• Speaking About Race: The unconscious roots of structural racism and becoming anti-racist

    Online via Zoom
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    SPSI is pleased to announce that on January 23, 2021, from 9am-12:30pm, our institute will co-sponsor—along with NPSI, COR and The Alliance—a presentation entitled “Speaking About Race: The unconscious roots of structural racism and becoming anti-racist,” with Zachary Green, PhD. Integrating ideas from Melanie Klein’s conceptualization of primitive splitting, Wilfred Bion’s work with groups, and Frantz

  • SPSI Art Salon Presentation: Alice Neel Documentary

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    This event starts at 6:30pm Pacific Time. The link to join the event will be available on this page 15 minutes prior to start time. Thank you for attending this screening! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8sPFpXakI0 The SPSI Art Salon Committee presents a trilogy of film screenings: "The Impact on the Psyche of Not Belonging: The Recognition and Non-Recognition

    Free
  • SPSI Open House

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    For decades we have been holding this event in order to interest and inform possible applicants for training.  We have been fortunate in attracting many good people who have gone on to become psychoanalysts and members of our faculty.  A new class starts every other September and, traditionally, this event has been the previous November

    Free
  • Two-Year Certificate Program OPEN HOUSE — Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theory, Process, and Social Applicability

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    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

    Free
  • Year-End and Graduation Party

    Wisteria Hall, Washington Park Arboretum 2300 Arboretum Drive E, Seattle, WA, United States
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    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

    Free
  • SPSI Art Salon presents: “Psychological Aspects of Capital Punishment: The Last Supper”

    Bellevue Art Museum 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA, United States
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    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

    Free
  • SPSI Fall Art Show Opening

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    Join us in person at SPSI for the opening of our Fall art show. The SPSI Art Opening is an evening of visual arts by SPSI members, friends and family accompanied by poetry readings and live music.

  • Northwest Psychoanalytic Building Book Sale

    Northwest Psychoanalytic Building 4033 E Madison St, Seattle, WA, United States
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    Come and browse and buy from a psychoanalytic library collection that has been growing since the time of SPSI's founding. Low prices and special deals when buying multiple books. Some artwork will be available for sale as well. All proceeds from the sale will benefit SPSI's Collective Grant program.

  • Northwest Psychoanalytic Building Book Sale

    Northwest Psychoanalytic Building 4033 E Madison St, Seattle, WA, United States
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    Due to high demand, a second (and final!) night has been added to the book sale! Their library is closing down, so the whole collection is on sale. There are lots of essential texts that would be a great addition to any collectionCome and browse and buy from a psychoanalytic library collection that has been

  • Speaking About Race II with Frank Lowe, Fakhry Davids, & Baffour Ababio

    Online via Zoom
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    We are pleased to present another co-sponsored event examining the intersection of race and psychotherapy. This online event will seek to build upon our initial co-sponsored Speaking About Race event that was held in January of 2021. This class will feature a panel-discussion led by Frank Lowe, Fakhry Davids, and Baffour Ababio. All three presenters

  • SPSI Spring Art Show Opening

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    Join us for food, wine, friends, music, poetry and prose, and a variety of visual arts. Readings will begin at 7:00 pm and there will be music by Sandy Walker and her band. We look forward to seeing you there!

  • Art Salon: “The Impact on the Psyche of Not Belonging: The Recognition and Non-Recognition of Women Artists, Yayoi Kusama”

    Online via Zoom
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    The SPSI Art Salon Committee presents the second film in our series "The Impact on the Psyche of Not Belonging: The Recognition and Non-Recognition of Women Artists". We will be screening the film, Kusama: Infinity, to be followed by an audience discussion led by Mary Sacco, LMHC and John Olson, MD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mdIB1WxHI Now the top-selling

    Free
  • Speaking About Race III

    Online via Zoom
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    We are pleased to present another co-sponsored event examining the intersection of race and psychotherapy. More details to come.

  • Larry Schwartz Memorial

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    SPSI will be hosting a memorial service for Emeritus Faculty member Larry Schwartz, who died earlier this year. The memorial will be held on Saturday, July 22nd from 1-3pm. You can come in person or join us on Zoom to share recollections of Larry and honor his memory and time with us.

  • “Speaking About Race IV: Working with Internalized Racism” with Fakhry Davids

    Online via Zoom
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    We are pleased to present another co-sponsored event examining the intersection of race and psychotherapy. In part four of the Speaking About Race series, we invite you to examine your own relationship between individual racism, institutional racism and classism. Davids has written and presented extensively on the inner processes at work in our minds when these

  • UW Psych Group Leaders

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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  • 2-Year Program Information Session

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    We are excited to announce a Hybrid Information Session on March 3, 2024, Noon-2:00pm for the Two-year Certificate Program at SPSI, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theory, Process, and Social Applicability. We are a learning community committed to helping one another engage with psychoanalytic theory to deepen clinical work in all settings and to promote healing in our

    Free
  • SPSI Goodbye Party

    SPSI on Madison 4020 E Madison St, #230, Seattle, WA
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    31 years ago, SPSI found its home at 4020 East Madison Street. As we prepare to move to our new home in Eastlake, join us for a party to celebrate and remember our time on Madison. Come enjoy delicious finger foods by Píyale Cömert and Julie Wood and raise a glass of wine. Take home

    Free
  • Speaking About Race V: Intercultural Therapy with Baffour Ababio

    Online via Zoom
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    COR, NPSI, NWAPS & SPSI are are pleased to present another co-sponsored event examining the intersection of race and psychotherapy. Baffour Ababio is a psychoanalytic intercultural psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice and at Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre. Baffour completed his psychotherapy training at University College London and his supervision training at the Guild of