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Community health institutions have long resisted psychoanalytic thinking, and the siloed psychoanalytic world similarly makes little room for the experience and knowledge of those institutions and the psychic lives of their workers and clients. A clinician who appreciates psychoanalytic insights and understanding and wants to practice in a community setting would find it nearly impossible […]

Presented by: Karen Hopenwasser, MD While moments of attunement with individuals manifesting dissociated self-states are often confusing, dissociative attunement can be used as a valuable tool in therapeutic process. Attunement is a synchronized awareness of implicit knowing that is nonlinear and bidirectional. It is an embodied rhythmic encounter that can be understood, in part, through […]

Speaker: Catherine L. Grus, PhD - New tools using artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies with applications for health care and specifically mental health care are increasingly being developed. While clinicians and treatment settings vary with respect to their adoption, the rapid and pervasive development of these technologies suggests a need for all mental […]

When Machines Seem to Care: Close Encounters with the Techno-Subjunctive - Presenter: Todd Essig

This year, the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia's Henri Parens Symposium will focus on resilience in the face of violence. The speakers will be Ann Masten, PhD, LP, a distinguished researcher on resilience, and Merav Roth, PhD, Training Analyst and world-renowned trauma expert, as well as one of the organizers of the psychoanalytic on-the-ground response in Israel.    A case […]

“When We Are Undone: Exploring Moments of Vulnerability, Surrender, and Creative Transformation Within the Analyst”

This paper describes the re-accessing of early trauma, longings, and subsequent repression in a 91-year-old man who enters psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The precipitant is both a loss and the infliction of severe psychological pain occasioned by the arrival of a grandson. About the Presenter: Jim Herzog, MD, is an adult training and supervising analyst and a […]

“Buried in the Future Which Has Not Happened” Non-linear Time, Non-logic and the Ultimate Reality of the Session Saturday, March 8, 2025 2:00 to 4:00 pm Reception following presentation 2 CME and CE Credit Hours HYBRID Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute 32841 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills Or join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/my/michiganpsychoanalysis About the presenter: Avner Bergstein is a […]

Presenter: Avgi Saketopoulou, PsyD This presentation begins with a summary of the theory of overwhelm, a way of conceptualizing working with intensity and excitation that is not about guarding the self (not about emotional regulation, not about protecting the ego from the drives) but which explores what becomes possible when one reaches the limit of […]

A Scientific Meeting Presented by Mitchell Wilson

An Ethics Workshop Presented by Mitchell Wilson

Not theory and not advocacy, this program highlights the lived experiences of transgender and nonbinary psychoanalysts and patients, offering a clinically-relevant presentation of how psychoanalytic thinking can bring understanding when gender, ideology, and law collide inside the analytic frame.

This course reviews the evolution of a relational holding model that bridges the space between Winnicottian and relational thinking. I begin with a review of Winnicottian holding, the relational critique of developmental tilt models, and then present my proposed resolution of that gap. Offering a retrospective critique of my own model, I also revisit a […]

A parent, sibling, psychoanalyst, and trans man share their stories from the frontlines   Given the rise of political attacks on LGBTQIA+ (especially trans) persons and communities and the distress that our current political climate is creating for families wrestling with the impact of these attacks, the Committee on Gender and Sexuality (CoGS) of the […]

Join us online for a lively discussion with students and faculty from each of our programs who will share how their training at NCP has fostered personal growth, a deeper understanding of their patients' experiences, and opportunities to build professional networks. You'll also have an opportunity to meet our program directors and Dean, learn more […]

A virtual conference presented by the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center, Yale Child Study Center, and the Anna Freud Centre Mentalization—the capacity to understand one’s own and others’ behavior in terms of underlying thoughts, feelings, and intentions—is fundamental to emotional well-being, learning, and effective interpersonal functioning. Yet, how mentalization develops and operates can […]

John Rosegrant, PhD will present on how the “talking” part of the talking cure is strange. Using clinical material with the help of an imaginary educator, an imaginary artist, and an imaginary hiker, to explore how Freud, infant researchers, and Lacan understand this strangeness to identify a fundamental uneasiness and alienation between language and nonverbal […]

In this workshop, Dr. Jennifer Kunst will provide an in-depth exploration of key concepts of psychoanalysis from the vantage point of the dynamic process of personality development. She will draw from the ideas of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, and Wilfred Bion, applying their ideas to the challenges of modern life as well as clinical practice. […]

