Presentations

  • Love and hate in the treatment of borderline patients. Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychologists, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988.
  • Treatment of a borderline incest survivor: A case presentation. Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, Ann Arbor, MI, 1991.
  • Loving and hating: The treatment of borderline personality disorders. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Key Largo, FL, 1992.
  • Long term survival of trauma: A case presentation. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1994.
  • Contemporary psychoanalytic approaches to understanding and treating personality disorders. With Dr. AntonioVirsida. Florida Psychological Association, Key West, FL, 1995.
  • Ethical and legal issues in contemporary psychoanalytic practice. With Steinberg, Storch, and Virsida. Southeast Florida Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1996.
  • Psychoanalysis today: Implications for contemporary clinical practice. With Kammerling, Kruszel, Pusar, Steinberg, and Virsida. Southeast Florida Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Miami, FL, 1997.
  • Developing and maintaining a successful private practice: Personality dynamics, professional competenceand technical know-how. With Dr. Antonio Virsida. Florida Psychological Association, Marco Island,FL, 1997.
  • Interaction as a mutative factor in psychoanalytic treatment: A case presentation. With members of the Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology and the Appalchian Psychoanalytic Society, Davie, FL and Knoxville, TN, 1999.
  • Psychoanalytic technique: A case study. Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association Spring Meeting, New York, 1999.
  • What if there were no ghosts: A dissociative perspective on “The Sixth Sense.” Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Boca Raton, FL, 2000.
  • The delicate balancing act of once-a-week treatment. International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2001.
  • A dissociative perspective on “The Sixth Sense.” Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, Ann Arbor, MI, 2002.
  • “Adaptation”: A study in creativity and inhibition. Florida Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, Miami, FL, 2004.
  • The day-to-day workings of psychoanalysis: The routine. Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association Spring Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, 2004.
  • The reality of time: Losses and endings in psychoanalysis – discussant. Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association Spring Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, 2004.
  • Rediscovering Fairbairn. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Boca Raton, FL, 2006.
  • Countertransference love. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Boca Raton, FL, 2009.
  • Love and hate in the therapeutic setting. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2010.
  • What If the "Black Swan" was in Treatment? Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Delray Beach, FL, 2013.
  • An Analyst Writes the Book Love and Loss: Self-Disclosure and Other Issues. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Hollywood, FL, 2013.
  • Clinical Forum on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Multiple Perspectives, Commonalities and Differences. With Harris, Levine, Schwartz and Virsida. The Southeast Florida Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2014.
  • Therapeutic Passages: Mid-Life and Beyond. With Sheila Felberbaum. New Directions: Writing with a Psychoanalytic Edge. Weekend workshop, Washington, DC.
  • Truth and Fiction: When Patient and Therapist Are Revealed. International Federation of Psychoanalytic Educators, San Francisco, 2014.
  • To Tell or Not to Tell, That is the Question. American Association of Psychoanalytic Clinical Social Workers. Raleigh, NC, 2015.
  • In Treatment Live: The Reluctant Patient. With Aaryn Post-Gottesfeld, Ph.D. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Hollywood, FL, 2015.
  • The Therapist as Person: Dealing with Love and Loss, Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Westchester, NY, 2015.
  • Omnipotence and Despair in the Treatment Rooms, Division of Psychoanalysis Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2016.
  • Ethical Dilemmas: Ongoing Treatment with the Potentially violent Patient, Division of Psychoanalysis Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2016.
  • “Inside Out:” A Story of Emotional Life. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Delray Beach, FL, 2016.
  • Journeys Through Love and Loss: The Effect of the Analyst’s Current Life Circumstances on the     Treatment. International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Sydney, Australia, 2017.
  • In Treatment Live: Teaching Psychoanalytic Concepts such as Time, Boundaries and Defense Through Fictionalized Analytic Sessions. With Aaryn Post Gottesfeld, Ph.D. and Emily Krestow, Ph.D., LMHC. International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2017.
  • Journeys Through Love and Loss: The Effect of the Analyst’s Current Life Circumstances on the Treatment. International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2017.
  • To Speak or Not to Speak: Is There a Place for Therapists’ Values in the Consulting Room? International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Seattle, WA, 2018.
  • Stories of Termination. Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Delray Beach, FL, 2019.
  • To Speak or Not to Speak: Is There a Place for Therapists' Values in the Consulting Room? Michigan Council for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Ann Arbor, MI, 2020.