THE STARK METHOD of
PSYCHODYNAMIC SYNERGY
Integrating Traditional and Nontraditional Solutions
WELCOME!
SynergyMed is dedicated – with love, truth, and hope – to providing
cutting-edge, holistic strategies for enhancing MindBodyHealth.
** NOW AVAILABLE **
Lots of PowerPoint ZOOM Presentations on My YouTube Channel –
THE STARK METHOD
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Entirely F.R.E.E. Weekly Spot Supervision ZOOM Sessions
Every Thursday – 12 noon - 1:30 pm (ET)
Both LIVE and RECORDED for Later Viewing on My Private YouTube Channel
From 01/18/2024 - 06/27/2024, 09/05/2024 - 12/19/2024, 01/09/2025 - 06/26/2025, 09/04/2025 - 12/18/2025
A New Case Presented to Me Every Week for On – The – Spot Consultation / Supervision
Prerequisite – Some familiarity with THE STARK METHOD of PSYCHODYNAMIC SYNERGY, a desire to learn more, and an interest in becoming part of a wonderfully warm community of like-minded and open-hearted mental health clinicians – You can "start" any time!
TO REGISTER – email me at MarthaStarkMD@SynergyMed.solutions
TO REQUEST ACCESS TO ALL PREVIOUS RECORDINGS – email me at MarthaStarkMD@SynergyMed.solutions
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Friday, February 27, 2026 – 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (ET)
$25 - $50 (90-minute) ZOOM Webinar
"Relentless Hope: The Refusal to Grieve"
"Lunch & Learn ZOOM Series for Early Career Therapists"
Hosted by Allyson Smith (Ottawa, Canada)
TO REGISTER – allyson.g.smith@gmail.com
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Monday - Friday, February 16 - 20, 2026 – 9:00 am - 12:15 pm (ET)
$795 – $1,095 (15-hour) In-Person Course – 15 CMEs/CEs
"THE HOLDING and THE PROVOCATION: Navigating the Edge Between Support and Challenge in Contemporary Psychodynamic Treatment"
Sponsored by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
TO REGISTER – https:
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Sunday / January 11, 2026 – x:00 - x:00 pm (ET)
$xx – $xx (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR – 2 CEs
"A ROCK FEELS NO PAIN AND AN ISLAND NEVER CRIES: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Repairing a Shattered Heart and Easing Relentless Despair"
Sponsored by the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey (CPPNJ)
TO REGISTER – https:
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Thursday / October 23, 2025 – 8:00 - 10:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar
"The Relentless Hope of the "Once-Held" But "Then-Forsaken"
Invitation from William Kirwan for candidates in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Christian Counseling in the Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) in the Philippines
TO REGISTER – email MarthaStarkMD@SynergyMed.solutions
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Thursday / October 16, 2025 – 6:00 - 8:00 pm (ET)
$30 – $40 (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR – 2 CEs
"MEMORY IS A VERB NOT A NOUN: The Healing Power of Therapeutic Memory Reconsolidation"
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
TO REGISTER – https://www.mappsych.org/
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Saturday, September 27, 2025 – 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR – $35 for 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"CONFLICT STATEMENTS: Leveraging the Patient's Anxiety to Incentivize Transformation and Growth"
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Institute, Society, and Foundation
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/Smo61
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Saturday, September 20, 2025 – 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET)
$20 (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"THE HOLDING and THE PROVOCATION: Navigating the Edge Between Support and Challenge in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy"
Hosted by the Center for Christianity and Psychoanalysis
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/VJjGp
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Thursday / August 28, 2025 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"Navigating the 'Relentless Hope' of Patients with Borderline Features: An Integrative Approach to Developing Evocative Memory, Mentalization, and The Capacity to Grieve"
Hosted by SynergyMed for MindBodyHealth
TO ACCESS THE RECORDING – https://youtu.be/VmzQBD-lKWk
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Thursday / August 21, 2025 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"Integrating the "Analytic Wisdom" of the Left Brain with the "Emotional-Relational Wisdom" of the Right Brain: Optimally Stressful, Growth-Incentivizing CONFLICT STATEMENTS"
Hosted by SynergyMed for MindBodyHealth
TO ACCESS THE RECORDING – https://youtu.be/z2iKBFl_O_Y
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Thursday / August 7, 2025 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"THE INNER TORMENT OF THE DIVIDED SELF: Relinquishing What Once Protected But Now Imprisons"
Hosted by SynergyMed for MindBodyHealth
TO ACCESS THE RECORDING – https://youtu.be/wnibIs__eQM
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Thursday / July 24, 2025 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"THE ACHE THAT WON'T LET GO: Illuminating the Dynamics of Neurosis and Narcissism AND The Enigma of Relentless Ambivalence and Relentless Hope"
Hosted by SynergyMed for MindBodyHealth
TO ACCESS THE RECORDING – https://youtu.be/gxtks2ibjtI
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Thursday / July 10, 2025 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"THE STARK METHOD of PSYCHODYNAMIC SYNERGY: An Overview"
Hosted by SynergyMed for MindBodyHealth
TO ACCESS THE RECORDING – https://youtu.be/pEE3Rof_EB0
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Saturday, May 10, 2025 – 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CMEs/CEs
YCSC Special Lecture: "Grieving the Loss of Relentless Hope and Evolving to a Place of Serene Acceptance"
Hosted by Yale Child Study Center / Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
TO REGISTER (might take a long time to "load") – https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/event/ycsc-cspp-lecture-2025/
