• Scientific Meeting -March 27, 09
     To Have and To Hold:
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Desire to Own
          Galit Atlas-Koch & Steven Kuchuck
          Discussant- Merle Molofsky
This presentation was an investigation into the psychodynamic and cross-culturally determined underpinnings of the desire to own and be owned as they manifest in our clinical work.

• IEA OPEN HOUSE
April 26th, 2009, was held at Pure Vision Arts

•1/09:Overcoming The Fear of Public Speaking Made Easy
Simple techniques and presentation skills A workshop with Sara Lavner.
Sara ...has taught (these skills) to business executives, sales representatives, therapists and many others. They work. This talk will be didactic and experiential.

•2008 HOLIDAY PARTY /December 14th 5:30 PM

• IEA GALA 2008 / NOVEMBER 1ST, 2008:
HONORING: DR. ARTHUR ROBBINS
IEA GALA 2008 - A Magical Evening
We are happy to report that IEA Gala 2008 was a tremendous success. Thanks to your generosity and support we were able to raise over $15,000! As well as funding the ongoing work of the Institute and our community outreach work, we can now initiate a number of new projects, such as our library, in the coming year.
Beyond financial matters the Gala was a joyful experience. We were thrilled to provide a space for old friends, family and colleagues to reconnect and celebrate. The speakers, film, food, entertainment, and most of all - the people - came together to create a magical evening that will long be remembered. View the photos! Photos of Art Robbins party! (picasa site)

Copies of the DVD, Finding Form in Chaos, the Life and Work of Art Robbins are available through this link - ieanypayments@gmail.com
Request a DVD and include your mailing address. DVDs are $25 each.

•May 2008: IEA THE INSTITUTE FOR EXPRESSIVE ANALYSIS a NYS Registered Licensure-Qualifying Institute and PRATT INSTITUTE presented:
"ADVANCES IN PHOTOTHERAPY TRAINING with ROBERT WOLF"
Summary: Professor Robert Wolf will present his paper, "Advances In Phototherapy Training", recently published in the international journal, The Arts In Psychotherapy, followed by an experiential Phototherapy demonstration. Participants will be able to explore, first hand, the power of this very unique and creative therapeutic modality.

• Sound Bite. Here is an Interview with IEA member and former Director of Education and Training Michael Eigen on internet radio. (It is an MP3 file - to hear click on the words AUDIO FILE.

• Sunday, April 13, 2008 - IEA OPEN HOUSE
Hear about IEA's dynamic, creative ways of working as a psychoanalyst. HEAR STUDENTS and FACULTY present CLINICAL CASE STUDIES
MEET CURRENT STUDENTS, GRADUATES & FACULTY .

• Sunday December 9th, 2007
2007  IEA  HOLIDAY PARTY

• Saturday, October 13th, 2007
NY Marriott Financial Center Hotel - NYC
*Steven Kuchuck will be presenting "Freed from Hiding: The Role of Re-traumatization and Political Action in the Evolution of a Psychoanalyst." Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education and at an IEA Scientific Meeting.
Neil Friedman, an advanced candidate at IEA, will be presenting as part of the Analyst In Training Committee on a panel entitled:  A Conversation On Freedom: What Freedom Means from the Perspective of an Analyst In Training. 
*Claudia Bader, IEA Executive Director, and Douglas Maxwell, NAAP Present, will be participating in the Institute Leaders Forum: On the Freedom of the Profession. More information is available at www.naap.org

• SCIENTIFIC MEETING
10/16/07 OEDIPAL FLOWERS:
THROUGH POETICS TO 'O'
Presenter: Karen Morris, NCPsyA, LP
Discussant: Merle Molofsky, NCPsyA, LP

Summary: Drawing upon Bion¹s notions of analytic stance and the function of hallucinosis from the analyst¹s perspective, Karen Morris explores the dynamic, unconscious processes behind the selection of elements through which treatment is constructed. Poetry which emerged out of material from analytic sessions will be interspersed with an understanding of clinical material, personal history and historic world events. She will discuss the use of poetry as an expressive technique in a case of trauma and addiction whereby the primitive edges of experience continue to shape successful outcomes in treatment.

• WAR VETS’ CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: A Process of Healing and Recovery 9/12/07 – Facilitated by:
Alexandra Poolos, MA; Michael Tisdale, B.F.A;
And Melanie Zarabi, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT

Summary: The writing workshop will be a monthly gathering dedicated to exploring healing and recovery through the craft of writing. We will be exploring all types of writing from poetry and fiction to essays and professional work. The workshop will consist of monthly in-class exercises, voluntary outside reading and writing and in-depth discussions of how writing can be used to tap into emotional healing and artistic growth. The workshop will be a constructive and supportive environment where participants can discuss their writing and showcase some of their work.

