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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T120000
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SUMMARY:Conflict Statements with Martha Stark\, M.D.
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stark’s therapeutic approach to working through neurotic conflictedness\, “Conflict Statements: Leveraging the Patient’s Anxiety to Incentivize Transformation and Growth”
URL:https://apsa.org/event/conflict-statements-with-martha-stark-m-d/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T114500
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SUMMARY:INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND TECHNIQUE  IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will present basic tenets of theory and practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy\, including a consideration of the differences between the two. The first half of the seminar will include fundamental psychoanalytic and psychodynamic concepts\, as well as psychoanalytic models of the mind\, of development\, and of technique. The second half of the seminar will consist of the presentation of analytic case material illustrating these models and concepts\, and their practical application.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/introduction-to-theory-and-technique-in-psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
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SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic\, Borderline\, and Psychotic Personality Organizations.
DESCRIPTION:The conference will be divided between exploring four different psychoanalytic models and their relevance to the treatment of major primitive psychopathologies. Dr. Panajian will discuss Freud’s understanding of two principles of mental functioning\, thinking\, negation\, disavowal\, and delusions as an attempt to recover psychic functioning. Klien’s paranoid schizoid position\, depressive position\, manic and obsessive defenses will be discussed. Depressive position and capacity to tolerate paradoxes will be viewed by clinical examples. Winnicott’s psych-soma and the relation to the mind\, transitional phenomena\, and fear of breakdown will be explored. Bion’s model of complexity\, theory of thinking\, and various types of transformations and disturbance of time and space will be discussed. Dr.Panajian will discuss Piaget’s model of cognitive development of concrete operation and their significance in understanding schizoid\, borderline\, and psychotic functioning. The significance of space centered interpretations will be illustrated in primitive pathological functioning. Dr. Panajian will demonstrate clinical examples of the treatment of narcissistic\, borderline\, schizoid\, psychotic personality\, bipolar psychotic and a schizophrenic patient. Such concepts as negation\, the work of the negative\, negative hallucination\, infinity and emotional experience\, the emergence of the body in time and space will be discussed. Furthermore\, infantile psychic withdrawal\, chaotic analytic field\, vertical and horizontal splitting will be discussed clinically. The notion of time and space continuum\, sensory-motor schemas and their role in developing internal and external space will be demonstrated in borderline and psychotic patients.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-treatment-of-narcissistic-borderline-and-psychotic-personality-organizations/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T160000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T182732Z
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SUMMARY:The Unfinished Copernican Revolution: An Introduction to the Work of Jean Laplanche
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Lawrence Hedges\, Ph.D.\, Psy.D.\, ABPP for The Unfinished Copernican Revolution: An Introduction to the Work of Jean Laplanche\, a thought-provoking salon exploring how Freud’s “four insults to human narcissism” continue to shape our understanding of the human psyche. Drawing on Laplanche’s revolutionary ideas about the unconscious\, seduction\, and the influence of “otherness\,” Dr. Hedges will illuminate how these concepts deepen clinical practice and our sense of identity. This engaging online event offers rich theoretical insights and practical applications for therapists\, students\, and anyone curious about the evolving landscape of psychoanalysis. \nCE.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-unfinished-copernican-revolution-an-introduction-to-the-work-of-jean-laplanche/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T140000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250902T173559Z
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SUMMARY:APsA Candidates' Council Seminar: Fashion & the Psychoanalytic Frame
DESCRIPTION:APsA’s Candidates’ Council Online Seminar:\nInstructor: Bonnie J. Buchele\, Ph.D.\, ABBP\, DFAGPA\n\nThis seminar will focus on the relationship between fashion and the frame as it relates to the analysand\, the analyst and the process.  Dr. Buchele will give a brief review of the literature and speak of her relationship with fashion as well as the role it has played in her work with patients.  These remarks will be followed by a group discussion where participants can share thoughts and ideas about their relationships with fashion in the psychoanalytic world.  Registration is required and limited (there is a wait list). Sessions will not be recorded.\n————————\nThe Candidates Seminar Series events are a benefit of APsA Membership for its In-Training Members.\n Not yet an APsA member? To learn more & join\, visit apsa.org/in-training\n\nClick to view the Flyer  |  Click to Register
