BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//American Psychoanalytic Association - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:American Psychoanalytic Association
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://apsa.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for American Psychoanalytic Association
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142605Z
UID:20000702-1765630800-1765630800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Clinical Perspectives on the Psychoanalytically-Informed Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
DESCRIPTION:Using both psychoanalytic writing and a case conference format\, participants will examine psychoanalytic perspectives on SUDs and deepen their understanding of the psychodynamic underpinnings of their own cases. Presented by Dr Holly Han\, Psy.D.\, LMFT.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/clinical-perspectives-on-the-psychoanalytically-informed-treatment-of-substance-use-disorders/
LOCATION:Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T114500
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142622Z
UID:20000710-1765626300-1765626300@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Home\, Homelessness\, and Immigration
DESCRIPTION:What might contribute to our subjectively feeling at home in the world? What leads to the loss of one’s psychic sense of home which in turn results in us feeling psychically unmoored in the world? These are some of the questions we will ponder together. Focus will be on the psychic loss of home even though the structural (literal) loss of home will be addressed by looking at the impact of immigration on the sense of belonging.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/home-homelessness-and-immigration/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T182942Z
UID:20000695-1765569600-1765569600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Film & Mind: The Big Lebowski
DESCRIPTION:The Coen Brothers 1998 film THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) is a post-modern fever-dream\, now a classic. As a comic retelling of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep\, the film wiggles through multiple genres with an underlying message that narrative spins as communication is distorted by desire and expectation. \n Discussants:\nSeth Alt\, PhD is an independent cultural theorist and interdisciplinary researcher who explores the intersections of museums\, digital technology\, and audience studies. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University\, with a dissertation titled\, “The Pervert’s Guide to the Museum.” In 2025\, Seth published with Oxford University Press inside their forthcoming volume\, Videogames For Mental Health. Seth has curatorial and archival experience from working for both The Autry Museum of the American West and the California Botanic Garden. He is a member and the current delegate of the California Forum of the Lacanian Field— the west coast anglophone chapter of the international school of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Paris. \nJoseph Aguayo\, PhD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of California in West Los Angeles. He is a Guest Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society in London and holds UC LA doctorates in both Clinical Psychology and European History. He specializes in publishing in Bionian and Kleinian studies. His most recent projects are co-edited publications\, including Wilfred Bion: Los Angeles Seminars and Supervision\, (Karnac Books\, 2013).
URL:https://apsa.org/event/film-mind-the-big-lebowski/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250820T175907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T170609Z
UID:20000620-1765542600-1765548000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Dream Interpretation and Empirical Dream Research
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Christian Roesler\, PhD \nDreams have been used in psychotherapy since Freud’s publication\, The Interpretation of Dreams. First\, the prominent dream interpretation theories of Freud and Jung are presented in comparison\, as well as the resulting therapeutic approach. These concepts are then compared with the results of empirical dream research\, which has developed since the discovery of REM sleep in the 1950s. An important finding here is that the central assumptions of Freudian dream theory need to be reconsidered\, while many elements of Jung’s understanding of dreams are supported. The results of this research have also led to further development of the concepts of psychotherapeutic work with dreams within psychodynamic schools\, which today can be formulated as a general psychodynamic model of dream work. In addition\, there is now comprehensive clinical dream research in the context of various therapeutic schools. In summary\, it can be said that it has now been convincingly proven that dreams have meaning\, are related to problems in the dreamer’s waking life\, that they deal with these problems in a targeted manner\, and that the use of dreams in psychotherapy is helpful and effective. The overview of clinical dream research is rounded off with an overview of the results of the lecturer’s research program Structural Dream Analysis\, in which the close connection between the client’s unconscious psychological issues\, conflicts\, and complexes\, the course of psychotherapy\, and the structure and symbolism of dreams could be demonstrated. This is illustrated by example cases with very large dream series (over 1000 dreams). It has been demonstrated here that dream series from psychotherapy follow a typical phase model and that typical motifs actually appear at the phase transitions (which can also be understood as turning points). Overall\, it can be said that working with dreams in psychotherapy today enjoys broad scientific support\, and that these findings can be used to derive a coherent\, practice-oriented concept for working with dreams in psychotherapy. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/dream-interpretation-and-empirical-dream-research/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T193000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T182542Z
