New Directions: The Poetics of Mourning: Eulogy, Elegy, Epic, Epitaph
Weekend Conference We are living in a time of great dying. Climate change is drying up our water and destroying vulnerable species; a pandemic is claiming the lives of over […]
Weekend Conference We are living in a time of great dying. Climate change is drying up our water and destroying vulnerable species; a pandemic is claiming the lives of over […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event.*** Discussion of the film "The Thing" Friday, November 14, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 1982 (109 min) Director: John Carpenter Discussant: Alex Smith, Psy.D. A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Presentation […]
Session 2 of 3 “Creativity and Resiliency” Presented by Rosa Aurora Chavez, MD, PhD, FABP Saturday, November 15, 2025, 12:00 - 2:00pm (2 CME/CE) Presentation and Discussion via Zoom Presentation: In this seminar (in English) we will discuss the evolutionary relevance of creativity for resiliency form psychodynamic and neuropsychoanalytic perspectives. Flyer: HERE Registration Link: HERE
Misogyny Then and Now: Implications for Psychoanalytic Perspectives Presented by Special Guest: Filmmaker Jennifer Reeves, Margarita Cereijido, PhD, Paula Ellman, PhD, David Joseph, MD, Janice Lieberman, PhD Saturday, November 22, 2025 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (3 CME/CE) Presentation and Discussion via Zoom Presentation: Notions of the feminine and misogyny have changed significantly since the […]
Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference Please join us for a panel discussion on Analyst Losses: Illness and Life-Changing Events And Their Effects on Treatment Presented by: Paula L. Ellman, PhD, Marc S. Levine, MD, and Harvey J. Schwartz, MD Moderated by: Sandra S. Lashley, PsyD Sunday, December 7, 2025 1:00 – 4:00 pm Presentation and Discussion […]
4th Annual Marianne Goldberger, MD, Memorial Lecture "Marianne Goldberger: A Mold-breaking Psychoanalyst in Her Time and, Importantly, for Ours" January 10, 2026 - 2:00PM - 4:00PM EST Presenter: Dorothy Evans […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event. *** Discussion of the film "Me Before You" Friday, January 30, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 2016 (120 min) Director: Thea Sharrock Discussant: Katherine Marshall Woods, Psy.D. A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care […]
Weekend Conference What happens in the therapeutic dyad when regular reciprocal conversations are not possible, when our patients communicate with us in strange and at times incomprehensible ways? How we […]
Sunday, February 22, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student experience. *Please note: The Psychoanalytic Studies and Institute Training Programs requires some in-person classes. It is recommended that students be local to the Greater Washington, […]
Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student experience. *Please note: The Psychoanalytic Studies and Institute Training Programs requires some in-person classes. It is recommended that students be local to the Greater Washington, […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event. *** Discussion of the film "Please Stand By" Friday, February 27, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 2023 (93 min) Director: Ben Lewin Discussant: Karen Weise, PhD A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to […]
Saturday, February 28, 2026 9:00am–1:00pm In-person event Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville Founders Hall 100 Welsh Park Dr, Rockville, MD 20850 3.5 CME/CE 9:05am–10:30am Roundtable with Kevin Popp and PSP […]
Observational Studies Program for In-Person Students - Open House The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis is offering a two-year training program in Observational Studies. The program is conducted by a […]
Session 3 of 3 “The Mirage of AI Creativity, its Dangers and Limitations, a Psychoanalytic Perspective” Presented by Rosa Aurora Chavez, MD, PhD, FABP Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:00 – 2:00pm (2 CME/CE) Presentation and Discussion via Zoom Presentation: In this seminar (in English) we will discuss this panel will discuss the limitations and impossibilities of […]
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Close (2023) Presented by: Katrin Haller, MSW Date: April 11, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Doors Open at 1:30pm Where: Baltimore Museum […]
Observational Studies Program Open House for Online Students Saturday, April 18, 2026 9:30 am - 11:30 am ET Location: Zoom No CME/CE A Two-Year Online Training Based on the Esther Bick Infant Observation Model Program Overview The Observational Studies Program at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis provides a unique, multidisciplinary training grounded in the Infant Observation […]
