March 2014

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DIRECTORS' COLUMN
By Seth Warren, PhD
 

I would like to use this month's column to invite discussion and dialogue by our membership on a proposed new CPPNJ Division of Continuing Education. I want to be very clear that this proposed addition to our educational services is in the early stages of its development, which leaves plenty of room for feedback and ideas from members. But I am excited about the possibility of creating new ways to disseminate psychoanalytic ideas and practice, alongside our current 3-tiered psychoanalytic training programs, our one-year Introduction to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, our three-year certificate program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and the additional three years of advanced training leading to certification in Psychoanalysis. Our Couples Therapy Training division may also find itself experimenting with new models of training and continuing education, and will likely contribute to the offerings of a Continuing Education Division.

 

The challenge that our Board of Directors has been playing with is to find new ways to reach audiences that we believe are out there, interested clinicians who want to learn more about psychoanalytic ideas and work, but who are not able to commit, for a variety of reasons, to a full, structured training program modeled after the structure of academic institutions. For example, our major conferences have been very well-attended during the past 4 years, often by some of the same individuals, who are happy to spend a full day learning about some presented aspect of psychoanalytic thought or treatment, once or twice a year. Other individuals have expressed interest in taking classes, but are either not eligible for admission to our programs, or are not able to make the commitment of time and money to apply and take semester-long classes in a relatively set sequence. 

 

It seemed to us that we have a valuable resource in our large and diverse faculty, a resource that is unfortunately under-utilized given sethw the ratio of faculty to candidates in our training programs.  A new division would offer new teaching opportunities for our faculty, and also would offer new ways of offering training, such as mini-courses, workshops, weekend programs, etc. In addition, many of our own members, already certified analysts or psychoanalytic psychotherapists or couples therapists, may wish to continue their own education and personal growth in an engaging and stimulating context that does not require the time commitment of full-semester classes.

 

There is an additional factor, in my opinion. We live in a very different world from the world in which our institute was conceived and created. The culture in which we function has redefined how we connect with each other, how we schedule our lives, and how we set priorities. I am not particularly enthusiastic about many of these changes, which contribute to a rather frenetic and even manic culture of work and consumption. It is not easy to resist the intrusions of email and our own ambivalent relationship to technology, which offers such power and access, and at the same time, has the potential to enslave us. But whatever one thinks about such changes, they are certainly here to stay. It seems essential to the future success of CPPNJ to consider such changes, and they ways our colleagues wish to learn and develop their professional skills.

 

I have learned from experience that even the most innocuous-seeming ideas can be controversial in ways that I might not anticipate. In this case, I can anticipate that some of our members may be concerned about maintaining the integrity of our training programs, and about the possibility of watering down or diminishing our training standards. So, I am able to reassure those members that the proposed new division will not in any way diminish or alter our current programs, how our classes are taught, and the standards to which we will hold our candidates.

 

When I was 19, I worked one summer on Martha's Vineyard making pizza at Giordano's Restaurant in Oak Bluffs. All summer long I had to listen to my boss Richie Giordano proclaiming, "good food takes time to prepare!" any time there was a complaint about how long it was taking. But he was absolutely right. Similarly, good psychodynamic psychotherapists take time to prepare! We remain committed to providing a full and solid grounding in the fundamental principles of psychoanalytic work - including years of supervised practice, personal therapy, and coursework spanning a full range on content and theoretical approaches. There is no plan to alter our existing programs or diminish any of our current requirements for present and future candidates. In fact, we hope that a Division of Continuing Education will engage new potential candidates, those who, after taking some classes or workshops, decide that they would like to pursue full psychoanalytic training after getting to know some of our faculty members and getting a taste of what we have to offer.

 

Clearly there is a good deal of room to provide training experiences in addition to our standard programs in psychotherapy and couples treatment.  We believe that there is a market for such training services. Our newly developed Supervision Training Program is a good example, offering our own faculty, as well as candidates and non-CPPNJ members, the opportunity to learn and develop skills and experience in an important area of clinical work. The popularity of this program with our own faculty underscores the interest and need that is there for ongoing training experiences and professional development.

 

I would encourage members to share their own thoughts and suggestions about moving forward with this project. As always, it will not move forward by itself, but only with the energy and time and support of interested members! I will keep our community posted as this new initiative takes shape.

 

April 6, 2014 Workshop
9:00am-12:30pm


Integrating EMDR into
Psychodynamic Treatment


A workshop for those new to EMDR Therapy as well as experienced practitioners.