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Friday, May 2, 2025 – 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (ET)
$25 - $50 (90-minute) ZOOM Webinar
"Empathy: Royal Road to the Unconscious"
"Lunch & Learn ZOOM Series for Early Career Therapists"
Hosted by Allyson Smith (Ottawa, Canada)
TO REGISTER – allyson.g.smith@gmail.com
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Monday - Friday, March 10 - 14, 2025 – 9:00 am - 12:15 pm (ET)
$795 – $1,095 (15-hour) In-Person Course – 15 CMEs/CEs
"Integrating Psychodynamic Techniques in Modern Therapy"
Sponsored by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/Jngjq
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Saturday, March 1, 2025 – 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (ET)
$25 / $50 (includes 3 CEs) ZOOM Webinar – 3 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"PRETENDING THAT IT CAN BE WHEN IT CAN'T IS HOW PEOPLE BREAK THEIR HEARTS: Insatiable Pursuit of the Unattainable and Unrelenting Outrage When Thwarted"
Sponsored by the Rose City Center Continuing Education in Pasadena, CA
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/elx8L
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 – 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (ET)
$0 - $50 (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Modes of Therapeutic Action: Enhancement of Knowledge, Provision of Experience, and Engagement in Relationship"
Sponsored by the Michigan Council for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
TO REGISTER – https://mcpp.online/event-5877206/Registration
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Saturday, January 25, 2025 – 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"A ROCK FEELS NO PAIN AND AN ISLAND NEVER CRIES: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Repairing a Shattered Heart"
Hosted by the Center for Christianity and Psychoanalysis
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/zqKjN
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (ET)
$50 - $100 (3-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 3 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"The Integration of Psychodynamic Theory into Clinical Practice"
Sponsored by the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/3mMwU
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Saturday, October 26, 2024 – 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (ET)
$20 - $100 (3-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 3 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"The Therapist's Choices in a Psychodynamic Treatment: Enhancement of Knowledge, Provision of Experience, and Engagement in Relationship"
Sponsored by The Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (The Local Chapter of Division 39 in Oklahoma)
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/e7uCi
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Friday, October 25, 2024 – 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm (ET)
$20 (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 1 CE
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Agents of Psychodynamic (Second-Order) Change: Knowledge, Experience, and Relationship"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://tcsppofficeofce.com/
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Friday, October 25, 2024 – 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (ET)
$20 (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 1 CE
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Therapeutic Memory Reconsolidation: The Hidden Formula for Psychodynamic Transformation and Growth"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://tcsppofficeofce.com/
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Friday, September 27, 2024 – 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
$30 (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Practical Clinical Interventions for Incentivizing Change: A Handy
'Reference Guide' for All Therapists"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://tcsppofficeofce.com/sept_27_2024/
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Saturday, July 6, 2024 – 9:00 - 11:00 am (ET)
LIVE and RECORDED for Later Viewing
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar
A Psychodynamic Approach to Grieving the Loss of Relentless Hope and Evolving Towards Acceptance
Hosted by Zara Maqbool / Healing Matters
TO REGISTER – email healingmatters01@gmail.com
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Sunday, May 19, 2024 – 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (ET)
$20 – $70 (3-hour) ZOOM (and In-Person) Webinar – 3 CEs
The Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm: The Integration of Multiple Modes of Therapeutic Action
Sponsored by The Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (A Local Chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association)
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/suP49
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Friday, April 26 - Saturday, April 27, 2024
$275 – $445 (2-day) In-Person ANNUAL Psychodynamic Psychotherapy CONFERENCE at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston – 13 CMEs/CEs
Martha Stark's Presentation – Saturday, April 27, 2024 – 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (ET) – "Leveraging the 'Pain of Contrast' between 'What Is' and 'What Could Be'"
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Co-Directed by Larry Lifson and Martha Stark
Jointly Sponsored by the University of Miami MILLER SCHOOL
of MEDICINE, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, and William James College
TO REGISTER – https://rb.gy/i7amsz
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Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 7, 2024
$300 In-Person – San Diego, CA
2024 USA National Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP) Annual Conference
Martha Stark's Presentation – Saturday, April 6, 2024 – "Somatic Memory Reconsolidation: The Therapeutic Construction of False Positive Memories"
Hosted by the United States PBSP Association (USPBSPA)
TO REGISTER – MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu
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Friday, March 22, 2024 – 1:00 - 2:30 pm (ET)
