Continuing Education
- Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health 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, #0269.
- Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an Approved Provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Psychoanalysts, #P-0008.
Calendar for the Academic Year: Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
Washington Square Institute offers a 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 (1.5 CE hrs)
No Fee to Attend - RSVP required.
October 18, 2018
Freud's Theory of Female Sexuality from the Standpoint of the Critique of Patriarchy
Presenter: Marc Angers, MA Oxon., MSW, LCSW, LP, NCPsyA, WSI Dean/Executive Director
November 15, 2018
What Happened to Sabina Spielrein?
Presenter: Natalie Riccio, Ph.D., LP, LCSW, NYCPsyA
December 13, 2018
How Many Transferences Can You Fit Into a Therapy Group?
Presenter: Sean Grover, LCSW
January 17, 2019
Looking at the Object in the Mirror: An Exploration of Subjectivity and Otherness
Presenter: Meredith Darcy, LCSW-R
February 14, 2019
Doer and Done to Meets Pathological Accommodation: Benjamin and Brandschaft in the Treatment Room
Presenter: Tom Wagner, LP, NCPsyA
March 21, 2019
Psychodynamics in Clinical Practice
Presenter: Gene Guberman, MA, LP, NCPsyA
April 25, 2019
Re-visioning Metapsychology. "We must call the Witch to our help after all" - Goethe, Faust, Part I, Scene 6 in Freud, 1937, p. 225
Presenter: Anna Aragno, Ph.D.
May 16, 2019
Lacan and the Ends of Analysis
Presenter: Peter Gillespie, LCSW, MA, BFA
Open Houses
Monday, September 9, 2019, 7:30PM
Open House: Training Programs in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Please join us on at our next Open House on September 9th to discuss the Training Programs in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at WSI.
Conferences/Seminars
Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:00AM - 3:45PM
WSI’s 43rd Annual Scientific Conference:
Psychoanalysis Beyond Patriarchy:
Contributions of Post-Freudians,
Queer Theory, and Laplanche
Presenters: Jessica Benjamin, Ph.D. and Gila Ashtor, Ph.D.
Conference information and registration details >>
All events held at:
Washington Square Institute
41 E. 11th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
You may call (212) 477-2600 for more information