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• Institute Class CHILD PROGRAM (academic year 2019-2020)

  • Start
    September 03, 2019
  • End
    May 12, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    30 sessions

  The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis 2019-2020 classes will be held on 30 Tuesday's from September 3, 2019 through May 12, 2020.  

  Classes are open only to those enrolled in our program.

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• Institute - Extended Executive Committee Meeting FY2019-2020

  • Start
    September 05, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 07, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    The Usual Location

  Institute - Extended Executive Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for committee members ONLY

  
  

  The February 6, 2020 meeting has been cancelled. 

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• Institute Class (academic year 2019-2020)

  • Start
    September 06, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 15, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    30 sessions

  The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis 2019-2020 classes will be held on 30 Friday's from September 6, 2019 through May 15, 2020. 

  Classes are open only to those enrolled in our program.

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• Institute - Progression Committee Meeting FY2019-2020

  • Start
    September 12, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 14, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    The Usual Location

  Institute - Progression Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for progression committee members ONLY

  
  

  
  

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• Institute - TA/SA Seminar FY2019-2020

  • Start
    September 19, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 21, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Cal's Office

  Institute - TA/SA Seminar Meeting

  This meeting is for training and supervising analysts ONLY

  
  

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• Institute - Curriculum Committee Meeting FY2019-2020

  • Start
    September 26, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 28, 2020
  •  
  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    The Usual Location

  Institute - Curriculum Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for curriculum committee members ONLY

  
  

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• Institute Retreat - Child & Adolescent Program Meeting

  • When
    March 06, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  Institute Retreat - Faculty Meeting.

  This event is only open to Institute Faculty

  A registration form will be available summer 2019

  
  

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• Institute Retreat - Curriculum Review Meeting

  • When
    March 06, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  Institute Retreat - curriculum meeting.

  This event is only open to Institute Faculty

  A registration form will be available summer 2019

  
  

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• Institute Retreat: Educational Program 2020

  • When
    March 07, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  This program is open to all Institute Faculty, Candidates, Students and graduates.

  There is a $15 fee.  

  More information will be posted when available.

   A registration form will be available Summer 2018

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• Institute Retreat Faculty Meeting

  • When
    March 07, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  Institute Retreat - Faculty Meeting.

  This event is only open to Institute Faculty

  A registration form will be available summer 2019

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• Thoughts on the So-Called "Failure to Launch" Patient with David Stevens, Ph.D. (Salon)

  • When
    March 10, 2020
  •  
    7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Given upon registration
  • Spaces left
    0

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  The purpose of the salon is to gather in an informal setting to share basic and applied psychoanalytic principles that help you explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy. 

  This informal format provides an opportunity for you to explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy, meet members of the analytic community, and enjoy the thinking and the company of others who share your clinical interest. For those of you who continue on in one of our formal training programs, this is only the beginning of your learning experience.

  
  

  We look forward to becoming acquainted with you as well as having fun together with thought-provoking discussions.

  Since group size is limited, we ask that you register online. If your RSVP changes, please notify the office so we can invite those on the wait-list.
  

  Click here for a printable flyer.

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• Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean with discussant Tony Miles, PhD (Film Series)

  • When
    March 13, 2020
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    69

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  The purpose of the film series is to encourage psychoanalytic dialogue with respect to creativity and movies. 

  Description:

  Robert Altman directed this low-budget film version of the play by Ed Graczyk, also directed by Altman on Broadway with the same cast. The film takes place in the small Texas town of McCarthy in 1975. Inside of a five-and-dime store, a reunion is planned for the members of a local 1950s James Dean fan club. An odd assortment of women arrive, revealing hidden secrets, as Altman flashes back, showing the women as young James Dean fans, and then jumps forward to present day to reveal the ravages of time and lost innocence.

  —  Summary from Rotten Tomatoes

   Objectives:

  1. Discuss the importance of knowing patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity.
  2. List at least two ways in introduce related conversations to patients.

