, I didn't get that. Did you say 37?
I said two. Two!
Did you say 22?
Representative.
I'm sorry, I didn't get that. Thank You for Calling Horizon Blue Dross/Blue Squeal. Your call is important...
For God's sake, can I just speak to a human being!
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ID Fest is Coming May 14th
A Comedy Fundraiser
 | | Clockwise from top left: Jamie Rosen, Doug Adler, Mike Keren and Robin Fox |
What, you haven't heard of Id Fest? It is only the most exciting thing to come to CPPNJ since the merger. Id Fest is a fundraiser for the institute. Id Fest is a chance for you to show off the institute to your friends and families. Id Fest is a chance for you to drop your professional demeanor and indulge (some of) your libidinous desires. Id Fest is a night of professional stand-up comedy accompanied by a wine and dessert buffet that could put Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory to shame.
From the minds of the events committee, in conjunction with stand up comedian and psychologist Mike Keren, this evening will feature numerous professional comics, lots of laughs and not a few bon mots! So save the date, May 14, 2011. Mike gave us a preview of his comedy at the Institute Holiday Party, which generated momentous excitement. This event will sell out fast so keep your eyes peeled for details on purchasing your tickets. Start planning now because there is a discount to those who buy a whole table, so tell your friends to save the date as well.
The success of this fundraiser lies with each and every one of us. We are asking that everyone reach out to at least one couple outside of the CPPNJ community to join us. The fee will be $50 per person for wine, dessert and the show. Please look for the flyer in your e-mail and forward it to your family and friends. We are counting on you to make this a success!
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 Brain Research & Recent Studies Supporting Psychodynamic Psythotherapy: A three part series By Harlene Goldschmidt, PhD and Debi Roelke, PhD  This is the first of a series of three articles focusing on scientific studies and brain research that support psychodynamic treatment. This first article serves as a general overview of research relating to psychodynamic psychotherapy. The hope is that as psychodynamic therapists, we will expand our "comfort zone" in talking about science and the brain as it relates to psychodynamic treatment. This will give us more ways to demonstrate the unique benefits of psychodynamic therapy to other health professionals, patients, prospective candidates, policy makers, and the community we wish to serve. The second article will look at relational trauma, how brain functioning is affected and the ways in which psychodynamic therapy provides reparative experiences (Spring edition). The third and final article will look at unconscious processes like dreams, and how we can better understand the inner workings of the brain in terms of memory, desire, and regulating emotions (Summer edition). Click HERE for full article |
 "We Just Don't Communicate!" a Conundrum in Couples Therapy
By Daniel Goldberg, PhD A funny thing happened when I picked up the newspaper the other day. I saw a research report that looked at communication in relationships. The research examined the life of couples and self-disclosure was highly associated with relationship quality. Oh no - the dreaded self-disclosure hypothesis! The research was supporting the very thing that strikes fear into the hearts of most men, i.e., the wish from their partner that they say more about themselves - their deepest longings, their hidden fears, what they dream about, etc. The research said what seems to be so obvious to many long-term relationships. Years pass and routines can dominate. Defenses build to hide the pain behind long-standing wounds and unconscious yearning. If only couples could dissolve their protective patterns that breed boredom, a freshness might enliven the emotional landscape. But one partner appears so "known" to the other. "What is left to self-disclose," one might wonder.
Click HERE for the rest of the article.
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Our Events: Annual Holiday Party
The holiday party held on January 22nd was a rousing success! It was wonderful to see everyone mingling together in a relaxed social setting, giving everyone the opportunity to catch up with one another.
Stan Moldawsky's finger-and-toe- tapping jazz piano made the audience hum, and Nancy Mc Williams' good humored, mental-health-themed songs were delightful. And, thanks to Nancy, we now have a CPPNJ jingle! We also had a surprise from another talented member, Andy Roth, whose former career as a musician inspired an excellent performance. Stan's piano playing was so inspiring that some of our members got up to dance. Finally, comic Michael Keren gave us a sample of his standup comedy work, demonstrating what we have to look forward to in May, when he and three other comics will provide us with an evening of comedy as an institute fund-raiser. A good time was had by all!
On May 14, we can look forward to our next event, Comedy Night, with Robin Fox, the winner of the Gilda's Club comedy prize this year. She is also known as the "mother of all comedians" and "the Real Housewife of New Jersey." Mark your calendars now for this hilarious event!
 | | From left to right: Harlene Goldschmidt, Mike Keren, Tom Johnson, Michelle Bauer, Debbie Liner, Mark Goldenthal and Carol Marcus |
 | | From left to right: Gary Len, Nell Jackson, Karen Glick, Janet Hoffer, Barbara Davis, Bob Morrow, Elaine Hopkins, Aaron Doynow and Charles Most |
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 | | Stan Moldawsky and Nancy McWilliams |
 | | Left to right: Debbie Frank, Janice Peters & Susan Stein |
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 Legislative Alert
By Joshua Lerner, LCSW
Legislation was passed on 1/16/11 PL 2009, C.209, which amended the Health Care Quality Act (HCQA) (N.J.S.A. 26:2S-1). This legislation is listed as P.L. 2009, c. 209 "Assignment of Health Benefits Under Managed Care Plans" in the bulletin of the Department of Banking and Insurance. It sets out regulations which require insurance companies to directly pay "providers" when the patient has indicated their wish to assign benefits. The regulation would either require the direct payment to us or the check being made out in both patient and provider's names.
This bill was passed in part due to the lawsuit by NJPA. If the insurance companies follow the regulations this will be a real gain for all therapists who are out of network. No longer will we have to be dependent on the patient to "bring the check in" but will receive it directly from the insurance company. We already have to deal with the psychological effect of the patient not paying themselves most of the money anyway. This will only mean that the monies will come directly to us. We will still need to be aware of how this affects the transference and the valuing of the treatment. You can click on the following attachment or paste it to your address section to read the details of the letter from Commissioner Considine. http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/bulletins/blt10_36.pdf.
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Thank you for joining us. Look for our next newsletter in April when the featured article will be "What Do Culture and Race Have to Do With Psychoanalysis?" by Ruth Lijtmaer, PhD.
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