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Social Events

ASPP believes it is vital to offer social events for our community to connect and engage with each other. Our professional practice at times can leave us feeing isolated or lonely. Our social events have historically included:

 

A Welcome Brunch is held at the beginning of the fall semester. At this event, new candidates and faculty are welcomed into our family and meet other candidates, faculty and the entire Post-Graduate community.

 

A Last Day of Classes Dinner to celebrate a successfully completed academic year.

 

An End of the Year Graduation Event & Garden Party is held in May. At this time, we recognize and celebrate the candidates that have recently graduated from the various Post-Graduate programs and enjoy each other's company.

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Now that many classes are again meeting in-person, we are reviving the long-ago tradition of a quick "In-Between Classes Break" in the student lounge at Derner. We hope that candidates will enjoy this opportunity to have a light dinner and get to know candidates from other cohorts.

"In-Between Classes Gathering" November 2024​

 

We are very grateful to our new "In-Between Classes Dinner" Chairperson, Danielle Scheinberg, for volunteering to be in charge of this project! Candidates taking classes and their teaching faculty enjoyed a wonderful light dinner to ring in the second quarter and take some time in between their two Wednesday night courses to relax and socialize before heading back to their classrooms.

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Welcome Brunch September 2024

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We had a wonderful time welcoming new candidates and faculty! We also celebrated the "Changing of the Guard" as Megan Nolan became the ASPP Recent Past President, Elizabeth Sullivan became President, and Rakefet Gruberg became Treasurer. Thankfully, Danielle Eisenberg remains our very competent Secretary.

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We offered a book table of donated books related to psychoanalytic theory and technique. Both candidates and other members of our community enjoyed looking through and discussing our offerings, and bringing books home to add to their personal libraries.

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"In-Between Classes Gathering" September 2024

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ASPP President, Megan Nolan, had a groovy time meeting the first year candidates and bringing them a light dinner on behalf of ASPP.

Graduation and Garden Party, July 2024

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We had a delightful day in each others' company as we celebrated Colleen and Will graduating from their Fellowship Program. We are thrilled that they will both continue their analytic training. We also celebrated Michael Zentman, who is stepping down from his role as Couple Program Director. We were thrilled to have so many candidates from the Group Training Program join us and hope they will continue to stay connected to our community!

 

Thank you Alexis and Dustin for opening up your home to all of us. 

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