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NYPSI Extension Program: Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy

This course will present results of collaborative research by two analysts working in two different modalities – individual and couple. The comparison of the dynamics in the two settings reveals many new issues and questions. For instance: Is there an unconscious organization of the couple distinct from the unconscious organizations of the individuals in it? What are the differences between the individual’s transferences to the analyst and to the patient’s partner? How much can the analyst know about the patient’s partner? At every meeting, the instructor will present clinical material illustrating these and other issues such as misinterpretations, assumptions, rigid conceptions of the other, the effect of character traits in the relationship, as well as parental difficulties.

4.5 Contact Hours. 4.5 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.

Graciela Abelin-Sas Rose, MD is a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute; of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine and of CAPS. She founded and chaired the New York Psychoanalytic Institute‘s Colloquium with Visiting Authors, where members of diverse schools of thought were invited to present their psychoanalytic perspectives. She served as the Foreign Editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychoanalysis. She is in private practice and conducts private seminars and supervisions. Besides being guest lecturer at American and International institutions she has written reviews and essays on the work of various authors as well as publications of her own work.

When outpatient therapy, hospitalization, PHP, IOP, or residential treatment has not led to lasting change, determining the next step can be difficult.
The Austen Riggs Center is an open therapeutic community specializing in intensive psychiatric treatment for adults with complex, often longstanding psychiatric conditions. This free, live online series offers an opportunity to learn more about our treatment model, who it is best suited for, and how the admissions process works.
These sessions, in which participants are invited to bring questions of interest to them to help shape the discussion, are designed to help individuals, families, and clinicians determine whether Riggs may be an appropriate next step.
Upcoming Dates
March 18, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
March 25, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 1, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 8, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
Free to attend. No registration required.
Zoom link:
https://austenriggs.zoom.us/j/94732641062

When outpatient therapy, hospitalization, PHP, IOP, or residential treatment has not led to lasting change, determining the next step can be difficult.
The Austen Riggs Center is an open therapeutic community specializing in intensive psychiatric treatment for adults with complex, often longstanding psychiatric conditions. This free, live online series offers an opportunity to learn more about our treatment model, who it is best suited for, and how the admissions process works.
These sessions, in which participants are invited to bring questions of interest to them to help shape the discussion, are designed to help individuals, families, and clinicians determine whether Riggs may be an appropriate next step.
Upcoming Dates
March 18, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
March 25, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 1, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 8, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
Free to attend. No registration required.
Zoom link:
https://austenriggs.zoom.us/j/94732641062

The term “trauma” is commonly used in everyday language and by clinicians who work from a variety of theoretical orientations. This presentation will clarify the psychoanalytic meanings of the term “trauma” and shed light on the intrapsychic effects of these events, in addition to exploring technical implications of these understandings. The presentation will include a case example from a child analytic treatment. This example will be used to highlight the clinical relevance of the concepts under discussion to work with children, adolescents, and adults.

Drs. Cooper and Lovett will present their new book Winnicott‘s Letter to Bion: Playing, Dreaming and Beyond (Routledge, 2025). The program will be moderated by Dan Jacobs, MD and the audience will have a chance to ask questions during the Q&A session at the end.

When outpatient therapy, hospitalization, PHP, IOP, or residential treatment has not led to lasting change, determining the next step can be difficult.
The Austen Riggs Center is an open therapeutic community specializing in intensive psychiatric treatment for adults with complex, often longstanding psychiatric conditions. This free, live online series offers an opportunity to learn more about our treatment model, who it is best suited for, and how the admissions process works.
These sessions, in which participants are invited to bring questions of interest to them to help shape the discussion, are designed to help individuals, families, and clinicians determine whether Riggs may be an appropriate next step.
Upcoming Dates
March 18, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
March 25, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 1, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 8, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
Free to attend. No registration required.
Zoom link:
https://austenriggs.zoom.us/j/94732641062

Presented by Nirav Soni, PhD
with Discussant Neal Vorus, PhD

Dr. Soni will trace the contemporary psychoanalytic concept of the “field” to its origins in the 1950 - 70s within two distinct traditions: the Interpersonal analysts of the William Alanson White Institute and the analysts of the Rio de la Plata in Argentina and Uruguay. He will argue that both groups drew on the social scientific thought of their time to develop complex models of the analytic process that foregrounded the reciprocal, unconscious influence of patient and analyst upon one another. By reconstructing these lineages, Dr. Soni aims to articulate some alternatives to key features of the contemporary field perspectives that draw on Bionian thinking.

When outpatient therapy, hospitalization, PHP, IOP, or residential treatment has not led to lasting change, determining the next step can be difficult.
The Austen Riggs Center is an open therapeutic community specializing in intensive psychiatric treatment for adults with complex, often longstanding psychiatric conditions. This free, live online series offers an opportunity to learn more about our treatment model, who it is best suited for, and how the admissions process works.
These sessions, in which participants are invited to bring questions of interest to them to help shape the discussion, are designed to help individuals, families, and clinicians determine whether Riggs may be an appropriate next step.
Upcoming Dates
March 18, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
March 25, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 1, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
April 8, 2026 | 5:00–5:50 PM ET
Free to attend. No registration required.
Zoom link:
https://austenriggs.zoom.us/j/94732641062

Presented by Michelle Stephens, PhD