UID:20000687-1765481400-1765481400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:I.H. Cohn Lecture: What Bion Meant by "Dying"
DESCRIPTION:What is a baby trying to say when it is crying? For British psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion\, cries are more than a call for food or assistance. They are expressions of an all-consuming fear: of dying. Understanding this fear\, and responding to it empathically was\, for him\, essential to the work of parenting—and analysis. But what does it mean that Bion placed dying at the beginning—not the end—of life? And how does his use of this term relate to both his early work on linking and thinking\, as well as his later explorations of mysticism? This lecture will answer these question by exploring what Bion meant by “dying” and why it matters for clinicians and psychoanalytic theorists today.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/i-h-cohn-lecture-what-bion-meant-by-dying/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142607Z
UID:20000704-1765396800-1765396800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Complex Cases and Treatment Planning: Does It Take a Village to Revive the Treatment?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Lisa Madsen\, MD\nThis special presentation will focus on complex cases which have reached an impasse with little forward movement or even a regression on the part of the patient. What do you recommend when a patient is no longer progressing in weekly psychotherapy? What do you do when a patient needs more? Do you intensify the individual therapy\, or do you reach out to the community to expand the treatment team? What intrapsychic and interpersonal factors inform your treatment recommendation in these cases? This presentation will explore these questions and more as we reflect on the decision-making process involved in treatment planning.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/complex-cases-and-treatment-planning-does-it-take-a-village-to-revive-the-treatment/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T153812Z
UID:20000660-1765112400-1765123200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference: Analyst Losses: Illness and Life-Changing Events and Their Effects on Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference \nPlease join us for a panel discussion on\nAnalyst Losses: Illness and Life-Changing Events and Their Effects on Treatment \nPresented by: Paula L. Ellman\, PhD\, Marc S. Levine\, MD\, and Harvey J. Schwartz\, MD\nModerated by: Sandra S. Lashley\, PsyD \nSunday\, December 7\, 2025\n1:00 – 4:00 pm\nPresentation and Discussion Via Zoom \nPresentation: This conference will address illness in the analyst and unexpected life changing events that impact treatment are not widely covered in literature. This is changing. More recent writings have brought this topic to the forefront\, with greater appreciation of the complex factors that impede on the analyst and make thinking about these unexpected events difficult. Ethical issues in regard to this area abound and include issues surrounding denial\, disclosure\, abstinence\, competence\, transference and impact on the treatment. This conference will be presented by three seasoned analysts\, all of whom experienced serious illness while in clinical practice. Integrating theoretical\, ethical and deeply personal experiences combined with their own writings\, issues surrounding disclosure\, defenses\, abstinence and the Transference/countertransference matrix will be explored. \nRegistration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/reg_stacia_ethics_12-7-25#/ \nFull Program Flyer: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PR/25-26/Stacia%20I%20Super%20Memorial%20Ethics%20flyer%2012-7-25.pdf
URL:https://apsa.org/event/stacia-i-super-memorial-ethics-conference-analyst-losses-illness-and-life-changing-events-and-their-effects-on-treatment/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T114500
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142622Z
UID:20000709-1765021500-1765021500@apsa.org
SUMMARY:THE TRUMAN SHOW DELUSION:  REVISITING THE PSYCHOANALYTIC ATTITUDE TOWARD PSYCHOSIS
DESCRIPTION:This talk will endeavor to address appropriate concerns while also revisiting the utility of a psychoanalytic approach toward patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic illness. We will review of the history of the seminal contributions of psychoanalytic thinkers to theories of psychosis\, as well as their applications. The benefits\, limitations and dangers of psychoanalytic treatments of psychosis will be addressed.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-truman-show-delusion-revisiting-the-psychoanalytic-attitude-toward-psychosis/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250902T151850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T170354Z
UID:20000635-1765015200-1765026000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Revisiting the Concept of the Working Alliance. Applying it to Teaching and Learning and Exploring the Ethical Considerations: A Relational Model.
