16 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011 Spring 2001, Volume VII, Number I
Institute Membership Accreditation Committee
Vicki Semel
The true history of accreditation begins with the grassroots of any profession. As the field matures there is a felt need to establish training models to help practitioners attain a level of expertise necessary to practice their craft. Seeking quality, consistency and verifiable criteria, the profession itself develops the standards which are eventually codified by the state as it estab-lishes recognition of a profession.
So too with psychoanalysis. We have sought state recognition of our profession after many decades of development. Vermont and New Jersey now both certify psychoanalysts and accept the education in free-standing institutes as the essential basis of training.
Accreditation of institutes begins with a process whereby the schools agree to cooperate in a rigorous self-study, site visit and evaluation of their program. Thus the institutes, the grass roots of the psychoanalytic education process, have helped determine standards set up by separate accrediting bodies, such as the SMP Accreditation Committee. The Institute seeking accreditation agrees to an examination of their procedures in order to demonstrate these standards.
The goal of the Institute Membership Accreditation Committee is to support this process. We have been engaged in formalizing standards in our Manual. We accept self studies from all interested schools. A site visit is then set up to review the implementation of the school's stated goals and curriculum.
The Institute Membership Accreditation Committee helps all interested institutes articulate their criteria, compare themselves with SMP standards and work toward improving the implementation of all standards.
We welcome the interest of all institutes.
Modern Analysis Takes Another Step
The Boston Graduate School and New York's Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies are in the process of creating a merger. This will enable CMPS to seek degree-granting status in New York.
As psychoanalytic training becomes increas-ingly recognized by the community and state as a separate and distinct profession (with Vermont and New Jersey indicative of this pattern), a natural next step is to offer degrees in psychoanalysis. The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis has been innova-tive in this area with first, an MA in psychoanalysis and then a PhD in the study of violence and now a PsyaD in Psychoanalysis in Vermont. (see page 4) Stay tuned for more on this exciting development!
Hold the Date!
The Society of Modern Psychoanalysts announces its Annual Luncheon Meeting
Sunday, March 25 2001 at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
Be sure to attend and participate in our featured presentation: "Dreams and Depression:
the Paradoxes" A dialogue with Dr. Gerald Vogel, world famous sleep researcher.
Watch for your mailed invitation!
THE SMP WELCOMES practicing analysts, students and concerned individuals from all fields. Another dynamic year is coming up with activities ranging from accreditation reviews of member institutes to the excitement and pleasure of the annual meeting. The society also continues to play an active role in legislative and legal matters relating to the practice of psychoanalysis.
If you would like to become a member of SMP, fill out the request for membership application on back page or download application directly from our web site: www.SocModPsychoanalysts.com
If you are an SMP member and have put off paying your current dues, send in your check today. All new member listings and changes to listings in the registry will appear in the 2001 edition.
Spring Conference Tour 2000
Alma Wersberg
The subject of the May 2000 SMP Conference Tour was "Psychoanalytic Training and our Objective for the Future" The conference proceedings began when Dr. Ted Laquercia elaborated on the topic he had intro-duced at the SMP Annual Conference a few weeks before, reviewing important events in the history of training analysts, noting particularly that early training took place through personal analysis and supervision before anything more formalized was introduced.
The second session brought another challenging discussion of training. Dr. Laquercia inspired the discussion with the work of Freud and Reik. He noted how the groundbreaking work of Spotnitz and Meadow led to the current educational models in Modern Psychoanalysis. Estelle Borowitz (CMPS 1977) and Muriel Sackler (CMPS 1978) contributed with more historical details about the evolution of training from the vantage point of the first years of classes at the new Center.
By then we had reviewed articles, such as: "An Interview with Freud" by G.S. Viereck and had addressed some questions raised by Otto Kernberg in his IJP article, "A Concerned Critique of Psychoanalytic Education." We struggled with how exclusivity and secrecy had affected many of the European programs-and explored why it had occurred again here in the US. We looked at how our program designs (New York, Boston and Vermont programs were represented) met Kernberg's challenges. Ted Laquercia reviewed how our training modalities-supervisions, experiential classroom experiences, for example- dealt with some of the problems Kernberg posited. Comments by Phyllis Meadow enriched our perspective on Modern Psychoanalysis. June Bernstein talked about the beginnings of the Journal Modern Psychoanalysis and its growth over the years. Our BGSP graduate faculty member, Vincent Panetta, talked about the relationships and synergy between the Boston and New York settings. We concluded with a unanimous proposal that Dr. Laquercia should write a history of Modern Psychoanalysis!
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hyman Spotnitz, Honorary Chair MEMBERS AT LARGE Ellen Barz, Deborah Bershatsky, Toby Chuah, Mimi Crowell, Marvin V. Koven, Evelyn J. Liegner, Leonard M. Liegner, Rory Rothman, Sara Sheftel, Robert Welber, Elliot Zeisel |
SMP Spring Conference Tour 2001
The society has launched another successful Spring Conference Tour. This time the conference cruise will be to Calabria and Sicily. Fifty members, their children and friends will embark on April 9 and return April 21. The conference will discuss new ideas in Modern Analysis, training and supervision. The goal will be to broaden the base and scope of Modern Psychoanalysis
SMP Member Institute Calendar
Note: Full name and address for member institutes will be given only
with the first listed event for that institute.
