Public Programs &
Professional Development
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Welcome to a vibrant source of education and community for individuals interested in psychoanalysis as a therapeutic model and as a lens for viewing individuals, culture, and society, along with stimulating conversation.
WBCP’s public programs include an array of high-caliber scientific meetings, case conferences, continuing education opportunities, and a unique 3-year writing program, as well as programs that highlight the arts, including two annual film festivals.
Continuing Education Units are not issued for partial attendance of one day programs.
Calendar
March
Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Echoes of Change: Adapted Reflective Citizens Event
Echoes of Change: Adapted Reflective Citizens Event The APsA Department of Education (DPE) Section: The Psychoanalyst in the Community and the Contemporary Freudian Society invite you to SAVE THE DATE…
April
Friday, April 4, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival- American Fiction – Dr. Marilyn Martin
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: American Fiction Presented by: Dr. Marilyn Martin Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00 pm Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts 10 Art Museum Dr…
Friday, April 11, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Washington Case Conference
April 11, 2025: Via Zoom Implications of Linguistic Identity for the Psychotherapeutic Process Presented by: Maria Lima While our globalized world has increased the prevalence of multilingual patients…
Friday, April 11, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival- CODA – Dr. Kevin Popp
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival CODA Date: April 11, 2025 Presented by: Dr. Kevin Popp Time: 7:00pm – 10:00 pm Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 2121…
Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
COWAP: “Women, The Longest Revolution”: Session 7: Juliet Mitchell
Session 7: Conversation with Juliet Mitchell Juliet Mitchell, Margarita Cereijido, and Jill Gentile Date: April 12, 2025 Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET Registration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net…
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Book Talk: Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens
Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens Presented by: Katherine Marshall Woods Date: April 26, 2025 Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Where: Via Zoom Registration Link: Program Flyer: Registration Deadline:…
May
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 8:00 am – Sunday, May 4, 2025 | 5:00 pm
New Directions: Maternity And Its Upheavals
Weekend Conference Maternity — from pregnancy, to childbirth, to parenting a newborn introduces psychic dislocation and strain in the mother and upheaval in the couple. Idealizations of pregnanc…
Friday, May 9, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Washington Case Conference
May 9, 2025: Via Zoom Topic: To Be Or Not To Be: The Existential Sensibility and Psychodynamic Therapy Presented by: Jane Prelinger, MSW and Michael Stadter, PhD An existential sensibility focuse…
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
A Day in Conversation with Beverly J. Stoute, MD
Thinking Together Without Falling Apart 11:00 am – 1:30 pm George Washington University Hospital Auditorium Additional Information and Registration Link Coming Soon!
June
Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 8:00 am – Monday, June 9, 2025 | 5:00 pm
2025 APsA 113th Annual Meeting
APsA 113th Annual Meeting June 7th – June 9th, 2025 Virtual Visit https://apsa.org/meetings-events/ for more information.
Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
2025 WBCP Graduation and Awards Ceremony
SAVE THE DATE 2025 Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony Date: June 14, 2024 Time: TBA Where: TBA
Friday, June 20, 2025 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema – Will & Harper: Jamie Steele, LMFT
Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema: Discussion of the Film: “Will & Harper” 2024 (114 mins) Directors: Josh GreenbaumWhen Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a tr…
October
Friday, October 31, 2025 | 8:00 am – Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 5:00 pm
New Directions: The Poetics of Mourning: Eulogy, Elegy, Epic, Epitaph
Weekend Conference We are living in a time of great dying. Climate change is drying up our water and destroying vulnerable species; a pandemic is claiming the lives of over a million people worldwide …
February
Friday, February 6, 2026 | 8:00 am – Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 5:00 pm
New Directions: Swimming In Space: Strange Conversations In The Therapeutic Dyad
Weekend Conference What happens in the therapeutic dyad when regular reciprocal conversations are not possible, when our patients communicate with us in strange and at times incomprehensible ways? How…