$30 (1.5-hour) ZOOM Webinar – Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Later Viewing
"Understanding Life Backward but Living It Forward: Analyzing to Understand but Envisioning Possibilities to Incentivize Action – Model 5 of My Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm
Hosted by The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
TO REGISTER – DanielGoldin@gmail.com
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Friday, March 1, 2024 – 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
$30 (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Juxtaposing Challenge with Support to Incentivize Transformation: A Psychodynamic Approach to Deep Healing"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://tcsppofficeofce.com/march_1_2024/
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​Saturday, February 3, 2024 – 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm (ET)
Early Bird DISCOUNTS – (3.5-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 3 CEs
"The Art and The Science of 'Working Through' in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy"
Sponsored by The Wright Institute Los Angeles (WILA) Alumni Association
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/nwCVY
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 – 10:00 am - 12 noon (ET)
$50 – (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
"A Heart Shattered, the Impenetrable Self, and a Life Unlived: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Relentless Despair"
Sponsored by The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/clsFG
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Friday, December 1, 2023 – 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
$30 (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"Wise Mind / Wise Body: The Neuroplastic Synergy of Mindfulness and Intentionality"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/juzS4
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Friday / November 17, 2023 – 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (ET)
$20 (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 1 CE
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
MODEL 5 – "Understanding Life Backward but Living It Forward: Analyzing 'Psychodynamics' to Understand but Envisioning Possibilities to Incentivize Action"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/EGHQV
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Friday / November 17, 2023 – 11:15 am - 12:15 pm (ET)
$20 (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 1 CE
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
MODEL 4 – "A Heart Shattered, The Impenetrable Self, and A Life Unlived: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Relentless Despair"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/EGHQV
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Friday / October 6 – Friday, November 3, 2023 – Available 24/7
300+ PowerPoint Slides (8+ hours of Video Recordings), Extensive Reading List, Online Forum (with Threaded Discussions), and Eight (optional) 1-hour "Live" and Recorded" Spot Supervision ZOOM Sessions
$525 (1-month) Zoom INTENSIVE PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING – 18 CEs
"Understanding Life Backward but Living It Forward: Analyzing to Understand but Envisioning Possibilities to Incentivize Action"
Sponsored by the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at William James College
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/hlFK2
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Thursday / September 21, 2023 – 10:00 - 11:30 pm (ET)
F.R.E.E. (1.5-hour) connections and conversation – a free monthly zoom series
"Optimally Stressful 'Conflict Statements': Leveraging Anxiety to Incentivize Transformation and Growth"
Hosted by The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (Los Angeles)
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/bEGM5
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Monday / September 11, 2023 – 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm (ET)
F.R.E.E. (1.5-hour) – Mondays with Moshe – a free weekly ZOOM series
"The Process of Finding the Right Words in Therapy"
Hosted by Moshe Norman – Mondays with Moshe – Learn, Develop, and Ask
TO REGISTER – mnormanlcsw@gmail.com
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Friday, July 21, 2023 – 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
$30 (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar – 2 CEs
Both "Live" and "Recorded" for Home Study
"A Psychodynamic Approach to Grieving the Loss of Relentless Hope and Evolving Towards Acceptance"
Sponsored by The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / Office of Continuing Education
TO REGISTER – https://shorturl.at/qvK16
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Friday, June 23 – Saturday, June 24, 2023
$275 – $445 (2-day) In-Person ANNUAL Psychodynamic Psychotherapy CONFERENCE at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston – 13 CMEs/CEs
Martha Stark's Presentation – Saturday, June 24, 2023 – 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (ET) – "A How-To Playbook for the Middle Game in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy"
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Co-Directed by Larry Lifson and Martha Stark
Jointly Sponsored by the University of Miami MILLER SCHOOL
of MEDICINE, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, and William James College
TO REGISTER – MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu
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Thursday / May 4, 2023 – 6:00 - 8:00 pm (ET)
$0 – $40 (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR – 2 CEs
"Practical Clinical Interventions for Incentivizing Change: A Handy 'Reference Guide' for All Therapists"
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy​
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS A "Handy" REFERENCE GUIDE
TO REGISTER – https://www.mappsych.org/
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May 2023 – 300+ Narrated PowerPoint Slides Available 24/7 during the Entire Month, Extensive Reading List, and Four (optional) 1-hour "Live" and "Recorded" ZOOM Q&A Sessions
F.R.E.E.
