Sharon Weller

NYPSI Virtual Open House


  • November 30, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

NYPSI Virtual Open House

Thursday, November 30, 2023

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (EST)

Join us for a question and answer session with chairs of NYPSI’s various educational divisions, as well as members of the Recruitment Committee. Those in attendance will include members of the Candidates’ Association, The Committee on Racial Consciousness and the Diversities, as well as chairs of the Fellowship Program, PREP Program, Licensure-Qualifying Program, and the Scholars Program.

We will discuss our Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program and the Child Psychoanalytic Training Program. Additionally, we will inform attendees about the many other training opportunities at NYPSI, designed for students and practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health professionals, psychiatric nurse practitioners, as well as professionals from other disciplines intending to further their psychoanalytic knowledge. We will also focus on the challenges of balancing life and analytic training, the ins and outs of classes and supervision at NYPSI, our Treatment Center, current publications and research of members, community outreach by NYPSI members, and the NYPSI culture.

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Please RSVP to Hilli Dagony-Clark at hilli@dagony-clark.com by Wednesday, November 29th.
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Institute Closed for Thanksgiving


  • November 23, 2023 - November 24, 2023
    12:05 am - 11:55 pm
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Scientific Meeting: Leon Balter: A Consequential Analyst


  • November 14, 2023
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
This meeting is virtual. Please read instructions for successful registration:
  1. Buy your ticket at nypsi.org. PLEASE NOTE: Ticket Registration is NOT the same as ZOOM registration.
  2. At least one day prior: Complete ZOOM registration for meeting which you will receive by email from Sharon Weller. This step involves entering your name and email address. If you do not complete this, you will NOT receive link to meeting. PLEASE CHECK ALL EMAIL FOLDERS IN CASE IT GOES INTO SPAM OR OTHER FOLDER. YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH NYPSI WEBSITE REGISTRATION AND ZOOM REGISTRATION.
  3. Click on auto-generated email from Adrian Thomas (host) which contains ZOOM link  to “enter” the meeting.
  4. Evaluation survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.

The 1069th Scientific Program Meeting:

“Leon Balter: A Consequential Analyst”

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

8:00 – 10:00 pm (EST)

(Note: Registration closes 11/14 at 4 PM.)

Panelists: Philip Herschenfeld, M.D., Jess Olson, Ph.D. and Eric Weitzner, M.D.

This panel will focus on the writings of a widely known and deeply influential member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Leon Balter, M.D., who was firmly rooted in traditional psychoanalytic thinking. The late Dr. Balter valued Brenner and conflict theory and Anna Freud and her ideas about the ego and the mechanisms of defense. These ideas are very powerful in understanding an array of human experiences from the cultural to the individual and group dynamics. Why we should value these ideas and not rush to embrace newer schools of thought will be addressed by the panelists. As an extensively published and deeply influential Training Analyst and Supervisor, Dr. Balter left a legacy essential to grasping the state of modern psychoanalysis and it is this that will be explored.

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

BIOGRAPHIES

Philip Herschenfeld, M.D. is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult psychoanalyst.  He is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he also did a residency in psychiatry and was a member of the faculty, and of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute where he is currently on the faculty.  He has also been on the faculties of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Mt Sinai school of Medicine.  Dr. Herschenfeld is a Training and Supervising analyst, a former Vice President and former Dean of NYPSI, and a Member of the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies. He maintains a private practice in New York City.

Jess Olson, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst in private practice in White Plains, NY. He is a graduate and member of NYPSI and a member of the institute faculty. He is also a professor of history at Yeshiva University in New York.

Eric Weitzner, M.D. is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He is on the faculty of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where he co-teaches courses on Sigmund Freud’s theoretical papers, and on the evolution of
Freud’s structural theory. His interest in ego psychology was nurtured by Dr. Leon Balter, his long-time teacher and mentor.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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

  1. Demonstrate how the traditional thinking of an Ego Psychologist can lead to a deeper understanding of Group Psychology.
  2. Apply psychoanalytic theory of psychosexual and ego development to the analysis of classical Greek mythology and other cultural phenomena.
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
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 the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [3.5] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. *Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

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Institute Closed for Columbus Day


  • October 9, 2023
    12:05 am - 11:55 pm
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Scientific Program: Revision of Drive Theory: Clinical Implications


  • October 14, 2023
    10:00 am - 2:00 pm
This meeting is virtual. Please read instructions for successful registration:
  1. Buy your ticket at nypsi.org. PLEASE NOTE: Ticket Registration is NOT the same as ZOOM registration.
  2. At least one day prior: Complete ZOOM registration for meeting which you will receive by email from Sharon Weller. This step involves entering your name and email address. If you do not complete this, you will NOT receive link to meeting. PLEASE CHECK ALL EMAIL FOLDERS IN CASE IT GOES INTO SPAM OR OTHER FOLDER. YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH NYPSI WEBSITE REGISTRATION AND ZOOM REGISTRATION.
  3. Click on auto-generated email from Adrian Thomas (host) which contains ZOOM link  to “enter” the meeting.
  4. Evaluation survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed the day after the event.