Click the image to view the flyer Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student experience. *Please note: The Psychoanalytic Studies and Institute Training Programs requires some in-person classes. It is recommended that students […]
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Speak Sunlight (La Voz Del Sol) (2023) Presented by: Noreen Honeycutt, PhD with Director Carol Polakoff Date: April 25, 2026 Time: 2:00pm […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 1: Beauty and the Maternal Body Speakers: Patricia Alkolombre, PhD and Catherine Mallouh, MD Saturday, May 9, 2026 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST Via Zoom 1.5 CME/CE per session · 4.5 CME/CE total · Captions in all languages Presentation Description: The images of the maternal body […]
Please join us Saturday, June 6, 2026 Rooftop reception: 6:00 pm Dinner and Awards: 7:00 pm Hogan Lovells Law Firm Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (Red […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 2: Fashion from a Gender Psychoanalytic Perspective Speakers: Patricia Gherovici and Margarita Cereijido Saturday, June 27, 2026 11:00 am – 12:30 pm […]
COWAP North America Presents: Discussion of the film "Marie Langer: Desire and Revolution" (2025) by Marcelo Haber co-produced by Horacio Legras and Belen de Martino Discussants: Virginia Ungar, Marcelo Haber, […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 3: Changing Notions of Beauty: The Importance of Culture and Technology: “Whose Face is it Anyway? "Beauty in the Age of High Technology” Speakers: Rhonda Garelick, Margarita Cereijido, and Atsumi Minamisawa: Saturday, July 25, 2026 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST Via Zoom 1.5 CME/CE per session […]
Raphling Memorial Lecture presents LGBTQIA+ Workshop Remapping the Symbolic: On Poetic Cartographies of Gender and Erotic Life Sunday, October 4, 2026 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Via Zoom 3 […]
Behavioral Health Grand Rounds 25th Annual Julia and Thomas Saltz Grand Rounds Topic: Reflective Parenting Clinical work with parents who need help regulating their child’s behavior and emotions Speaker: Dr. […]
WBCP presents The Thomas and Julia Saltz Annual Adult Seminar Workshop Professional Will Boot Camp: An Emotional, Ethical, and Practical Workshop Saturday, October 24, 2026 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM […]
Discussion of the film "The Backrooms" 2025 (110 mins) Director: Kane Parsons After a therapist’s patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him. Friday, October 30, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET Via Zoom *Film must be viewed before event Discussant: Alex Smith, PsyD Presentation: Horror […]
November 6 @ 12:00 am - November 8 @ 12:00 am Caged Bodies, Freed Minds Under what conditions are we free to think? To open ourselves to relating across boundaries of class, color, and experience? To […]
Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference Topic: Analyst Retirement: Ethical, Clinical, and Pragmatic Issues Speakers: Christie Platt, PhD, Tarpley Long, LCSW-C, Sandra Lashley, PsyD, and Andrew Carroll, PsyD Sunday, December 6, […]
Discussion of the film "Till Death" 2025 (20 mins) Director: Yana Billé-Chung When a kind young couple is offered the chance of a lifetime to purchase their dream house from an ailing octogenarian at a fraction of its asking price, they eagerly accept. However, the deal comes with a significant catch: the older woman must […]
Discussion of the film "Before Dawn (Перед Світанком)" 2024 (11 mins) Director: Yuliia Haleta This is not supposed to happen in your twenties, but you embrace the emptiness. A spacious apartment on the third floor is the only one with the lights on. It’s a warm island in the cold ocean of the outer world. The party […]
2027 National Meeting Mayflower Hotel Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 2 to Friday, February 5, 2027
February 5 @ 12:00 am - February 7 @ 12:00 am The New Directions weekend will explore forms of human relating that are not reducible to speech, that exceed and sometimes undo what can be said. […]
Discussion of the film "The Substance" 2024 (141 mins) Director: Coralie Fargeat A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that helps her create a younger, better version […]
April 30 @ 12:00 am - May 2 @ 12:00 am To Apply: https://newdirectionsinwriting.com/apply/
November 5, 2027 @ 8:00 am - November 7, 2027 @ 5:00 pm Imagine for a moment a place that you frequented, or that had special meaning to you as a child – it might […]