The Westchester Institute does not discriminate in offering access to its educational programs and activities or with respect to employment terms and conditions on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Training Professionals to Help Others for Over 40 Years
Our institute owes its initiative to the energy and vision of Dr. Herbert Holt, M.D. It was his dream to create an analytic institute open to individuals from various disciplines while being devoted to an appreciation of the human spirit. The training program is open to physicians, psychologists, social workers, clergy, teachers and others who are interested in developing, deepening and broadening their skills as therapists.
Our curriculum immerses students in an array of psychoanalytic theories including Freudian psychoanalysis, ego psychology, object relations, self psychology, C. G. Jung's analytical psychology, existential psychoanalysis, and group process. Psychoanalytic theory and technique is applied to therapy with individuals, including children, and with couples and groups.
The faculty at the institute represents a rich variety of expertise and theoretical approaches. Among its members are psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, pastoral counselors, and educators; all are psychoanalytically trained. This breadth in the curriculum and in the faculty fosters the openness of perspective characteristic of the institute, and is encouraged in our students.
An important emphasis of the Westchester Institute is on seeing the psyche as always in process, moving intentionally with choices toward the future and not solely as a product of biology and early formative years. The clinical importance of this existential perspective is that the individual is seen as an active participant in his or her own development.
The institute's program fosters profound growth in its candidates, both personally and professionally. In addition, it seeks to create in its candidates an increased sensitivity to their social responsibility, and to the challenge and honor of being an agent of healing in today's world. We invite you to explore our Institute and meet with us. You will find a warm and inviting attitude to welcome you on your journey.
Janet Capolino
Associate Director,
Business Administrator
Carlota Zitreen, MA, LP
Dean and Director
The Westchester Institute offers a four-year course of clinical training in psychoanalysis. Our goal is to train psychoanalysts to have a clear understanding of psychodynamics and the psychoanalytic process, while allowing them freedom to develop their uniqueness as practitioners of the psychoanalytic art. The program encourages growth in the candidates' self-consciousness as well as their intersubjective awareness.
The program at the Westchester Institute consists of four basic components:
1. Personal Analysis
2. Clinical Work
3. Clinical Supervision
4. A Four-Year Course of Studies
Personal Analysis
Candidates must be in personal analysis for the duration of their training, at least once and preferably twice per week. Twice a week analysis is required during the final Control stage of training. Upon entering the program, candidates either select an analyst with the approval of the Therapy Committee, or have their existing analyst approved by that committee according to standards set by any of the NAAP-member training institutes in the U.S. Candidates with an interest in Jungian Studies are encouraged to work with an approved Jungian analyst. There is a requirement of a minimum of 300 hours of personal analysis while in the program.
Clinical Experience and Supervision
When the Matriculation Committee deems a candidate ready to start clinical work, (usually after the first trimester of training), the candidate selects a supervisor from a list of choices provided by the Supervision Committee.
Candidates are encouraged to work with clients who present a range of clinical pathologies in order to develop their clinical skills. A minimum of 200 hours of supervision of 400 hours of clinical work is required, with at least 100 of those clinical hours conducted with one client, seen a minimum of two times per week. The Institute also provides a low fee referral service for its candidates.
Course Work
A thorough grounding in psychoanalytic theory and technique is the major goal of the Institute's curriculum. Faculty members at the Institute represent a rich variety of backgrounds and approaches. Among its members are psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, pastoral counselors and educators, all of whom have extensive psychoanalytic training and experience. All classes meet on Mondays with all candidates taking the same curriculum rotated every two years.
The Westchester Institute admits candidates from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. In addition to social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurses, whose clinical experience makes it possible for them to move quickly into the clinical part of the program, we admit clergy, educators and other professionals. To matriculate, a candidate must have a Master's degree and show evidence of emotional strength and good character.
