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Charles Ashbach, Ph.D., therapist in the Philadelphia area. Faculty of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) Faculty of the Philadelphia Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC). E-Mail: cashbach1@verizon.net. The training for psychotherapy by and large focuses, as it should, on the development of capacities within the therapist that enable him or her to make contact with the …
By Yeshim Oz, MS, LMHP 2nd Year Student Core Program As we come nearer to the IPI weekend in January, I became curious about the guest speaker, Michael Parsons. In the age of technology, it was not difficult at all to come across tens of articles written by him by just one click. (Ok, that …
IPI Hosts Gala Awards Dinner and Dance The first International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) Gala Awards Dinner and Dance took place on Saturday October 22, 2011 at Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. The guest of honor was Jason Aronson MD, Premier Publisher of psychotherapy books and Co-Founder, IPI, and inaugural recipient of the David and Jill …
Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD In reading the reports and investigative results regarding ongoing and extensive child sexual abuse at Penn State it occurred to me that what happened at the institution can be viewed as a covert narcissistic male sub-culture of collusion, power dominance, and ruthless self-indulgence. The overt behavior against children was denied, justified, …
The following article link was sent to us by Dr. Horst Kaechele. Dr. Kaechele was our distinguished guest presenter at our October 2011 Weekend Conference. Dr. Kaechele is a German psychoanalyst and researcher. His work has done much to demonstrate the usefulness of psychoanalytic treatments when other groups have been claiming there is no research …
Kent Ravenscroft, author of Haiti Fair Well, and Emeritus faculty of IPI, was selected by the Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters of the American Psychiatric Association to receive the 2012 Bruno Lima Award for his volunteer work in training mental health workers in Haiti after the earthquake. The Bruno Lima Award recognizes outstanding contributions …
By Sheri Rosenfeld, LICSW, LCSW-C Day 6: Srebrenica Of all the days in this journey, this 12-hour period of time on the last day was the most memorable, disturbing, life changing, and eye opening. Our day began with a 3-hour treacherous drive through the beautiful mountain sides of Bosnia. Our goal was to reach Srebrenica …
by Sheri Rosenfeld, LICSW, LCSW-C Day 3: Zenica I want to start with this picture: In the morning we were driven to the WFW headquarters where we learned more about the war and what led to it, what it was like for the Bosnian Muslim population, and which tools of terror were used against the …
by Sheri Rosenfeld, LICSW, LCSW-C Day 2: Sarajevo, evening Tonight our whole group finally came together with the six Bosnian heads of the WFW organization. My preconceived notion of the Muslim Bosnian women was immediately challenged as I sat next to women who appear to be Muslim by affiliation but who are secular, blond and …
by Sheri Rosenfeld, LICSW, LCSW-C Day 1: Sarajevo After a long day and night and day of travel, I have finally reached Sarajevo as part of a group of volunteers with Women for Women (WFW), an international organization that helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. I had no idea what to expect of …
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