Meet the Presenters

 Justine Kalas-Reeves, Psy.D is a psychoanalyst in Washington, DC. She works with people
 across the life cycle from parents who are pregnant to elders preparing to say goodbye, and     everything in between. She works with psychiatry residents at Howard University, and teaches   psychoanalytic candidates at Contemporary Freudian Society. She was fortunate to be amongst   the last to train at the Anna Freud Centre in London, where she also worked in the Tavistock's   Adolescent Department. Outside of psychoanalysis, she loves spending time with her family and   friends, reading, writing and music. 

Lorrie Chopra, M.S is a child, adolescent and adult psychoanalyst in private practice in Livonia Michigan. She enjoys teaching in the various programs at MPI including fellowship, ACAPP, Early Admissions and Candidate Classes. For years she worked as a family consultant at the Walnut Lake Preschool- a special place for little people and their families that can change the outcome for a family with early intervention and psychodynamic principles. Lorrie is Currently the Co-Executive Director of the Mel Bornstein Clinic where she has worn many hats. Currently, Lorrie is on the Board of Directors at the MBC, she supervises several of the MBC therapist and residents and runs a monthly Child and Adolescent Case Conference for the MBC clinicians. Additionally, with the help of many, she has established The MBC Grant Fund where money is raised through the Detroit Free Press Marathon to provide scholarships to individuals who are unable to otherwise receive excellent mental health care.
 Joe Wise, M.D. 

 Matthew Shaw, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst for children, adolescents, and adults in New Haven,   CT. He teaches at the Yale School of Medicine and is a training and supervising analyst at the   Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. He chairs the child and adolescent training   program and is past president of the local society. Dr. Shaw has published a book and   numerous articles. He gave the Saltz Grand Rounds at Children's National Hospital in   Washington, D.C., the plenary panel at the annual meeting for the Association for Child   Psychoanalysis, the Beata Rank Lecture at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, and an Applied   Loewald workshop for the Hans Loewald Center. He has an article in JAPA and a book chapter   related to Loewald and Development in press.

 Rex McGehee, MD, PC is a Training Supervising Analyst for children and adults at the Denver   Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is also geographic supervisor for the Minneapolis and Sand   Diego Institutes. Rex is Associate Clinical Professor for Psychiatry at the University of Colorado   and in the private practice of psychoanalysis with children, adolescents and adults.

 Steve Wein, MD has served at New York Psychoanalytic  Institute as a Supervising Child and   Adolescent Analyst since 1993, Training and Supervising Analyst since 1996, and   Associate Dean for Child Analysis from 2010 to 2016. He is a member of the Center for   Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies. He has supervised and taught clinical courses, primarily   continuous case conferences, to students in both the adult and child training programs at NYPSI   since 1993 and the class on special topics in child and adolescent psychoanalysis, covering   issues such as adoption, divorce, race, sexuality, abuse, etc.

 

 Carla Neely, Ph.D is a teaching analyst at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, trained in   child and adult psychoanalysis. She is past President and current Secretary-Elect of the Association   for Child Psychoanalysis, Inc. She is a consulting psychoanalyst to Jubilee Jumpstart, a   Washington  DC daycare and pre-kindergarten program.  Her publications include articles on Anna   Freud, developmental disharmony, parent loss in childhood, creativity, adolescence, and pre-   latency psychopathology as well as books on sublimation and the collected writings of Hansi   Kennedy. She is in private practice in Washington, DC.

 Wendy Olesker, Ph.D, PC is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic   Institute and on the Faculty at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and   Psychotherapy. She is Senior Editor of The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. She is Director of the   Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. For the past ten years   she has been Director of the Follow-up Study of the Margaret Mahler Foundation.

 Sally Moskowitz, Ph.D

 Rita Reiswig, M.S

Karl Huntbach

 Kevin Udis, Ph.D

 Maria Papadima

Sham Bailly, Psychoanalyst, Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and Senior Member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation 

Sophie Morgan

 Megan Virtue

Sarah Birss, M.D. is a child and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with training in developmental pediatrics. Dr. Birss has an interest in early emotional developmental theories, including attachment and psychoanalytic theories, and in applying this interest to clinical work with young children and parents. She has consulted to Early Intervention and to therapeutic preschools. She is on the faculty of the Infant-Parent Training Institute at Jewish Family and Children’s Service Greater Boston and for four years she was co-director with Dr. Epstein of the Infant Mental Health Training Program at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy. Dr. Birss is a clinical instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and is on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Birss has a private practice in child and adult psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Cambridge.

Karen Weise, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and child and adolescent psychoanalyst, trained at the Anna Freud Center in London England. She is a member of the Professional Psychology faculty at George Washington University, and has been a member of the child and adolescent faculty at the Center for Psychoanalysis since 2003. Dr. Weise has formerly held clinical posts at the Developmental Clinic at Children's National Medical Center and at the Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children. She currently has a clinical practice in Northwest DC, where she does clinical supervision, psychological testing, and works with children, adolescents, and young adults in individual psychotherapy. She has special interests in autism spectrum disorders, adoption, and gender fluidity.


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