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SUMMARY:EMPOWERING CLINICIANS: PRACTICAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
DESCRIPTION:The PsiAN Series: Advocating for Our Patients\, Our Practice and Ourselves\nJOE FELDMAN\, MBA\nKATE GALLAGHER\, PhD\nBRIAN HUFFORD\, ESQ\nEMPOWERING CLINICIANS: PRACTICAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT\nwith Moderator Bevin Campbell\, PsyD\nFriday\, February 28th from 11am-12:30PM/Eastern\nAN ONLINE WEBINAR\n1.5 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE. Instructions about how to obtain available CEs are sent out to registrants in the entry link email\, prior to the event. If you miss that letter (for late sign-ups)\, you should request CE instructions after the event.\nFor general CE Credit information\, click here\nNOTE TO ALL REGISTRANTS FOR ONLINE EVENTS: We send out entry links for Zoom events 1-3 days prior to the scheduled event date. If you do not see a link-letter in your Inbox\, you should check your Trash and Spam folders. Still no link-letter by the business day prior to the event?  Email: e.rodman@wawhite.org \nWe will do whatever we can to get your link to you\, however the Institute is not responsible for your email provider’s security settings. There are no refunds for paid events if a link was sent to you.\nNOTE: Confidentiality requirements prevent the recording of this presentation.\n\nCost: $30 per person\n\nABOUT THIS EVENT\nIn an ideal world\, everyone would have access to affordable\, quality health insurance. Clinicians would provide the care that’s needed\, and insurers would reliably process and pay claims. If problems arose\, laws\, regulations\, and litigation would ensure compliance and fairness and help protect patients and their treatment. After all\, health insurance benefits are designed to help people access the care they need to maintain their health and well-being without facing overwhelming obstacles and financial burdens.\nRegrettably\, this ideal system remains elusive. Disparities in insurance coverage\, especially for mental health\, routinely force people to choose between forgoing essential care or incurring massive out-of-pocket expenses. When it comes to therapies of depth\, insight and relationship\, obtaining appropriate insurance coverage may be especially difficult. For those already facing mental health and addiction issues\, navigating insurance denials and fighting for appropriate coverage can be a daunting prospect. When the system falls short\, advocacy by patients and clinicians may be required. Yet\, many clinicians feel equally disempowered and lost.\nThe purpose of this panel is to empower clinicians with the knowledge and resources needed to support patients in obtaining appropriate reimbursement for treatment. Drawing on their diverse professional backgrounds\, panelists will identify common barriers to care\, demystify the systemic factors underlying these barriers\, and provide practical resources – tools\, templates\, step-by-step instructions – to address them.\n\n\nABOUT THE PsiAN SERIES\nIn these last few years\, we have witnessed unprecedented upheaval in the areas of politics\, social justice\, the natural world\, and public health. Alongside these national and global challenges\, we are amid a mental health crisis with decreasing access to psychotherapy. It is vitally important in order for our practices and communities to thrive to be informed about how depth therapies can help\, what people are looking for in mental health treatment\, and how we can support and protect the work we do\, while making it more accessible to more people.\nPrevailing myths and misconceptions regarding mental health and psychotherapy that either clinicians or the public hold need to be challenged\, as they limit our capacity to help more people in more circumstances and often steer the public\, including marginalized communities\, towards a reduced set of options.\nMany of these areas are not addressed in undergraduate and graduate education\, and therapists often start practicing without a greater understanding and appreciation of these issues and the very real ways in which they can impact and impede our work.\nThis webinar series will help students and therapists at all career stages develop a greater understanding of the mental health landscape\, and how they can protect and advance the work they do.\nRead about the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) \n  \n\nABOUT THE PANELISTS\nKathryn (Kate) Gallagher\, PhD\, is a staff psychologist\, psychoanalyst\, and faculty member at the Austen Riggs Center. She is also in private practice in Stockbridge\, MA. In addition to her clinical practice\, Dr. Gallagher is committed to addressing human rights and health equity issues. This often takes the form of supporting patient and clinician efforts to obtain insurance coverage for medically necessary behavioral health care.\n  \n\n  \nJoe Feldman\, MBA\, is President and Founder of Cover My Mental Health. He began advocating for access to mental health care after overcoming denials for his daughter’s residential care\, including with a successful federal lawsuit. His advocacy work has included policy-driven discussions with legislators and regulators\, a board role with The Kennedy Forum Illinois\, presentations to parent groups\, and publication of actionable guidance such as a 2021 article in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice on medical necessity letters (including a letter template).