Facilitated by: J. Christopher Fowler, PhD & Stuart Weir, PsyD A foundational premise of psychoanalysis is Freud’s discovery of the unconscious and uncovering the meaning of latent content from dreams, parapraxes, and unintentional actions such as forgetting. This 6-week seminar will explore sources of latent (liminal) data from the analysand, as well as the analyst. […]

Dr. Soni will trace the contemporary psychoanalytic concept of the “field” to its origins in the 1950 - 70s within two distinct traditions: the Interpersonal analysts of the William Alanson White Institute and the analysts of the Rio de la Plata in Argentina and Uruguay. He will argue that both groups drew on the social […]

This 5 week course, taught by Gretchen Hermes, MD, PhD, offers an exploration of memoir writing as a therapeutic tool within prison settings. Through writing exercises, guided reflection, and psychoanalytic insights, participants will examine themes of transformation, conscience, trauma, creativity, and social change. Readings will include excerpts from "The House of the Dead" by Dostoevsky; […]

Speaker: Alicia Naveas, LPC, MEd. This course will explore foundational concepts of cultural competency within psychodynamic frameworks. Emphasizing the work of authors such as Tummala-Narra, Salman Akhtar, and Patricia Gherovici will integrate multicultural awareness into psychoanalytic thinking. For instance, Tummala-Narra (2025) conceptualizes multicultural competence as a reflective capacity to shift perspectives and understand the patient’s […]

Presented by: Donnel Stern, PhD In the interest of integrating the social and the individual in psychoanalysis, Dr. Stern examines the relation of Althusser’s concept of interpellation and the psychoanalytic idea of dissociative enactment. Interpellation is a way of conceptualizing the creation of subjectivity via individual participation in the ideological tropes of power. Dissociative enactment […]

Resolving Rapprochement Challenges: The Process of Metabolizing Love-Fueling Development, Therapeutic Growth, Reparation, and Healing Presenter: William Singletary, MD

Presenter: Dionne R. Powell, MD Yasmin Roberts Memorial Lecture Racism, and otherness, continues to be contentious for psychoanalysts to consider as a psychic phenomenon. Unlike aggression and sexuality, racism is held in silence and resistance, inhibiting exploration of this aspect of mind. By closely examining how and where the analyst/psychotherapist locates themselves racially and working […]

Join us to discuss the complexity of addressing boundary issues with our presenter Ira Poll, Ph.D, Psy.D

The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Close (2023) Presented by: Katrin Haller, MSW Date: April 11, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Doors Open at 1:30pm 3.0 CME/CE Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Presentation Description: This film by Belgian filmmaker Lucas Dhont was awarded the Grand Prix […]

Facilitated by J. Christopher Fowler, PhD & Stuart Weir, PsyD A foundational premise of psychoanalysis is Freud’s discovery of the unconscious and uncovering the meaning of latent content from dreams, parapraxes, and unintentional actions such as forgetting. This 6-week seminar will explore sources of latent (liminal) data from the analysand, as well as the analyst. […]

Presented by: Kathleen Adams, PhD In Part I of this two-part special presentation, author Kathleen Adams, PhD, discusses her book Attuned Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Non-abused, High Functioning People Living Outside of Time. Many therapists don’t even think of their patients as “trauma patients” despite descriptions of early neglect, abuse, separations and loss, and dysfunctional […]

Written and presented by Lesley Caldwell, MA, PhD, FIPA This paper aims to extend the understanding of Donald Winnicott’s theoretical and clinical assumptions through his concern with play and playing, and its links with the development of psychic flexibility. It approaches his work through his extensive clinical experience with babies and children, and with neurotic […]

This full-day clinical workshop will delve into the heart of Galit Atlas's work on Emotional Inheritance. Through clinical and theoretical discussions, it will introduce a psychoanalytic model for listening to and working with intergenerational material, family secrets, and the legacy of trauma. The clinical presentation will explore the roles of attachment and the place of […]

“Unconscious Communication Between Therapist and Patient: The Ordinary Uncanniness of Everyday Psychoanalytic Life-Back to the Future of Psychoanalysis”

This presentation is based on a paper by Calvin Colarusso, MD, which reflects his longstanding interest in the observation of children and adults within the context of the nuclear family. In this work, Dr. Colarusso conceptualizes the family as a living organism that progresses through five stages of development, from formation to eventual decline, offering […]

Joshua Ehrlich, PhD will present his winning essay entitled "Teaching Consent: How Psychoanalysts Can Enhance the Cultural Conversation." The speaker elaborates the important role of fantasy in all aspects of daily life, including the important issue of consent.

The Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine is pleased to announce the latest in our recent series of mini courses, Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to be held with Professor James Stone during the upcoming months via Zoom. The classes will be held on Sunday April 19th, Sunday May 31st, and Sunday June 28th, from 4-5:30 pm […]

This mini-course explores Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the lens of psychoanalytic theory, examining the psychological dimensions of the play’s characters, themes, and dramatic structure. Drawing on classical and contemporary psychoanalytic frameworks, the course investigates issues such as mourning and melancholia, repression, desire, family dynamics, and the unconscious motivations that shape Hamlet’s actions. Participants will gain a […]

Presented by: Kathleen Adams, PhD Discussion by: Robert Grossmark, PhD In Part II of this two-part special presentation, author Kathleen Adams, PhD, discusses her book Attuned Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Non-abused, High Functioning People Living Outside of Time. Group and individual therapists who frequently encounter patients with characters organized around melancholy, anxiety, entitlement, and rage […]

Speaker: Lisa L. Moore, PhD, LICSW - The deployment of racialized fear as a political strategy has a profound impact on the individuals and communities who are targeted as objects of fear. In our current climate the use of fear as a tool of racialization is an important site for practitioners to consider in their […]

“What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” Discussant: Clark Johnsen Join us for a screening of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Robert Aldrich’s 1962 psychological thriller starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as two sisters locked in a decaying mansion and in a decades-long struggle over envy, dependency, and humiliation. A gothic study in sibling […]

Leading researchers and clinicians will present and compare the latest findings as to how to best facilitate successful early relationships and most successfully interrupt the intergenerational transmission of trauma.

In this seminar, Dr. Reid Meloy will teach such pre-offense warning behaviors to clinicians in attendance. Based upon his research group's work over the past 15 years, and validated by numerous studies by others in North America, Europe, and Australia, these proximal warning behaviors provide important benchmarks for the clinician to identify, assess, and manage […]

Presented by: Vera J. Camden & Valentino L. Zullo Psychoanalysis has from its origins been imbricated in culture, both high and low. Sigmund Freud defined and illustrated his pivotal discoveries through explications of folklore and fairy tales as well as the works of Sophocles, Shakespeare and other venerable texts. What is less known, however, is […]

Despite the steady decrease in violent crime over the past three decades, there has been an increase in targeted attacks toward people in public places, ranging from schools and workplaces to open recreational areas. Motivations vary, but often include both personal grievances and an attraction to extreme religious or political beliefs. Mental health professionals, on […]

The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Speak Sunlight (La Voz Del Sol) (2023) Presented by: Noreen Honeycutt, PhD with Director Carol Polakoff Date: April 25, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Doors Open at 1:30pm 3CME/CE Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Presentation Description: Set in 1965, teenage […]

In their presentation, “On Trauma,” Drs. Betsy Brett and Sid Phillips will explore how Freud tried to understand where emotional and psychological problems come from. From early on, he asked whether people’s symptoms grow mainly out of painful life experiences (trauma) or out of inner conflicts and instinctual wishes (drives), and he described these questions […]

Working with the Unspeakable: Shame, Self-hatred, and Relational Repair Presenter: Cynthia Mulder, LCSW-S

Presented by: Arthur Niesser, Dr. Med., Derek Hook, PhD & Leora Trub Discussion by: Todd Essig, PhD This conference will consider some clinical and theoretical considerations in telehealth versus in-person psychoanalytic treatments. Dr. Niesser will explore if there might be groups of patients for whom online analysis might be advantageous compared to the traditional in-person […]

Presented by Michael Levin Psy.D. This conference will continue exploring aspects of Laplanche's work that we did not have time to cover during the February presentation. It will include a case presentation to facilitate further clinical discussion and learning. Topics covered will include: • Laplanche's view of the metapsychology of psychotic and dissociative disturbances • […]

In-person (at the Austen Riggs Center) and virtual attendance options. Featuring: Ben Kafka, PhD Leora Trub, PhD Christian Thorne, PhD Hannah Schmitt, PsyD (Moderator) The final roundtable examines how digital technologies are reshaping psychic life within the context of place and its disembodied absence. What becomes of presence, intimacy, and therapeutic containment in virtual space? […]

Presented by Dr. Glenda Corstorphine, Psy.D This course will focus on the idea that we can access our unconscious thoughts and images through art, specifically collage. There will be an introduction to “dreaming while awake” referencing both Bion and Thomas Ogden’s thoughts. Participants will be invited to create a collage that represents work with a […]