All candidates are admitted initially to the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, whose courses are identical with the Psychoanalytic Program. Upon completion of six trimesters of classes and 100 hours of supervision (50 hours with two supervisors) candidates may apply to the candidate evaluation committee for advancement to the Psychoanalytic Program. At this time the candidate begins twice per week personal analysis and continues this until completion of the final case presentation. After completion of all requirements, including control supervision and the final case presentation, the training committee weighs the candidates' achievements and determines readiness for graduation.
Successful candidates with State-licensable degrees where they plan to practice, or candidates exempt from such laws, will be granted a Certificate in Psychoanalysis. Candidates with other degrees will receive a "Letter of Attendance" in Psychoanalysis. Both awards meet the requirements of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis of NAAP.
Candidates who are not accepted into the program in psychoanalysis, or who for other reasons do not want to complete the full requirements of the program in Psychoanalysis, are eligible to receive a certificate, or "Letter of Attendance" in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy upon the completion of the four years of classwork, 200 hours of personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy, 150 hours of supervision (with three supervisors) and 400 hours of supervised clinical work. All unlicensed candidates who plan to apply for the license in psychoanalysis for New York State must fulfill at least 750 hours of supervised clinical practice and fulfill the requirements of the Office of the Professions. Go to: http://www.op.nysed.gov/ Psychoanalysis can be found under the Mental Health Practitioners listed under the drop down menu "Professions" tab.
Personality Development
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Development I
(includes Infant Observation and Attachment Theory)
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Development II
(Latency and Adolescence)
Neuroscience
John Bowlby and Attachment Theory
Human Sexuality
Psychoanalytic Theory of Psychopathology
Freud: Essential Writings I: Famous Cases
Freud: Essential Writings II
Major Figures after Freud
History of Psychoanalysis:
Major Movements That Define the Field
Classical/Mystical Roots of Psychoanalysis
Jung’'s Essential Writings
Object Relations I
Object Relations II
Self Psychology
Interpersonal and Relational
Existential Psychoanalysis I
Existential Psychoanalysis II
Interplay of Biography and Psychoanalytic Theory
(Faces in a Cloud)
Introduction to Lacan
Affective Disorders
Ferenczi and Balint
Psychosomatics
Jung’'s Complex Theory
Ethics and Psychoanalytic Research Methodology
Writing/preparation for case presentation
Psychoanalytic Research Methodology
Ethics
Case Conference
SocioCultural Influence on
Growth and Psychopathology
Socio-cultural Influences
Trauma, Dissociation and Recovery
Psychoanalytic Approaches to Couples/Family Therapy
Contemporary Perspectives on Gender Development and
Homosexuality
Spirituality, Religion, Psychoanalysis and the Soul
Female Development: Shifting Perspectives
Group Process and Theory I, and II
Bereavement
Psychoanalysis and Creativity
Healing Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Practice in Psychopathology
and Psychodiagnosis
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches:
Treatment of Personality Disorders I: Borderline
Treatment of Personality Disorders II: Schizoid
Treatment of Personality Disorders III: Narcissist
Listening and Presence
Practice Building
Deepening Psychoanalytic Listening
Analysis of Resistance, Transference, and Countertransference
Transference/Countertransference Seminars
Analyzing Resistances and Impasses
Case Seminars on Clinical Practice
Case Conference I, II, and III
Practice Technique (Including Dream Interpretation and Symbolic Process)
Dream Interpretation in Clinical Practice I
Psychoanalytic Process: Working Through and Termination
Psychoanalytic Process: Principles, Intake and Therapeutic
Alliance
Dream Interpretation in Clinical Practice II
Experiential Dream Group Process
Child/Adolescent Therapy
Freud's Essential Writings I: Famous Cases
This course will review some of Freud's most famous clinical cases and critique them from a contemporary standpoint. The course will focus on the cases of Dora, the WolfMan, Little Hans, the Rat Man, and Schreber. In each case, the class will approach the specific case (a) as a Case Study, (b) as a study of ideas, i.e., what ideas was Freud advancing in this case and how well does he make his point, and (c) as a treatment record focusing on Freud's actual clinical practice and how this might compare with contemporary treatment techniques.