\n  \n  \n\nBrian Hufford\, Esq\, a graduate of the Yale Law School\, is a Partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in New York City. Over the past two decades\, he has been an industry leader in challenging improper denials and underpayments by health insurance companies and claims administrators on behalf of providers\, provider associations\, and patients. His efforts include a national legal effort that is systematically challenging mental health discrimination by insurers. In his innovative and nationally recognized practice\, Mr. Hufford’s work has provided relief to tensof thousands of individuals who have been impacted by widespread mental health discrimination or other forms of improper coverage denials\, forced policy changes by insurers\, and significantly influenced health care law. These efforts have led to two of the largest recoveries ever obtained in ERISA-based health insurance class actions\, and to a collection of other precedent-setting decisions that have transformed the rights of patients and providers. Mr. Hufford led the team behind the landmark case Wit v. United Behavioral Health\, which has been recognized as one of the most important litigations addressing the legal rights of patients seeking appropriate coverage for their behavioral health services.\nMr. Hufford has received numerous honors and designations relating to his work\, including being honored with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 2021 Rona and Ken Purdy Award for Distinguished Service for his sustained contributions to improving the lives of people who suffer from mental illness and their families. He has been awareded Law360’s “MVP” Award five times\, twice been named a Plaintiff’s Attorney “Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal\, and has been consistently recognized in industry rankings such as Benchmark Litigation and Super Lawyers. He is also a Board member of PsiAN\, in addition to many other leadership positions. Married to his wife\, Wendy\, another attorney\, Mr. Hufford is the proud father of eight children.\n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR\nBevin Campbell\, PsyD\, is a New York and New Jersey licensed psychologist treating couples and individuals in her Brooklyn-based psychotherapy practice. Dr. Campbell has a postgraduate certificate in Couple Therapy from Adelphi University and is an advanced candidate at the William Alanson White Institute. She is a teaching and supervising faculty member of the Health Psychology and School/Clinical Psychology programs at Pace university. She is a longtime PsiAN member and is the creator and host of PsiAN Speaks Live\, a quarterly forum on issues impacting contemporary mental healthcare.
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SUMMARY:Master Clinicians of the Interpersonal-Relational Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INTENSIVE\nMASTER CLINICIANS OF THE INTERPERSONAL-RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVE\nMiri Abramis\, PhD\,  Sandra Buechler\, PhD\,  Jack Drescher\, MD\,  Anton Hart\, PhD\,  Jean Petrucelli\, PhD\, CEDS-S\nMonday-Friday\, June 23rd-27th\, 2025\n  \nWe are pleased to announce the 2025 Summer Educational Intensive\, offered in person\, on location at the Institute during June. This year offers a stellar line-up of five of the Institute’s most prominent Master Clinicians.\n  \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nThis year the Institute is proud to present a program with five of its true Master Clinicians. Each offers expertise in a specific area. Their perspectives on the practice of Interpersonal-Relational psychoanalysis will illustrate technique and theory as applied to clinical material. Participants will attend three intensive hours each morning comprised of clinical case presentation\, live supervision\, group discussion\, and class Q&A.\nAll classes are held in person at the Institute. A welcome breakfast and introduction to the Institute will be part of the first morning’s schedule; coffee and light refreshments are available daily.\nThe format of the program offers class participants a unique vantage for observing and participating in clinical examination with direction and input from experts in the field. Afternoons and evenings are free for socializing and exploring New York City\, or for locals to return to their work settings.\n15 CEs are available for this program.\nThe William Alanson White Institute is located at 20 West 74th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue\, in the heart of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The neighborhood includes Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts\, several museums\, as well as numerous restaurants and shops. It is also a great jumping-off point for visiting all other parts of the City.\n  \nTHE SCHEDULE & PROGRAM\nMONDAY\, JUNE 23rd\, 9:00am-12:30pm*\nSANDRA BUECHLER\, PhD\nThe Clinical Legacies of Sullivan and Fromm\nWhile both H.S. Sullivan and Erich Fromm emphasize the interpersonal nature of all human experience\, their clinical legacies differ some. Sullivan and Fromm are my Apollonian and Dionysian gods. That is\, Sullivan’s work guides me to approach treatment as occurring in phases\, while Fromm’s thinking infuses me with passion. One without the other would be incomplete. In this course I describe their influence\, with clinical illustrations.