AFFILIATIONS
METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health was founded in 1962 in order to provide low cost psychological treatment for people with emotional problems. For over 50 years, the clinic has provided affordable mental health services to the community.
INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC EDUCATION Founded in 1991, the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education is an inclusive organization. Membership is open to anyone with a self-defined interest in psychoanalysis.
This web site presents a wide variety of content that we believe will be of interest to the mental health professional community, academia, and the wider public.
Link to the MSPP Website: https://metropolitansociety.org/
The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists
The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists (MSPP) was formerly known as the Professional Association of the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health. The name was changed in 1980. The organization is comprised of candidates and graduates of The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (MITPP), which is affiliated with the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH). Members also include graduates of other Institutes which offer trainingin Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and supervisors and faculty at MITPP.
The purposes of this organization shall be:
A. To establish and maintain high professional standards;
B. To encourage training and research in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis;
C. To offer scientific assistance to its members;
D. To provide educational programs in an atmosphere which facilitates ongoing learning;
E. To encourage community interest and education in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and to expand the public’s appreciation of its theory and methods.
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MEMBERSHIP
Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists is a professional society affiliated with MITPP. Candidates will be contacted directly by MSPP for annual dues in the spring semester via an email from MSPP. Dues are required for all students - matriculated and non-matriculated. The annual rate for all candidates is $25 and may be paid to the treasurer. Details on payment will be included in the email sent by MSPP. Dues-Paid students can participate on committees of the MSPP Board. We offer peer support, a collegial forum, and 4 clinical presentations a year on Sunday afternoons. All paid members can attend our lectures. These presentations address techniques in work with adults, children, and adolescents.
MSPP BOARD
President: Amannda Walworth, LCSW
Vice-President: Elena Mancini, LP
Corresponding Secretary: Christina Garidis, LCSW
Recording Secretary: Marcie Braverman,LCSW
Treasurer: Alison Hickman, LCSW
Ethics Chair: Thomas McCoy, M.Div., LCSW
Wachstock/Gray Lecture Chair: Amannda Walworth, LCSW
Wachstock/Gray Committee Member: Maria Laguna, LCSW
Membership Committee Chair: Charlene Humber, LCSW
Membership Committe Member: Alison Baker, LCSW,
Members-at-Large: Ruby Benjamin, Ed., L.P., Patricia Grandison, LCSW, Barbara Reichenthal, LCSW
David Wachstock Memorial Clinical Series: Past Presentations
Listening to the Autistic Voice: Contemporary Psychoanalysis of Autism, Dr. Leon S. Brenner, Ph.D.
Addictions: A Consideration of Psychic Trauma & Other Complexities, Debra Gill, LCSW
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free, Thomas McCoy, LCSW, M. Div.
Daniel Minuchin, LMFT. Structural Family Therapy: A Theoretical and Case Discussion
Janet Burak, LCSW. Capturing the Bad Object: An Object Relations Treatment Approach to Multiple Trauma
Pediatric Psychopharmacology and the Id: Wrestling With Self-Control and Affective Dysregulation
Betsy Robin Spiegel, LCSW and Jeffrey Seinfeld, Ph.D. 12 Step Programs and Theories of Development
Elliot Kronish, Ph.D. Repetitive Painful States: Clinical Comparisons
Alan Dolber, Ph.D. The Expanded Nature of Analytic Intervention in Self Psychology
Tania Jospitra, M.A. and Sasha Griffing, Ph.D. The Effects of a History of Childhood Trauma on Attachment and the Emotional Connection to an Abusive Partner
Maria Laguna, LCSW, Neither From Here Nor From There: Immigration, Psychic Dislocation And Covid 19
Charlene Humber, LMSW, A Hairy Situation