Passing Through with Visual Artist Naomi Friedman and Discussant Stephen Friedman
2026-02-05 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Artist Study Group of the Psychotherapy Service for People in the Arts
PRESENTS
PASSING THROUGH
WITH NAOMI FRIEDMAN, VISUAL ARTIST
and Stephen Friedman, PhD, Discussant
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th 2026
1:30-3:00pm/Eastern

Attend in person or online as follows:
In person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, between CPW & Columbus Avenues
Online via Zoom at:
https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=[REDACTED]

Please be sure to RSVP to attend: fvdillon@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
Passing Through challenges one of the most persistent binaries of our time: the divide between public and private space. Visual Artist Naomi Friedman interrogates how trans bodies, experiences, and rhythms disrupt these categories, revealing their fragility and the violence required to maintain them. With collage and paintings, Friedman insists on the permeability of cultural categories and the instability of the narratives that sustain them.
We will discuss figure and setting in the works, and what components might complicate/disrupt those boundaries, as well as other questions.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naomi Friedman, non-binary, is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who graduated Cum Laude from Vassar College in 2022 andl co-founded the Boyz With Apple Artist Collective LLC, https://www.boyzwithapple.com/about-the-boyz Recent exhibitions include the Cannes Contemporary Art Biennale, Art Basel Switzerland and a solo exhibition in Madrid. Friedman teaches early-childhood art classes in Brooklyn.

ABOUT THE DISCUSSANT
Stephen Friedman, PhD, is a graduate of the William Alanson White Institute where he is a Supervisor of Psychotherapy and teaches a seminar on the clinical implications of the Interpersonal perspective, race, diversity and otherness in clinical work. He has a private practice in New York City.
Join us!
Frances V. Dillon, MSW, and Eric Dammann, PhD, Co-Directors, Artist Study Group

The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program Open House
2026-02-11 19:30 - 21:00
The Child & Adolescent​ Psychotherapy Training Program

IN PERSON OPEN HOUSE

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 7:30-9:00pm
Envy, Greed, and the Search for a Holding Environment: Working with Stealing and Lying in a Latency-Age Girl
A Clinical Case Presentation by Dan Liu, LCSW
with discussion led by Mara Heiman, LCSW
Held at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street (between Columbus Avenue & Central Park West)

ABOUT THIS EVENT
According to Melanie Klein, envy is a primitive and fundamentally destructive affect, whereas greed refers to the impulse toward excessive taking and possessing that is often driven by envy. Clinically, behaviors such as lying and stealing can be understood as manifestations of both envy and greed – expressions of destructiveness, anger, and aggression that involve taking from others and depriving them of what they have. Yet these behaviors may also be seen as communications that seek a holding environment in which such intense feelings can be contained and transformed, allowing movement toward the true self.
Ms. Liu will discuss a long-term treatment with a nine-year-old girl, illustrating how envy and greed emerged in the clinical work and how the holding environment made it possible to recognize, contain, and work through these dynamics.
Join us for a rich presentation by a current candidate, demonstrating the culmination of a sophisticated learning process and the integration of clinical theory and technique. It will be an opportunity for those interested in child and adolescent psychotherapy training to learn more about our program, participate in a discussion, and take part in a Q&A. Light refreshments will be available.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dan Liu is a candidate in the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPTP) at the William Alanson White Institute. She completed her psychoanalytic training at the Institute, where she now serves as faculty in the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program. Ms. Liu earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from New York University and has lived in New York City for the past 14 years, where she maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Originally from Shenzhen, a coastal city in southeastern China, she brings a multicultural perspective to her clinical work. She speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese, and works with individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and social backgrounds.
FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHILD & ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, CONTACT MARA HEIMAN AT maraheiman18@gmail.com

SUNIL BHATIA, Why DeColonization?
2026-02-20 19:30 - 21:00
IN DIALOGUE: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE HUMANITIES
The 2025-2026 Colloquium Series
presented by the Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute
WHY DECOLONIZATION?
SUNIL BHATIA, Professor of Human Development and Cultural Psychology, Connecticut College
Please note: This event has been cancelled.