URL:https://apsa.org/event/apsa-candidates-council-seminar-fashion-the-psychoanalytic-frame/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T120000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250729T194225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T204815Z
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SUMMARY:Female Sensuality\, Sexual Subjectivity\, Arousal Regulation\, Orgasmic Functioning\, Intersections and Women's Healthcare: How Contemporary Neuroscience Affects Ethical Psychoanalytic Understanding and Practice
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Beverly Simmons\, PhD\, LCSW
URL:https://apsa.org/event/female-sensuality-sexual-subjectivity-arousal-regulation-orgasmic-functioning-intersections-and-womens-healthcare-how-contemporary-neuroscience-affects-ethical-psychoanalytic-understanding-and-p/
LOCATION:Hybrid (In-person: McKimmon Center at NCSU\, Raleigh North Carolina 27606 & via Zoom)\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250606T002533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T003042Z
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights
DESCRIPTION:Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center 2025 Virtual Fall Conference \nThe Austen Riggs Center invites you to join an interdisciplinary conference\, “Rebuilding Trust in Institutions: Bridging Generational Insights.” This gathering expands Erik Erikson’s foundational insights on basic trust and mistrust\, extending them into today’s complex social and institutional landscapes.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/rebuilding-trust-in-institutions-bridging-generational-insights/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250902T151828Z
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SUMMARY:Author Discussion - Black Films Through a Cultural and Psychoanalytic Lens
DESCRIPTION:Author: Katherine Marshall Woods\, PsyD | Interviewer: Ricardo Ainslie\, PhD | \nBlack Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens delves into the nuanced character development and narrative themes within the struggles and successes presented in Black films over the last five decades. In this pioneering book\, Katherine Marshall Woods looks at Black cinema from a psychological and psychoanalytic perspective. Focusing on a decade at a time\, she charts the development of representation and creative output from the 1980s to the present day. She deftly moves from analyzing depictions of poverty and triumphs to highlighting the importance of cinema in shaping cultural identity while considering racial prejudice and discrimination. Adopting theoretical viewpoints from Freud to bell hooks\, Marshall Woods examines the damaging effect on cultural psychology as a result of stereotypical racial tropes\, and expertly demonstrates the healing that can be found when one sees oneself represented in an honest light in popular art. From Do The Right Thing\, The Color Purple and Malcolm X to contemporary classics like 12 Years a Slave\, Black Panther\, and American Fiction\, this book is an essential read for those interested in the intersection between psychology\, psychoanalysis\, film theory and African American cultural identity. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/author-discussion-black-films-through-a-cultural-and-psychoanalytic-lens/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T182417Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Consulting Room: How Countertransference Infuses the Biographer's Writing Ask ChatGPT
DESCRIPTION:James Anderson\, Ph.D. introduces therapists and analysts to the ways that psychobiography reveals the powerful undercurrents of countertransference\, to serve as a didactic tool for early career therapists and analysts\, as well as a refresher for more senior practitioners. \nCE
URL:https://apsa.org/event/beyond-the-consulting-room-how-countertransference-infuses-the-biographers-writing-ask-chatgpt/
LOCATION:Hybrid (Rockland – East Fairmount Park 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr. Philadelphia\, PA & via Zoom)\, 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T133000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T181803Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop - Reading and Writing at the Intersection of Psychoanalysis\, Literature\, and Buddhist Thought: The Clearing
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by: Erica Ehrenberg\, MFA \nPsychoanalytic\, Buddhist\, and literary works indicate a vast internal expanse for which each discipline attempts to find language. However abstract the terms for describing variations of this space may seem–the unconscious\, emptiness\, or Keats’ concept of “negative capability\,” our psychic contact with this terrain in all cases has powerful implications for affecting how we thrive and how we suffer. This is a course rooted in a commitment to the paradox of exploring through language that which resists language. In bringing together psychoanalytic\, Buddhist\, and literary texts\, it’s not just that we have the tools each discipline offers\, but the very gaps between them become generative in themselves. \nThrough writing exercises designed in response to the readings\, we will explore the forms Buddhist thought\, psychoanalysis\, and literature have found to approach what is both unsayable and potentially more real even than what we call “reality.” The goal will be to generate creative work that emerges from this exploration\, a seed for both creative and clinical work. We will share the pieces in a workshop format\, along with discussion that will mine the relationship between form and content in the works we read\, and in each participant’s particular voice. Each meeting will include discussion of the readings and workshop sessions in which participants will share pieces for feedback and discussion. Each participant will have two (optional) opportunities to have their work discussed. \nCE.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/writing-workshop-reading-and-writing-at-the-intersection-of-psychoanalysis-literature-and-buddhist-thought-the-clearing/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T144500