  Discussant Biography:

  Tony Miles, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in Denver, Colorado. He has expertise in working with LGBTQ and HIV+ communities. Dr. Miles is a member of the American Psychological Association and current Secretary of the Denver Psychoanalytic Society. 

  
  

  COST	CME CREDIT	NO CME CREDIT
  MEMBER	$20.00	FREE
  NON-MEMBER	$30.00	FREE

  
  

  Parking: There is plenty of free parking in the church lot or on the streets nearby.

  Location: McCollum Room within Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church

  CME Certificates:  In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, sign the attendance sheet, attend the entire session, and complete an evaluation within 14 days after the program.  CME certificates will be sent by email within a month following the event after attendees are cross referenced by registration, payment, sign-in, and completion of the evaluation.  

  Cancellation and Certificate Replacement Policy: There will be no refunds of fees for cancellations within 7 days of the event.  If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records.  There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.

  Please click here for a printable flyer.

  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation require-ments and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  If you would prefer to register by check, please click here to print a general registration form and mail to the address indicated.
  

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• The Erotic Self: Bringing Self-Psychology and Freud Together with John Riker, Ph.D. (Lecture)

  • When
    April 03, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    64

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  Description: Dr. Riker will show why the energy that vitalizes unconscious self structure needs to be thought of as eros and how the self speaks through what he terms "erotic eruptions."  Dr. Riker will describe psychological dynamics in which there are strong tensions between the ego, the body, ingested social codes, and the self, and describe how one can tell what is pressuring one, so that they might determine the importance of those motivations.  Along the way, Dr. Riker will weave together Plato, Freud, and Kohut into a novel picture of the human soul.  

  Objectives:

  1. The participants will be able to understand what the singular self in each human being is and how it manifests itself.
  2. The participants will be able to understand the nature of eros and the erotic in such a way that it is not reduced to the sexual, as it tends to be in contemporary culture.
  3. The participants will be able to identify which sector of the psyche is pressuring them, so as to better evaluate the importance of their motivations.

  Biography:  For the past three decades, John Riker has been devoted to exploring the relation of psychoanalysis, especially Kohutian self psychology, to problems in ethics and philosophical anthropology.  He has written four books intersecting psychoanalysis and ethics (most recently, Exploring the Life of the Soul), and published numerous articles and spoken in many conferences on this material, including conferences in England, Belgium, Turkey, Austria, and Israel.  John has been a professor of philosophy at Colorado College for over half a century and been named Professor of the Year a record four times, and advisor of the year three times.  He was the initial recipient of the award Colorado College established to recognize someone who most promotes diversity and inclusion on campus.

  Details:

  COST	CME CREDIT	NO CME CREDIT
  MEMBER	$20.00	FREE
  NON-MEMBER	$30.00	FREE

  Parking: There is plenty of free parking in the church lot or on the streets nearby.

  Location: McCollum Room within Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church

  CME Certificates: In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, sign the attendance sheet, attend the entire session, and complete an evaluation within 14 days after the program. CME certificates will be sent by email within a month following the event after attendees are cross referenced by registration, payment, sign-in, and completion of the evaluation.

  Cancellation & Certificate Replacement Policy: There will be no refunds of fees for cancellations within 7 days of the event. If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records. There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.

  Please click here for a printable flyer.

  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation require-ments and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  If you would prefer to register by check, please click here to print a general registration form and mail to the address indicated.

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• Society Coordinating Committee Meeting (Spring 2020)

  • When
    April 06, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Margy's House

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  This meeting is only open to committee members of the Society Coordinating Committee.

  The final Society Coordinating Committee Meeting this year will take place on Monday, April  6th at 7:00 PM at Margy's house.

  If you are unable to attend, please send Tony a committee report.  

  Please let Margy know if you will be bringing part of the dinner (drinks, salad, dessert)

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• Inside Out with discussant Amanda Hutchison, M.D. (Film Series)

  • When
    April 10, 2020
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    75

  The purpose of the film series is to encourage psychoanalytic dialogue with respect to creativity and movies. 