with Hosts & Moderators, Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, and Nancy Freeman-Carroll, PsyD, Co-Presidents of the Psychoanalytic Society
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20th from 7:30-9:00pm/Eastern
Held in person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, New York City and via live stream online
1.5 CEs are available for attending. In order to receive your credit for attending, follow the instructions that are sent prior to the event.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Sunil Bhatia, is an internationally recognized authority on culture and psychology and Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is at the forefront of studies on decolonization and author of such books as American Karma; Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora; Decolonizing Psychology: Globalization, Social Justice, and Indian Youth Identities; and Globalization and Culture: Narratives of Indian Youth from Call Centers to Chail Stalls (forthcoming Oxford U. Press) among others. Additionally, he is a frequent lecturer and commentator on current events.

ABOUT THIS SERIES
From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis has existed at the intersection of science and the humanities. In the face of increasing pressures from evidence-based practice and medicalization, what can psychoanalysis learn from the humanities? Collectively, our speakers represent the leading edge in humanities and the arts and bring a diverse array of perspectives to bear. These talks promise to illustrate the manifest and often overlooked links between psychoanalysis and the humanities and provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.
All speakers will present their talks in person. We encourage everyone who can, to attend in person and continue the tradition of meeting together at the Institute. For those who are unable to join in person, we offer a real-time stream, to reach beyond New York to a broader audience.

This series is presented at no charge to its audience. Please consider making a donation to The Psychoanalytic Society when registering.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Overall objectives of this colloquium series:

Describe the many interactions between the humanities and psychoanalysis.

Explain how psychoanalytic practice can benefit from the insights of the humanities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES THIS PRESENTATION:

Explore how decolonization matters for psychoanalytic practice.

Explain what decolonization is and what its implications are.

The Psychoanalytic Training Program Special Open House
2026-03-04 19:30 - 21:30
The Psychoanalytic Training Program
A SPECIAL OPEN HOUSE
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4th
7:30-9:30pm
THE CASE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS:
A cohort of graduates reflects upon the influence of psychoanalytic training on personal and professional evolutions.
With David C. Banthin, PhD, Tomás Casado-Frankel, LMFT-D, LP, John Eastman, LCSW, Dan Liu, LCSW, Mary Olsen, LCSW, Josh Yoselovsky, LCSW
Held In Person at the Institute: 20 West 74th Street between Central Park West & Columbus Avenue

ABOUT THE EVENING
A clinical case will be presented, followed by discussion with our panel of graduates – who together went through the training program and have gone on to build their practices.
Attendees will be invited to join the discussion for the experience of a cohort peer supervision, and will be encouraged to ask questions about the case, the program, and our Institute. Light refreshments will be available.
Join us!

ABOUT OUR PANELISTS
David C. Banthin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Faculty at the William Alanson White Institute. He earned his doctoral degree from the New School for Social Research and completed fellowships and postdoctoral certificates at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Mount Sinai/Mental Illness Research and Clinical Center at the Department of Veteran Affairs, Behavioral Tech for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and psychoanalytic training at WAWI. He has engaged in psychotherapy research in psychodynamic and behavioral treatment modalities for 15+ years with a focus on the therapeutic relationship and personality disorders.
Tomás Casado-Frankel, MA, LMFT-D, LP, is the Director of Outreach and Recruitment, a Supervisor of Psychotherapy, and a graduate of both the WAWI Psychoanalytic Training Program and the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program. He is co-author of Early Relational Trauma and the Development of Self, published by Routledge in 2022. He is in private practice in NYC.
Dan Liu, LCSW, is a graduate of the William Alanson White Institute. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychoanalyst practicing in New York City. Originally from Shenzhen, China, Dan brings a multicultural perspective to her work and provides therapy in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Mary Olsen, LCSW, worked at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in the Employee Assistance Program before completing her training at the William Alanson White Institute. Mary is a Supervisor of Psychotherapy at WAWI and credits her psychoanalytic training for her seamless transition into full time private practice. Prior to earning her MSW, she founded and ran a technology consulting practice.