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January - Spring 2001 |
February 8 - June 28 |
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Sunday, February 11 |
Tuesday, February 20 |
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March 2001 |
March 2 |
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Friday, March 9 |
Tuesday, March 20 |
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Friday, March 30 |
Saturday; March 31 Full-day workshop: Retirement: Window of Opportunity or Through a Glass Darkly. (BGSP) Extension Division. Information: 617-277-3915 or www.bgsp.edu. |
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Tuesday, April 10 |
Friday, April 27 |
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Saturday, May 5 |
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July 27-August 3 |
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Check out SMP's Web Site
http://www. SocModPsychoanalysts.com
Site contains: The SMP National Registry o The Analyst Newsletter o News and events including political updates relating to member institutes in various states and nationally. o Photos from recent events o Membership information including downloadable forms for new members and for updating current memberships. o Links to member institute websites, other sites of interest, and a guest book for members and visitors.
-Paul A. Brown, Webmaster, SMP
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New Jersey Center for Modern Psychoanalysis The New Jersey Center for Modern Psychoanalysis (NJCMP) offered an Open Classroom presentation on the topic "Keeping Your Patients: Identifying and Resolving Treatment Resistances" on January 28th. As part of NJCMP's commitment to introducing modern psychoanalysis to the professional community an "Open Group Supervision" program will begin in February 2001. Mental health professionals are welcome to join a group, present cases, and to learn to apply modern psychoanalytic principles in their work with patients. In another outreach project, Dr. Sheila Zaretsky and Aaron Lederer have developed presentations for teachers and policemen, adapting modern analytic methods to help them understand and manage irrational behavior in constructive ways. On Sunday, April 1, NJCMP will present a professional conference, "Breaking the Frame: The Constructive Use of the Anaclitic Countertransfer-ence." The morning program will feature keynote speaker, Dr. Stanley Hayden and group workshops in the afternoon will be led by NJCMP faculty. Continuing Education Credit forms will be distributed to New Jersey social workers who register for the conference. Beginning in March 2001, Demetria DeLia, PhD will lead a seminar on "Literature and Psychoanalysis," a dynamic course for teachers of literature. New Jersey teachers who participate can qualify for 8.5 hours of professional development credit. This year marks NJCMP's tenth anniversary. A committee has been assembled to plan a celebration. For further information please call us at 201-794-1222. |
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Help a Mother, Save a Child Help A Mother Save a Child (HMSC) had its first annual awards dinner on December 5, 2000 at the United Nations. The "Changing Destiny Award" was presented to four individuals: Dr. Phyllis Meadow, a pioneering educator and preeminent psychoanalyst who is the single strongest influence over the training of HMSC practitioners; Phillip Gilligan, an executive technologist on Wall Street, noted for his leadership and unending dedication to family; Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a distinguished author, editor and activist who has been a clear and compelling voice for families; Michael J. Parness, President and CEO of TrendFund.com, a highly accomplished financial advisor, poet, and playwright who is an outstanding philanthropist for children's causes. Two hundred and fifty people attended the awards dinner including also some of the young parents we serve who were invited as guests of Mr. Parnell. Several speakers shared their moving and inspiring life stories with the audience. A short film by Rob Travalino about HMSC's beginnings was shown and enjoyed. On this evening HMSC made many new friends and supporters. HMSC is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children. We work with families to break the cycle of poverty and instability. We support young parents to develop emotionally and financially capable families. For information: Robin Benjamin, director 212-473-1177.
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MODERN PSYCHOANALYSIS HAS LOST one of its pioneers, with the death of Dr.Benjamin D. Margolis on January 22, at the age of 94.
As an analyst, teacher, theoretician and administrator, Dr. Margolis played a major role in advancing the principles of Modern Psychoanalysis. His extensive and elegant writings on the theory and techniques of Modern Psychoanalysis helped familiarize generations of practitioners, students, and patients with Dr. Spotnitz's techniques. A founder of the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, Dr. Margolis was also an inspiration to the founders ofSMP and the member institutes.
He was a member of the CMPS Board of Directors and an active member of its faculty until his death. Dr. Margolis and his wife, Deborah, were honored in October 1999 at CMPS' first Founders Day. In his tribute at that event, Dr. Robert J. Marshall described him as, "a man of integrity and trust. People feel safe with him, for they sense the basic respect and compas-sion that he brings to all situations."
With his strong communication skills (he was admired not only as a writer but also as a poet), Dr. Margolis was an important participant in the early efforts to advance psychoanalysis as a discipline beyond the medical model, to extend to those with other academic credentials. Working directly with Theodore Reik, Dr. Margolis was one of the founders of the National
Psychological Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NPAP). In addition to his wife, Dr. Margolis is survived by a daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. A memorial service is being planned.
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