Presented by Gina Colelli, LCSW

Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Madison, NJ
9:00am-12:30pm
3 CEUs will be offered to social workers and nurses

 

Gina Colelli, LCSW, has been a psychodynamically trained therapist for 30 years and an EMDR trained therapist for 20. She has presented at numerous conferences on EMDR and conducts a weekend workshop on "Integrating EMDR into a Long Term Psychodynamic Therapy", and the "EMDR Refresher and Advanced Technique Workshop". She has been the coordinator of the NYC Trauma Recovery Network since 9/11 and the Clinical Consultant on EMDR and Hurricane Katrina. She has a private practice in Manhattan where she is assisted by her therapy dog, Pilot. She spends her days off hiking, motorcycling and Salsa dancing. 

 

This presentation will provide a basic understanding of how EMDR works and how the Psychodynamic model and EMDR can be interwoven in a partnership of psychic healing. Both methodologies are powerful therapies and can be joined together for successful resolution of trauma and intrapsychic pain.  

 

While providing an introduction to those new to EMDR therapy, this workshop will also discuss using EMDR with ongoing complex treatment cases and with the variety of challenging clinical issues that arise.

 

Come learn about EMDR and how Psychodynamic theory informs EMDR methodology. Each methodology serves the intrapsychic healing needed in resolving trauma and long standing impediments to a full and useful life. Psychodynamic theory/ practice processes the touchstone events that lay the foundation for the responses in present day life. EMDR reprocesses these experiences so they no longer have a negative charge and allows the individual to have a new perspective and approach to the same experiences but from a resolved stand point.

 

Couples Faculty to Present at the
New Jersey Psychological Association
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Applying a Systemic-Psychodynamic Approach to Couples Therapy:

Three Perspectives From the New Jersey Couples Therapy Training Program

 

Daniel Goldberg, PhD, Director

Rose Oosting, PhD, Associate Director

Thomas Johnson, EdD, Director of Training

 

Effective couples therapy requires the integration of multiple approaches.  Each couple presents a unique template of intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamics, and couples therapists need theoretical flexibility to stay focused on the emotional complexities that unfold.  When conflict intensifies within the couple, it often signifies that the needs of the self are at odds with the needs of the relationship as a whole. 

These three papers emerge from our collaborative work at the New Jersey Couples Therapy Training Program.  They each explore critical dimensions of working with the unfolding of the relationship during the most difficult moments in couples therapy.

 

Rose Oosting, PhD: Repetition and Repair in Couples Therapy: Utilizing Object Relations and Attachment Concepts

 

Thomas Johnson, EdD: Multiple Meanings of Aggression in Couples Therapy          

 

Daniel Goldberg, PhD: Losing and Regaining One's Self with a Couple: Contemporary Perspectives on Countertransference

April 6, 2014 CPPNJ Open House
1:00pm-3:00pm

Build Your Practice and Your Career at CPPNJ

Open house for all interested individuals! Come and meet with faculty, candidates and graduates from all of our training programs in a relaxed setting. There will be a presentation that illustrates our approach to training.

Bring your questions and find out more about all of our training programs.

When: Sunday, April 6, 2014, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where
: Hartman Lounge, The Mansion, FDU Florham Park, Madison, NJ
Free to all.
Lunch will be provided.
Upcoming Events

April 11, 2014 - CPPNJ Bergen/Passaic Breakfast - Presentation by Lisa Lyon, PhD - Integrative Psychotherapy - Coach House Diner, Hackensack, NJ - RSVP to Judy Kaufman at [email protected] - 9:00am-10:30am  

 
May 3, 2014 - IDfest - An Evening of Comedy, Wine and Dessert - Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, FDU Florham Park - 7:30pm

May 18, 2014 - CPPNJ Bergen/Passaic Lunch - Presentation by Monica Carsky, PhD and Mirel Goldstein, MS, MA, LPC - Handling the Patient's Negative Transference and Criticism of the Therapist - Home of Chana Kahn - RSVP to Chana Kahn [email protected] - 11:00am-1:00pm 

 

June 7, 2014 - CPPNJ Graduation & End of Year Celebration - Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ - 6:00pm-10:00pm

  

September 21, 2014 - CPPNJ Welcome Back Brunch - Maplewood Community Center, Maplewood - 9:30am

 

October 19, 2014 - Sue Grand, PhD presents When Our Histories Collide: Exploring Trans-generational Memories in the Therapeutic Dyad - The Rutherford Room, Student Union Building, FDU Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck - 9:00am-1:00pm

 

November 8, 2014 - Richard Schwartz, PhD, Founding Developer, Center for Self Leadership presents Accessing Disowned Parts of the Self: Internal Family Systems Approach to Couples Therapy - Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, FDU Florham Park - 8:30am-4:00pm

