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Continuing Education Credit

The Denver Psychoanalytic Society offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for many of its programs, which are planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) through a joint providership with the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA).

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Event reminders are typically sent 7-10 days in advance. For virtual events, registrants receive a reminder email with the Zoom link the day before and the day of the event.

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Upcoming Events

    • September 20, 2025
    • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    • Coming Soon
    • 126
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    PROGRAM INFORMATION

    Description: Therapists struggle to help patients for whom situational stresses interact with personality patterns in complicated combinations of grief, mourning, and depressive and masochistic dynamics. Because neither “Depressive Personality Disorder” nor “Self-Defeating Personality Disorder” is found in the DSM or ICD, official taxonomies offer little clinical help in distinguishing between various painful self-states and framing therapy accordingly. Dr. McWilliams will differentiate conceptually between depression and mourning, between anaclitic and introjective depression, between relational self-sabotage and “moral masochism” (Reik, 1941), and between depressive and self-defeating personality patterns. She will give clinical examples, including a case in some depth, that illustrate treatment implications of the different presentations of sadness, despair, and malignant self-regard.

    Learning Objectives:

    1. Describe three differences between normal grief and clinical depression.
    2. Explain the differences between predominantly depressive and predominantly self-defeating (masochistic) personality patterns.
    3. List two clinical implications when the patient is more masochistic than simply depressive in personality organization.

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    PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY

    Nancy McWilliams is Visiting Professor Emerita of clinical psychology at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and practices in Lambertville, New Jersey. She is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis (1994, rev. ed. 2011), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2004) and Psychoanalytic Supervision (2021) and is associate editor of all three editions of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006, 2017, 2025). A former president of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association, she has been featured in three APA videos of master clinicians. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA. Her books are available in more than 20 languages, and she has taught in more than 30 countries.

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    REGISTRATION DETAILS

    Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025

    Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (MT)

    Location: Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. The exact address will be provided closer to the event, but you can find general location information below.

    Food & Beverages: Coffee, tea, water, snacks, and box lunches will be provided during the event. Please list any dietary restrictions during registration. While we strive to accommodate all dietary needs, individuals with severe allergies may wish to bring their own food for the day.

    Cost: 

    • DPS Member: $165
    • CU Anschutz Faculty: $175
    • Non DPS Member: $190
    • Student Pricing: $90
    • Late Registration (begins 9/10): $200

    Late Registration: Late registration begins September 10, 2025 and is the same fee for members, nonmembers, and students.

    Registration: Registration is required. 

    Schedule: (Click here for a detailed schedule.)

     Time  Activity
     8:30 - 9:00 AM  Registration 
     9:00 - 9:15 AM  Welcome
     9:15 - 10:45 AM   Session One
     10:45 - 11:00 AM  Audience Q&A
     11:00 - 11:15 AM  Break
     11:15 AM - 12:15 PM  Session Two
     12:15 - 12:30 PM  Audience Q&A
     12:30 - 1:30 PM  Lunch (Provided)
     1:30 -2:30 PM  Session Three
     2:30 - 2:45 PM  Audience Q&A
     2:45 - 3:00 PM  Break
     3:00 - 4:00 PM  Session Four
     4:00 - 4:15 PM  Audience Q&A
     4:15 - 4:30 PM  Wrap-up (Evaluations & Certificates)

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    CME INFORMATION

    5.5 CME credits available 

    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. Certificates will be handed out at the end of the event in exchange for a completed evaluation.

    ACCME Accreditation Statement
    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 Denver Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    AMA Credit Designation Statement
    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.

    Disclosure Statement
    The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

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    USED BOOK SALE

    The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis is selling a wide variety of used psychoanalytic titles, and all proceeds support psychoanalytic education. If you shop the online used book sale and purchase before September 18th, we will have the books ready for you when you arrive at the event. Please choose the 9/20/25 - Society Seminar option during check out.

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    LOCATION INFORMATION

    The Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Aurora, CO about 20 minutes from Denver International Airport (DIA) and 30 minutes from downtown Denver by car (without traffic). 

    Parking: Parking for the day will cost $1 and may be paid through ParkMobile or at parking lot kiosks. Additional parking details will be provided in registrant reminder emails as the event approaches.

    Lodging: The Benson Hotel is a relatively new boutique hotel situated on the north side of the Anschutz Medical Campus and is walkable to the event.