DESCRIPTION:The working alliance or the therapeutic alliance is the strongest predictor for the success of psychotherapy. The presentation explores the origins of these concepts and raises the question whether the working alliance can be applied to teaching and learning. Academics educators have already begun to do this. Their findings are presented which also inform us further about the use of the concept in psychotherapy. The ethical principles of the teacher student engagement are reviewed along with strategies for repairing strains and ruptures in the relationship. A relational model is explored based on the work of the noted educator Parker Palmer. Controversies around applying this important psychodynamic concept to teaching are also taken up. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/revisiting-the-concept-of-the-working-alliance-applying-it-to-teaching-and-learning-and-exploring-the-ethical-considerations-a-relational-model/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T090000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142605Z
UID:20000700-1765011600-1765011600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Ethics Workshop: Revisiting the Concept of the Working Alliance. Applying it to Teaching and Learning and Exploring the Ethical Considerations: A Relational Model.
DESCRIPTION:Gerald Melchode\, MD\nThe working alliance or the therapeutic alliance is the strongest predictor for the success of psychotherapy. The presentation explores the origins of these concepts and raises the question whether the working alliance can be applied to teaching and learning. Academics educators have already begun to do this. Their findings are presented which also inform us further about the use of the concept in psychotherapy. The ethical principles of the teacher student engagement are reviewed along with strategies for repairing strains and ruptures in the relationship. A relational model is explored based on the work of the noted educator Parker Palmer. Controversies around applying this important psychodynamic concept to teaching are also taken up.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/ethics-workshop-revisiting-the-concept-of-the-working-alliance-applying-it-to-teaching-and-learning-and-exploring-the-ethical-considerations-a-relational-model/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T153432Z
UID:20000667-1764959400-1764964800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Sun\, Soil and Rain: Research on Patient Growth in Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Brin Grenyer\, PhD \nThe Sheila Hafter Gray Memorial Lecture is underwritten by ACPEinc and honors Dr. Gray’s role in advancing the importance of psychoanalytic education. \nThe mechanisms of patient change have been described in detail by prominent psychoanalytic thinkers over the last 130 years. These descriptions form the basis for analytic training and are often grounded in the wisdom learnt from single case studies. Along with these papers on technique is a growing set of empirical research studies demonstrating psychoanalytic psychotherapy across multiple groups of patients is an effective treatment for mental health disorders. In parallel to these traditional therapy descriptions and outcome studies\, has been another form of research: psychotherapy process research. Process-outcome studies aim to discover if patient changes observed in treatment can be understood in more detail using validated research measures applied to empirical data – usually transcripts of audio or video from therapy sessions. This talk overviews 30 years of studies from the author’s and other research groups that includes studies of transference\, attachment\, mastery of self-understanding and self-control\, and emotional and cognitive change. Recent work will be highlighted describing changes in Erikson’s psychosocial maturity conflicts – particularly the resolution of Mistrust and Constraint and growth of Industry and Affiliation studied over 5 years of treatment for patients meeting criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. A final reflection will be learnings from a subsample of patients who do not improve over time.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/sun-soil-and-rain-research-on-patient-growth-in-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T190000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142605Z
UID:20000703-1764874800-1764874800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:A Symbol and Sandplay Presentation: Castles in the Sand and Psyche
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: JoAnn Ponder\, PhD\nThis special presentation will examine castles as historical structures in reality and as symbols that may appear in sandplay therapy with children or adults. Castles are magnificent structures that capture our collective imagination. My own fascination with them began when I was a young child living in Darmstadt\, Germany. From the third-floor balcony of my family’s apartment\, I could see the ruins of Frankenstein’s Castle atop a nearby mountain. There are ruins of these medieval structures all over Europe\, originally built by wealthy barons as fortified residences to defend against attack. While castles are not endemic to the U.S.\, their distinctive architectural features have been revered and copied. As such\, there are even a few castles in Austin\, Texas\, the city where I currently reside. Based on the history and purpose of these structures\, they have come to symbolize power\, protection\, refuge\, wealth\, and status. They also serve as metaphors for the mind\, for example\, its defenses and resources. Not surprisingly\, castles may appear in clients’ sandplay scenes.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/a-symbol-and-sandplay-presentation-castles-in-the-sand-and-psyche/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T220000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250926T222305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T153301Z
