Holding the Frame: Navigating Politics, Permeability, and Fear in Therapy
Holding the Frame: Navigating Politics, Permeability, and Fear in Therapy is a dynamic seminar series designed for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists exploring the evolving challenges of clinical practice in today’s sociopolitical climate.
Through critical dialogue and case-based reflection, this series examines how therapists contend with increasing permeability between the external world and the analytic space. Topics include the impact of sociopolitical upheaval, fear, and polarization on both patient and analyst, and how these forces shape the therapeutic relationship, transference, and countertransference. Together, we will interrogate how the therapeutic frame can be held—or reimagined—amid the pressures of a charged and shifting societal landscape. This series invites practitioners to reflect on their roles not just as clinicians, but as witnesses and participants in a broader cultural milieu.
All Seminars are live and will be given on-line via Zoom only.
CE credits available for NYS: Psy, SW, MHC, MFT & Psychoanalysts and APA: Psy
Seminars
Masculinity and Democracy: Clinical and Psychopolitical Reflections
Date: Sept 19, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CE Credits: 3
Tolerance
Date: January 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Instructors: Gila Ofer, PhD
CE Credits: 3
Indulgences: What Memoir Tells us About Therapy
Date: February 1, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Instructor: Elliot L. Jurist, PhD, PhD
CE Credits: 3
Panel Discussion: The Other on the Couch
Date: April 2026
Time: TBA
Instructor: Matt Aibel, LCSW-R
CE Credits: 3
Fees
- $85 – General Admission
- $60 – Derner Alum, Adelphi faculty/clinical supervisor, Non-Adelphi psychoanalytic Candidate/student
- $30 – Derner student/Postgraduate candidate
Registration will close 48 hours prior to the start of the event.
Credentialing Information
Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0185 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083.
Disclaimer Statement
This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.
Cancellation Policy
Full refunds are issued for cancellations made up to 7 working days before the event. Cancellations of less than 7 days for any reason, or no-shows are not refunded. Credit towards a future event/workshop are issued for cancellations less than 7 days and up to 24 hours before the event. No credit is issued for cancellations less than 24 hours before the events or no-shows.
Program Contact
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Hy Weinberg Center 325