Josh Yoselovsky, LCSW, completed his psychoanalytic training at the William Alanson White Institute in 2021, and is on its faculty, as well as that of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. Josh is also an adjunct instructor at Fordham University’s Graduate School for Social Service. His academic and clinical interests focus on early Interpersonal thinking and literature, as well as on the intersection of theater, performance, and psychoanalysis.

Aesthetics of the Encounter: Psychoanalysis in Chaotic Times
2026-03-05 13:30 - 15:00
The Artist Study Group of the Psychotherapy Service for People in the Arts
PRESENTS
Aesthetics of the Encounter: Psychoanalysis in Chaotic Times
with Gabriela Goldstein, PhD
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026, 1:30-3pm/Eastern time
Attend in person or online as follows:
In person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, between CPW & Columbus Avenues
Online via Zoom at: https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=[REDACTED]

Please be sure to RSVP to attend: fvdillon@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
In response to this time of radical political polarization, Gabriela Goldstein offers us an exploration of aesthetic experience as a transformative event; an unexpected encounter with works of art that may lead to a state of poetic estrangement, promoting a possible reorganization of its subject’s psychic economy. In this presentation, she will share slides and vignettes that demonstrate the experience of this state of estrangement, reflecting upon the encounter between the subject and the other or Other;between analyst and patient and in the framework provided by the analytical situation. In her new book, Art and Psychoanalysis: Between the Dialectics of the Other and Poetic Estrangement (Routledge, 2026), she considers how the metapsychology of aesthetic experience and its research contribute to a clinical understanding of processes of deficient symbolization.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER
Gabriela Goldstein, PhD, is a training analyst of the International Psychoanalytical Association and FEPAL. She is also the former president of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association and currently serves as a Latin American member of the IPA Board (2025-2027). Dr. Goldstein has authored several books and has received distinctions in psychoanalytic literature and the Arts. She is also an architect and visual artist, with exhibitions in Argentina, Europe, and the United States. She lives and works in Buenos Aires. For further information about her work, visit her website: gabrielagoldstein.com.ar

Join us for a fascinating and timely presentation!
RSVP to fvdillon@gmail.com

Frances V. Dillon, MSW and Eric Dammann, PhD, Co-Directors, Artist Study Group

The Child & Adolescent​ Psychotherapy Training Program Open House
2026-03-11 19:30 - 21:00
The Child & Adolescent​ Psychotherapy Training Program

IN PERSON OPEN HOUSE

Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 from 7:30-9:00pm
Adolescence in the Manosphere: the Psychodynamic Treatment of an Isolated 16 Year Old Boy
A CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION by Stephanie Vanden Bos, LCSW
Held at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street (between Columbus Avenue & Central Park West)

ABOUT THIS EVENT
The presentation will follow the treatment of an isolated adolescent boy struggling with intense affect and unmet relational needs as he works to consolidate a stable sense of identity. Struggling at the crossroads of a chaotic childhood and uncertain adulthood, he is wrecked with anxiety and rage about his pervasive sense of invisibility and helplessness. He seeks advice in online communities that offer simplified, prescriptive narratives about gender and power, and which promise clarity, status and a sense of dignity. The work we do together aims to support development of a more cohesive and enlivened sense of self — one that can tolerate ambivalence, integrate anger, and enhance his capacity for connection within the therapeutic relationship.
Join us for an insightful presentation given by a candidate in the Institute’s Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program. There will be opportunity to ask questions and join in discussion, as well as to learn about our unique program and about the Institute. Light refreshments will be available.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Stephanie Vanden Bos, LCSW, is a candidate in the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPTP) at the William Alanson White Institute. She completed psychoanalytic training at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) in 2007, where she is now a training analyst and supervisor. She has also trained in several different trauma treatments including EMDR, AEDP, Sensorimotor Training and Somatic Experiencing. She has been in private practice in New York City for the past 25 years.

