U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
Join us on March 14th for
HOLDING COMPLEXITY
Presented by Martha Stark MD
Sponsored by Rose City Center in Pasadena CA
with Special Appreciation for Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin
HOLDING COMPLEXITY: Interventions that Move What Was Stuck and Create Something New Between Us
Join us for a thought-provoking virtual event on March 14, 2026 with the renowned Martha Stark MD.
3 CE Credits available to professionals licensed in the state of California.
This workshop explores the central tension at the heart of deep, relational psychodynamic work: how to balance holding with provocation, safety with disruption, and resonance with challenge – so that entrenched patterns can begin to loosen their hold.
Don’t miss this chance to spend the morning with the world-renowned Dr Martha Stark!
Please check-in early as the presentation will begin promptly at 9. Registration opens at 8:30.
Who is Martha Stark, MD?
Martha Stark, MD, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, is a holistic (adult and child) psychiatrist and integrative psychoanalyst in private practice in Boston, MA, and Clearwater Beach, FL.
Martha is a Lecturer on Psychiatry (part-time), Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder/Co-Director/Faculty, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, William James College; Faculty, Psychiatry Redefined; Faculty/Scientific Advisory Board, Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine; Adjunct Faculty, Smith College School for Social Work; Former Faculty, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis; Advisory Board, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.
Martha is the author of nine highly acclaimed books on the integration of psychodynamic theory into clinical practice, including the award-winning 1999 Modes of Therapeutic Action: Knowledge, Experience, and Relationship – recipient of Jason Aronson's prestigious "Book of the Year Award.”
Several of Martha's books have become "required reading" for candidates in psychoanalytic training institutes and students in psychodynamic psychotherapy programs both in the US and abroad.
She is the originator and developer of THE STARK METHOD of PSYCHODYNAMIC SYNERGY: A Multifaceted Approach to Deep Embodied Healing, a conceptual framework for the working through process that features five "modes of therapeutic action."
Board Certified by the American Association of Integrative Medicine, Martha also contributes chapters to integrative medicine textbooks and articles to peer-reviewed toxicology/environmental medicine journals.
Rose City Center is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Rose City Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
CPA OPD Provider Code R0S005