Sharon Weller

Scientific Meeting: Benefit Flows Through the Relationship: Evidence from Recorded Psychoanalyses


  •  February 11, 2025
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

***This meeting is virtual and will be held on ZOOM.***

NYPSI’s 1077th Scientific Meeting:

“Benefit Flows Through the Relationship: Evidence from Recorded Psychoanalyses”

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

8:00 – 10:00 PM (EST)

Presenter: Sherwood Waldron, M.D.

Discussant: Otto Kernberg, M.D.

Dr. Sherwood Waldron will be presenting his study that shows that benefit in 27 psychoanalyses is strongly mediated through a favorable effect on the quality of the relationship in the following session. In other words, higher relationship quality in one session is followed strongly in the next session by favorable developments in the patient’s psychoanalytic functioning. These findings support the value of psychoanalytic work. They also support the relational turn in psychoanalysis which has occurred over the past 30 years. A past psychoanalytic educational emphasis on limiting the analyst’s contribution (maintaining anonymity, neutrality, avoiding revealing one’s own point of view and avoiding suggestions and advice) may sometimes or often be counterproductive because of the potential for negative impact on the relationship. Slides will demonstrate these findings and Dr. Waldron will provide illustrations taken from recorded sessions. Dr. Waldron has collected recordings of psychoanalyses from several different psychoanalysts over more than forty years. At the end of the session, practitioners will have a tangible basis for altering their approach beneficially to their patients. 

2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits will be offered. See details below.

General Admission: $50

Student Admission: $35

Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students and HFI Candidates

REGISTRATION LINK – Registration opens December 15

Please note registration closes at 5 PM on Monday, February 10.

THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

1. BUY YOUR TICKET.
2. LOOK FOR CONFIRMATION EMAIL containing a link to Pre-Register in ZOOM for the event.
3. CLICK ON PRE-REGISTRATION ZOOM LINK and enter your name and email address. If you do not complete this step, you will NOT receive link to meeting.
4. LOOK FOR EMAIL FROM ZOOM containing the JOIN LINK to the meeting. Click the JOIN LINK to “enter” the meeting.
5. Evaluation Survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.

Please make sure you type your email correctly when you register!  Contact admdir@nypsi.org with questions.

OPTIONAL READINGS
  1. Falkenström, F., Ekeblad, A., & Holmqvist, R. (2016). Improvement of the working alliance in one treatment session predicts improvement of depressive symptoms by the next session. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 84(8): 738–751. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000119
  2. Flückiger, C., Del Re, A. C., Wlodasch, D., Horvath, A. O., Solomonov, N., & Wampold, B. E. (2020). Assessing the alliance-outcome association adjusted for patient characteristics and treatment processes: A meta-analytic summary of direct comparisons. Journal of counseling psychology, 67(6): 706–711. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000424
  3. Jaffe, L. (2021). Freud and therapeutic action reconsidered:  Current applications. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 69: 573-593.
BIOGRAPHIES
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Sherwood “Woody” Waldron has been a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York since 1966 with a strong commitment to research and teaching.
As President of the Psychoanalytic Research Consortium (http://www.psychoanalyticresearch.org), founded in 1989 with the support of Robert Wallerstein and others, Dr. Waldron has collected the world’s largest collection of recorded psychoanalyses.  This collection, which he oversees, has been used as the basis for numerous published studies.  Recent grants support the use of artificial intelligence to enhance research efforts.  Dr. Waldron’s research has focused on the efficacy of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, including today’s topic “Benefit Flows through the Relationship: Evidence from Recorded Analyses.”  A list of his publications can be found on the PRC website.
Dr. Waldron has taught at Einstein, NY Hospital Westchester Division, Mount Sinai and the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.  His teaching relies extensively on examination of recorded sessions and this pioneering approach has resulted in his receiving the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award from APsaA and the Charles Brenner Teaching Award from NYPSI.
Dr. Waldron studied psychology as an undergraduate at Harvard.  After completing his M.D. at Yale, he trained in psychiatry and child psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he conducted an NIMH-sponsored follow-up of childhood neurosis.
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Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., F.A.P.A. is Professor Emeritus at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Past Director of the Personality Disorders Institute at The  New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division. He is a Past President of the International Psychoanalytic Association and a Training and Supervising Analyst of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.  Dr. Kernberg is the author of 13 books and co-author of 12 others, including: Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism; Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies; Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques and their Applications; The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression; Psychoanalytic Education at the Crossroads; and, most recently, Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe the difference between conversational responses to their patients that are likely to facilitate treatment, versus those that are not.

  2. Demonstrate the ability to explain the basis for their conversational responses to their patients in conversation.

Psychologists

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY – 0073.

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Social Workers

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW – 0317.

Physicians
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of [2] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

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Sharon Weller

Institute Closed for President’s Day


  •  February 17, 2025
     12:15 am - 11:30 pm
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Sharon Weller

Fred Pine Award Lecture: Self-Loathing: Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment


  •  January 14, 2025
     8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

***This meeting is virtual and will be held on ZOOM.***

A Special Lecture hosted by NYPSI and Co-Sponsored by the American Psychoanalytic Association and the NYU Postdoctoral Program

Fred Pine Award Lecture:

“Self-Loathing: Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment”

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

8:00 – 9:30 PM (EST)

Presenter and Awardee: Salman Akhtar, M.D.

