How We Do This Work: The Analyst’s Holding Environment

Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, Florida and Virtual Coral Gables, FL, United States

Speaker: Eric Mendelsohn. Topic:  Working as a therapist is irreducibly challenging. We deal with loss, adversity, and preoccupation, and we live and work in a time of considerable instability and dysfunction.

Feeling Stuck in Psychotherapy…and What to Do About it

Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)

Mary Jo Peebles: When we feel stuck in psychotherapy, we feel inadequate, ashamed, and hide our confusion. A common reaction is to blame and feel irritated with the patient, but then we blame ourselves for being irritated. This workshop will address how to break this cycle, which requires a shift from seeing stuckness as a […]

Scientific Meeting: “Love and Intimacy in the Age of Equality: Introducing Dialogue Therapy for Couples and Other Adult Pairs”

Speaker:Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D., Historically, people in committed relationships have felt shame about separating. Now, they feel ashamed when they stay and their demands for equality are not met. Many of us expect fairness and reciprocity, whether or not we know anything about negotiation. We expect to be seen and known and to speak freely and […]