Events

Through an exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter, Liora Diamond, M.S., LPC, applies a psychodynamic lens to examine the delicate tension between social oppression, personal autonomy, and the complexities of maternal ambivalence.

Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program Prepare to practice as an Adult Psychoanalyst. Child and Adolescent training is also offered. Who Should Apply: Applicants to both Adult and the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Training Programs must be independently licensed in a mental health field. These include (but are not limited to) psychiatry, psychology, social work, professional counseling, […]

Psychoanalytic Studies Program (PSP) A two-year program for licensed clinicians and advanced scholars interested in psychoanalytic approaches to enrich their clinical and academic work. Who Should Apply: The Psychoanalytic Studies Program is open to licensed mental health professionals, including licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and professional counselors. Academic scholars interested in psychoanalytic theory are also […]

2026 Grand Rounds Series Speaker: Mareike Ernst, PhD This presentation introduces the concept of intersession processes—patients’ thoughts, feelings, fantasies, and internalized experiences of therapy and therapist between sessions—and examines their relevance from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective. Drawing on psychodynamic theory and empirical research, the talk will discuss how intersession processes may illuminate clinically meaningful fluctuations […]

Shoshana Shapiro Adler, PhD and Anita Schmukler, DO are offering a consultation group for psychotherapists and psychoanalysts who wish to engage in sustained, thoughtful dialogue about clinical work within a psychoanalytic and psychodynamic framework. The group will provide a confidential and collegial setting in which participants may present clinical material and reflect together on the […]

The field of psychoanalysis is replete with theories about infancy and child development, and within psychoanalysis there is a longstanding tradition of linking child development to the organization of intrapsychic structure. This six-week hybrid seminar led by psychoanalyst, Maya Klein, Ph.D. returns to the foundational texts of psychoanalytic developmental theory, tracing the arc from Freud's […]

Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This series of 4 classes introduces an approach to supervision that emphasizes developing supervisory alliance, parallel process, working with countertransference, and the supervisor-supervisee dynamic. Both didactic and experiential learning will be equally emphasized. This class is designed for those who supervise graduate students, […]

Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This series of 4 classes introduces an approach to supervision that emphasizes developing supervisory alliance, parallel process, working with countertransference, and the supervisor-supervisee dynamic. Both didactic and experiential learning will be equally emphasized. This class is designed for those who supervise graduate students, […]

This course defines postpartum depression (PPD) and explores it through the lens of psychoanalytic framework. The course will examine the role of ego regression in PPD, as well as specific triad of unconscious conflicts: dependency, anger, and maternal identification.

Scientific Meeting This presentation will be held virtually via Zoom. Register at the host website.  Presentation Summary: As AI systems take up residence in the consulting room, classroom, bedroom, nursery, hospital and battlefield, humanity faces an unprecedented challenge: how do we respond to this new other that is both native inhabitant and intruder? Born of human desires […]

A Two-Year In-Person Training Based on the Esther Bick Infant Observation Model. Who Should Apply: The Observational Studies In-Person Program is open to mental health professionals, trainees, educators, researchers, and others with a serious interest in psychoanalytic thought and observation. No prior psychoanalytic training is required. Format: In-Person Classes will meet from October to May […]

In-person attendance: $250; limited to 50 people at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA Virtual/remote attendance: Free CE/CME available: 6 hours (pending approval) Hope in Hard Times: Building Community is a hybrid conference designed for mental health clinicians and allied professionals seeking to think together about the ethical, clinical, and institutional challenges of practicing […]

Presented by: Paul Koehler, LCSW & Michelle Pfeifer, LMHP Whether you are an early career clinician or a seasoned analyst this course will help you create and solidify your personal-professional identity. In recent decades there has emerged a strand of psychoanalytic theorizing and practice that distinguishes between what has been designated as the epistemological approach […]

Presented by Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald, Psy.D., LMFT. This consultation group invites therapists into an ongoing exploration of dreams as living expressions of the unconscious. Drawing from the full arc of psychoanalytic thought, participants will bring clinical material and engage in a collaborative process of listening, reverie, and meaning-making.

Beginning in 1996 with the essay “Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective,” up to the release in 2026 of his latest book, Traumatic Narcissism Theory: A Contemporary Introduction, Daniel Shaw has studied the psychology of the individual he terms the “traumatizing narcissist,” and the specific ways that they seduce and then subjugate others. The […]

When Dr. Valerie Frankfeldt lost her analyst in 2024, she turned to an unexpected companion: ChatGPT. What began as a cursory attempt at coping with grief became a profound reckoning with her own ambivalence about AI, a journey she has since turned into an unflinching and deeply personal paper. Dr. Frankfeldt used ChatGPT to help […]

This six-part series brings together some of the most prolific and celebrated authors in contemporary psychoanalysis to address precisely these questions. Each month, one presenter will reflect on their own experience of writing for publication: the motivations, the challenges, the craft, and the rewards. Whether you have never submitted a manuscript or are a seasoned […]