"The Transformative Power of Optimal Stress: Precipitating Disruption to Trigger Repair"
Hosted by the Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry
TO REGISTER – MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu
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Friday / April 28, 2023 – 7:00 - 9:00 pm (ET)
$45 – $50 US Dollars – (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"A How-To 'Playbook' for the Middle Game in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" – Part 2
Hosted by The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) Australia Inc.
TO REGISTER – https://www.trybooking.com/CEEDJ
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Fridays / April 21, May 19, and June 2, 2023 – 17.0 - 19.0 (UK) / 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
£60 / $70 US Dollars Zoom WEBINARs
A Series of Three (2-hour) Experiential SUPERVISION WORKSHOPS on "The Art and The Science of Interpretation in Embodied Relational Practice"
Featuring MASTER PRACTITIONERS Martha Stark (Originator / Developer of THE STARK METHOD) and Michael Soth (Former Training Director at The Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy and Long-Time Practitioner of the Diamond Approach)
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Facilitated by Adele Yaron (UKCP Registered Therapist and Supervisor)
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Hosted by Robert Downes (Chair of The Relational School in London)
TO REGISTER – http://bitly.ws/BRBm
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Thursday / April 13, 2023 – 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar"The Therapeutic Use of Optimal Stress to Provoke Recovery – No Pain / No Gain"
Invitation from William Kirwan for candidates in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Christian Counseling in the Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) in the Philippines
TO REGISTER – wmkirwan@gmail.com
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Thursday / April 13, 2023 – 5:10 pm - 5:55 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (45-minute) ZOOM Webinar
"Grieving the Loss of Relentless Hope and Evolving Towards Acceptance"
Hosted by the Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry
TO REGISTER – MarthaStarkMD@HMS.Harvard.edu
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Sunday / February 19, 2023 – 17.00 - 19.00 (UK) / 12 noon - 1:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar
"Q&A Session on The Art and The Science of Interpretation"
Hosted by Adele Yaron, Robert Downes, and The Relational School
TO REGISTER – email info@adeleyaron.co.uk
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Friday / February 17, 2023 – 5:00 - 7:00 pm (ET)
$45 – $50 US Dollars BUT Your Receipt Will Show $70 AUSTRALIAN Dollars – (2-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"A How-To 'Playbook' for the Middle Game in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" – Part 1
Hosted by The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) Australia Inc.
TO REGISTER – https://www.trybooking.com/CEEDD
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Saturday / February 11, 2023 – 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (ET)
$25 (3-hour) Zoom WEBINAR
"The Art and The Science of Interpretation"
Hosted by the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society
TO REGISTER – https://tbps.wildapricot.org/schedule
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Saturday / February 4, 2023 – 17.00 - 19.00 (UK) / 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar
"The Art and The Science of Interpretation" – MASTER CLASS Part 2
Hosted by Adele Yaron, Robert Downes, and The Relational School
TO REGISTER – https://tbps.wildapricot.org/schedule
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Saturday / January 28, 2023 – 17.00 - 19.00 (UK) / 12 noon - 1:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (1-hour) ZOOM Webinar
"Q&A Session on The Art and The Science of Interpretation"
Hosted by Adele Yaron, Robert Downes, and The Relational School
TO REGISTER – email info@adeleyaron.co.uk
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Saturday / January 21, 2023 – 17.00 - 19.00 (UK) / 12 noon - 2:00 pm (ET)
Entirely F.R.E.E. (2-hour) ZOOM Webinar
"The Art and The Science of Interpretation" – MASTER CLASS Part 1
Hosted by Adele Yaron, Robert Downes, and The Relational School
TO REGISTER – email info@adeleyaron.co.uk
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