- Please note, WSPP membership dues include CEs awarded for the Five Fridays regular seminars. (Additional special events may have a separate fee). Annual membership is $175. For non-members, the registration fee for each seminar is $90.
- WSPP offers 4 in-person seminars, and one virtual seminar (Zoom), typically in January.
- We support our members in taking proactive measures to stay healthy. Masking is welcome at in-person seminars, and socially distanced seating is available. We also encourage registrants to stay home if they are not feeling well or have any cold symptoms.
Continuing Education Credits
WSPP is a local chapter of SPPP (Division 39) of the American Psychological Association (APA). WSPP is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. These CEs are also accepted by the DC Board of Social Work for social workers. Please check with your local licensing Board to find out if these CEs can be applied to continuing education requirements for your state and discipline. Each Friday seminar, when attended in its entirety, earns 3 CEs.
SPPP is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. SPPP is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods, when possible. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Elizabeth Rankin.
No commercial support for this program exists nor do any relationships exist among the CE sponsor, presenting organization, presenters, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility), as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks, if any, associated with the program’s content.
Please Note: The American Psychological Association’s sponsorship of Continuing Education programming requires that sponsored programs award CEs only when the participant is on time, signs in and signs out, attends the entire course, and completes a course evaluation. Partial credit is not permitted.
Ethical Considerations
Division 39 is committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Elizabeth Rankin, LCSW at 202-244-4044.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Annual membership dues are nonrefundable.
For non-members who did not pay annual dues and paid for individual seminars:
- When a seminar registration fee is paid in advance and the conference is cancelled, the registration fee is fully refunded;
- When a seminar registration fee is paid in advance, and the registrant does not attend, the registration fee is forfeited;
- When a conference registration fee is paid in advance and the registrant cancels up to two weeks before the seminar start date, then the registration fee may be applied to another seminar in the yearly cycle. If not used during that cycle, the fee is forfeited. To request a cancellation for a seminar and apply your fee to another seminar, please contact the Membership Chair directly.
Please note, the seminar cycle runs from September through June.
Grievance Policy
Washington Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology (WSPP) is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Psychological Association (APA). WSPP will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. When a member or participant has a grievance, complaint or concerns, please contact Elizabeth Rankin, LCSW.