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

  • Start
    September 03, 2019
  • End
    May 12, 2020
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  • 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
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  • End
    May 07, 2020
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    The Usual Location

  Institute - Extended Executive Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for committee members ONLY

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• Institute Class (academic year 2019-2020)

  • Start
    September 06, 2019
  •  
  • End
    May 15, 2020
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  • 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
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  • End
    May 14, 2020
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  • 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
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  • End
    May 21, 2020
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  • 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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• The End of Analysis. Freud. Lacan. (CE Seminar)

  • Start
    September 25, 2019
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  • End
    November 13, 2019
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Capitol Hill (Address given upon registration)
  • Spaces left
    18

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  Presented by Gabriela Zorzutti, Ph.D., MA

  Description:

  This seminar will look at the end of analysis for these two main figures of psychoanalysis. We will examine the differences in light of the formation of the analyst, the ethics of the practice and the effect of one and the other end, in the analyst’s own clinical work.

  Objectives: 

  1. Describe examples of clinical questions of the end of the analysis.
  2. Analyze differences of Freudian and Lacanian techniques about the ethics of psychoanalysis.
  3. Discuss why a personal analysis for a psychoanalyst is crucial to function and to be able to conduct a treatment to its end.

  Biography:

  Gabriela Zorzutti finished her Doctorate in Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires and her Masters in Clinical Psychology at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Dr. Zorzutti lives and practices psychoanalysis in Denver and Washington DC ever since she moved from her home country of Argentina to live here 18 years ago. During those years, she has founded the Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field (2010) www.psychoanalyticforumofcolorado.org, its Clinical College of Colorado, (2014) www.clinicalcollegeofcolorado.com and the Lacanian Clinic (2015). She has organized and given conferences, seminars and talks in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Puerto Madryn, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Medellín, Pereira, Denver, Washington DC, LA, New York, Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Warsaw. She has been performing international functions in the IF-EPFCL -School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Field, www.champlacanien.net for the last 4 years.

  Publications: Actually, Lacan

  Books & Format: For this seminar, we will be reading both Freud and Lacan and will come to see how post Freudians, particularly in the IPA, have looked at the matter, as well as the post Lacanians.

  Dates & Times:  Classes will meet from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM for 8 Wednesdays from September 25 through November 13, 2019 near Capitol Hill (exact address given upon registration).

  Dates:  September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019

  Cost:  $240 for Society members and $270 for non-Society members

  The course is limited to a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 20 people.  

  Deadline to register is September 20th. 

  CME Certificates: In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, attend sessions in their entirety 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.  CMEs will be given for actual time attended up to 12 CMEs.

  Cancellation and Certificate Replacement Policy: There will be no refunds after September 20, 2019; any refunds prior to September 20th will be less a $30.00 administration fee. Please retain your CME certificate for your records. There will be a $3 charge if the Society office has to resend a certificate.

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  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 12 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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• Institute - Curriculum Committee Meeting FY2019-2020

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

  Institute - Curriculum Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for curriculum committee members ONLY

  
  

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• Institute - Executive Committee Meeting FY2019-2020

  • Start
    October 02, 2019
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  • End
    December 11, 2019
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    The Usual Location

  Institute - Executive Committee Meeting
  

  This meeting is for committee members ONLY

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• Psychoanalysis with Diversity in Mind: The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin (CE Class)

  • Start
    October 04, 2019
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  • End
    October 18, 2019
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Cherry Creek (Address given upon registration)
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    0

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  Facilitated by Margy Stewart, Psy.D. and Jennifer Perlman, Psy.D. 

  Sponsored by the DPS Continuing Education and Diversity Committees
  

  Description:

  This class will focus on reading James Baldwin's landmark book The Fire Next Time. Discussion of Baldwin's ideas and discussion of our reaction and ideas about race and racism will be divided over 3 sessions. We hope participants will engage in looking inward at reactions to race and racism to develop increased comfort with addressing experience of race in clinical work with patients and to look at the therapist's or analyst's transference and countertransference reactions regarding race and racism. We will discuss trauma and race.

  Objectives: (after this class, participants should be able to)

  1. Describe internal reactions, including transference and countertransference, influenced by race.
  2. Discuss racism and traumatization.

  Books & Format: Participants will furnish their own books and be expected to read the assigned sections before each meeting.  The format will be discussion by participants in the style of a book group, divided over 3 meetings.   

  Dates & Times: Classes will meet from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM for 3 Fridays on:  October 4, 11, and 18, 2019 in Cherry Creek (exact address given upon registration).

  Cost:  $90 for Society members and $110 for non-Society members

  The course is limited to a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 8 people.  

  Deadline to register is September 20th. 

  CME Certificates:  In order to receive a CME certificate, the attendee must: pre-register, pay in full, attend sessions in their entirety 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 after September 13, 2019; any refunds prior to September 13th will be less a $30.00 administration fee.  Please retain your CME certificate 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 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 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Certificates will be based on attendance and completion of post-program evaluation.