Freud's Essential Writings II
This course examines several of Freud's major books and papers, beginning with The Interpretation of Dreams and focusing on Three Essays on Sexuality , Mourning and Melancholia , and The Ego and the Id . Material from additional works, especially Studies of Hysteria , On Narcissism , and Beyond the Pleasure Principle , will be brought in by the instructor in the form of photocopied articles. The goal of the course is for the student to grasp the essential ideas in these major works. Subsequent courses will give the student a chance to explore Freud's ideas in more detail.
Freud and His Followers:
This course traces the evolving theories of Freud's early Vienna Circle as individual theorists pursued their own directions in the field, especially C. G. Jung and Analytical Psychology, Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology, Abraham in Berlin, the work of Otto Rank, and others.
Jung's Essential Writings
This course explores Jung's basic writings, examining the origin of his thought on various topics such as the model of the psyche, the complex, the collective unconscious, the role of the symbol and libido, the concept of the archetypes, basic understanding of alchemy, the approach to dream work, and transpersonal dimensions of transference and countertransference.
Group Process and Theory I & II
This course is both experiential and didactic. Candidates will have an immediate clinical learning experience as they work with each other in the presence of an experienced leader. They will see psychodynamic issues, such as projective identification, splitting, regression, and other defense structures first hand. They will see their own transference/countertransference reactions and those of others. Irvin Yalom's The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy serves as a background text.
Major Movements that Define the Field
(This course will be designed by the instructor)
(Early years including infant observation.)
When does the baby's life begin? When does consciousness begin? How does the earliest of experiences from the preverbal to the onset of language affect the child's developmental course in life? This course focuses on the process of attachment and individuation in the first three years of life from several points of view from various theories. This is a period that most of us have forgotten but all of us have lived and marks the earliest beginnings of our unconscious life.
This course surveys the Oedipal, latency, pre-adolescent and adolescent stages in light of the various theoretical perspectives explored in the previous course. The work of Freud, Rank, Anna Freud, Selma Fraiberg, Fred Pine and Mara Sidoli will be used to explore both the developmental issues and major treatment issues in work with latency and adolescent patients.
Psychoanalytic Process:
Principles, Intake, Therapeutic Alliance
This course will focus on a variety of generic principles which frame and define the process of psychoanalytic engagement, independent of different psychoanalytic schools of thought and practice. It will be demonstrated that employing the therapeutic relationship and its many nuances is what gives shape and meaning to what happens in the helping process. Discussions will focus on an appreciation of the role of affect or emotion in promoting change within the patient's experience. Although the course focuses on the initial stages of treatment, case studies will viewed as a whole-that is, from start to finish--so that the beginning therapist can come away with a sense of the entire journey.
This course surveys the work of Joyce McDougall, especially Theatres of the Body as well as D. W. Winnicott's ideas about psycho-somatic illness and its treatment. In addition FinelI's edited volume, Mind - body Problems, Psychotherapy with Psychosomatic Disorders, serves as a basic resource for papers on various problems within the field including the relationship between trauma and somatization, alexithymia and its treatment, anorexic/bulimic patients and their treatment, annihilation anxiety in psychosomatic disorder, etc.
Addictions
Case Conference: Case Study Methodology
The aim of this course is to acquaint the student with the in-depth case study and presentation method with attention to both the "microprocesses" and "macroprocesses" of psychoanalytic treatment. A brief outline of how each student should present their cases is provided. The goal is to help the student to develop confidence and comfort in presenting case material to an audience of one's peers and lnstitute faculty. Special attention is given to "boundary" issues in psychoanalysis and to the ethical implications of the psychoanalytic "frame," including conflicts of dual relationships, the management of erotic energies, extra-analytic contact, "gifts," phone contact outside the sessions, etc. The ethics code of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) serves as a framework for the discussion of specific incidents that emerge in the case presentations.
