Public Programs &
Professional Development
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Welcome to a vibrant source of education and community for individuals interested in psychoanalysis as a therapeutic model and as a lens for viewing individuals, culture, and society, along with stimulating conversation.
WBCP’s public programs include an array of high-caliber scientific meetings, case conferences, continuing education opportunities, and a unique 3-year writing program, as well as programs that highlight the arts, including two annual film festivals.
Continuing Education Units are not issued for partial attendance of one day programs.
Calendar
May
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 8:00 am – Sunday, May 4, 2025 | 5:00 pm
New Directions: Maternity And Its Upheavals
Weekend Conference Maternity — from pregnancy, to childbirth, to parenting a newborn introduces psychic dislocation and strain in the mother and upheaval in the couple. Idealizations of pregnanc…
Sunday, May 4, 2025 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
WBCP In-person Social Gathering in Washington, DC
WBCP In Person Social Gathering in Washington, DC Sunday, May 4th 2025 Socializing and Hors D’oeuvres (11:30am – 1:30pm) All members of the WBCP community along with their guests are welcome. Partheno…
Friday, May 9, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Washington Case Conference
May 9, 2025: Via Zoom Topic: To Be Or Not To Be: The Existential Sensibility and Psychodynamic Therapy Presented by: Jane Prelinger, MSW and Michael Stadter, PhD An existential sensibility focuse…
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
A Day in Conversation with Beverly J. Stoute, MD
Thinking Together Without Falling Apart A Day in Conversation with Beverly J. Stoute, MD Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:00 am – 1:30 pm E pluribus unum: An American Fantasy? Presentation Open to the Comm…
June
Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 8:00 am – Monday, June 9, 2025 | 5:00 pm
2025 APsA 113th Annual Meeting
APsA 113th Annual Meeting June 7th – June 9th, 2025 Virtual Visit https://apsa.org/meetings-events/ for more information.
Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
2025 WBCP Graduation and Awards Ceremony
SAVE THE DATE 2025 Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony Date: June 14, 2025 Time: TBA Where: TBA
Friday, June 20, 2025 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema – Will & Harper: Jamie Steele, LMFT
Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema: Discussion of the Film: “Will & Harper” 2024 (114 mins) Directors: Josh GreenbaumWhen Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a tr…
October
Friday, October 31, 2025 | 8:00 am – Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 5:00 pm
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 a million people worldwide …
November
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Observational Studies Program Conference: Exploring the Links: Moving from Observation to Transformative Interventions – Jeanne Magagna, PhD
Observational Studies Program Conference Exploring the Links: Moving from Observation to Transformative Interventions We are excited to announce our upcoming conference with Jeanne Magagna, PhD, T…
February
Friday, February 6, 2026 | 8:00 am – Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 5:00 pm
New Directions: Swimming In Space: Strange Conversations In The Therapeutic Dyad
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…