UID:20000649-1764705600-1764712800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Neuroqueering the Psychoanalytic Lens
DESCRIPTION:Diana Moga\, MD\, PhD and Robert Glick\, MD\nThis presentation explores how the framework of neuroqueering—a concept rooted in neurodiversity and queer theory—invites a radical reconsideration of foundational psychoanalytic concepts such as identity\, subjectivity\, normativity\, and development. By centering lived experiences of neurodivergent and queer individuals\, this talk interrogates the implicit assumptions of the analytic frame and challenges psychoanalysis to reexamine its historical investments in normative development\, binary gender theory\, and the medicalization of difference. \nDrawing on clinical material\, literary theory\, and contemporary scholarship\, the speaker will propose a reorientation of psychoanalytic thinking that embraces multiplicity\, nonlinearity\, and neurodivergent epistemologies. The discussant will offer reflections on clinical implications\, including how neuroqueering perspectives may reshape our understanding of transference\, diagnosis\, and therapeutic goals. \nThis session aims to provoke rich interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of psychoanalysis\, disability studies\, queer theory\, and contemporary clinical practice.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/neuroqueering-the-psychoanalytic-lens-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="The Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine (APM) (NY)":MAILTO:admin@theapmnewyork.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T220000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250902T151851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T170218Z
UID:20000638-1764705600-1764712800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Neuroqueering the Psychoanalytic Lens
DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores how the framework of neuroqueering—a concept rooted in neurodiversity and queer theory—invites a radical reconsideration of foundational psychoanalytic concepts such as identity\, subjectivity\, normativity\, and development. By centering lived experiences of neurodivergent and queer individuals\, this talk interrogates the implicit assumptions of the analytic frame and challenges psychoanalysis to reexamine its historical investments in normative development\, binary gender theory\, and the medicalization of difference. \nDrawing on clinical material\, literary theory\, and contemporary scholarship\, the speaker will propose a reorientation of psychoanalytic thinking that embraces multiplicity\, nonlinearity\, and neurodivergent epistemologies. The discussant will offer reflections on clinical implications\, including how neuroqueering perspectives may reshape our understanding of transference\, diagnosis\, and therapeutic goals. \nThis session aims to provoke rich interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of psychoanalysis\, disability studies\, queer theory\, and contemporary clinical practice. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/neuroqueering-the-psychoanalytic-lens/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="The Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine (APM) (NY)":MAILTO:admin@theapmnewyork.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T114500
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142608Z
UID:20000708-1763811900-1763811900@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Sadomasochism; Understanding and Working  ?with the Self-Defeating Patient
DESCRIPTION:Self-defeating behaviors are present to some degree in every psychodynamic treatment. We will explore ways in which sadomasochism manifests\, particularly in the transference/countertransference arena. The developmental roots and psychodynamic underpinnings will be illuminated through clinical examples. A contemporary understanding via Neuropsychoanalysis will explore self-defeating behavior as a problem with the PLAY instinct\, leading to impairment in the ability to collaborate. The goal will be to fortify practitioners for what are often long and difficult treatments.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/sadomasochism-understanding-and-working-with-the-self-defeating-patient-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250918T200147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T211814Z