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches to the
Treatment of Personality Disorders:
Borderline-Schizoid-Narcissistic
This three-trimester course is designed to expand and deepen the candidates' theoretical and clinical understanding of the psychodynamics of personality disorders with the goal of increasing his/her clinical effectiveness. Attention is given to current psychoanalytic thinking in regard to personality disorders, both in contrast to neuroses and in terms of psychodynamic differentiation among personality disorders. A variety of psychoanalytic theoretical viewpoints are used for illuminating many confusing clinical phenomena, such as the manifestations and nature of narcissistic impairments, the nature and role of defenses, the therapeutic alliance, the nature of the therapeutic process, therapeutic goals, and characteristic types of transference/countertransference phenomena. Candidates are encouraged to bring in their own clinical case material.
The interpretation of dreams is one of the central features of any psychoanalytic treatment. This course will focus on working with dream phenomena in the clinical situation. Dream material from the candidates clinical cases will provide the focus for exploring symbolism and meaning, with special attention to the clients associations, the affects present in the dream, timing and transference derivatives.
Psychoanalytic Research and Writing
This course addresses the challenge facing psychoanalysis to develop research instruments and methodologies that capture the complexity and creativity of psychoanalytic forms of treatment, yet are objectifiable and subject to validation. The course will explore a variety of texts on the single-case research design for relevant literature.
Transference/Countertransference Seminar
This course presents a comprehensive exploration of the nature, scope, impact and roles of transference/ countertransference phenomena in the psychoanalytic/psychotherapeutic treatment process. Issues addressed include differences of understanding of transference and countertransference from the perspective of various theories, projective and introjective identification phenomena, the use of the therapist's self in the therapeutic process, and treatment problems related to transference/countertransference phenomena, the issue of countertransference disclosure, etc. Stress is placed on case material presented by the candidates in order to increase their awareness of specific transference/countertransference dynamics in their current clinical work. Special attention is given to the analysis of resistances and to countertransference resistance in the analyst.
This course is a general overview of trauma and trauma-related dissociative conditions recognized in the DSM-IV-TR, especially sexual abuse. Beginning with the psychology of trauma and with special emphasis upon affect regulation and attachment problems that follow early childhood trauma, the course explores the biology of trauma and related problems of hyperarousal, panic, sleep disturbance, somatization, self-mutilation, sexual acting out and substance abuse. In addition to early trauma, adult trauma is explored, especially the literature on PTSD and how issues of guilt, hindsight, responsibility, wrongdoing and distorted belief complicate PTSD. A final section of the course examines the issue of trauma and the therapist, especially typical countertransference reactions unique to trauma work, including vicarious traumatization.
We are pleased to announce that WITPP will be offering a Jungian studies track in addition to its core curriculum beginning 2012.
This track will be open to all who want to study Jung’'s work and the application of Jungian theory in clinical practice. Current candidates as well as interested mental health professionals who are not enrolled at WITPP are welcome.
Classes will meet on Monday afternoons from 4:30 to 5:50 p.m. There will be three sections offered annually. Each section (one course) will consist of 10 weeks per trimester. These will run concurrently with the Institute's’ regular courses.
Jung’'s ideas speak to the need for meaning. The courses are designed to help make his ideas approachable and understandable. The access to meaning as a mode of self-engagement is sorely lacking in contemporary culture. Together we will explore ways in which Jungian theory is a response to this situation, some of the typical ways this “presents” in the consulting room, and how to apply Jungian theory in clinical practice.
