Labor Day Schedule
In observance of Labor Day, the office will be closed Monday September 7, 2020.
Sep 6
In observance of Labor Day, the office will be closed Monday September 7, 2020.
Jun 27
In observance of Independence Day, the office will be closed Friday July 3, 2020 and Monday July 6, 2020.
In observance of Memorial Day, the office will be closed Friday 5/22 and Monday 5/25.
On October 12, 2012, I'll be attending another installment of the In conversation with series at the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYSPI), in which Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D. interviews some of the greatest creative and literary figures of our time. The series' blend of cultural exploration and psychoanalytic inquiry continues this week when her guest will be Edmund White.
I attended the summer gathering for the Downtown Clinicians Collective yesterday evening. This group is growing into an increasingly cohesive professional network for professional collaboration. Particularly refreshing to interact with professionals across the spectrum, such as learning specialists and alternative medicine practitioners, which rarely seems to happen in more narrowly defined professional circles.
As in years past, I presented on April 20, 2012 to the class of predoctoral interns and externs at Pace University’s counseling center on the topic, Getting Started in Private Practice. It was a pleasure to give this talk to a bright, motivated group of students who are in the final stretch of doctoral studies.
While graduate study in psychology may offer excellent clinical training, it does not begin to teach how to start and run a private practice. This year’s talk focused on topics that included niche development, social media, and clinical supervision.
The purpose of the presentation was not only to impart practical know-how, but also to counter the excessively discouraging and cautionary characterization of private practice that unfortunately is often conveyed in graduate programs in psychology.
For more information on practice development, see the consultation page.
I will be attending the IARPP conference the latter part of this week. Appointments after 3:00 pm on Thursday March 1 and all day Friday March 2 have been cancelled. Anticipated sessions I plan to attend include the following:
Psychologists and social workers who participate in TherapySafetyNet's coalition of socially responsible therapists celebrated our organization's four-year anniversary over dinner on October 2, 2011.