    Other nearby hotels located on the south side of campus (off E. Colfax Ave.) include the Springhill Suites and Hyatt House Aurora.

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    POLICIES

    Confidentiality: During programs, we will follow rules of confidentiality for clinical case material including disguising identifying information. Please do not discuss any case material outside of this program. No recording of case material is allowed.

    Cancellation: There will be NO refunds after September 10, 2025. Any refunds made before September 10th will be less a $30 administrative fee. 

    Certificate Replacement:  If awarded a CME certificate, please retain for your records. There will be a $3 charge if the Society office must resend a certificate.

    Photography Notice: By registering for this event, I hereby acknowledge and agree that the Denver Psychoanalytic Society (DPS) or its agents may take photographs and recordings for DPS purposes, including but not limited to news, publicity, and fundraising purposes, without further compensation to me. All such photos and videos are the sole property of the DPS.

    To contact the Society office, please email office@denverpsychoanalytic.org.

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    SPONSORS

       

    • October 09, 2025
    • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Virtual using Zoom
    • 71
    Register

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


    FILM DESCRIPTION

    Description:  City Lights is the story of a tramp (Chaplin) who is ignored and abused at every turn but he maintains his hope that romance and acceptance are just around the corner. The tramp falls hopelessly and unconditionally in love with a blind flower seller (Virginia Cherrill). Through a series of misunderstandings, she comes to believe that he is a millionaire. Smitten, the tramp keeps up the illusion. He is a romantic figure for the first time in his life. --Movies Silently (12/3/2013)

    Format: The evening will begin with a presentation by the discussant followed by a group discussion. Please watch the film prior to the event. City Lights is included with an Amazon Prime membership on Prime Video.

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    DISCUSSANT BIOGRAPHY

    Jerry Stein, MD has long been a Training & Supervising Analyst at the Denver Psychoanalytic Institute. He no longer lives in Colorado, having fallen in love with a lady from Arkansas. He has long been interested in enjoying and writing about films. Fifty years ago, he co-authored with the future film critic for the "San Francisco Chronicle" the book manuscript "Shooting America: Movies as Social Commentary." Our film "City lights" is also a social commentary. Jerry first came to fully appreciate the extraordinary Charlie Chaplin's finest film because of the now, sadly deceased, master teacher, Richard C. [Dick] Simons.

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    REGISTRATION DETAILS

    Date: October 9, 2025; Please note that this is event will take place on a Thursday evening.

    Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (MDT)

    Location: Virtual using Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours before the event. 

    Our emails often get filtered through secondary inboxes, so please do a search within your inbox for key words such as: Denver Psychoanalytic Society, DPS, Zoom link, and/or the name of the speaker or title of the event to find the email with the link.

    Cost: To help cover costs, there is a fee to register for this event. Donations are welcome during registration to help keep our programs affordable.

    • Nonmembers - $15 
    • Society Members - $10
    • Students - $0 (Please list your training institution during registration.)

      Registration: Registration is required. There is a place to add guests during registration. Once registration is complete, you will receive a confirmation email. Registration closes at 12:00 PM (MT) on 1/09/25.

      No CE Credit is available for this event.

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      POLICIES

      Confidentiality: During all programs, we will follow rules of confidentiality for clinical case material including disguising identifying information. Please do not discuss any case material outside of this program. Recording without authorization is prohibited.

      Cancellation: There will be no refunds within three days of the event.

      To contact the Society office, please email office@denverpsychoanalytic.org.

      • October 21, 2025
      • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM


      Please join us on Tuesday, October 21st from 7:00 - 8:30 PM to learn about the psychotherapy and psychoanalytic programs that the Institute offers. Trainees will share their experiences of training and faculty will provide information about admissions and program requirements. There will be ample time for questions.

      Light snacks and drinks will be served.

      Location is in the North Denver neighborhood near MLK & N. Downing streets.  Exact address given after RSVP in the reminder emails.

      Clicking the 'register here' button will take you to the Institute website, where you can register.

      REGISTER HERE

      Please be sure to add @denverpsychoanalytic.org to your safe sender list and regularly check your 'promotions', 'junk' and 'updates' email folders, as many of our emails get filtered through to secondary inboxes.


      • January 27, 2026
      • February 01, 2026
      • San Francisco

      NOT A SOCIETY EVENT

      American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA)

      2026 National Meeting

      January 27 - February 1, 2026

      Palace Hotel

      San Francisco, CA


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