UID:20000644-1763805600-1763816400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Cultural Competence Conference: Misogyny Then and Now: Implications for Psychoanalytic Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Please join WBCP with COWAP North America (Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis\, International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)) for: \nMisogyny Then and Now: Implications for Psychoanalytic Perspectives \nPresented by:\nSpecial Guest\, filmmaker\, Jennifer Reeves\, Margarita Cereijido\, PhD\,\nPaula Ellman\, PhD\, David Joseph\, MD\, Janice Lieberman\, PhD \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025\n10:00 am – 1:00 pm (3 CME/CE)\nPresentation and Discussion via Zoom \nPresentation:\nNotions of the feminine and misogyny have changed significantly since the 1960s. These changes are reflected in how women perceive themselves and how they are understood and positioned in society. \nIn this conference\, we discuss and compare the unconscious gender ideals and prejudices of the 1960s with those of today. We explore the evolution of the ethical treatment of women as well as developments in psychotherapy and psychoanalytic technique. \nOur discussion is framed by the classic documentary Approaches to Psychotherapy (1964) which has recently been reimagined in a new film\, The Gloria of My Imagination (2025)\, by the talented award-winning film-director Jennifer Reeves. In her film\, Reeves explores the social context of Gloria’s life. \nThe original film captured the work of three renowned figures—Carl Rogers\, Fritz Perls\, and Albert Ellis—in their sessions with Gloria\, a newly divorced patient. For decades\, it served as a cornerstone in the training of psychology students worldwide. \nAlong with Reeves’ reflections on her film through screening selected clips\, Margarita Cereijido\, Paula Ellman\, Janice Lieberman and David Joseph present and discuss changing perspectives on femininity\, misogyny\, and psychoanalytic theory and technique followed by engagement with the audience. \nAttendees will have access to the complete film 2 weeks prior to the conference. \nRegistration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/reg_cultural_competence_11-22-25#/ \nFor more information view the full program flyer: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PR/25-26/Cultural%20Competence%20with%20COWAP%20flier%2011-22-25%28No%29.pdf
URL:https://apsa.org/event/cultural-competence-conference-misogyny-then-and-now-implications-for-psychoanalytic-perspectives/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T125000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T135000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T153058Z
UID:20000666-1763729400-1763733000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Working with Infertility Patients through a Psychoanalytic Lens
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Golzar Naghshineh\, MS\, LP\, CGP\, and Nancy Kaufman\, LCSW\, LP – While addressing behavioral needs and surface level fears and anxieties is crucial in helping patients who struggle with infertility\, it is also crucial that we help patients process their deeper unconscious (and often conflicting) feelings around treatment\, failure\, loss\, inadequacy\, and successful pregnancy. This presentation will address (i) the important role the unconscious plays in infertility patients’ mental health (and how the therapy needs to be a safe place for the patient to say everything without restraint); (ii) new theories that explore how infertility\, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and loss impact the psyche of this specific population; (iii) the role transference and countertransference play in helping our patients explore all of their feelings around ART and how the therapist can be helped to tolerate those feelings. Case presentation will be used to illustrate seven psychoanalytic concepts in practice with ART patients.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/working-with-infertility-patients-through-a-psychoanalytic-lens/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T220000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250820T175907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T192755Z
UID:20000619-1763670600-1763676000@apsa.org
SUMMARY:When the risk of targeted violence enters the psychotherapeutic relationship
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: J. Reid Meloy\, PhD \nAlthough criminal violence in the United States has been incrementally decreasing for the past forty years\, the incidence of targeted mass attacks has been increasing during the past decade. How can the psychoanalyst or psychotherapist assess the risk of such an attack by their patient–or when should the patient be referred for an evaluation–in the course of treatment? In this presentation\, Dr. Meloy will teach the proximal warning behaviors for targeted attacks that he and his group have been researching for the past 15 years\, and are now widely used by both members of law enforcement and mental health communities within North America\, Europe\, and Australia. Research has validated these efforts\, and such proximal warning behaviors reflect both the importance of empiricism and psychodynamic formulations in the assessment of such risks. \nCE.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/when-the-risk-of-targeted-violence-enters-the-psychotherapeutic-relationship/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T182542Z
UID:20000686-1763665200-1763665200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Journey: Race Riot 1919-Racial Enactment 2006-Racial Reparations Beginning 2023
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Therese Ragen\, PhD  \nThis lecture will present the journey of a descendant of one of the leaders of the 1919 Chicago race riot in which dozens of people were killed\, hundreds wounded and some thousand homes of Black people were burned down. The journey traced in the presentation is from the 1919 race riot to a racial enactment between a White psychologist/psychoanalyst and a Black patient in 2006 to the presenter’s involvement (since 2023) in racial reparations in the Chicago neighborhood in which the riot occurred. \nRegistration is required. Event will not be recorded.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/journey-race-riot-1919-racial-enactment-2006-racial-reparations-beginning-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T182524Z