  Description:

  Emotions run wild in the mind of a little girl who is uprooted from her peaceful life in the Midwest and forced to move to San Francisco in this Pixar adventure from director Pete Docter (Up, Monsters Inc.).  Now, as Riley prepares to navigate a new city and attend a new school, her emotional headquarters becomes a hot bed of activity. As Joy (voice of Amy Poehler) attempts to keep Riley feeling happy and positive about the move, other emotions like Fear (voice of Bill Hader), Anger (voice of Lewis Black), Disgust (voice of Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) make the transition a bit more complicated.

    —  Summary found on IMDB

  Objectives:

  1. List 5 basic emotions

  2. Compare the movie portrayal of parts of the mind to psychoanalytic understanding of metapsychology

  3. Explain how having more than one emotion at once happens

  Discussant Biography:

  Amanda Hutchison MD is a graduate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2010. She completed her psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Hutchison is a fourth-year candidate in adult and child psychoanalytic training at the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.

  COST	CME CREDIT	NO CME CREDIT
  MEMBER	$20.00	FREE
  NON-MEMBER	$30.00	FREE

  
  

  Parking: There is plenty of free parking in the church lot or on the streets nearby.

  Location: McCollum Room within Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church

  CME Certificates:  In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, sign the attendance sheet, attend the entire session, and complete an evaluation within 14 days after the program.  CME certificates will be sent by email within a month following the event after attendees are cross referenced by registration, payment, sign-in, and completion of the evaluation.  

  Cancellation and Certificate Replacement Policy: There will be no refunds of fees for cancellations within 7 days of the event.  If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records.  There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.

  Please click here for a printable flyer.

  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation require-ments and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  If you would prefer to register by check, please click here to print a general registration form and mail to the address indicated.
  

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• TBD with Rachel Norwood, M.D. (Salon)

  • When
    April 14, 2020
  •  
    7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Given upon registration
  • Spaces left
    13

  Register

  The purpose of the salon is to gather in an informal setting to share basic and applied psychoanalytic principles that help you explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy. 

  This informal format provides an opportunity for you to explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy, meet members of the analytic community, and enjoy the thinking and the company of others who share your clinical interest. For those of you who continue on in one of our formal training programs, this is only the beginning of your learning experience.

  
  

  We look forward to becoming acquainted with you as well as having fun together with thought-provoking discussions.

  Since group size is limited, we ask that you register online. If your RSVP changes, please notify the office so we can invite those on the wait-list.

  Show details
• Conference: Infant Research and Adult Treatment with Beatrice Beebe, PhD

  • When
    April 18, 2020
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Anschutz Medical Campus - Hensel Phelps Auditorium, in Research 1 North Building
  • Spaces left
    99

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  Infant Research and Adult Treatment
  Featuring Beatrice Beebe, Ph.D.
  
  

  

  Description:

  MORNING: THREE MODELS OF MOTHER-INFANT TRAUMA 

  The first model is a treatment case; the second and third are based in research studies in community samples. All three have illustrative video material. (1) Case of Linda and Dan: Mother suicidal at birth; (2) Origins of disorganized attachment at 4 months (3) Pregnant and widowed on 9/11.

  Current approaches to mother-infant treatment deal broadly with relational disturbance, but not specific patterns of interactive disturbance. Increased specificity in describing patterns of disturbance associated with different forms of mother-infant trauma can facilitate more focused clinical intervention, across a range of clinical settings. For each model of mother-infant trauma, the audience will be led through an embodied interactive role-play of the patterns of interaction.

  Following Dr. Beebe’s presentation there will be a discussion of the research aspects of the material with Dr. Beebe and Dr. Leslie Jordan.

  Morning Learning Objectives
  Participants will be able to:

  1. Describe ways in which mother-infant research can inform mother-infant treatment.
  2. Describe different pictures of mother-infant trauma.