  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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• Institute & Department Meeting 2019

  • When
    October 08, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Lowry Tavern

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  This meeting is by invitation only.

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• Paths of Glory with discussant Dick Simons, M.D. (Film Series)

  • When
    October 11, 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    66

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

  

  

  Description:

  "Paths of Glory" is Stanley Kubrick's 1957 masterpiece on the random terror and insanity of war.  The film is based on an actual incident that occurred in the French Army during the First World War—an event so shocking and senseless as to be almost unbelieveable.  Kirk Douglas gives the most restrained and deeply moving performance of his long career, and the film itself has grown more profound  with every passing year and with every passing war.

  —  Summary written by Dick Simons, M.D.

  Objectives:

  1. Explain the psychological impact of war and deepen awareness that need for treatment may emerge years after the trauma.
  2. Apply empathy and understanding when working with soldiers and veterans.
  3. Explain how treating soldiers and veterans may be different than treating other patients as it relates to war, specifically PTSD, cowardly conduct, shell shock trauma and economic and family problems.

  Discussant Biography:

  Dr. Richard Simons is a member of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Denver Psychoanalytic Society. He has long been interested in the relationship between psychoanalysis and various areas of creativity, including film.  

  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, 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.

  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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• Society Conference Meeting

  • When
    October 16, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Margy's House

  This meeting is for the Conference Planning Committee of the Denver Psychoanalytic Society.

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• Healing Through the Displacement of the Play in Child Analysis with Rick Hall, PhD (Lecture)

  • When
    October 18, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    61

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  Description:

  The case of 8 year-old Peter will be presented to illustrate how an equivalent of parental loss through disability contributed to Peter’s depression, anxiety and narcissistic defenses. Illustrations will be given to show how vulnerable to narcissistic injury Peter was and how the resulting narcissistic defenses interfered with his education.

  Case material will be provided to show how Peter used the displacement of play with Lego blocks and Lego mini-figures to express how much of a bad guy he thought he was. His multiple transferences to his analyst were also expressed in the displacement of the Lego play. He thought he was the worst of bad guys. Before treatment, he seemed to be on the way to living down to that image of himself. 

  Through the displacement of play in intensive psychoanalytic treatment, Peter expressed wishes he could heal his father and worked through his wishes, fears and beliefs about himself to the point where his self-image shifted to one that is more reasonable. Peter was eventually able to state that he realizes he is not such a bad guy and that the whole world is not against him.

  Objectives:

  1. Describe how disability in a parent can lead to the equivalent of parent loss for a child.
  2. Discuss the use of play as the displacement of internal self and other representations.
  3. Discuss how to use displacements in intensive psychoanalytic work.

  Biography:

  

  Dr. Roderick Hall is a child and adolescent psychoanalyst in Coronado, California.  Dr. Hall is the Chair of the Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center.  He is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

  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, 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.

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• Candidate Case Conference with Rick Hall, PhD

  • When
    October 19, 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Rex's House

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  A Case Conference with Dr. Rick Hall for the Candidates of the  Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis will be held from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM.

  
  

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• Training Programs Open House 2019

  • When
    October 23, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Sent upon registration
  • Spaces left
    36

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  Come and learn about our training programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PTP).  

  
  

  Enjoy informal conversations and refreshments with psychoanalytic faculty members, current psychoanalytic candidates, and graduates of PTP.  

  
  

  Click here for a printable flyer and be sure to check our website for more information about each of the training programs.

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• The Rider with discussant Fred Mimmack, M.D. (Film Series)

  • When
    November 08, 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    74

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

  

  

  Description:

  This is a real-life Western film, created by Chinese-American writer/director Chloe Zhao as part two of a planned trilogy centered on the Pine Ridge Lakota reservation of South Dakota.  Part one was the award-winning “Songs My Brothers Taught Me”.  This story is based on the true story of Brady Jandreau, a Lakota rodeo cowboy who suffers a serious head injury in a bronc-riding accident.  Brady, his father and his sister play themselves in the film.  Told that another ride could be fatal for him, he is faced with the loss of his identity, his masculinity, and indeed, his cultural identity.  Chloe Zhao’s film compassionately and subtly portrays the human drive to persevere and to prevail , illustrating those struggles in the context of the contemporary Lakota culture.  Beautifully photographed by Joshua James Richard.

  —  Summary written by Fred Mimmack, M.D.

  Objectives:

  1. Describe loss and influencing factors, such as culture, to the experience of negative, severe, life events.
  2. Summarize factors contributing to turning negative into positive outcome following severe, life altering, physical events.

  Discussant Biography:

  Dr. Mimmack is a member of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Denver Psychoanalytic Society. For many years, his interests have included the psychology of sport, of creativity, and the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse. 

  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, 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.

  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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• Terminations of Analysis. Freud. Lacan. with Gabriela Zorzutti, Ph.D. (Lecture)

  • When
    November 15, 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    71

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  Description: 

  The evening will be dedicated to presenting and elucidating the differences around termination of analysis between Freud and Lacan.

