Cases in Conversation: Reading and Study Group

Do you want to earn up to 7 in-person CME credits? Would you like to learn more about psychoanalytic ideas and how to apply them to your practice?

The Cases in Conversation Study Group is for clinicians who are interested in psychoanalytic ideas and their application to psychotherapy. The group will be facilitated by Jeanne Cunningham, LCSW.

In this new study group, we will read psychoanalytic cases and discuss how to work concretely with psychoanalytic concepts. Therapists with an analytic background as well as those who are brand new to psychoanalysis are encouraged to join us to explore what it means to work within a psychoanalytic frame of mind, use of self, and the evolution from classical to relational psychoanalysis.

Together, we’ll read and discuss six short case studies from Dr. Beth I. Feldman’s 2025 book, Case Studies in Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: If I Could Turn Back Time. Dr. Feldman’s accessible, relational approach invites us to think deeply about the meaning of analytic work and how it unfolds in real therapy rooms.

Participants will also examine Feldman’s nuanced use of the analytic frame and self-disclosure, enhancing their theoretical grasp of psychoanalysis and supporting reflection on how relational techniques might inform their own clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the core tenants of contemporary psychoanalysis and how to apply them to clinical practice
• Define the analytic concepts used by Feldman, including misattunements, ruptures, enactments and self-states
• Examine Feldman’s use of relational techniques such as self-revelation and evaluate their effectiveness

This is an in-person study group meeting on the following Sundays at 3624 Coliseum Street from 4pm-5pm Central Time:

May 10, 2026

June 14, 2026

July 12, 2026

Attendance is free. Fee for semester-based CME credits: $50 NOBPC member / $75 non-member. Each session is a 1-hour CME offering. In its entirety, the course will offer 7 CME credits.

Please click HERE for online registration.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and NOBPC. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Psychologists and Social Workers may also receive continuing education credit for this activity if their accredited associations or boards recognize CME credits.