As an integral portion of the Jungian track, we will be offering an Intro to Jung course three times during the year. It will lay some basic conceptual groundwork including an introduction to Jungian terminology: – self, shadow, anima/animus, shadow, personality #1 and #2, objective psyche, collective unconscious, and more. We will also look at what is particular to Jung in order to clarify what makes his theory different from others. Clinical examples will be given for the purpose of demonstrating a Jungian approach to clinical material. This course is strongly suggested for those who are completely new to Jung.
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C. G. Jung
Westchester Institute Counseling Services
What is psychoanalytically-oriented therapy?
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is based on the observation that we are often unaware of many of the circumstances that determine our emotions and behavior. This unawareness explains the fact that the advice of friends and family, the reading of self-help books, or even the most determined efforts of will, often fail to provide relief. Issues such as these may create unhappiness and can sometimes take the form of difficulties in work or in love relationships, or disturbances in mood, or how we think of ourselves. By tracing these back to their origins and remembering the emotions that underlie them, significant changes can be felt.
The Westchester Institute Counseling Services offer affordable therapy for every stage of life. Every stage has its challenges for growth and development. Talking them out with someone who listens can make all the difference in the quality of the life we are living. This service has two objectives: helping the community and providing candidates with clients in order to enhance their clinical experience. The service is directed toward the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples and/or families, as well as the aging and people with disabilities. The focus of the psychoanalytically oriented treatment is anxiety, depression, trauma, family and relationship conflicts, career issues, and identity concerns. Clients can be seen in both Westchester and New York City. For further information or to make a referral to the service please contact the Institute at (914) 666-0163.
Who are the counseling services for?
The service is directed toward individuals, children adolescents, adults, couples and/or families, as well as, the aging and physically handicapped. Psychotherapy can be valuable in treating various problems such as anxiety, depression, low self-image, inhibitions, family and relationship conflicts, career issues, and identity concerns.
How much does this psychotherapy cost?
The Institute is committed to providing affordable treatment and sets fees based on each individual's circumstances. Together, the patient and therapist agree on a fee that can be adjusted according to need. The Westchester Institute Treatment Service provides therapy to individuals at a low cost.
Tuition and Fees
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914-666-0163
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Application fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 85.00
Tuition (full-time per trimester). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,700.00
Tuition (part time per course). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500.00
Matriculation fee (annual). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75.00
Candidate Membership fee (annual). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00
Advanced candidate fee (per trimester) . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00
Leave of absence fee (per trimester) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00
Supervision fee (per session) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75.00
Analysis fee range:
(determined between analyst and candidate) . . $ 60.00 - $ 225.00
Graduation fee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.00
The Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy is a free-standing, not-for-profit educational training Institute chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. We are a member Institute of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) . Westchester Institute is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution and admits students of any race, color, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.
Richard P. DeBenedetto, PhD
Michael Blankschen, PhD
Bruce Bleecker, LCSW
John Brown, III, D.Rel.
Robert Butter, LCSW
Barbara Callahan, MFT, Psych. A.
Joan Deiters, PhD, LP
Charles DiSalvo, PhD, LP
Dianne Disston, M.Div, LP
Jean G. Fitzpatrick M.Div., LP
Phyllis Franz, LCSW
Tim Ives, D.Div, LP
William Kleiber, PhD, LP
Brian Lathrop, M.Div., LP
Alexander Lerman, MD
Daniel Lehrman, MHL, NCPsyA
Cynthia Luft, MA, LMHC
Robert Marchesani, MSSc, LP
John McCabe, LCSW
Elisabeth McDonald, MS, LP
Barbara Miller, MD
Bruce Page, M.Div.
Joseph Russo, MD
Jeffery Smith, MD
Mark Stafford, MA, LP
Mark Sulcov, PhD, LP
Friday--Mar. 2--7:00-9:00 pm
Matter of Heart :
The Extraordinary Journey of C. G. Jung
The essence of Jung's principles and ideas are captured through the words of Jung himself and the people who knew and worked with him.