(2024 recipient of the Fred Pine, Ph.D. Award for a Paper Contributing to Psychoanalytic Theory, Technique, or Development)

This presentation by Salman Akhtar, M.D. shall delineate the sources of self-loathing and the various dynamic factors involved in it. When self-loathing manifests itself in patients, clinicians often find themselves ill-equipped to treat this issue. In this presentation, Dr. Akhtar aims to address the lack of deeper understanding of why patients hate themselves. The understanding of the sources of self-loathing will help enhance the clinician’s empathy and attunement to this affliction. Additionally, Dr. Akhtar will highlight various therapeutic strategies for the amelioration of this malady.

1.5 Contact Hours. 1.5 CME/CE credits will be offered. See details below.

General Admission: $50

Student Admission: $35

Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students, NYU Postdoc members

and HFI candidates

REGISTRATION LINK

Please note registration closes at 5 PM on Monday, January 13th.

THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ INSTRUCTIONS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION:

1. Buy your ticket at REGISTRATION LINK above.
2. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to Pre-Register in ZOOM for the event.
3. Click on the pre-registration ZOOM link and enter your name and email address. If you do not complete this step, you will NOT receive link to meeting.
4. After completing ZOOM pre-registration, you will automatically receive an email directly from ZOOM containing the JOIN LINK to the meeting. Click the JOIN LINK to “enter” the meeting.
5. Evaluation Survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.

Please make sure you type your email correctly when you register!  Contact admdir@nypsi.org with questions.

OPTIONAL READINGS
  1. Austin, S. (2016). Working with Chronic and Relentless Self-Hatred. Journal of Analytical Psychology 61:411-433.
  2. Tanner, E. (2024). Girls, Instagram, and Glamorization of Self-Loathing. Dissenting Voices 4:110-118.
  3. Hah, J. M., Mackey, S., Barelka, P. L., Wang, C. K., Wang, B. M., Gillespie, M. J., McCue, R., Younger, J. W., Trafton, J., Humphreys, K., Goodman, S. B., Dirbas, F. M., Schmidt, P. C., & Carroll, I. R. (2014). Self-loathing aspects of depression reduce postoperative opioid cessation rate. Pain medicine 15(6): 954–964.
BIOGRAPHIES

Salman Akhtar, M.D. is an internationally-known psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, writer, and poet based in the United States. He has published 114 authored or edited books and given lectures and workshops in over 40 countries. Dr. Akhtar has served on the editorial boards of the three most important journals in our field, namely Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, and Psychoanalytic Quarterly. His books have been translated into many languages and he has received numerous professional honors, including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychoanalysis. Recently a 10-volume set of his Selected Papers was released at a festive ceremony at the Freud House & Museum in London. Dr. Akhtar has published 18 collections of poetry and serves as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Inter-Act Theater Company in Philadelphia.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Enumerate the various origins of self-loathing
  2. Use the understanding of the origins of self-loathing to treat self-hating patients more effectively

Psychologists

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY – 0073.

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Social Workers

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW – 0317.

Physicians
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of [1.5] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

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Sharon Weller

Closed Meeting: Advanced Child Seminar: Words and Action in Child Analysis


  •  January 30, 2025
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Please note this meeting is closed to the public. Child candidates at NYPSI, Columbia and PANY are expected to attend.

***This meeting is virtual and will be held on ZOOM.***

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

“Words and Action in Child Analysis”

Thursday, January 30, 2025

8:00 – 10:00 PM (EST)

Presenter:  Sydney Anderson, Ph.D.

Discussant: Lee Ascherman, M.D.

Dr. Anderson will present an educational clinical case of a child analysis that progressed over different developmental stages. Discussion by Dr. Anderson and Dr. Ascherman will include topics on transference, countertransference, and how analysis progresses at different ages/stages as this was a long case.

2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits will be offered. See details below.

Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students

Free Admission for Child Analytic Faculty/Candidates of PANY and Columbia

REGISTRATION LINK – opens December 1

Please note registration closes at 5 PM on Wed, January 29

THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ INSTRUCTIONS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION:

1. Buy your ticket at REGISTRATION LINK above.
2. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to Pre-Register in ZOOM for the event.
3. Click on the pre-registration ZOOM link and enter your name and email address. If you do not complete this step, you will NOT receive link to meeting.
4. After completing ZOOM pre-registration, you will automatically receive an email directly from ZOOM containing the JOIN LINK to the meeting. Click the JOIN LINK to “enter” the meeting.
5. Evaluation Survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.

Please make sure you type your email correctly when you register!  Contact admdir@nypsi.org with questions.

OPTIONAL READINGS
  1. Nicoli, L. & Bolognini, S. (2022). From What to How: A Conversation with Stefano Bolognini on Emotional Attunement. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 91:443-477.
  2. Miller, J. (2023). Some Thoughts on Interpretation in Child Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 76:5-16.
  3. Shapira-Berman, O. (2022). When Should We Not Interpret? The Analyst’s Transformative Act as a Vital Contribution to the Patient’s Sense of Being Real and Alive. Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 19:309-326.
BIOGRAPHIES
Sydney Anderson, Ph.D. is a child and adult psychologist and psychoanalyst who is on the faculty of the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute.
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Lee Ascherman, M.D.  is a child and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who is on the faculty at University of Alabama Dept of Child Psychiatry and faculty at New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Institute.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. state the working definition of transference and counter-transference as used in clinical work with children
  2. name and describe the stages of child development as seen in an analytic setting

Psychologists

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY – 0073.

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Social Workers

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW – 0317.

Physicians
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of [2] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

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Sharon Weller

Institute Closed for MLK Day


  •  January 20, 2025
     12:15 am - 11:30 pm
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