 

March 15, 2015 - CPPNJ Faculty Supervision Workshop with Irwin Badin - Hartman Lounge,The Mansion,  FDU Florham Park - 10:00am-1:00pm

 

April 19, 2015 - Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD presents Mindfulness: Tailoring the Practice to the Person - Lenfell Hall, The Mansion, FDU Florham Park - 8:30am-4:00pm  

 

All public programs are co-sponsored with the New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Workers 

 

The New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Workers (NJSCSW) provides leadership and support to clinical social workers in all practice settings. NJSCSW has given voice to clinical social workers dealing with the health care industry. The organization provides outstanding education programs and opportunities for collegial contact. www.njscsw.org 

 

Member Presentations and Publications
 
Ruth Lijtmaer, PhD
Presentation April 2014:
"The secret box" in the panel "When Secrets Continue to Haunt". at Div. 39, 4- 23-14 to 4-27 14, NYC.    

 

Nina Thomas, PhD, ABPP 

New Chapter in a Book Just Published:  

"Ti sento sotto la pelle". La vendetta come regolazione affettiva. ("I;ve got you under my skin": Revenge as an attempt at affect regulation.) In V. Caretti, G. Craparo, A. Schimmenti (a cura di)  Memorie traumatiche e mentalizzazione. Teoria ricerca, clinica. Astrolabio, Roma 2013.    

 

Please note: If you have an announcement of either a paper you've recently published or a presentation you've given, let us know. Unsolicited articles are welcome. Something you would like to write? Send Cathy Van Voorhees an email at [email protected] and we will be happy to get the word out.    

 

This article is being published with permission because it originally appeared in The Psychoanalytic Activist, the newsletter of Section IX of Division 39, the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. 

 

Work Fit for a Psychoanalyst ...Assessing Applicants for Political Asylum

By Barry Cohen, PhD
 

Barry Cohen Utilizing the clinical skills we develop as psychoanalysts for pro bono activities in alternative settings can be an extremely challenging and rewarding professional experience.  Several years ago, I read a notice on my analytic institute's listserv stating that the Human Rights Clinic of an organization called Doctors of the World (since re-named 'Healthright International') was seeking mental health professionals for the task of assessing people seeking political asylum in the United States. The individuals were identified as survivors of persecution and other human rights violations in their countries of origin.  Mental health professionals were being recruited to conduct psychological evaluations in order to document the impact of the persecution and to prepare affidavits which could be presented as expert testimony for the immigration process. 

 

The notice arrived at a time when I was eager to add meaningful pro bono activity to my life.  Years earlier I had made the transition from institution-based clinical work to a rewarding private practice.  I had completed my analytic training and continued meaningful involvement at my institute.  I had developed a full and fulfilling professional life planning and attending conferences, engaging in peer supervision groups, seeking opportunities for continuing my education and developing my clinical skills. 

 

But for a number of years I had also been preoccupied with the task of generating income.  I had reached the stage in my life where my needs (and desires), as well as those of  my family, were growing, and I felt justified and entitled to increase my income, based on my (countless, if not endless) years of training, and a sense that I had developed a fair amount of skill in my profession. 

           

Yet there was something uncomfortable and unsettling about the efforts to maximize my income.   Although I maintained a sliding scale for my practice and charged patients a wide range of fees according to their ability to pay, I noticed that I would register a slightly different feeling (happier? more excited? more motivated?) when someone would refer me a full fee patient. Also, I observed an upward 'creep' to the minimum fee that I would accept, and felt some shame at the thought that I might ultimately provide services to a population representing only a narrow band of the socioeconomic spectrum (maybe not solely the 'one percent' but certainly not one hundred percent either).

 

A few years earlier, in response to these same qualms, I had searched for an international volunteer experience that would allow me to use my professional skills, and had considered Doctors Without Borders.  However their requirement of a six month commitment was beyond the limits of what I could undertake.  I settled on the 'layperson's' experience of a Habitat for Humanity home building experience in Guatemala, hoping that the mission would take me far outside of my comfort zone, satisfy my desire to provide services to an impoverished population, and to connect with a culture which bore little in common with that of the upper west side of Manhattan.  I found the mundane physical labor surprisingly fulfilling, although the experience was significantly enhanced by the opportunity to get to know and work alongside of the family whose home was being built.  But at the same time, I felt a certain degree of envy for two of my Habitat 'teammates,' a physician and a nurse, who were able to use their medical skills to provide additional and valuable services to the families.