\nCase Presenter: Gal Katz\, PhD\n*Monday’s schedule includes a Welcome Breakfast and an introduction to the Institute\, starting at 9:00AM. \n\nTUESDAY\, JUNE 24th\, 9:30am-12:30pm   \nJACK DRESCHER\, MD\nFrom Bisexuality to Intersexuality: Rethinking Gender Categories\nThe study of human sexual and gender identities is changing\, obliging analysts to think about gender and sexualities in ways never envisioned by their psychoanalytic forebears. These changes also require an awareness of the limitations imposed upon by their own theoretical traditions. Toward that end\, Dr. Drescher begins with a review of historical assumptions underlying the theory of bisexuality. Then\, introducing the role of categories and hierarchies in general\, he examines the particular clinical meaning of sexual hierarchies\, and a discussion of the meanings and uses of the term\, “natural.”  He concludes with a commentary on intersexuality as an example of both the social and surgical construction of gender.\nCase Presenter: Stephane Goldsand\, LP\, MBA\n\nWEDNESDAY\, JUNE 25th\, 9:30am-12:30pm   \nANTON HART\, PhD\, FABP\, FIPA\nThe Analyst’s Aspiration to be Radically Open to Patient Experience\, especially in Foreign Situations\nPracticing the dispositional stance of “radical openness” requires the analyst take to heart the analysand’s experience and formulations about the analyst. Dr. Hart will discuss this and the desired effect: creating a space for analytic self-discovery that may extend beyond the analyst’s tolerable awareness.\nCase Presenter: Sari Kessler\, PhD\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, JUNE 26th\, 9:30am-12:30pm\nMIRI ABRAMIS\, PhD\nListening with an Interpersonal Lens\nDespite our shared book learning on theory and technique\, each of us brings a unique subjectivity and instrument to analytic dialogue. Like our patients\, how we listen\, process\, and communicate word and deed are essential components of the ongoing conversation. In this workshop Dr. Abramis shares her Interpersonal perspective\, incorporating many of the varied influences that shape her thinking\, including the use of infant and child research in adult treatment\, the work of Edgar Levenson\, and an interest in comparative psychoanalysis. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss analytic listening following a detailed case presentation.\nCase Presenter: Sarah Best\, LCSW-R\n\nFRIDAY\, JUNE 27th\, 9:30am-12:30pm\nJEAN PETRUCELLI\, PhD\, CEDS-S\nThe Too-muchness and Not Enough-ness of Desire: What’s Food Got to Do with This?\nFor patients struggling with an eating disorder\, there is an unrelenting internal dialogue related to desire — the having or not wanting to want – and the consuming behavioral rituals that briefly quiet these tortuous thoughts and cause much suffering. Patients must triumph over these thoughts\, emotions\, compulsions\, and often\, the experience of denial\, in order to begin the road to recovery. From the Interpersonal perspective\, treating an ED involves the interplay between attending directly to the disorder and disengaging from the pull to do so.\nCase Presenter: Bevin Campbell\, PsyD\n  \n  \n\n\nPROGRAM PRICING\nTake advantage of our deeply discounted pricing\, available now:\nPROFESSIONALS $500\nCANDIDATES & STUDENTS $300\n  \nNote: Requests for refunds must be made before Monday\, June 9th\, which is two weeks prior to the course’s start date. From June 9th and on\, medical documentation will be required. \n  \n\n\nABOUT OUR MASTER CLINICIANS\nMiri Abramis\, PhD\, is Faculty\, Training and Supervising Analyst\, Emeritus Fellow at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City. She is currently teaching and writing about the work of Edgar Levenson. For many years she taught Child Development Research and Adult Treatment\, an ongoing area of interest. She is Director emeritus of the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (IPPP) at WAWI and is an Associate Editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis\, the Institute’s academic journal. Dr. Abramis is in private practice in Manhattan\, specializing in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy with individuals and couples. She supervises widely and is currently running a study group: Enhancing Attention to Clinical Process: Language theory of Edgar Levenson\, informed by contemporary research on infant development.\n\nSandra Buechler\, PhD\, is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. She is the author of Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment (Analytic Press\, 2004)\,  Making a Difference in Patients’ Lives (Routledge\, 2008)\, which won the Gradiva award;  Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career (Routledge\, 2012)\, Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis: Lessons from Literature (Routledge\, 2015)\, Psychoanalytic Reflections: Training and Practice (IP Books\, 2017)\,  Psychoanalytic Approaches to Problems in Living (Routledge\, 2019)\, Poetic Dialogues (IP Books\, 2021)\, and Erich Fromm: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge\, 2024).