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHILD & ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, CONTACT MARA HEIMAN AT maraheiman18@gmail.com

Micro-Traumatic Experience: Therapeutic Approaches to Healing Cumulative Toxic Effects
2026-03-13 12:00 - 13:30
Micro-Traumatic Experience: Therapeutic Approaches to Healing Cumulative Toxic Effects
with Margaret Crastnopol, PhD
A 3-part mini-course for clinicians at all levels, to explore and recognize micro-traumatic functioning, while learning how to work with patients in resolving these patterns.
Held online on three Fridays, starting March 13th
4.5 CE credits are available

ABOUT THE SERIES
Subtle types of psychic injury, called “micro-trauma” can mount up over time, eroding a person’s sense of well-being while distorting character development and interpersonal functioning. In her book,  Micro-trauma: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Cumulative Psychic Injury (Routledge, 2015), Dr. Crastnopol draws upon the theoretical framework for these events, and shares her recent thinking about them. For this three-session, online course, she focuses on and helps clinicians identify specific patterns of micro-traumatic functioning and their impacts, as they play out in everyday life and in the analytic engagement itself.
Participants will explore their own clinical experiences with micro-trauma and gain an understanding of how to identify and work to resolve such problematic patterns for patients.
A list of required and optional reading will be sent to registrants.

ABOUT MARGARET CRASTNOPOL, PhD
Margaret Crastnopol, PhD, is an Analyst of Candidates (“Training Analyst”), Consulting Analyst, and Faculty Member of the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is also a Supervisor of Psychotherapy and Faculty at the William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Crastnopol is an associate editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and she also serves on the editorial board of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Having recently finished her tenure, she is a long-term former member of the executive committee and the board of directors of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She is the author of Micro-trauma: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Cumulative Psychic Injury, (Routledge, 2015), and of numerous other published works. Dr. Crastnopol is in private practice for the treatment of individuals and couples in Seattle, New York, Idaho, and elsewhere, working remotely and in person. She offers individual and group supervision or consultation for those in the United States and various locations abroad.

CLASS SCHEDULE
Held online on Fridays, from 12Noon-1:30PM/Eastern, on March 13, 20, 27

COURSE COSTS:
Professionals: Early Registration $400 available now thru February 22nd. Starting February 23rd, $500
Candidates and students: $250

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the completion of this course, students will be able to:

Enumerate and describe certain specific mechanisms of toxic functioning, including “unkind cutting back,” “connoisseurship gone awry,” “little murders,” etc.

Identify signs within the psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic relationship that such patterns are being replayed.

Articulate and implement various effective strategies for repairing micro-traumatic damage to the patient’s sense of well-being and self-worth.

MARK FREEMAN on Narrative, Lived and Told
2026-03-13 19:30 - 21:00
IN DIALOGUE: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE HUMANITIES
The 2025-2026 Colloquium Series
presented by the Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute
NARRATIVE, LIVED AND TOLD
MARK FREEMAN, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Ethics, Society and Psychology, College of the Holy Cross
with Hosts & Moderators, Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, and Nancy Freeman-Carroll, PsyD, Co-Presidents of the Psychoanalytic Society
FRIDAY, MARCH 13th from 7:30-9:00pm/Eastern
Held in person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, New York City and via live stream online
1.5 CEs are available for attending. In order to receive your credit for attending, follow the instructions that are sent prior to the event.

