Psychoanalysis for the 21st Century
The WBCP brings over 75 years of commitment and innovation to the field of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic training. Welcome.
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Psychoanalytic Fellowship Programs
Learn foundational psychoanalytic principles. (9 months).
Psychoanalytic Studies Program
Psychoanalytic Training Programs
We at the WBCP are committed to examining all aspects of diversity in the composition of our membership, our client systems, and our teaching. We are committed to redressing failures of the past through furthering our own education and sensitivities to issues of diversity. We aim to create a welcoming atmosphere that is open to discussion and change, one that approaches past failures with non-defensiveness, accepting responsibility and committing to improvement. We aim to grow.
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Public Programs Calendar
May
Friday, May 31, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
COWAP Film Discussion: Discussions on Gender “Anatomy of a Fall”
Date: May 31, 2024 Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ET Where: Via Zoom No CME/CE Discussants: Graciela Abelin-Sas Rose, MD and Carolyn Ratner-Fitzgerald, JD, PsyD Moderators: Margarita Cereijido a…
June
Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2024 WBCP Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Click Image to View Full Invitation 2024 Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony Date: June 15, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm Where: Hogan Lovells Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC, 20…
September
Saturday, September 14, 2024 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
COWAP: “Women, The Longest Revolution”- Session 1: Virginia Ungar
Session 1: The Female Psychoanalyst’s Longest Revolution Participants: Virginia Ungar, Margarita Valladares, and Margarita Cereijido, Chair Date: September 14, 2024 Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET …
October
Sunday, October 20, 2024 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
LGBTQ+ Workshop (Registration Opening This Summer)
Date: October 20, 2024 Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Presenter: Sam Guzzardi, LCSW “Holding Laplanche Lightly: The Story of Two Queer Treatments” Via Zoom More information coming soon. Registration opens in t…
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WBCP publishes essays and articles on this website in two collections.
PsychBites offers monthly tapas-sized reads designed to spark interest and provoke thought.
While Beyond the Couch delivers periodic posts focused on bringing community back into psychoanalysis.
PsychBytes
Tapas-sized reads designed to spark interest and provoke thought.
Rhythms of Baseball (Re-issue)
The rhythms of baseball are the rhythms of analytic therapy are the rhythms of life.
Up Close and Personal
Biennially, the National Portrait Gallery fosters a competition where artists around the country submit intimate portrayals of a human being – sometimes themselves. In this video portrait, 2013 award winner Bo Gehring presents Esperanza Spalding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OeZxytSV3M)
No Words
On a recent trip to Germany, I was very interested to see their modern art, to see what sense the people are making of who they are. Contemporary psychoanalytic thinking holds that some facts of human existence cannot be said but rather shown, as expressed in the arts.
Beyond the Couch
Thoughtful posts bringing community back into psychoanalysis.
A Grand Experiment in Community Mental Health: The DC Institute for Mental Hygiene
After graduating from Catholic University, I inquired where people went to get the best training in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory and practice. The Washington School of Psychiatry and the DC Institute for
Faraway Voices: Healing Through Writing
The early morning sun shines through the window of my home office as I open the Zoom link to connect with 6 young women who have just finished their evening
The House of Ruth
In her essay about her years as a board member at the House of Ruth, Carolyn Gruber does a beautiful job describing the work done in this incredible “house” where
News + Updates
Stay informed and read the latest news from WBCP.
WBCP Edith Sabshin Award Winners
View the full list of WBCP’s Edith Sabshin Teaching Award recipients.
Save The Date: 2024 WBCP Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Please save the date Saturday, June 15, 2022 for our Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony. This year we will celebrate our eligible second year PSP students and candidates who will be graduating
Congratulations to the 2023 WBCP Graduates and Award Recipients
Over the last few years, the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis and Howard University Department of Psychiatry have been building an affiliation.