Events

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]