PPC Classes

Instructor: Andrew Lagomasino, Psy.D. This class introduces students to self psychology with an emphasis on clinical application After brief grounding in Kohut's core ideas, the focus will shift to technique: how do yo9u recognize selfobject transferences as they emerge, what does the patient need from you in those moments, and how do you respond in ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Self Psychology in the Room: Recognizing Selfobject Transference and Responding Clinically

Instructor: Gennifer Lane Briggs, L.C.S.W. This class explores Winnicott's core contributions as living clinical tools rather that historical theory. Topics will include the holding environment, the true and false self, the capacity to be alone in the presence of another, and the use of the object. Emphasis will be placed on how these concepts translate ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Winnicott and the Clinical Relationship

Instructor: Daniel Sheridan, Ph.D. This course explores the many ways the unconscious communicates through symbols, metaphor, dreams, enactments, and the clinician's own reverie. Drawing on clinical case material and psychodynamic theory, students will develop their capacity to recognize, decode, and translate unconscious communications as they emerge in the therapeutic relationship. Through discussion and reflection, participants ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Learning to Listen to the Language of the Unconscious

Instructor: Autumn Ning, M.D. This class address ethical dimensions of psychodynamic clinical work - not as a set of rules to follow but as a living, ongoing dimensions of practice. Topics will include the ethics of the therapeutic frame, confidentiality and its limits, managing dual relationships, and the ethical use of self-disclousre and countertransference. Students ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Ethics in Clinical Practice

Instructors: Meyrav Barak, L.M.H.C. This class addresses enactment and transference as they arise in the treatment of difficult patients. Drawing on clinical case material, students will examine how enactments emerge, how they can be recognized and metabolized, and what they reveal about the patient's internal world and the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship. Particular attention ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Enactment, Transference, and Difficult Patients

Instructor: Alexandra Sredni, Psy.D. This class offers and introduction to the integration of psychoanalytic theory and Zen Buddhist thought as applied to clinical practice. Drawing on Bion's theoretical framework alongside Buddhist concepts of attention, non-attachment, and present-moment awareness, the class will explore how these two traditions speak to each other and how their integration can ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: An Introduction to the Integration of Psychoanalytic and Zen Buddhist Theory

Instructor: Ana Eriksen, M.D. This class introduces students to Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) as a structured clinical approach for working with emotionally dysregulated patients presenting with borderline and narcissistic symptoms. Drawing on training through the Anna Freud Center with Peter Fonagy, Anthony Bateman, and Carla Sharp. Dr. Eriksen will present MBT techniques in a way ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Metalization Based Therapy: Technique Dysregulated Patients

Instructor: Brady Bradshaw, M.D. + Ashley Wells, L.M.F.T This class addresses the technical adjustments  required when working analytically with patients who have ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder. We will consider how neurodivergent  presentations may become apparent across different stages of treatment, how symptoms shape the therapeutic relationship, and where traditional analytic technique may need to ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Working with Neurodivergent Clients: Technique Considerations for ADHD and ASD

Instructor: Rosa Maria Rigol, Ph.D. This class introduces Dialogue Therapy, a structured, time-limited approach for couples and adult dyads that integrates psychoanalytic, psychodramatic, and mindfulness-based techniques. Participants will learn how the model addresses recurring relationship conflicts, promotes differentiation and intimacy, and applies dialogue skills in clinical practice. The class includes an overview of the therapy's ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Dialogue Therapy

Instructor: Elise Sunam L.M.F.T. This class introduces students to the clinical stance of psychodynamic listening-evenly suspended attention, tracking affect versus content, and listening below the surface of what the patient presents. Moving from Year 1's theoretical foundations into Year 2's focus on technique, the class will explore what it means to use oneself as a ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: Analytic Listening: Hearing What the Patient Isn’t Saying

Presenter: Karen Maroda

Instructors: Alessandra Barroso, L.M.H.C. What happens when envy and guilt enter the space between patient and therapist? Drawing on the work of Bion, Steiner, Ogden, Bollas, and other contemporary object relations theorists, this class will explore how these powerful affects shape—and sometimes disrupt—the therapeutic relationship. Through rich clinical materials we will explore how these dynamics ... Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course: When Guilt and Envy Enter the Space Between