  AFTERNOON: VIDEO FEEDBACK THERAPY FOR A TRAUMATIZED PATIENT WHO DOES NOT LOOK

  I explore processes of nonverbal communication in adult treatment through a new project, “Videotaping the Therapist’s Face.” By turning the lens on the therapist, we can learn more about how and what the therapist communicates to her patient. The therapist's face, as well as bodily gestures of head and hands, and the background vocal rhythm of the narrative, are relatively unexplored avenues of therapeutic action in adult treatment. To illustrate this process, I present a case in which I use the videotaped sessions of the analyst’s face for “video feedback” therapy with a patient who does not look at the faces of other people. Dr. Beebe is the video feedback consultant to an ongoing 20+ year intensive treatment by Dr. Larry Sandberg.

  A great deal of what the patient experiences as well as what the therapist experiences can be seen in the face, head and hand gestures of the therapist. During the feedback portion of the session, the therapist and patient together look at the video they just made and try to understand both what the therapist feels and what the patient might feel, and what the therapist might be reacting to in the patient. Watching the video gives the patient who cannot look a chance to see the therapist's face without having to be directly in the conversation. We will discuss how this process helped this patient, across 10 years of video feedback therapy.

  There will be discussion of adult treatment by Dr. Beebe and Dr. Nancy Bakalar following the presentation of material.

  Afternoon Learning Objectives
  Participants will be able to:
  

  1. Discuss the potential role of video for traumatized patients who cannot look directly into the face of another person.
  2. Discuss how video feedback therapy can facilitate an understanding of both verbal and nonverbal communication in an adult treatment.
  3. Describe the role of video feedback therapy as an adjunct to an ongoing treatment.

  Biographies:  

  Beatrice Beebe, PhD

  Beatrice Beebe Ph.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute. She directs a basic research lab on mother-infant communication. She is faculty at several psychoanalytic institutes, and she has a private practice for adults and mother-infant pairs. She is author or co-author of 6 books and 71 peer-reviewed articles. The most recent book is The mother-infant interaction picture book: Origins of attachment (Beebe, Cohen & Lachman, Norton, 2016). For a decade she directed a pro bono primary prevention project for mothers who were pregnant and widowed on 9-11 (Beebe, Cohen, Sossin, & Markese, Eds., Mothers, infants and young children of September 11, 2001: A primary prevention project, 2012). A documentary film about her research is available (website of the Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing [PEPweb], Mother-Infant Communication: The Research of Dr. Beatrice Beebe, by Karen Dougherty, 2016). She has a half-hour internet talk, Decoding the nonverbal language of babies (http://www.aei.org/events/decoding-the-nonverbal-language-of-babies/) and an hour-long internet interview about her work

  Leslie Jordan, PhD     (Research Discussant)

  Leslie Jordan, Ph.D. is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst on the faculty of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis where she served as Chair of the Research Committee for 13 years.  Dr. Jordan is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Psychoanalysis and chairs its Research and Development Committee.  She has published papers on nonverbal communication in psychoanalysis, perspectives of early trauma, and evaluation of learning in psychoanalytic programs. Dr. Jordan is a psychoanalyst/psychologist in private practice in Denver, CO.
  

  Nancy Bakalar, MD   (Adult Treatment Discussant)

  Nancy L. Bakalar, M.D. is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist and supervising analyst at The International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT) and is on the faculty of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis. During 25 years of Naval service, she consulted to The United States Congress and served in the Pentagon for 3½ years developing and coordinating mental health policy for the Department of Defense. She also initiated the U S Navy’s Telemental Health Program in the late 1990s. Dr. Bakalar developed and taught in the Infant Observation Program at the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) in Washington, D.C.   She has published numerous chapters and presented numerous papers on the applications of infant observation to psychotherapy and psychoanalysis of adolescents and adults. Her private practice is in Englewood, CO.
  