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T181530Z
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SUMMARY:Queering Classical Concepts: A Pedagogy for Engaging Students In an Intersectional Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:The Gender and Sexualities Education and Development Group (sponsored by the APsA Committee on Gender and Sexuality) has initiated the First Things First series to educate ourselves and other psychoanalysts on developing a contemporary psychoanalytic curriculum for sexuality and gender. \nThis development group will be useful for those teaching psychotherapy student classes and curricula\, graduate psychoanalysts\, and faculty at psychoanalytic centers and institutes.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/queering-classical-concepts-a-pedagogy-for-engaging-students-in-an-intersectional-psychoanalysis/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T140000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T181051Z
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SUMMARY:How Cis?: Examining Transphobic Countertransference in Therapeutic Work
DESCRIPTION:presented by Tobias Wiggins\, PhD
URL:https://apsa.org/event/how-cis-examining-transphobic-countertransference-in-therapeutic-work/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T133000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250902T151828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T152516Z
UID:20000626-1757764800-1757770200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years Later – Reflections and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Led by our Emeritus Faculty\, this event will feature a short documentary and discussion about the shared trauma of Katrina: how the Center came together to manage the crisis and evolved as a result\, personal accounts of rebuilding\, and how the storm impacted their career trajectories. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to experience the profound impact of the storm on NOBPC and those who dedicated their careers to healing and recovery.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/hurricane-katrina-20-years-later-reflections-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Hybrid (In-person at New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center & Virtual)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T200000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250606T002533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T002925Z
UID:20000596-1757701800-1757707200@apsa.org
SUMMARY:The Paternal Function in Anorexia Nervosa
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Tom Wooldridge\, PsyD\, ABPP\, FIPA\, CEDS-C – The role of the father\, both flesh-and-blood and symbolic\, is explored in a subset of families of patients with anorexia nervosa. In these families the mother’s narcissistic investment in her child makes separation-individuation difficult. A factor potentially influencing whether the child goes on to develop anorexia nervosa is the strength of the paternal function\, which optimally helps the child learn how to appropriately deploy his aggression in the service of separation-individuation and as a means of developing “the experience of agency”: the phenomenological experience of oneself as having an intentional impact. The role of the paternal function in developing the experience of agency is illuminated by the metaphor of rough-and-tumble play\, which encapsulates the kind of experience with early objects that facilitates or forecloses the child’s capacity for experiencing agency. In the families of these patients\, the father is frequently described as passive or absent and the paternal function as compromised\, which arguably leads the anorexic-to-be to relegate his experience of agency to his body\, which he subjugates through omnipotent control.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-paternal-function-in-anorexia-nervosa/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T183000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250918T200147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T200147Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Peters\, Ph.D. - The Missing Voice: What Lay Patients Can Tell Analysts About Psychoanalysis
DESCRIPTION:What if the most important perspective in psychoanalysis is the one we rarely hear? Lay patients—those without theoretical training or professional community—constitute the majority of analysands\, yet their authentic voice remains largely absent from our field’s discourse. \nUnlike analyst-patients who can contextualize their experience through theory and peer discussion\, lay patients navigate analysis without a map. They offer raw\, unfiltered insights into what truly matters in the therapeutic encounter—insights that could transform how we understand the analytic process. \nDrawing from her book Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis\, Joan K. Peters will reveal how the lay patient’s unique vantage point challenges our assumptions and illuminates the mysterious bond between analysand and analyst in ways theory alone cannot capture.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/joan-peters-ph-d-the-missing-voice-what-lay-patients-can-tell-analysts-about-psychoanalysis/
