Extension Division
Mission Statement

As an outreach educational arm of the New Center for Psychoanalysis, Extension Division offers educational programs - classes, lectures, seminars, case discussions, film series, and more - intended to augment clinical skills for mental health professionals and to enhance understanding of psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Consistent with the mission of the New Center, the Extension Division courses cover the range of psychoanalytic perspectives and are offered in a spirit of open inquiry. Its courses are taught with an emphasis on an interactive educational approach.

The New Center's Psychoanalytic Book Club

Objective of the Book Club

The New Center Psychoanalytic Book Club meets monthly to discuss psychoanalytic themes that occur in written works. Participants help select the monthly title to be discussed. Everyone is welcome to bring lunch and enjoy the lively discussions.

Co-Host Stanley Leiken, M.D. is Chair of the Child Program and Supervising and Training Analyst at the New Center for Psychoanalysis.
Co-Host Elizabeth Trawick, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and a Supervising and Training Analyst at the New Center for Psychoanalysis.