  
  

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  CME Information:

  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

  CME Certificates:

  In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, sign the attendance sheet, attend the entire session, and complete an evaluation. CME certificates will be handed out at the conclusion of the event in exchange for the completed evaluation.  If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records. There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.
  

  Sponsors: (Interested in becoming a sponsor? Click Here)

  
  

  Schedule:

  8:30-9:00 am	Registration
  9:00-9:15 am	Welcome
  9:15-10:45 am	Lecture
  10:45-11:00 am	Break
  11:00-12:15 pm	Research Discussion with Leslie Jordan, Ph.D.
  12:15-1:15 pm	Lunch (provided)
  1:15-2:45 pm	Lecture
  2:45-3:00 pm	Break
  3:00-4:15 pm	Adult Treatment Discussion w/ Nancy Bakalar, M.D.
  4:15-4:30 pm	Wrap-up
  4:30-5:00 pm	Evaluation/CME Certificates

  Fees:

  • DPS Member - 
  • • Early Bird (January 1st through February 15th) - $140
    • Regular Rate (February 16th through April 10th) - $160
    • Late Registration (April 11th - April 18th) - $170

  • Non-Member - 
  • • Early Bird (January 1st through February 15th) - $155
    • Regular Registration  (February 16th through April 10th) - $175
    • Late Registration (April 11th - April 18th) - $185
      

  Student Rate -

  • • Registration  (January 1st through April 10th) - $75
    • Late Registration (April 11th - April 18th) - $85

  Registration is not complete until registration fee is paid in full.
  

  There will be NO refunds after April 11, 2020; any refunds prior to April 11th will be less a $30.00 administration fee.

  Parking:

  Click here for a map of the Anschutz campus.  We recommend parking in the Henderson Parking Structure.   Parking is $1 for the full day.  We will have signs the day of the event to direct you to the door that we will be manning.  

  Hotels within walking distance:

  SpringHill Suites by Marriott
  13400 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80011 USA

  Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center
  13200 East 14th Place, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80011
  

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• Society Fundraiser - Choir Boy

  • When
    April 26, 2020
  •  
    1:30 PM
  • Location
    DCPA - Space Theatre
  • Spaces left
    12

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  A coming of age drama with a battle between identity and community, created by Oscar Winning Screenwriter Tarell Avlin McCraney

  
  

  Pharus doesn’t fit in at The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, an institution committed to building "strong, ethical black men". Despite embodying the strong, ethical morals the school seeks to ingrain in its students, being gay has made him an outsider within its hallowed halls. But this year, his talent and perseverance have paid off with a chance to lead the prestigious choir, a position where he may finally shake the dogged bullying by his fellow classmates.

  This soaring coming-of-age musical drama was the Broadway debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney, whose deeply human storytelling illuminates the chaotic collision of masculinity, tradition and self-discovery on the path to adulthood.  “It was important at the time of creating Choir Boy to really figure out how one distinguishes one’s own voice and one’s own instincts inside of a community,” says McCraney.

  Featuring gorgeous gospel music, you’ll want to raise your voice and cheer as one student boldly stands up to the traditions that seek to silence his voice.

  Please join us after the play for a discussion led by Brian Ngo-Smith, LCSW held on the third floor of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theater Education, which is located at 1101 13th Street, just a short walk from the theater.  (We do not have a reception this year and there is no fee for the discussion.)

  
  

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  The deadline to reserve tickets is February 23, 2020. Tickets may sell out.

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• The Impact of the Analyst's Real Life and Other External Factors on the Psychoanalytic Process with Aisha Abbasi, MD (Lecture)

  • When
    May 01, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    73

  Register

  No CME Credit offered for this lecture. 
  Certificates of Attendance will be available.

  Description:  In this presentation, Dr. Abbasi will emphasize the importance of the analyst being able to discuss how external events either in her life or in the environment surrounding the analytic dyad, impact the analytic process. She will use detailed clinical material to illustrate these ideas, which are often given short shrift in analytic work.