Friday--Mar. 16--7:00-9:00 pm
The Wisdom of the Dream
In this film, Jung's concepts of archetypal symbolism in world myths and dream interpretation are elucidated through interviews. Jungian analyst John Beebe also uses the science fiction film Star Wars to illustrate the presence of ancient myths in today's symbolic expressions.
Friday--Mar. 30--7:00-9:00 pm
The World Within:
C. G. Jung In His Own Words
Jung believed that the images of the unconscious place a great responsibility on mankind and failure to understand these can deprive one of wholeness and impose fragmentation on life. In The World Within, this idea is explored in depth as we are given a glimpse inside Jung's Red Book, the diary in which he described his dreams and fantasies.
Cynthia Luft, M.A., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Westchester and New York City. Cynthia trained at the C. G. Jung Insitute in New York City and at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. Currently, she is a member of the teaching faculty at both the Westchester Institute and at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. Cynthia's special interests include the application of Jung's theories in today's world, particularly as related to the prevailing influence of cynicism and perfectionism.
WHERE
"Watercooler"- 21 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY-2nd Flr.
The entrance is on the street level between Nick's Pizza and an Indian Restaurant. Parking is metered either on the street or by turning right onto Main Street and going about 1 or 2 blocks, there is a public (metered) lot on the left.
COST:
$ 15.00 PER EVENING
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Dr. John G. Brown Presents:
Building Your Caseload in These Challenging Times
Saturday, NOV. 12TH
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The workshop will be held at the Institute
Dr. John Brown is an ordained minister, pastoral psychotherapist, and Existential Psychoanalyst in Connecticut. His Doctorate is from Claremont School of Theology and he completed his psychoanalytic training at the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He has been a supervisor, training analyst, and teacher at the Institute since 1986. He is also a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Diplomate in the American Psychotherapy Association.
Would you like to build your practice? What are some helpful approaches? What works and what does not work? These as well as your questions, will be explored in a workshop led by Dr. John G. Brown. The utilization of certain principles of organization and systematic planning is needed for a practice to be maintained. One is required to be creative in implementing certain techniques and methods for a healthy active practice.
This program is for the beginning or seasoned therapist. Dr. Brown would like to share with you some of his expertise and experience in building a practice for individuals, couples, groups, and families. He has worked for over 40 years in building and maintaining his practice. He has worked in various settings where he has learned a number of lessons which he would like to share with you.
You have experience as well. You have insights and experience that need to be passed on to others. Please come with the lessons you have learned in building and maintaining your practice. Let's exchange our thoughts and feelings at this three- hour session.
Lunch will not be provided, so please bring your own.
Reserve your seat now!
Workshop Price: $25.00
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We provide clinical supervision for individuals and groups who would like to learn about the therapeutic context from a psychoanalytic perspective. We have licensed Psychoanalysts, Clinical Social Workers, Psychologists, and Psychiatrists available to provide high quality supervision.
Supervision increases one's competence. It entails sitting down with another more experienced--hopefully wiser--psychotherapist to discuss clients' issues. This is a collaborative process wherein the therapist brings questions, comments, and potential countertransference concerns to be discussed and processed in order to enable a more objective perspective in working with clients. This is the best method to deepen one's knowledge of the dynamics of any therapeutic process and enhances authenticity in relationships with clients. Supervision is also mandatory as part of educational requirements for licensing or registration in a particular locale and therapists remain ethically bound to seek supervision any time expertise falls short.
For a conscientious therapist who desires to grow personally and professionally, supervision never really stops. Good therapists get supervision on an ongoing basis either individually or with colleagues. As therapists, we are continually stretched by our own limitations and strengths in providing therapy. One of the greatest challenges for any therapist occurs when a client presents with a problem that the therapist has not fully resolved personally.
There is no simple formula for working with all clients or with all presenting problems. Without supervision, one can easily be lulled into unconscious, habitual patterns with clients that inevitably stalls progress and frustrates both client and therapist.
