The Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute was founded in 1948. SPSI trains mental health clinicians to provide psychoanalytic treatment and trains researchers in the application of psychoanalytic theory to various social settings.
For decades, we have been holding this event to interest and inform possible applicants of the Two-Year Certificate Program, now named: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theory, Process, and Social Applicability. We have been fortunate in attracting many good people from a variety of practice settings who have gone on to deepen their practices and make significant contributions …
David Hochbaum, "Sibling" (2005) The subject of siblings and transferences related to siblings has received little representation in psychoanalytic education and literature. Yet we frequently encounter its impact in our clinical work, personal life, and in mainstream culture. Traditionally viewed as potential rivals for parental affection or targets for aggression, sibling relationships in contemporary psychoanalytic theory …
We invite all SPSI Faculty, Emeritus Faculty, Clinical Associates, iCAPP Students, Instructors, Board Members, Associate Members, and Community Members to attend our 2022 Year-End and Graduation Party. The event will be held in-person at Wisteria Hall at the Graham Visitors Center in the Washington Park Arboretum—2300 Arboretum Drive East. Doors will open at 6:30pm, and …
This presentation will include a viewing of the exhibition, “The Last Supper” by artist Julie Green, which is on display at the Bellevue Art Museum. It will be followed by a discussion led by Janelle Eckhardt, PhD. On ceramic blue and white plates, Green has portrayed the last suppers of death row inmates. The starkness …
Dear SPSI Community, Our Institute has been through tremendous change over the past 6 years or so. We have lost many members—especially those representing the conservative wing of analytic practice—and we are now going through a reappraisal of the role race, diversity issues in general, and our history play in our ability to work together …