  Objectives: 

  1. Identify how external factors affect the analytic work in subtle and not so subtle ways.
  2. Employ the knowledge gained to listen to their patients in increasingly sophisticated ways.
  3. Modify the way they work when issues of external reality come up in analytic material.

  Biography:  Dr Aisha Abbasi is a training and supervising analyst at the Michigan psychoanalytic Institute and it’s immediate past president. She is  the pro bono executive director of the Mel Bornstein Clinic for psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, which is a supporting organization of the Michigan psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Abbasi is an associate editor of the journal of the American psychoanalytic association. She’s also on the editorial board of the psychoanalytic quarterly and on its Board of Directors.
  
  She is the author of the book The Rupture of Serenity: external intrusions and psychoanalytic technique . It was originally published by Karnac books and now under Routledge press. She has recently also co-edited a book with Dr. Salman Akhtar on the topic of privacy: developmental, Cultural and technical perspectives.
  
  

  Cost: Free
  
  Parking: There is plenty of free parking in the church lot or on the streets nearby.
  
  

  Location: McCollum Room within Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church
  
  Click here for a printable flyer.

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• Taxi Driver with discussant David Stevens, PhD (Film Series)

  • When
    May 08, 2020
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    75

  Register

  The purpose of the film series is to encourage psychoanalytic dialogue with respect to creativity and movies. 

  

  

  Description:

  Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).

  —  Summary provided by Rovi (Fandango)

  Objectives:

  1. Describe and explain the connection between some forms of combat related PTSD, a felt sense of helplessness and grandiosity.
  2. Describe how social alienation can interact with some forms of PTSD to engender violent fantasies and actions.

  Discussant Biography:
  Dr. Stevens is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice who works with adolescents and adults. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from CU and received his psychoanalytic training at the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis where he has been a faculty member for more than twenty-five years.
  

  Details:

  COST	CME CREDIT	NO CME CREDIT
  MEMBER	$20.00	FREE
  NON-MEMBER	$30.00	FREE

  
  

  Parking: There is plenty of free parking in the church lot or on nearby streets.

  Location: McCollum Room within Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church located at 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220

  CME Certificates:  In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, attend the entire session, and complete an evaluation within 14 days after the program.  CME certificates will be sent by email within a month following the event after attendees are cross referenced by registration, payment, sign-in, and completion of the evaluation.  

  Cancellation and Certificate Replacement Policy: There will be no refunds of fees for cancellations within 7 days of the event.  If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records.  There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.

  Please click here for a printable flyer.

  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation require-ments and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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• "Privacy and Confidentiality with Children, Adolescents and Parents" with Shoshana Shapiro Adler, Ph.D. (Salon)

  • When
    May 12, 2020
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    7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Given upon registration
  • Spaces left
    15

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  The purpose of the salon is to gather in an informal setting to share basic and applied psychoanalytic principles that help you explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy. 

  This informal format provides an opportunity for you to explore your interest in psychoanalysis and/or psychodynamic psychotherapy, meet members of the analytic community, and enjoy the thinking and the company of others who share your clinical interest. For those of you who continue on in one of our formal training programs, this is only the beginning of your learning experience.

  
  

  We look forward to becoming acquainted with you as well as having fun together with thought-provoking discussions.

  Since group size is limited, we ask that you register online. If your RSVP changes, please notify the office so we can invite those on the wait-list.

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• Faculty Development Weekend with Dr. Gary Grossman, PhD

  • Start
    May 16, 2020
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    May 17, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Anschutz Medical Campus

  Faculty Development Weekend
  

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• Institute Class (academic year 2020-2021)

  • Start
    September 11, 2020
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  • End
    May 21, 2021
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  • Schedule
    30 sessions

  The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis 2020-2021 classes will be held on 30 Friday's from September 11, 2020 through May 21, 2021. 

  Classes are open only to those enrolled in our program.

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