To arrange an appointment call 914-666-0163 and speak to either Janet Capolino or Carlota Zitreen to help you find the right supervisor.
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Allen Bergson, Ph.D., LCSW
New York, NY
O: 212-595-9325
Email: abergson_earthlink.net
Deborah Reider Bazes, Ph.D., LCSW, LP
Katonah, NY and Manhattan
O: 212-580-4707
O: 914-232-5067
Email: Bee349_mac.com
Joan Berkowitz, LCSW, LP, BC-DMT
Florham Park, NJ
O: 973-994-0714
Email: jgberk1030_gmail.com
O: 212-580-8419
Email: ByBleecker_yahoo.com
Meg Bowles, MBA, LP
New Fairfield, CT
O: 203-746-1932
Email: kumatone_aol.com
John G. Brown, III, D. Rel.
Westport, CT
O: 203-454-0132
Email: Drjgbrown_optonline.net
Bedford Hills, NY and Manhattan
O: 212 696-5219
Email: robbutter_aol.com
Barbara Callahan, MFT, Psy.A.
Fairfield, CT
O: 203-261-9022
Email: barbara3435_yahoo.com
Katherine Cunningham, M.Div.,LP
Ridgewood and Asbury Park, NJ
O: 201-447-9344
Email: Kcunningham65_gmail.com
Richard P. DeBenedetto, Ph.D.
Bedford Hills, NY
O: 914-244-0755
Email: drdebenedetto_gmail.com
Joan Deiters, Ph.D., LP
Poughkeepsie and Bedford Hills, NY
Cell: 845-489-2401
Email: deitersjoan_aol.com
Charles DiSalvo, Ph.D. (Emeritus)
New Rochelle, NY
H/O: 914-834-8536
Email: sonchar2_aol.com
Frederick Feirstein, MA, LP
O: 212-876-6111
Email: feirstein2_aol.com
Jean Fitzpatrick, MA, LP
Ossining, NY and Manhattan
O/Cell: 914-941-6478
Email: jean_therapistnyc.com
Jennifer R. Harper, M. Div, LP
Tenafly, NJ and Manhattan
O: 201 871-3207
O: 212 242-3585
Email: Jrharpertx_aol.com
Leslie Janson, MA, LP
O/Cell: 914-391-6052
Email: lesliejanson_verizon.net
William Kleiber, Ph.D., LP
Yonkers, NY, Ridgefield, CT and Manhattan
O: 914-423-8110
Email: wckleib_aol.com
Alexandra Krithades, MA, LP
Wilton, CT and Manhattan
O: 212-982-3587
Email: akrithades_gmail.com
O: 212-228-9504
Email: brianlat_gmail.com
Alexander Lerman, M.D.
Chappaqua, NY 10514
O: 914-238-0566
Marvin Lifschitz, Ph.D., LP
Croton-on-Hudson, NY and Manhattan
O: 212-877-3922
Email: marvlif_hotmail.com
Sleepy Hollow, NY and Manhattan
O: 914-524-9488
O: 212-254-3950
Email: cynthialuft2000_yahoo.com
O/Cell: 646-642-1551
Email: robmarchesani_yahoo.com
Ellen Marin, MS, LP
Hastings-on-Hudson and Riverdale, NY
O: 914-478-2751
Email: ellenmarin_aol.com
Pleasantville, NY
O: 914-730-9207
Email: jdmccb_aol.com
Elisabeth McDonald MS, NCPsyA, LP
Bedford Hills, NY, Bethel, and Ridgefield, CT
O: 914-763-8997
Email: esmcdon_optonline.net
Arlene McKay, Ph.D.
O: 212-873-5072
Email: amckay_psychoanalysis.net
Barbara Miller, M.D
Goldens Bridge, NY and Manhattan
H/O: 914-232-8716
Email: barbny880_aol.com
Joan Poultney, Ph.D.
