Join us on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 from 10am PT to 1:15pm PT for a virtual event co-sponsored by The Sanville Institute and the AAPCSW (American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work) on WHAT DO OUR HOMES MEAN TO US? Looking at Experiences of the Los Angeles Fires
Location: Live Webinar Presenter: Jaydee Tumambing Hughes, PhD, LMFT Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Course Description This course will explore the effects of colonial mentality and migration on the identity of Filipino American women. This is a qualitative, phenomenological study with reflections of seven Filipino American women […]
Location: Live Webinar Presenter: Megan Rundel, PhD Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (Pacific Time) Course Description In this class, we will learn about the major psychedelic agents being used and researched for use with mental health issues. We will explore the powerful links between psychedelics and psychoanalysis, including opening […]
Location: Live Webinar. You will receive the Zoom link after you register. Presenters: Jane Abrams, DSW, LCSW & Christina Peters, PhD, LCSW Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. (Pacific Time) Course Description Jane Abrams - Neuropsychoanalysis: Dr. Abrams will describe how affective neuroscience, the science of memory and predictive coding […]
Location: Live Webinar. You will receive the Zoom link after you register. Presenter: Ann Costa, PhD, LCSW Discussant: Whitney van Nouhuys, PhD, MFT Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Followed by a short ceremony to celebrate Dr. Costa’s graduation Course Description Little is known about how master's level […]
Location: Live Webinar. You will receive the Zoom link after you register. Presenter: Jennifer Dean, PhD, LCSW Discussant: Lynn Rosenfield, PhD, LCSW Date: Sunday, September 17, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Followed by a short ceremony to celebrate Dr. Dean’s graduation Course Description This study explores the experiences of women who […]
Homelessness is a problem with many causes and few solutions and many of the unhoused suffer from serious mental illnesses (SMI). The enormity of the problem, its multiple facets, and the obstacles faced by clients and workers is devastating and overwhelming. Our three-part program is an introduction to these issues. The first part will be […]
Presenter: Maria Pilar Bratko, PhD, MFT Discussants: Sylvia Sussman, PhD & Whitney van Nouhuys, PhD, MFT Date: Sunday, October 9, 2022 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PDT, (Followed by a short graduation ceremony for Dr. Maria Pilar Bratko, presenter) This presentation will use the findings of a mixed methods study that explored the bilingual […]
TICKETS SOLD OUT! Overview - What are Boundary Dilemmas? PRESENTER: SAMOAN BARISH, PHD, LCSW Course Description: There is a growing appreciation in contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy of the inevitability of boundary dilemmas, given the inherently subjective, intersubjective, and interpersonal nature of the therapeutic enterprise. Thus, this course addresses some of the complexities and subtleties of […]
Presenter: Geri Goldmann, PhD, LCSW, MSW Discussant: Sylvia Sussman, PhD “Meet & Greet” at 10am. Presentation Start at 10:20am 12:00-12:20pm: Ceremony to honor the three former Sanville students who completed their doctoral degree program at the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago. Do we say one thing to clients regarding their parenting and then […]
Presenter: Catherine Cheyette, Ph.D, LCSW Discussant: Silvio Machado, Ph.D “Meet & Greet” at 10am. Presentation Start at 10:20am This research was an exploratory study of the lived experience of having estranged from a parent and the experience of working on issues related to the estrangement in therapy. The findings from the data on the experience […]
The Sanville Institute Presents Re-envisioning Politics in Psychotherapy: The Therapist’s Experience Presenter: Jennifer Bulow, LCSW, PhD Discussant: Samoan Barish, DSW, PhD This presentation will focus on the findings of qualitative research exploring therapists’ personal and professional experiences and clinical exchanges regarding “the political” in psychotherapy and the applications of these findings to ongoing practice. Jennifer […]
