Calendar for the Academic Year: Fall 2014 – Spring 2015

Washington Square Institute offers a rich series of lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences throughout the year. WSI draws on key theorists, scholars and clinicians in the mental health fields as well as from WSI’s own leadership and faculty to offer state of the art scientific educational events. In this rich intellectual and collegial environment, candidates, staff, faculty and WSI alumni and friends connect.

WSI Scientific Lecture Series

Thursdays, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

October 23, 2014

"PSYCHOANALYSIS AS A DEFENSE OF JUDAISM"
Presenter: Gerd H. Fenchel, Ph.D., LP, FAGPA
Moderator/discussant: Henry Zvi Lothane, MD

November 20, 2014

"POSTSCRIPTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE POST-TERMINATION PHASE"
Presenter: Dr. Ruth K. Karush, MD
Moderator: Marc Angers, MA, Oxon, LCSW, LP, NCPsyA

December 18, 2014

MASTER CLASS SUPERVISION
Supervisor: Henry Zvi Lothane, M.D.
Candidate: Gail Israelson

January 29, 2015

"DEATH DRIVES; DEATH DRIVEN: THE EFFECTS OF
CONTEMPORARY DEATH PREOCCUPATION IN
SOCIAL AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS"
Presenter: Margaret Yard, Ph.D.
Moderator/discussant: Gerd H. Fenchel, Ph.D., LP, FAGPA

February 26, 2015

"BEING IN TIME: THE PROBLEM OF HOPE IN OLDER
ADULTHOOD, THE LAST DEVELOPMENTAL FRONTIER"
Presenter: Elissa West, LCSW
Moderator: Marilyn Tauber, MA, LP, NCPsyA

March 19, 2015

"SIBLINGS: WHAT THEY DO WITH US, TO US, FOR US AND AGAINST US"
Presenter: Philip Herschenfeld, MD
Moderator: TBA

April 19, 2015

39th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE:
IS THERE A PSYCHOANALYTIC RESPONSE TO TERRORISM?
Co-sponsored with The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Presenters: Paola Mieli, Ph.D.; Mark Stafford, LP

April 16, 2015

"FURTHER THOUGHTS TOWARDS A NON-NORMATIVE
PSYCHOANALYSIS OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER"
Presenter: Brian Kloppenberg, MFA, LP
Moderator: Marc Angers, MA, Oxon, LCSW, LP, NCPsyA

Open House

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 7PM

OPEN HOUSE:
Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Seminars/Staff Training

Wednesdays, April 15 and 22, 2015 from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM

TWO PART SEMINAR:
TOWARDS AN EMANCIPATORY PSYCHOANALYSIS:
CLINICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING ACCOMMODATIVE PATTERNS
Presenter: Dorienne Sorter, Ph.D.