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.
Objective of Extension Division Courses
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.
February 2008
Monday afternoons, ongoing - June 9, 2008
Thinking Analytically: Group Case Presentation and Supervision
Bruce Gainsley, M.D. and Regina Pally, M.D.
Class size limited to 8.
March 2008
Wednesday afternoons, March 12 - May 14,2008
Conquering Eating Disorders:
Eating Disorders and Treatment:
Group Case Presentation and Supervision
Susan Cofsky, Psy.D. and Paulene Popek, Ph.D.
Limited Class Size
Thursday evenings, March 13, 20, and 27, 2008
Conquering Eating Disorders:
Starving to Be Heard: Fear of Fatness in Eating Disorders
Janet K. Smith, Ph.D.
Saturday morning, March 15, 2008
Under the Sword of Damocles:
Psychotherapy with the Cancer Patient
Ronnie Kaye, MFT
April 2008
Saturday morning, April 12, 2008
Mindful Body/Embodied Mind
Aline La Pierre, Psy.D., MFT
Saturday morning, April 19, 2008
Attacks on Linking:
The Internalization of Pathological Attachment Experiences
Elizabeth Trawick, M.D.
Saturday morning, April 19, 2008 in Pasadena
The Influence of the Baby Core of the Personality on
Gender Identity and Homosexual Behavior
Chris Minnick, M.D.
Thursday evenings, April 24 and May 1, 2008
Mindfulness Skills for the Psychotherapist
Concetta Alfano, Ph.D., LCSW and Marjorie Schuman, Ph.D.
Saturday morning, April 26, 2008
Destruction behind the Veil
Angel Cienfuegos, M.D.
Thomas M. Brod, M.D.
May 2008
Saturday morning, May 3, 2008
Sex, Love and Passion
Elena Balashova-Shamis, Psy.D.
Saturday morning, May 10, 2008
Forbidden Death: Understanding End-Of-Life Issues
In Dynamic Psychotherapy
Elena Bezzubova, M.D., Ph.D.,
Saturday morning, May 17, 2008
Deriving Meaning from a Single Session:
An Analysis and Demonstration
Alan Karbelnig, Ph.D.
Saturday morning, May 31, 2008
The Center Cannot Hold:
Thoughts on Psychoanalysis and the Psychoses
Elyn R. Saks, J.D.
June 2008
Saturday morning, June 14, 2008
A Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspective on the
Treatment of Primitive Mental States with a Particular
Focus on Puer/Puella Aeternus Borderline Conditions
Frank Clayman-Cook, Ph.D. and Judith Hecker, Ph.D.
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Conquering Eating Disorders:
Treating Eating Disorders from an Attachment Perspective
Susan Cofsky, Psy.D. and Margaret Rubin, Ph.D.