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.

Calendar

April

Friday, April 14, 2023 | 12:15 pm2:15 pm

Washington Case Conference

The Washington Area Case Conference and Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP) and the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS). This program is offered…

Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 9:30 am12:30 pm

Clinical Psychotherapy Program

Friday, April 21, 2023 | 4:00 pm5:30 pm

Psychoanalyic Takes on the Cinema: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Discussion of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open 2015 (105 min) Directors: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn Discussant: Helen DeVinney, PsyD *** Film must be viewed prior to …

Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 1:00 pm2:30 pm

COWAP Revisiting the Maternal: The Captive Maternal and Carceral Capitalism

The Captive Maternal and Carceral Capitalism Joy James in conversation with Jackie Wang Moderated by Hannah Zeavin Date: April 22, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm We live in a moment where the rights of …

Friday, April 28, 2023 | 12:15 pm2:15 pm

Washington Seminar Series

The Washington Area Case Conference and Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP) and the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS). This program is offered…

Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 9:00 am1:00 pm

Rethinking Psychoanalytic Practice in Wartime: A Panel Discussion by Ukrainian Clinicians

Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023 9:00am – 1:00pm ET Presentation and Discussion 4 CME/CE Via Zoom Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/registration_ukraine_panel_4_29_23 REGISTRATION DEADLIN…

Sunday, April 30, 2023 | 5:00 pm6:00 pm

WBCP Zoom Cocktail Hour

WBCP Zoom Cocktail Hour Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023 Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Where: Via Zoom

May

Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 11:00 am12:30 pm

COWAP Revisiting the Maternal: Maternal Eroticism in the Analytic Setting

with Andrea Celenza The analyst’s vitalizing activity, as reflected in the analyst’s invitation to be, in the offer to take in the analyst as an object of love, to receive what the analyst t…

Friday, May 12, 2023 | 12:15 pm2:15 pm

Washington Case Conference

The Washington Area Case Conference and Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP) and the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS). This program is offered…

Saturday, May 20, 2023Wednesday, May 24, 2023

American Psychiatric Association National Meeting

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 10:00 am11:30 am

Observational Studies Program Open House

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm The Observational Studies Program announces our Open House An In-Person Event at   The Colonnade Condominium 2801 New Mexico Ave NW Washington, 20007 L…

June

Saturday, June 17, 2023 | 11:00 am12:30 pm

COWAP Revisiting the Maternal: The Maternal Has No Gender

with Ann Pellegrini and Tiffany Lethbo King In much of psychoanalytic theory, the maternal is intimately tied up in, and is understood to be, the grounds of sexual difference, if not gender. But follo…

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