UID:20000674-1763492400-1763492400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Ryan Nolen
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction to Applications of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Medical Settings: The Successful Resolution of a Conversion Symptom by Psychoanalytic Technique in the ER Presented by Micah Knobles
URL:https://apsa.org/event/ryan-nolen/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T205129Z
UID:20000682-1763208000-1763215200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Stephen Seligman\, MD - Holding and Containing
DESCRIPTION:“Holding and Containing: The Metaphor of the Baby in Winnicott\, Bion\, and Klein
URL:https://apsa.org/event/stephen-seligman-md/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T145748Z
UID:20000661-1763208000-1763215200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Psychoanalysis Creativity and the Arts: Session 2: “Creativity and Resiliency”
DESCRIPTION:Session 2 of 3 \n“Creativity and Resiliency” \nPresented by\nRosa Aurora Chavez\, MD\, PhD\, FABP \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025\,\n12:00 – 2:00pm (2 CME/CE)\nPresentation and Discussion via Zoom \nPresentation:\nIn this seminar (in English) we will discuss the evolutionary relevance of creativity for resiliency form psychodynamic and neuropsychoanalytic perspectives. \nRegistration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/reg_psy_creativity_arts_25-26#/ \nFlyer: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PR/25-26/Psychoanalysis%20Creativity%20and%20the%20Arts%202025_26%20flier%20Multi-Session%20program%20%28B%29.pdf
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalysis-creativity-and-the-arts-session-2-creativity-and-resiliency/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T100000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250926T222305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T145549Z
UID:20000647-1763200800-1763200800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma\, Attachment\, and Neuroscience
DESCRIPTION:with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-body-keeps-the-score-trauma-attachment-and-neuroscience/
LOCATION:In-Person: North Carolina State University\, Raleigh\, NC\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T003000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T204040Z
UID:20000697-1763161200-1763166600@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Film & Mind: Nickel Boys
DESCRIPTION:RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys (2024) is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two African-American boys sent to an abusive reform school in 1960s Florida. Shot entirely from first-person perspective\, the film explores institutional trauma\, systemic racism\, friendship\, resilience\, and the long-term psychological effects of childhood abuse. The story is inspired by the real Dozier School for Boys\, where extensive abuse occurred for over a century. \nThe film vividly portrays the brutality and dehumanization experienced by Black boys at Nickel Academy\, a fictional institution inspired by real-life abuses in reform schools in the Jim Crow South. This experience reflects a pervasive and ongoing racial trauma that continues to impact individuals and communities. Examining the psychological toll on the main characters can help in understanding how systemic racism inflicts lasting wounds on the psyche\, impacting development\, interpersonal relationships\, and a sense of self and belonging. \nThe narrative also highlights contrasting approaches to surviving and resisting oppression. Analyzing their individual and combined journeys helps recognize the diverse ways individuals navigate trauma and maintain self-worth amidst systemic injustice. \nFinally\, the Nickel Academy operates as a microcosm of larger societal structures\, revealing how power can be wielded to perpetuate racial hierarchies and maintain secrecy around abuse. Examining these power dynamics sheds light on the interplay between individual experiences and the broader societal forces that shape them. \nDiscussants:\nDebra J. Myers\, MD is a graduate of Harvard Medical School. She has a private practice in psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in West Los Angeles\, serving adults and adolescents. She was a biology major at Stanford University and did a residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford Medical Center. Her training in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine was at UCSF. While on the faculty at Wayne State University School of Medicine\, she earned an MS in Biostatistics and Clinical Research Design at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She trained in Psychoanalysis at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. There she combined medical training with her humanistic interests and lifelong interest in the human mind. During her psychoanalytic training\, she spent five years as a volunteer telephone counselor at the Didi Hirsch Suicide Crisis Line. She spent two years as an intern therapist at the Valley Community Clinic\, a facility serving the underserved. \nChauncey K. Robinson is an award-winning journalist and film critic. Born and raised in Newark\, New Jersey\, she has a strong love for storytelling and history. She believes narrative greatly influences the way we see the world\, which is why she’s all about dissecting and analyzing stories and culture to help inform and empower the people. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/film-mind-nickel-boys-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T145313Z
