The Fellowship Program seeks to introduce mental health professionals to psychodynamic thinking and psychoanalytic treatment. Fellows will:
- participate in didactic seminars
- have the opportunity to take part in a case conference presentation of an ongoing psychoanalytic case by an advanced candidate and discussed by a senior analyst
- be mentored by a practicing analyst in the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis
Coordinators: Deborah Feldheim, M.D.
and Yvonne De Cuir, Ph.D.
Class size: 15 maximum
Time: 9:30–11:30 a.m.
Location: 4545 42nd Street, NW, #209,
Washington, DC 20016
Fee: $300 (includes one complimentary
scientific dinner meeting);
$30 application fee
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7 Sept |
Welcoming party at the home of Deborah Feldheim. 3:00-5:00 pm, 11513 West Hill Drive, Rockville MD 20852 |
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13 Sep |
The History of the Object (Robert Winer, M.D.) |
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11 Oct |
The Ethics of Confidentiality (Ernest Wallwork, Ph.D.) |
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8 Nov |
Listening to the Therapeutic Process (Judith Chused, M.D.) |
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13 Dec |
An Overview of Child Analysis (Karen Weise, Ph.D.) |
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10 Jan |
Case Conference Presentation (John Hayes, Ph.D. and |
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24 Jan |
Case Conference Presentation |
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7 Feb |
Case Conference Presentation |
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22 Feb |
Case Conference Presentation |
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7 Mar |
Case Conference Presentation |
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21 Mar |
Case Conference Presentation |
Please complete this online application form or download the 2008-2009 brochure
MENTORING
All participants are assigned a mentor who is a practicing analyst and a member of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. Mentoring runs throughout the program and includes individual meetings to discuss issues related to psychoanalytic training, practice and treatment. Participants are also invited to attend our monthly scientific meetings and other programs offered by the Center and may be eligible for Center membership .
FACULTY - current and prior years
Judith Chused, M.D., is a child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington, DC. She is a Supervising and Training Analyst on the faculties of the adult and child training programs of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Author of many articles, she is on the editorial board of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly.
Yvonne De Cuir, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. She is an instructor on the faculty of the adult training program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, a core faculty member of the Modern Perspectives on Psychotherapy Program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She is co-chair of the Fellowship Program.
Deborah Feldheim, M.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Rockville, MD. She is an associate instructor on the faculty of the adult training program of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute and a core faculty member of the Modern Perspectives on Psychotherapy Program and co-chair of the Fellowship Program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
John Hayes, Ph.D., is an advanced candidate in the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, as well as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical School, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College, and faculty, Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program, Washington School of Psychiatry.
Ernest Wallwork, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. and Syracuse, New York. He is an Associate Instructor on the faculty of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute and Professor of Ethics at Syracuse University and SUNY Health Science Center. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and Ethics.
Richard M. Waugaman, M.D., is Training & Supervising Analyst, Emeritus in the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University. He is the author of 65 psychoanalytic publications, and is in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in Chevy Chase, MD.
Karen Weise, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and child/adolescent psychoanalyst with a private practice in Washington DC, and an associate instructor at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.
Robert Winer, M.D., is a psychoanalyst and couple and family psychotherapist in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a teaching analyst, Co-Chair of the New Directions Program, and Chair of the Modern Perspectives on Psychotherapy Program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of Close Encounters, A Relational View of the Therapeutic Process.

