Study Groups

Balint Group with Flexible Attendance (Session 4)

Balint group work is a kind of empathy practice that helps spell out transference and countertransference dynamics gently and non-intrusively, with nuanced access to affect. After an extemporaneous presentation of a case, group members describe what arises intuitively and imaginatively while focusing on the experiences of both members in the therapeutic relationship. We do not offer advice regarding technical management of the treatment process.

Balint Group with Flexible Attendance (Session 3)

Balint group work is a kind of empathy practice that helps spell out transference and countertransference dynamics gently and non-intrusively, with nuanced access to affect. After an extemporaneous presentation of a case, group members describe what arises intuitively and imaginatively while focusing on the experiences of both members in the therapeutic relationship. We do not offer advice regarding technical management of the treatment process.

Balint Group with Flexible Attendance (Session 2)

Balint group work is a kind of empathy practice that helps spell out transference and countertransference dynamics gently and non-intrusively, with nuanced access to affect. After an extemporaneous presentation of a case, group members describe what arises intuitively and imaginatively while focusing on the experiences of both members in the therapeutic relationship. We do not offer advice regarding technical management of the treatment process.

Balint Group with Flexible Attendance (Session 1)

Balint group work is a kind of empathy practice that helps spell out transference and countertransference dynamics gently and non-intrusively, with nuanced access to affect. After an extemporaneous presentation of a case, group members describe what arises intuitively and imaginatively while focusing on the experiences of both members in the therapeutic relationship. We do not offer advice regarding technical management of the treatment process.

A Film Study Group: Exploring Early Emotional Growth through Character Development

Join me for a film study group! Each week we will read an article on early emotional growth and development, meet together to watch a film, and enjoy a discussion focused on emotional development and growth in the primary film characters. We will explore how characters grow and relate to one another over time, and how the article we’ve read might inform our understanding of the characters' psyche.

Literature and Therapy

We will read from Sandra Buechler’s book "Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis" (2015). Using examples from literary works, Buechler grapples with what it means to live with such challenges as paranoia, grief, shame, narcissism, and more. Buechler gives the reader illustrations of complex human conditions followed by a discussion of how we, as clinicians, can sufficiently meet human suffering in our practice. What do our clients need from us?

Body Rhythms and the Unconscious: Toward an Expanding of Clinical Attention

The Seattle School is excited to partner with the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study to host an evening lecture with Dr. Steven Knoblauch. Each year, The Seattle School and the Northwest Alliance work together to host clinicians and thought leaders who are contributing innovative, compelling work to the fields of psychology and therapy.