The 1068th Scientific Program Meeting:

“Revision of Drive Theory: Clinical Implications”

Saturday, October 14, 2023

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (EST)

(Note: Registration closes 10/13 at 12 PM.)

Dr. Mark Solms will present a revision of Freudian drive theory, with scientific justification, and will discuss the implications of this revision for clinical practice. The implications concern mainly our formulation of the structure of the psychopathology in individual cases, but there are also implications (not directly related to drive theory) for our understanding of repression, defense, transference and working through. In the afternoon session, there will be a case presentation by Dr. Patricia Lindahl and discussion of the case by Mark Solms, Ph.D., Nasir Ilahi, LL.M., Alexander Kalogerakis, M.D. and Andrew Rosendahl, M.D., Ph.D. (moderator) that stimulates thinking from differing perspectives.

3.5 Contact Hours for the program in its entirety. 3.5 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.

PROGRAM

I. Morning Session (10:00 – 11:30 am)

  • Presentation by Mark Solms, Ph.D.
  • Discussion with audience
There will be a short break from 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. Please note the same ZOOM link will be used for both sessions.

II. Afternoon Session (12:00 – 2:00 pm)

  • Clinical presentation by Patricia Lindahl, M.D.
  • Discussion of the case by Mark Solms, Ph.D., Nasir Ilahi, LL.M., and Alexander Kalogerakis, M.D. from neuropsychoanalytic, Kleinian, and classical perspectives. Andrew Rosendahl, M.D., Ph.D. (moderator).
  • Discussion with audience

References of Interest:

  1. Solms, M. (2021). Revision of Drive Theory. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 69(6): 1033–1091.
  2. Solms, M. (2021). A Revision of Freud’s Theory of the Biological Origin of the Oedipus Complex. The Psychoanalytic quarterly, 90(4): 555–581.
  3. Solms M. (2018). The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12: 294.

BIOGRAPHIES

Professor Mark Solms holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital. He has received numerous prizes and honours, such as the Sigourney Prize, the IPA’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, and Honorary Fellowship of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is Training Director of the South African Psychoanalytical Association, Director of the Science Dept. of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and was until recently Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Professor Solms has published 350 articles in both neuroscientific and psychoanalytic journals, and he has authored eight books. The Brain and the Inner World was translated into 13 languages. His collected papers were published recently as The Feeling Brain. His latest book, The Hidden Spring, appeared in early 2021.  He is the editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 vols) and Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 vols).
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Nasir Ilahi, LL.M. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at PANY, affiliated with NYU Medical School. He is also an Honorary Member of New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society. He is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Chair of the Board of Directors of PEP. Mr. Ilahi has authored and lectured in areas dealing with primitive mental states and non-neurotic aspects of disturbance as well as cross-cultural and comparative psychoanalysis.

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Alexander Kalogerakis, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is Vice-Chair of the American Board of Psychoanalysis. At the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, he is a Child and Adolescent Supervising Analyst and Chair of Admissions and he teaches Theory and Technique of Child and Adolescent Analysis and Adult Development. Dr. Kalogerakis is a member of the United Nations subcommittee of the International Psychoanalytical Association. His book chapters and presentations include the topics of play therapy, adolescent identity and culture, guns and youth in America, terrorism and adolescence, and international adoption, among others. He is a contributor to Auchincloss & Samberg’s Psychoanalytic Terms & Concepts (Yale University Press, 2012) and authored a chapter on Children and Migration in The Status of Women (Ed. V. Pender 2016).
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Patricia Lindahl, M.D. is a third-year candidate in NYPSI’s adult psychoanalytic training program. She is originally from San Francisco and completed her adult psychiatry training at UCSF before coming to New York for child & adolescent psychiatry training at NYU and Bellevue Hospital. While in psychiatry training, she pursued subspecialty experiences in women’s mental health, early childhood trauma, and the mother-child relationship. After a few years back in California pursuing psychoanalytic psychotherapy training and later psychoanalytic training at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, Dr. Lindahl moved East to start a family before resuming her training and private practice here. She has been enjoying her experience at NYPSI and greatly appreciates the teaching and mentorship she has received.
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Andrew Rosendahl, M.D., Ph.D., is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing in New York City. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Miami and completed his psychoanalytic training at the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYPSI). As a faculty member at NYPSI, Dr. Rosendahl teaches a neuropsychoanalysis course designed to bridge the gap between neuroscience and psychoanalytic knowledge. Additionally, he is a devoted technophile and the co-founder of a healthcare tech startup. His enthusiasm for technology includes a keen interest in large language models and artificial intelligence, and their potential to shed light on the workings of the human mind.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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

  1. identify the seven emotional drives of the mammalian brain and how these differ from the drives identified by Freud.
  2. recognize the clinical manifestations of the seven emotional drives of the mammalian brain and their pivotal role in the presenting complaints of their patients.
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
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 the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [3.5] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. *Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

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