  

 

Innovative Supervisory Training Program to begin in September 2014
By Eric Sherman, LCSW
  

ericsherman The Supervision Training Program is an innovative one-year practicum which provides experienced supervisors and those interested in psychotherapy supervision with a background in the theory and practice of supervision from a psychodynamic perspective.

 

Whether provided in an Institute setting, an agency, an academic setting, or in private practice, good supervision is essential to the growth of the supervisor and supervisee, the functioning of the setting, and the betterment of the profession. The Supervision Training Program addresses that need with dynamic, practical coursework relevant to mental health professionals.

 

Our program offers a unique format. Classes meet one Sunday a month for three hours, with class time divided between theoretical concepts and clinical applications. Each participant will be given an opportunity to present their work. Topics include: the supervisory relationship; different models of supervision; anxiety and esteem in supervision; parallel process; transference, countertransference, resistance; professional, ethical and legal issues; gender, race and culture in supervision; and evaluations and termination.

 

Our program currently counts toward the 20-hour coursework requirement that the State Board of Social Work Examiners mandates for LCSW's to supervise LMSW's. (Board approval pending for 2014-2015.)

 

Classes meet on a monthly basis on Sundays from 10 AM-1 PM at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. Classes will be held on September 14, October 12, November 16, December 14, January 11, February 8, March 8, April 12 and May 17.

  

Candidates must be licensed in a mental health discipline. Preference will be given to applicants who are currently supervising other professionals. The selection process for each applicant will begin as soon as the application is received. Class size is limited to give each candidate an opportunity to present their work, so early application is strongly advised. The deadline for submission of applications is August 1, 2014.

  

Tuition for the academic year is $400. A $50 application fee is nonrefundable.

 

For further information, contact Susan Masluk, LCSW, at [email protected] or 732- 747-1331.


INTRODUCING OUR NEW CPPNJ FACULTY MEMBER 

Jeffrey Longhofer, PhD, LCSW   
 

Jeffrey Longhofer, Ph.D., LCSW, is an associate professor of social work at Rutgers University, Curriculum Coordinator for the Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW) and Director of the Tyler Clementi Center.  He holds graduate degrees in anthropology and social work.   He did  postgraduate training in child development and psychoanalysis and adult psychoanalysis at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center and the Hanna Perkins Center.   He is a clinical social worker, applied anthropologist, and  psychoanalyst, whose research focuses on mental health practice, mental health case management, psychiatric medication, and the roles that stigma and shame play in the social and psychological dynamics of practitioner/client interactions.

 

His career has been shaped by a concern for developing and disseminating experience-near analyses of human experience with the creative use of research methods from the allied disciplines of anthropology, social work, and psychoanalysis.  He has three recent books:  Columbia University Press (2010): On Having and Being a Case Manager: A Relational Method for Recovery; Oxford University Press (2013), Qualitative Methods for Practice,"; Palgrave MacMillan (2014, forthcoming), A to Z for Psychodynamic Practice.  He has served as the associate editor for the Society for Applied Anthropology journal, Human Organization,   the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and as editor of the American Anthropological Association journal, Culture and Agriculture.

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INTRODUCING OUR NEW CPPNJ CANDIDATES

John Charles, EdS, MS     
   

I grew up in the Irish countryside, among the lakes and hills of County Cavan, a place close to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.  Like many young Irish guys I went  to an all-boys boarding school  when I was 12 years old and I've beenon the road since then.  At 17 I entered a seminary to study for the priesthood and from there emigrated to the United States over thirty years ago. My intention was to spend life in the ministry in the USA but after a number of years other voices called and I moved on to explore new areas of life.  I am now married with two grown step-daughters and have a private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, seeing couples and adult individuals in Spring Lake, NJ.  I am also an adjunct at Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County where I teach Abnormal Psychology and Introductory Psychology.

 

My undergraduate studies were in theology and philosophy, so it was a natural progression for me to pursue studies in the field of psychology and counseling.  I earned a Masters in Counseling at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, and after that an EdS degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Seton Hall University.   While at Seton Hall a friend and colleague who had been with me in Iona introduced me to a psychoanalyst and soon I was hooked on the world of psychoanalysis and psychodynamically informed psychotherapy. For me analysis touched on aspects of my life in a way that felt alive and spoke to parts of me that never before had a voice or words to speak.   I began to attend courses at NPAP in New York and spent several fruitful years there studying and attending courses with some wonderful people. During those years I had the good fortune to connect with an alumnus and member of NPAP, Nancy McWilliams, who has been a wonderful inspiration and supervisor. The logistics of time, geographical distance, and keeping a private practice in Spring Lake NJ have made completion of my studies at NPAP extremely difficult and caused me to seek an institute closer to home.  That search last year led me to CPPNJ, where I've had the good fortune to find a new home, and to feel welcomed by many people. 

