Psychoanalysis for the 21st Century
The WBCP brings over 75 years of commitment and innovation to the field of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic training. Welcome.
What are you interested in?
Institute
Prepare to practice as an Adult Psychoanalyst. Child and Adolescent Training is also offered.
Community Psychoanalysis Certificate Program
Enhance your clinical practice by combining didactic and applied learning. (2 years)
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Fellowship Programs
Learn foundational psychoanalytic principles. (9 months)
Adult Child and Adolescent
Study Groups
WBCP sponsors a variety of Study Groups so that members can collaborate and enhance their skills and understanding of a variety of important topics.
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We at the WBCP are committed to examining all aspects of diversity in the composition of our membership, our client systems, and our teaching. We are committed to redressing failures of the past through furthering our own education and sensitivities to issues of diversity. We aim to create a welcoming atmosphere that is open to discussion and change, one that approaches past failures with non-defensiveness, accepting responsibility and committing to improvement. We aim to grow.
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Public Programs Calendar
May
Saturday, May 9, 2026 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective: Session 1: Beauty and the Maternal Body
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 …
June
Saturday, June 27, 2026 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective: Session 2: Fashion from a Gender Psychoanalytic Perspective
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…
July
Saturday, July 25, 2026 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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”
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 Technolog…
February
Tuesday, February 2, 2027 | 8:00 am – Friday, February 5, 2027 | 5:00 pm
2027 APsA National Meeting
2027 National Meeting Mayflower Hotel Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 2 to Friday, February 5, 2027
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WBCP publishes essays and articles on this website in two collections.
PsychBites offers monthly tapas-sized reads designed to spark interest and provoke thought.
While Beyond the Couch delivers periodic posts focused on bringing community back into psychoanalysis.
PsychBytes
Tapas-sized reads designed to spark interest and provoke thought.
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“Pagan” or Sublime?
When the curtain rises on Brian Friel’s renowned play, “Dancing at Lughnasa,” Michael, a pleasant young man, addresses the audience as though he’s lying on an analyst’s couch: “When I cast my mind back to that summer of 1936, different kinds of memories offer themselves to me.” He was only seven, but the memories still make him “uneasy;” it was a time of “things changing too quickly.” These memories unfold for us on the stage.
Closings
At a funeral, I read Tennyson’s poem, “Crossing the Bar,” written when he was 80. He requested this poem be printed at the end of future publications of his work. He was closing his life’s work knowing he soon would be “crossing the bar.”
Beyond the Couch
Thoughtful posts bringing community back into psychoanalysis.
A Grand Experiment in Community Mental Health: The DC Institute for Mental Hygiene
After graduating from Catholic University, I inquired where people went to get the best training in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory and practice. The Washington School of Psychiatry and the DC Institute for
Faraway Voices: Healing Through Writing
The early morning sun shines through the window of my home office as I open the Zoom link to connect with 6 young women who have just finished their evening
The House of Ruth
In her essay about her years as a board member at the House of Ruth, Carolyn Gruber does a beautiful job describing the work done in this incredible “house” where
News + Updates
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Letter From the President
The Center is operating at full tilt, with the usual high level of excellence that we are known for. Simultaneously, we are engaging in diversity, equity , and inclusion efforts
Dr. Andrew Carroll Awarded 2024 Edith Sabshin Teaching Award
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Andrew Carroll, the 2024 recipient of the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award. The Sabshin Award was established by the APsaP Council to recognize those who