The Washington Area Case Conference and Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP) and the Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS). This program is offered to members and students of both organizations as well as psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed counselors, mental health students, and other mental health providers from the Washington Baltimore metropolitan area interested in psychoanalytic theory, practice and perspectives.

8 Conferences
September 9, 2022 – May 12, 2023
Fridays, 12:15 – 2:15 pm ET
Via Zoom

For a complete list of dates, presenters, learning objectives, and detailed CME/CE information and to REGISTER Click Here: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/registration-wcc-22-23

2 CME/CE available per session. Maximum 26 CME/CE available.

Presenters: Kerry Malawista, PhD, Elizabeth Miller, MSW, Christie Platt, PhD

TOPIC: THINGS THEY CARRY – WRITING FOR HEALING

The Things They Carry Project was created to offer frontline healthcare workers the opportunity to process the difficult, and at times, traumatic experiences of working during the pandemic. TTC expanded to offer groups for young women in Bangladesh, many of whom are refugees, coming from worlds of trauma, with loss, pain and violence. Our goal is to offer these women a small community to connect with and help them strengthen their resilience and build their inner resources. Both projects offer support and writing prompts, allowing participants to explore their experiences, share their writing, listen, and respond to each other. Sharing stories and traumas, putting words to feelings, can hasten healing by breaking through the isolation that often accompanies pain. This workshop will offer participants an understanding of the ways psychoanalytic thinking can be used to help people in hard to reach communities-even globally-providing support and skills they can carry with them. We will explore the complexity of working overseas, with different languages and culture.