 

Outside of time with family, I enjoy concerts, playing and listening to music (though my guitar playing needs some serious rehabilitation), travel, and good friendships.

 


Martha Temple, MBA, PsyD    
 

I'm a psychologist in full time private practice in Summit and Highland Park - I graduated with a PsyD from GSAPP in '04.  I work with individuals and couples from college age through elder years, and am just beginning the CPPNJ Couples Track and the Child-Adolescent Study Group.  

 

My previous "lives" were in academics (Humanities and Social Thought at U of Chicago) and business (MBA from Kellogg in industrial relations).  A thread in my careers since the '80s has been collaborative work - first in organizations, and now as a member of collaborative divorce teams and (occasionally) divorce mediator. The problem-solving, "coaching" approach of mediation and collaborative divorce is a very different style of working from my psychoanalytic/psychodynamic focus with individuals and couples in therapy.

 

I'm thrilled with my first CPPNJ coursework, where the readings and discussion are consolidating and deepening my understanding and ability to respond to my patients from a dynamic, relational perspective.  I have also been just delighted with the personal, warm welcome I have felt from everyone I've encountered here.  

 

Faculty Forum: Qi Gong Therapy as an Enhancement to Psychodynamic Therapy
Presented by Harlene Goldschmidt, PhD on February 2, 2014

By Marion Houghton, EdS, LMFT 
 
As a psychoanalyst and Qi Gong practitioner, Harlene Goldschmidt embodied what she came to present to us, her audience, composed of therapists from both persuasions.   From the perspective of a psychoanalyst, Harlene invited us to have an experience of Qi (vital energy) as another approach to self-awareness that complements psychoanalytic inquiry.  She used quotes from  Freud (1923) and Antonio Damasio (2010) to emphasize that the body has its own consciousness.  Both Qi Gong and psychoanalysis are concerned with our subjective experience-one speaking the language of the body and the other privileging language.

 

Harlene described Qi Gong as a "healing method... a method of self care."  Relating Qi Gong to contemporary neuroscience ideas, she connected "yin" to the parasympathetic system and "yang" to the sympathetic system, and spoke of the goal of balancing  the engagement of both for health.  She mentioned Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory as an intellectual bridge leading us to a bi-directional brain-body model for emotional regulation that challenges dualistic thinking.

 

Here is a fascinating quote that speaks to the essence of Harlene's presentation:  "Both Qi Gong & psychodynamic therapists use internal awareness to help the patient become more vital and authentic.   Psychotherapy and Qi Gong rely on the interactions between therapist and patient to influence and model ways to increase self-awareness, improve self-regulation & emotional

balance." Interested readers are referred to Leon Hammer, MD's book:  Dragon Rises, Red Bird Flies for more background on medical qi gong.

 

 

The Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey Presents

IDfest 2014:

An Evening of Comedy, Wine & Dessert 

 

Mike Keren
 
Hosted by Mike Keren

a psychologist turned comedian who has appeared on stages from New England to the Carolinas. He produces comedy shows throughout New Jersey including Asbury Park's comedy series"Mikey and Friends Comedy" and The Bear Show. He's IDfest 's veteran host whose humor seamlessly greases the evening's wheels with laughter. 

Charles Mc Bee
 
 
with Charles McBee 
a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who performs comedy in New York City clubs 
and colleges. He made his comedic television debut on Gotham City Live. He directs
and stars in his own web series called A Chucked up Life. He is also a contributing writer
and cast member on The Late Night New York Variety and Talk Show.

Vince August

 

 
and Headliner Vince August 
a stand-up comedian and actor who performs on network television, and in New York City area comedy clubs (such as Caroline's on Broadway and Banana's in New Jersey). A former NJ Municipal Judge, he can be seen on ABC's Hidden Camera "What would you do?". He was featured in the film "Heckler" which premiered in the prestigious Tribeca Film and Arts Festival in New York City. His standup comedy concert "Vinsanity" earned a "Best Comedy" award at the New York International Film Festival.

IDfest 2014
Date/Time: Saturday May 3rd
7:30pm wine and dessert,
8:30 pm comedy show

Location: Lenfell Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ.
(Check website below for directions)

Cost: $65 per person. $400 per table of 8. $500 per table of 10.
50% off for CPPNJ Candidates. Friend/family tables eligible for prize!

Register at www.cppnj.org or send check (payable to
CPPNJ) to CPPNJ, 235 Main Street #184, Madison, NJ 07940


It's almost too much fun to be a fund raiser!

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