  The hypothesis is that termination has an important impact on the formation of analyst, and also in the politics of analysis, institutional and beyond.

  Discussion from the audience will be encouraged.

  This topic will be further developed in her Continuing Ed course on the same topic.

  Objectives:

  1. Explain the different ways of termination an analysis can have.
  2. Describe the relationship between termination and formation of analysis.
  3. Explain the link between termination and the ethics of the analyst.

   

  Biography: 

  Gabriela Zorzutti, Ph.D. is an Argentinian Lacanian analyst, member of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Field. She has been the Representative of the English Speaking zone for that School for the last two years, and is currently in the International Dispositif of the Guarantee, representing South America. She has founded the Colorado Analytic Forum of the Lacanian Field, and is the Director of the Clinical College of Colorado, a formation program in Lacanian clinical analysis, and the Lacanian Clinic. 

  Gabriela has a private trilingual practice (Spanish, English and French) in Uptown Denver, and has presented on psychoanalysis in Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Toulouse, Warsaw, London, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Medellín, and Pereira.

  She is a post doctoral researcher in psychoanalysis for the University of Buenos Aires. She has authored Actually, Lacan.

  
  

  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, 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.

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• Society Coordinating Committee Meeting (Winter 2020)

  • When
    January 13, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Margy's House

  Register

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

  The Society Coordinating Committee Meeting will take place on Monday, January 13th 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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• “We do not talk of such things” An Analyst Travels Through Japan to Consult on the Inter-generational Transmission of Trauma with Mary Ann Levy, MD (Lecture)

  • When
    January 24, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
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  Description:

  During a recent trip to Japan, Dr. Levy was surprised by the extent of difficulty for clinicians to deal with past, extensive traumas when there were so many recent ones, such as the Fukushima nuclear disaster, demanding attention. Using Selma Fraiberg’s seminal paper "Ghosts in the Nursery" as a way of organizing our thinking, Dr. Levy will share two examples of individuals, a 50 year old and a 7 year old, who exemplify how this transmission can be experienced even with language barriers and a culture which has a strong dynamic of shame over the expression of weakness. Psychoanalytic understanding of her own empathy and countertransference facilitated her openness and ability to help a population with hidden traumas.
  

  

  Objectives:

  1. Participants will expand their understanding of enactments and learn how to address situations outside of the clinical setting
  2. Utilize their knowledge of the intergenerational transmission of trauma to help others.

  Biography:

  Mary Ann Chudy Levy, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is now retired from her clinical practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy of child, adolescent, and adult patients, but remains active in professional and educational activities. She is a training and supervising analyst with the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and was the first woman to graduate from their program. She has enjoyed her many years as a teacher and supervisor of psychoanalytic candidates as well as psychiatric residents and other clinical specialists. As a past president of the Denver Psychoanalytic Society, she helped facilitate its response to the Columbine shooting disaster where the society members became involved in many aspects of out-reach and clinical support for survivors of that terrible community disaster. She has always been surprised by how much early childhood traumas have contributed to her work with patients and how little acknowledgement of this has been stressed in psychoanalytic training until recently. Scholarly interests have included femininity in psychoanalytic work, and countertransference as well as the treatment and long term effects of traumatic stress. Dr. Levy was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada and received her MD in 1964 from the University of Manitoba.  She subsequently completed her psychiatric residencies in Adult and Child Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati, followed by her Psychoanalytic training at the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis.

  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, 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.

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• Ground Hog Day with discussant Roy Lowenstein, MD (Film Series)

  • When
    February 14, 2020
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Location
    Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
  • Spaces left
    100

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

  Description:

  A cynical TV weatherman finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small town of Punxsutawney to film a report about their annual Groundhog Day. His predicament drives him to distraction, until he sees a way of turning the situation to his advantage.

  —  Summary found on Google

  Objectives:

  1. Participants will demonstrate an increase in intellectual knowledge of the spectrum of repetition.
  2. Participants will apply this knowledge to understand in greater depth the phenomenon as it presents in the clinical situation.  In particular, the knowledge that repetition is adaptive necessary, and should not be seen as necessarily pathological  or resistance-based, will facilitate more accurate empathic interventions.

  Discussant Biography:

  Roy Lowenstein, MD is a graduate of University of Michigan Northwestern Medical School 1970. He had an Internship at Denver Children's Hospital from 1970-71 and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Colorado School of Medicine 1971-74. Dr. Lowenstein is a faculty member of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado. Dr. Lowenstein received the Distinguished Life Fellow award from the American Psychiatric Association in 2009.

  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, 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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• 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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• Come Back to the 5 and 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
    100

  Register

  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, 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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• 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
    100

  Register

  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, 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.

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• Society Coordinating Committee Meeting (Spring 2020)

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

  Register

  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
    100

  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, 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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• The Impact of the Analyst's Real Life and Other External Factors on the Psychoanalytic Process with Aisha Abassi, 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
    100

  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.

  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, 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.

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