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
A core premise of this presentation is that narrative is central to the process of both self-understanding and self-formation: through looking backward over the past, one may discern patterns, connections, and themes and craft a story — and a self, accordingly.
But how does one tell such a story, and what sort of story might it be? The challenge is large. Although there is much about the self that can be known, there is also much that remains unknown, and perhaps, unknowable. Not the least is that our existence is permeated by what is other — first and foremost, by other people, but also by the larger social, cultural, and political world, within which our lives take shape, often in ways unbeknownst to us. This doesn’t mean that seeking self-understanding is futile. Rather, it means that narrative knowing must be supplemented by narrative unknowing, and in turn that science must be supplemented by art when engaging in the process. By proceeding in this way, we may be better poised to both fathom and narrate the deepest sources of selfhood in all of their radiant obscurity.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Mark Freeman, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross as well as Senior Fellow at the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics at Boston College. Award-winning author of numerous works, including Rewriting the Self: History, Memory, Narrative (1993), Hindsight: The Promise and Peril of Looking Backward (2010), The Priority of the Other: Thinking and Living Beyond the Self (2014), Do I Look at You with Love? Reimagining the Story of Dementia (2021), and, most recently, Toward the Psychological Humanities: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Psychology (2024), he also serves as Editor for the Oxford University Press series, Explorations in Narrative Psychology.

ABOUT THIS SERIES
From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis has existed at the intersection of science and the humanities. In the face of increasing pressures from evidence-based practice and medicalization, what can psychoanalysis learn from the humanities? Collectively, our speakers represent the leading edge in humanities and the arts and bring a diverse array of perspectives to bear. These talks promise to illustrate the manifest and often overlooked links between psychoanalysis and the humanities and provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.
All speakers will present their talks in person. We encourage everyone who can, to attend in person and continue the tradition of meeting together at the Institute. For those who are unable to join in person, we offer a real-time stream, to reach beyond New York to a broader audience.

This series is presented at no charge to its audience. Please consider making a donation to The Psychoanalytic Society when registering.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Overall objectives of this colloquium series:

Describe the many interactions between the humanities and psychoanalysis.
Explain how psychoanalytic practice can benefit from the insights of the humanities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES THIS PRESENTATION:

Describe the implications of narrative for psychoanalytic practice.
Describe the role of narrative in developing self-awareness.

MARIANNE HIRSCH, Reparative Memory
2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:00
IN DIALOGUE: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE HUMANITIES
The 2025-2026 Colloquium Series
presented by the Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute
REPARATIVE MEMORY
MARIANNE HIRSCH, William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, Columbia University
with Hosts & Moderators, Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, and Nancy Freeman-Carroll, PsyD, Co-Presidents of the Psychoanalytic Society
FRIDAY, APRIL 10th, from 7:30-9:00pm/Eastern — please note this is a revised date
Held in person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, New York City and via live stream online
1.5 CEs are available for attending. In order to receive your credit for attending, follow the instructions that are sent prior to the event.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Marianne Hirsch is the William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University. She writes about the transmission of memories of violence across generations, combining feminist theory with memory studies in global perspective, a process she has termed “post memory.” Some of her books include Family Frames: Photography, Narrative, and Postmemory; The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust; and Women Mobilizing Memory. She is currently a Getty Scholar and completing a book on the theme of reparative memory.

ABOUT THIS SERIES
From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis has existed at the intersection of science and the humanities. In the face of increasing pressures from evidence-based practice and medicalization, what can psychoanalysis learn from the humanities? Collectively, our speakers represent the leading edge in humanities and the arts and bring a diverse array of perspectives to bear. These talks promise to illustrate the manifest and often overlooked links between psychoanalysis and the humanities and provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.
All speakers will present their talks in person. We encourage everyone who can, to attend in person and continue the tradition of meeting together at the Institute. For those who are unable to join in person, we offer a real-time stream, to reach beyond New York to a broader audience.

This series is presented at no charge to its audience. Please consider making a donation to The Psychoanalytic Society when registering.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Overall objectives of this colloquium series:

Describe the many interactions between the humanities and psychoanalysis.

Explain how psychoanalytic practice can benefit from the insights of the humanities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES THIS PRESENTATION:

Describe the ways in which memory can have a reparative effect.

Explain the relationship of reparative memory to trauma and psychoanalytic practice.