Wilton, CT 06897
O: 203-762-0034
O: 203-227-9902
Email: dr.josephrusso_gmail.com
Michal Seligman, Psy.D.
Manhattan and Mt. Kisco, NY
O: 212-595-4092
Email: michalseligman_earthlink.net
Anne Singer, MA., M. Phil., LP
Ridgefield, CT and Manhattan
C: 203-253-5923
Email: ansinger_earthlink.net
Jeffery S. Smith, MD
Scarsdale, NY
O: 914-725-3901
Email: jssmith_me.com
Manhattan and Bedford Hills, NY
H/O/Cell: 917-543-1937
Email: stafform_newschool.edu
Mark B. Sulcov, Ph.D.,LP
Chappaqua, NY and Manhattan
O: 347-675-2707
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In a new play by Mark St.Germain, C.S. Lewis meets with Freud in early September of 1939. One might think of this as an attempt at a "deathbed" conversation even though Freud was still at home and still on his feet at 20 Marsfield Gardens while the Germans were about to continue their destructive blitz over London.
The play is an evening of such significant considerations as the existence of God and the meaning of suffering as seen through the very human eyes of two arguably great men of their time, Freud at 83 and Lewis at 40. Suggested by the film The Question of God by Dr. Arman M. Nicholi, Jr, Freud's Last Session may be a revelation of both these men's lives as well as our own. As an audience member listening and watching them discuss the great debate over the existence of God, what captivated me most was the humanity of these two honestly engaged men in what was to be their first and most likely only meeting.
In less than three weeks, Freud would finally pull the plug on his own life, a decision itself which finds its way into their discussion which sometimes flares into a debate and even an argument, yet not without compassion.
LEWIS
How advanced is your cancer?
FREUD
It’'s nearly eaten through my cheek. It is inoperable. It’'s only a matter of time.
How much time?
That is for me to decide. Dr. Schur and I have a pact. He promised me at the beginning he won’'t desert me at the end.
(Pause) Are you saying you'’ll commit suicide?
I’'m saying I will kill myself before the cancer does. Don’'t look at me that way. You don’'t need to say it: Suicide is wrong, and a sin!
None greater.
Then look into my mouth and you will see hell has arrived already.
The irony in Freud's Last Session is unending and marks Freud's great paradoxical existence as well as our own. Even after 30 operations and in such pain, Freud still reaches for a cigar which Lewis challenges.
And Freud responds without denial of the cigar's aggravation of his condition, nor his regression to his only sexual pleasure left in his oral fixation. After Lewis tries to use Aquinas to dissuade Freud from committing suicide, Freud counters back:
I don’'t care what Aquinas believes! Aquinas condemns suicide, yet preaches the death penalty! How can someone of your intelligence see the world in black and white when there are a thousand colors around you?
Germain gives both men their due as they spar for the mantle of truth. Yet, not without their conciliatory moments as they each seem to bend an ear toward the other.
We both agree that Satan is a brilliant creation. All that is wrong with the world can be blamed on him as conveniently as Hitler.
Lewis himself admits to not being an easy convert after much debate and consideration of the claims and dogmas of religion and the Bible.
It took much more than that. I was the most reluctant convert in all England. There was nothing I had a greater hatred of than being told what to do. That was the wonderful attraction of atheism: it satisfied my wish to be left alone. The God of the Bible is a bullying Busybody.
...But Hitler learns from history. A warrior'’s greatest ally is always God. When Hitler claims that crushing the Jews is the “will of the Lord”, he raises an army who worships them both.
After a siren blares and is called off as a false alarm, Freud notices the distressed Lewis and asks if he's all right. Lewis responds with a flashback of his time in the war...
When I heard the siren I was back there. The smell of explosives. Bodies all around me, horribly smashed men still trying to move like half crushed beetles. Bombs like hailstorms. My friend exploding ten feet in front of me. I never even felt the shrapnel. Just him, pieces of him, hitting my chest, my face.
