Masculilnity, Homophobia, and Gay

Male Non-monogamy

Fridays, February 27 & March 6, 2026 | 1:00 - 3:00pm EST

4 CE Contact hours

Masculilnity, Homophobia, and Gay Male Non-monogamy: Dynamics in Gay Male Relationships

This class will focus on the interplay between two of the most pervasive issues facing contemporary gay male couples: the impact of gender and sexuality as reactions to historical, societal attitudes toward male homosexuality on the couple’s capacity for developing emotional and sexual intimacy and the growing trend toward non-monogamous relationships.The discussion will begin from the premise that each member of a gay couple has been raised and, for the most part, continues to live in a homophobic society that impacts their relationship to their own and each other’s sexuality and gender expression. From this context, non-monogamous relations will be considered as potential sequelae to foundational traumas and agentic attempts at coping with them.

David Braucher, LCSW, PhD

David Braucher, LCSW, PhD, has been a practicing clinician working with individuals and couples for the past 30 years. He is a member of the Faculty of the William Alanson White Institute’s Division I Psychoanalytic, Couples Therapy Training, and the Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programs. He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis and is the author of the blog Life Smarts on Psychology Today. He has taught at NYU Silver School of Social Work, The Steinhardt School, and Westchester Hospital Center. He is also a co-editor of the book The Unconscious: Contemporary Refractions in Psychoanalysis. He has a private practice in Manhattan’s West Village/Chelsea neighborhood.

SPRING 2026

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Christopher Scott, PhD

8 Contact hours

Neuroscience and Psychotherapy

There are many advances in neuroscience that can inform the process of psychotherapy. This course introduces some of them with a goal of improving clinical efficacy.

4/10, 4/17, 4/24/2026 (Fridays) | 10:00am-12:00pm EST

Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD

6 Contact hours

The Seasons of A Couple Therapy: Beginnings, Middles, And Endings

This workshop describes the three phases of couple treatment. We conceptualize each phase and the clinical approach to beginnings, middles and endings.

5/5 & 5/12/2026 (Tuesdays) | 5:00-7:00pm EST

Sharon Kozberg, PhD

4 Contact hours

Working with Divorcing and Divorced Couples

Working with couples in the throes of separation and divorce can be challenging.This course will provide a framework to guide the couple through this wrenching process while minimizing collateral damage to their children and each other.

This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.

Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0185; for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083; and for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0058.

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