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 …
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International Psychotherapy Institute blog, issues relating to psychodynamic psychotherapy, object relations theory and technique, psychoanalysis.
Michael Parsons and the Logic of Play in Psychoanalysis
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 …
IPI Gala Award Dinner and Dance
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, …
Group Narcissism and the Penn State Situation
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 …
Changes in Brain Activity After Analytic Treatment
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 …
Kent Ravenscroft, Founding IPI Faculty Member, Wins Bruno Lima Award
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 …
Volunteering in Bosnia September 2011, Part 4
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 …
Volunteering in Bosnia, September 2011, Part 3
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 …
Volunteering in Bosnia, September 2011, Part 2
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 …
Volunteering in Bosnia, September 2011, Part 1
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 …