Seminars in Contemporary Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Fall 2026 Schedule Released
Welcome
The Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Program of New York (CPCP of NY), under the direction of Dr. Vivian Eskin, offers basic and advanced theoretical and clinical training for CE credits and psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy. Courses and seminars are available in-person and long-distance via video conference. Topics are chosen to ensure a solid theoretical foundation for the clinical methodology used in conducting psychoanalytic couple psychotherapy in everyday practice.
Highly Qualified Scholars
Unique to CPCP of New York is that teaching and training is provided by highly experienced individual and couple psychotherapists and psychoanalysts who have extensive knowledge and clinical experience in contemporary Freudian thought, contemporary Kleinian, Bionian and Object Relations Theory/Technique applicable to and psychoanalytic individual and couple psychotherapy.
Continuing Education Provider
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy of New York NY, LCSW, PC, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0263.
Course completion certificates will be awarded via email, to those who have attended the full length of all sessions in a course or seminar, after the completion of an online course evaluation.
Long Distance Learning
Along with In-Person courses and seminars, we offer Long Distance Learning (through video conference), which are recommended for all licensed mental health practitioners interested in learning about psychoanalytic thought, couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and technique.
For further information on course material, accessibility for those with disabilities, or to address grievances, please contact us.
Instructors - Fall 2026
Training & Affiliations
Listed below are the courses, seminars, conferences, and workshops offered by the Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy Program of New York. We offer remote courses (held on zoom), which are recommended for all licensed mental health practitioners interested in learning about psychoanalytic thought, couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and technique. Please click on the name of a given event to learn more about it. You may securely register and pay online on the event page.
Cancellation requests made more than 3 weeks prior to the event will be given a full refund of registration fees.
Refunds will not be granted for cancellation requests made within 3 weeks of the event, for no-shows on the day of the event, or for missed events.
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy of New York NY, LCSW, PC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (LCSWs) under CEP #0263, as well as for licensed psychoanalysts (LPs), under #P-0042, and psychologists.
Course completion certificates will be awarded via email, to those who have attended the full length of all sessions in a course, after the completion of an online course evaluation.
For further information on course material, accessibility for those with disabilities, or to address grievances, please contact Annalese, assistant to Vivian Eskin, at eskinassistant@gmail.com.
Continuing Education Courses
Fall 2026 Seminars
What is love — and what does it mean to encounter it in our work with couples?
This fall at CPCPNYC, we are exploring this question with three extraordinary thinkers: Mary Morgan, Judith Pickering, and Julie Friend — each bringing a distinct and compelling perspective on love, its meaning, and its clinical possibilities.
Alongside our seminar series, Stanley Ruszczynski will lead a clinical discussion group, creating a space where ideas meet the lived reality of your clinical work.
Our fall program also includes a three-seminar series on Tavistock Foundations, exploring the foundational concepts of the Tavistock model of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Facing AI in the Consulting Room, with Amy Levy, addressing the rapidly changing presence of artificial intelligence in our clinical lives; and a seminar on Intergenerational Trauma, examining how trauma is transmitted across generations and emerges within the analytic encounter.
Whether you are new to couple work or to psychoanalytic thinking, or have years of experience in the field, this semester invites you to deepen your understanding of love, trauma, technology, and the foundations of couple psychotherapy— as a clinician and as a human being who knows something of the complexity of intimate relationships.
CE credits are available for social workers, psychologists, and licensed psychoanalysts.