UID:20000665-1763143200-1763152200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:The Pseudo-Self
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Gila Ashtor\, PhD\, LP – There is a type of patient who haunts psychoanalysis from the margins\, never settling into existing diagnostic categories but never completely disappearing either. Variously referred to as “normotic” (Bollas\, 1987\, McDougall\, 1978\, 1985)\, “false self” (Winnicott\, 1960)\, and the “as if” personality (Deutsch\, 1942)\, this patient confounds conventional classificatory schemas because while ostensibly high-functioning\, verbal\, cooperative\, with reality-testing intact and not necessarily any major trauma history\, it eventually emerges that something fundamental – the capacity to feel their feelings – is missing\, dysfunctional\, non-existent. It can be nearly impossible to detect the problem\, not least because an “absence” is its defining feature\, but also because the patient rarely complains about the problem (of not feeling their feelings) either. Whereas under ordinary circumstances\, the patient’s emotional dissatisfactions are the engine propelling treatment forward\, however ambivalently and inconsistently (Freud\, 1937)\, in these cases\, the patient suffers from a mechanical problem of precisely this kind – a disconnection from authentic feelings – that makes the awareness of dissatisfaction elusive and unlikely. \nIn what follows\, I focus on the “pseudo-self” – a particular variation of dissociative organization in which normality and functionality camouflage the absence of emotional authenticity. I explore the connection between this unique personality organization and today’s neoliberal regime where disconnection\, speed\, and efficiency are hailed as the optimal features of successful personhood. Our field’s continued inability to reckon with the pervasive problems of the “pseudo-self” makes us complicit with a damaged culture that is dehumanizing and disconnected.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-pseudo-self/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T173000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20250926T222305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T144220Z
UID:20000651-1763136000-1763141400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Takes On Cinema: Session 1 of 3: Discussion of the film “The Thing”
DESCRIPTION:Session 1 of 3 \n*** Film must be viewed prior to event. *** \nDiscussion of the film “The Thing” \nFriday\, November 14\, 2025\n4:00 pm – 5:30 pm\nVia Zoom \n1982 (109 min)\nDirector: John Carpenter\nDiscussant: Alex Smith\, Psy.D. \nA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. \nPresentation: At surface level fantastical\, appalling\, and occasionally comical\, horror renders that which is unthinkable or unspeakable into inhuman\, slimy\, or spectral forms\, presenting the taboo or the overwhelming at a safe\, controllable distance from the self. In horror\, unthinkable and unspeakable aspects of the “self” can be experienced as the monstrous “other” and exorcised with flamethrowers. The horror movie generates credibility through performance\, photography\, and effects that ground the viewer in a “reality” that can then become credibly unreal. This magical reality evokes archaic experiences of the self as unbounded and vulnerable\, taking on challenging\, unsettling thoughts and feelings while allowing for the suspension of the neatly boundaried “I” of the viewer. \nJohn Carpenter’s The Thing belongs to a rich tradition of paranoia and body horror in the uncanny narrative and horror cinema. The self\, here under the condition of isolation and environmental confusion\, becomes vulnerable to external corruption. The un-integrable impulse is cast off\, producing a disintegrated state. Then\, in the presence of an alien “other”\, the once familiar body is usurped. The mind is subsumed. The “me” becomes a “me” copy that is at once terrifying and terrified\, its sole purpose being to consume additional “others.” The Thing is an allegory for the mental mechanisms of unbounded consciousness: not only the body\, but also the psychological boundaries constituting the self\, are at risk. \nIn working on this allegory\, we will briefly touch on horror cinema’s enduring interest in paranoia and the unbounded consciousness. We will consider Clara Keane’s clairvoyant work on existential permeability and Andre Green’s psychic envelopes as regards their explanatory power for experiences of unbounded consciousness\, paranoia\, and uncanny encounters. We will see how The Thing\, as an apex of creeptastic cinema\, resonates with our own experiences—both archaic and present-day—of the fragility of our distinct\, boundaried sense of a “me”\, and why it matters. \nDiscussant: Alex Smith\, PsyD\, is the Director of the Psychology Department at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. He completed his MFA at the New School for Social Research\, his PsyD at the George Washington University\, and his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Alex is the author of the novella HIVE\, and his stories and poems have appeared in various small publications and anthologies\, the most recent being The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg. \nPre-registration is required via the WBCP website at http://wbcp.org. If you do not have an account on the WBCP website\, you will need to create a “guest account” to register and view/print your CME/CE credit certificate after the seminar. For registration assistance\, contact the WBCP at 301-470-3635/ 410-792-8060 / 202-237-1854 or admin@wbcp.org \nRegistration Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/reg_psy_cinema_25-26 \nFull Program Link: https://wbcp.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PR/25-26/11-14-25%20Psychoanalytic%20Takes%20on%20the%20Cinema%20-%20The%20Thing.pdf