\n\nJack Drescher\, MD\, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and a Training and Supervising Analyst at William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Drescher is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Faculty Member at Columbia’s Division of Gender\, Sexuality\, and Health. He is Senior Psychoanalytic Consultant at Columbia’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He served as Section Editor of the Gender Dysphoria Chapter in the DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) process. He is a Director-at-Large of the American Psychoanalytic Association and moderator of the Journal Club of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Dr. Drescher is author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (Routledge)\, and is Emeritus Editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. He was awarded the 2022 Mary S. Sigourney Award for his International Work on Gender and Sexuality.\nTo learn more about Dr. Drescher go to: https://jackdreschermd.net/\n\nAnton Hart\, PhD\, FABP\, FIPA\, is Training and Supervising Analyst and Faculty of the William Alanson White Institute. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association\, Psychoanalytic Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He has published articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects including psychoanalytic safety and mutuality\, issues of racial\, sexual and other diversities\, and psychoanalytic pedagogy. Dr. Hart is a member of the group Black Psychoanalysts Speak\, and he also Co-produced and was featured in the documentary film of the same name. He teaches at The New School for Social Research\, The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis\, Mt. Sinai Hospital\, New York Presbyterian Hospital\, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies National Training Program\, the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis\, and the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Hart served as Co-Chair of the Holmes Commission on Racial Equality in American Psychoanalysis. He is currently completing a book for Routledge entitled Beyond Oaths or Codes: Toward a Relational Psychoanalytic Ethics. He is in full-time private practice in psychoanalysis\, individual and couple psychotherapy\, psychotherapy supervision and consultation\, and organizational consultation in New York.\n\nJean Petrucelli\, PhD\, CEDS-S\, is a Training & Supervising Analyst\, Faculty\, Director and Co-Founder of the Eating Disorders\, Compulsions and Addictions Service (EDCAS); Conference Advisory Board (CAB) Committee Chair; and Founding Director of the EDCAS one-year educational certificate program at the William Alanson White Institute. She is an Adjunct Clinical Professor and Clinical Consultant for NYU’s Postdoctoral Program; Associate Editor for Contemporary Psychoanalysis; editor of six books\, and winner of the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis 2016 Edited Book award for Body-States: Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives on the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Dr. Petrucelli specializes in the interpersonal treatment of eating disorders and addictions. She presents nationally and internationally and maintains a private practice in New York City.\nShe can be reached at: drjmpetrucelli@gmail.com\n 
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SUMMARY:Acting Out: a New Online Mini-Series with Ira Moses
DESCRIPTION:ACTING OUT AND THE THERAPIST’S SUPEREGO CONFLICTS\nwith \nIRA MOSES\, PhD\, ABPsa\nA new online mini-series for experienced and new clinicians\n4 Wednesday evenings in April \nfrom 8:00-9:15pm/Eastern\n5 CEs are available\n  \nABOUT THIS SERIES\nOften out of fear of shaming the patient\, being perceived as “judgmental\,” or worrying that the patient may drop out of treatment\, therapists may stumble — or avoid entirely — the opportunity to engage patients in analyzing their provocative or self-defeating behaviors. Therapists may\, perhaps unwittingly\, selectively ignore these behaviors\, thereby risking their inevitable escalation.\nSuch behaviors can range from extreme acts such as unprotected sex\, substance abuse\, or compulsive internet use\, to subtler forms of acting out\, such as habitual lateness to appointments or difficulties with paying bills and spending. Through participants’ case material\, Dr. Moses will take us though an exploration of how inquiry and free association can help mobilize reluctant therapists to assist patients in translating action into words.\n  \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR\nIra Moses\, PhD\, ABPsa\, is a Training and Supervising Analyst\, former Director of Training\, and former Director of Clinical Services at the William Alanson White Institute\, where he currently teaches a seminar that functions as the alternative pathway to becoming a Supervising Analyst\, as well as teaching in the Institute’s Ukrainian online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (the UKR-IPPP). He is on the faculty of the Western New England Psychoanalytic Institute and is Visiting Faculty of the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center;  and also is Geographic Rule Supervising Analyst of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute.  Dr. Moses was a former Board Member and faculty of the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance. He has published many articles\, including the Misuse of Empathy; Anonymity and Self Disclosure\, The Analyst’s Resistance to Asking Questions\, and recently\, Wrestling with Reductionism is Racial and Cultural Discourse.\n  \nCLASS SCHEDULE\nHeld online on Wednesday evenings from 8:00pm-9:15pm/Eastern\non April 8\, 15\, 22 & 29\n\nCOURSE COSTS\nProfessionals $325\nCandidates and students $225\n  \n 
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