2018-2019 The International Psychotherapy Institute
Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy Course
​ Special Topics In the Theory, Technique, and Practice Of Couple Therapy

Course Directors:  David Scharff, MD and Carla Trusty-Smith, Ph.D., LMHC
 
FALL SEMESTER BEGINS SEPTEMBER 5 - Wednesdays 9:45 -11:45 am ET
Participate in person at a local site or join this live web seminar from your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone

The Special Topics in the Theory, Technique and Practice of Couple Therapy course will focus on special topics and challenges in the practice of couple treatment, using presentations, case presentation and discussion, and advance readings. The course will feature presenters from the International Psychotherapy Institute and colleagues from the U.S., Argentina, England, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Scotland, and Spain. Participants may join the course at several established sites including Chevy Chase, MD, Indianapolis, IN, Long Island, NY, Panama City, Panama, and Tel Aviv, Israel, or join over the internet.  Internet participants will all have the opportunity to participate fully in the seminar by joining in the live discussion with the presenter and local sites. Participants joining over the internet can do so easily by downloading a free program and clicking on a simple link provided for each session.
Register for one semester or both
Fall 2018 Semester
7 two-hour sessions: 14 CE credits

Fall 2019 Semester
7 two-hour sessions: 14 CE credits

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September 5                           Stephen Levine
Identity, Sexual Identity, and Sexual Dysfunction


September 26                         Isabella Scapini-Burrell & Discussant: Richard Zeitner
Exploration of the Asymmetrical Approach to Couple Therapy: Treating the Couple and the Individual


October 10                              Hanni Mann-Shalvi
The Place of the Future in the Unconcious of Couples and Families


October 31                              Molly Ludlam 
Anniversaries


November 14                          Christopher Clulow 
Insecure Attachment and Intimate Relationships


November 28                          Anastasia Tsamparli
Parental Links and the Anorexic Child


December 12                            Kate Scharff
Divorce, Continued


Winter-Spring 2019 Semester
8 two-hour sessions: 16 CE credits
 
January 9                               Linda Siegel & Discussant: Caroline Sehon
Case Presentation
 
January 16                               Chris Kraft
Gender Non-Conformity and Issues in Transsexualism
 
February 20                               Guillermo Bigliani
Infidelity in the Couple and the Family
 
March 6                             Aviva Mayers & Discussant: Jill Scharff
Case Presentation
 
March 27                                    Mary Morgan
Ideas About Containment and the Absence of Containment in the Couple Relationship
 
April 3                                  Amita Sehgal
Some Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Sado-Masochistic Relating
 
April 17                                     Damian McCann
Primitive Processes and the Emergence of the Creative Couple: Now You See It, Now You Don't
 
May 1                                        Andrew Balfour
Therapy with Aging Couples

Registration
$295 per semester
Participants register for the full semester of seven or eight sessions — not open to registration for individual sessions.  Register online using the online registration form. You can also click hereto download a registration form. Make an online payment to complete your registration, or contact info@theipi.org to arrange payment.
CE Credit:
Fall Semester 2017:  14 hours
Winter-Spring Semester 2018: 16 hours