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-takes-on-cinema-session-1-of-3-discussion-of-the-film-the-thing/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251205T142605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T142605Z
UID:20000701-1763060400-1763060400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Borderline Personality Disorder: The Biography of a Personality Disorder
DESCRIPTION:In this book discussion\, we will discuss Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder (Beacon Press\, 2024)\, authored by Alexander Kriss\, PhD. The presentation will consist of a conversation between the author and J. Christopher Fowler\, PhD. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory\, patient narratives\, and shifts in psychiatric authority from antiquity to present day\, the book explores how BPD emerged as a diagnostic concept and what its persistence reveals about the changing boundaries of identity\, suffering\, and care. The discussion will reflect on the tensions between diagnosis and personhood\, the role of psychoanalysis in shaping and responding to BPD\, and the ethical stakes of treating a condition so often marginalized—even within mental health systems.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/borderline-personality-disorder-the-biography-of-a-personality-disorder/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T181838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T181939Z
UID:20000673-1762603200-1762610400@apsa.org
SUMMARY:APsA Candidates' Council Seminar: The Power of Music in "Peter and the Wolf"
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Julie Jaffee Nagel\, Ph.D.\, psychologist\, psychoanalyst & musician \nThe Power of Music as Heard in Peter’s Psychological Development in “Peter and the Wolf” (Sergei Prokofiev\, Composer) \nThis presentation will emphasize through both words and music the power of music in our lives by discussing both words and music about how Prokofiev told a story about a young boy developing into a late confident adolescent. It includes a performance of Prokofiev’s beloved composition “Peter and the Wolf” as a musical illustration. \nWe will explore how music and psychoanalytic concepts inform and enrich each other and “speak” to all of us about growing up. \nClick to view the Flyer  |  Click to Register \nRegistration is required. Sessions will not be recorded. \nSaturday\, November 8\, 2025\, 12 – 2 PM ET \nThe Candidates Online Seminar Series events are a benefit of APsA Membership for its In-Training Members.\nNot an APsA In-Training Member? To learn more & join\, visit apsa.org/in-training \n 
URL:https://apsa.org/event/apsa-candidates-council-seminar-the-power-of-music-in-peter-and-the-wolf/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T143000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251024T182524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T201556Z
UID:20000675-1762520400-1762525800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Alumni Group Roundtable Discussion - Child Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Child Analysis
URL:https://apsa.org/event/alumni-group-roundtable-discussion-child-analysis/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T213000
DTSTAMP:20260619T040454
CREATED:20251008T220601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T142557Z
UID:20000669-1762286400-1762291800@apsa.org
SUMMARY:How the Sense of Self Breaks Down and Recovers in Neurosis and Psychosis with Andrew Lotterman\, MD
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation Dr. Lotterman documents the extensive overlap between the symptoms and psychology of neurotic and psychotic patients. He portrays the way the sense of self falls apart\, and its possible recovery in psychological therapy. Areas of convergence between neurosis and psychosis include: the fragmenting of the sense of self\, the sense of aloneness in the world\, the loss of identity\, the presence of an internal and often hostile inner figure and the creation of a camouflaged surrogate self to draw the fire of attackers. Dr. Lotterman also highlights the essential supports of the self’s resilience: the acceptance by caregivers of what is genuine about the self\, and the appreciation of the value of the love given by the self. He discusses Winnicott’s and Fairbairn’s contributions to these ideas. He also describes paranoid psychology in terms of a fear of being seduced into the experience of annihilation. Finally\, he emphasizes that understanding the areas of common psychology shared by both neurosis and psychosis can lead to better informed treatments of each.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/how-the-sense-of-self-breaks-down-and-recovers-in-neurosis-and-psychosis-with-andrew-lotterman-md/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="The Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine (APM) (NY)":MAILTO:admin@theapmnewyork.org
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR