Classes

This class has filled. To be added to the waitlist, please email education@nwaps.org. 

Psychoanalysis began in Freud’s self analysis and the idea that the purpose of an analytic treatment is to give a person the capacity to process their ongoing life. We largely have given up on the fantasy of the complete analysis and understand that any treatment ends with still lots of work to be done. But what is such a process like?  In this course we will read selections from Bion’s memoir "All My Sins Remembered" and explore what it means to continue to deepen our capacity for self reflection and self knowledge.

To ensure safety and accessibility for all participants, N95 or better masks will be required, and HEPA filters will be on. The talk will also be available in video and hard copy formats. If you would like a video recording of the presentation emailed after the event, please register for the event. 

This class has filled. To be added to the waitlist, please contact Don Schimmel. 

With all of the theories and knowledge and wisdom of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy—now, more than ever—at our fingertips, what (and how and when) do we make use of these when we are actually sitting with another complicated person? How do we begin to distill and understand the essences of these many ideas to not only to change our own souls, but also the souls of others? How do we creatively become the kind of psychotherapist that is not only helpful and kind, but transformative and challenging?

This class has filled. To join the waitlist, please contact Terry Hanson. 

Donald Winnicott was a British psychoanalyst who began his career as a pediatrician and remained throughout his life deeply engaged in thinking about the child's development in the midst of the family.  He is famous for the observation that there is no infant, only an infant-mother.  Development for Winnicott occurs primarily in a psychic space between infant and mother.  He was a pioneer in psychoanalytic work with children and came to view the goal of psychotherapy as helping the patient, child or adult, to learn to play.

This class has filled. To be added to the waitlist, please contact Terry Hanson. 

Designed to be paired with our Distinguished Speakers event in February featuring Donnel Stern, this study group will acquaint participants with Stern’s work and offer critical thinking that will maximize their experience of his presentation.