• SCIENTIFIC MEETING
6/3/07: THE SOUND OF MEMORY: MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ORIGINS
Presenter: ALEXANDER STEIN, NCPsyA, LP
Discussant: MERLE MOLOFSKY, NCPsyA, LP

Summary: This presentation advances a novel interdisciplinary approach toward understanding the transmission, registration, and interpretation of meaning from sound in the psychoanalytic dialogue.

• May 12 - IEA Open House

• Labyrinth Books Presents:An Evening w/Michael Eigen- March 21, 2007 -http://www.labyrinthbooks.com

Summary: As long as feelings are second-class citizens, people will be second class citizens. Experience is an endangered species. An important function of psychotherapy is to make time for experiencing. Psychic taste buds really exist and rarely rest. They feed us each other, gauge states of being, states of spirit. We taste each other's feelings and intentions. An important aim of this book is to build psychic taste buds, not put them down or pretend they don't exist.

• Scientific Meeting / Stefanie Teitelbaum, presenter, January 21st at 5:00 PM
contact Susan Harding at (212) 802-5462 or shardingny@earthlink.net.

• THE IEA HOLIDAY PARTY!
Sunday, December 3, 5:00 PM

• Sunday October 22nd 2006 5:30pm:

Anniversary Reflections in The Shadow of the Towers; The Role of Re-traumatization and Political Action in the Formation of a Psychoanalyst

In this very personal account, Steven Kuchuck will examine the impact of trauma and re-traumatization on his development as a psychoanalyst. Themes of shame and hiding, and how all of us-analysts, patients, candidates and teachers- learn and grow will be explored as we mark the fifth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
Steven Kuchuck, LCSW, NCPsyA, LP is a psychoanalyst in private practice with adults, couples and groups. He is on the Board and faculty of IEA and Board of Trustees, NAAP, and is Adjunct Associate Professor, NYU Graduate School of social Work.

• THE INSTITUTE FOR EXPRESSIVE ANALYSIS
Cordially invites you to our: OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, May 6, 06 – 3-5 PM:The New York Open Center / 83 Spring Street / (East of Broadway)

FOR NEW AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
~MEET FACULTY, STUDENTS, GRADUATES, DIRECTORS~~TALKS AND CASE PRESENTATIONS~ ~ Q & A~

Learn about our unique institute, offering training in Psychoanalysis with the option to integrate creative and other expressive modalities. This program provides training invaluable to both independent, private practitioners and those working in institutions.

• The Institute for Expressive Analysis (IEA) is offering the NYS required Research Course on: Saturday, June 3rd from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM & Sunday, June 4th from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at 44 East 32nd Street, NYC.

This weekend course, was taught by Lynn Somerstein, is designed to meet New York State requirements for the psychoanalytic license. The course is being offered for a fee of $250.00 and is open to the psychoanalytic community.

• Saturday, March 18: 1:00-5:00
IEA Graduation

• PSYCHOANALYTIC RESEARCH COURSE:
15.6 clock hours Presented by the INSTITUTE FOR EXPRESSIVE ANALYSIS

• "OSCILLATIONS: ZEN AND PSYCHOANALYTIC VERSIONS" Paul Cooper offered a highly personal and experiential account on the interior integration of Zen and psychoanalysis. Presenter: Paul Cooper / Discussant: Merle Molofsky . Sept 30, 2005

• A MAGICAL PLAY OF LOVE:

Attachment as Rationale for the Use of Live Music in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Presenter: Micheline Charpie, MA, MT/ Patterns of early attachment were presented as the foundation for developing a rationale for how to effectively and sensitively intervene with parents when the parent-infant bond is threatened. We discussed how music is used to foster this essential bond that begins at pregnancy and evolves throughout childhood. Nov 5, 2005

• Scientific Meeting. FAITH, GOD and THE DEVIL in PSYCHOANALYSIS
Presenter: Marvin Lifschitz, Ph.D

Clinical themes highlighting God, Faith and the Devil play prominent roles in the psychotherapy process. Dr. Lifschitz will explore how they effect the patient and therapist, and attempt to understand their impact on growth and development through some clinical examples. He will also focus on some major elements of the psychotherapy process both for the patient and psychotherapist. Concepts of Bion, Winnicott, Freud, Klein, Elkin, Eigen, and Grotstein will be linked to these themes.

Marvin Lifschitz, Ph.D is a psychoanalyst in private practice in N.Y. and Westchester. He is a Faculty member, Training Analyst, and Supervisor at IEA and the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. His book, Freedom From Memory, Desire and Understanding: An Integration of Gestalt Therapy and Psychoanalysis, was published by Irvington Press in1995 . He presented a paper, "On Constructing a Psychology of Addiction From Winnicott's 'Absence', and Bion's 'No-Thing' " in Turin, Italy in 1997.