ORGANIZER;CN="San Diego Psychoanalytic Center":MAILTO:events@sdpsychoanalytic.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T120000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250729T194222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T203513Z
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SUMMARY:The Case of Long-term Treatments: How They Unfold & Whether to End Them
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, the author considers long-term psychodynamic treatments\, how they develop\, when they are an outgrowth of treatments that should have ended\, and when they are beneficial for the patient.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/thecaseoflong-termtreatments-how-they-unfold-whether-to-end-them/
LOCATION:Hybrid (Rockland – East Fairmount Park 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr. Philadelphia\, PA & via Zoom)\, 3810 Mt Pleasant Dr\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T213000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250902T151828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T152229Z
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SUMMARY:Study Group - Freudian Reading Group: Food for Thought
DESCRIPTION:7 Wednesdays | Sept 10 – Dec 3 | Facilitated by: Garrett Tanner\, PhD | \nThis reading group is offered to explore the foundational texts of our field. Participants will engage in the seminal works of Sigmund Freud that all subsequent psychoanalytic theory – intentionally or unintentionally – responds to. Special attention will be given to texts on metapsychology and Freud’s corresponding case histories demonstrating these same dynamics. A chronological reading will allow one to observe how Freud amended and corrected his theory of the unconscious in real time as a consequence to clinical feedback\, or his own “reality testing.” This group will be limited to 15 participants. \nWe will meet via Zoom on Wednesday evenings every other week from September 10 to December 3\, 2025 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm Central time.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/study-group-fruedian-reading-group-food-for-thought/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250729T194222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T201835Z
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SUMMARY:A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Human Sex Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Sex trafficking is pertinent to psychoanalysis because of its historical roots and its persistence in current culture. It can be traced to ancient civilizations\, where adults and children were enslaved for labor and sex. Not until 1921 did the newly formed League of Nations make efforts to ‘suppress trafficking in women and children’. Since then\, major protocols\, policies and legislation have been enacted to prevent such exploitation and prostitution of others. However\, the extent of human trafficking has persisted. One might ask\, why hasn’t it been eradicated? Perhaps psychoanalysis may provide clues to the understanding of aspects such as dehumanization\, sexual abuse of children\, incest\, misogyny and patriarchy. Several clinical cases will be presented briefly. \nPresented by Vivian B. Pender\, MD.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/a-psychoanalytic-perspective-on-human-sex-trafficking/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T180902Z
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SUMMARY:Indulgences: Learning about Therapy from Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Elliott Jurist\, PhD\, uses memoir as a way to understand how patients experience therapy. Memoirs provide an unexplored place to hear from patients\, separate from professional opinion. Drawing from diverse sources\, Dr. Jurist argues that some memoirists see therapy as transformative\, but others are equivocal or even negative. He also reflects upon how our beliefs about therapy have changed from the post-war era to today. The memoirists whom he address are Lucy Freeman\, Rachel Reiland\, Alison Bechdel\, Melissa Febos\, Hua Hsu\, and Stephanie Foo. \nCE credit
URL:https://apsa.org/event/indulgences-learning-about-therapy-from-memoir/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250820T175853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T180420Z
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SUMMARY:Study Group - Otto Rank’s Dynamic Psychotherapy and a Therapeutic Third
DESCRIPTION:6 Tuesdays | Sept. 2 – Oct 7 \nAustrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank’s significant contributions to modern psychotherapy have been undervalued. Drawing on her comprehensive research\, Sara Ekenstierna offers an overview of some of the key tenets of Rank’s psychology\, with focus on his relational\, integrative\, and process oriented approach\, and aims to show how he is particularly relevant to 21st century therapeutic psychology. In the vein of Rank\, Sara explores the interface of psychoanalysis\, modern physics\, existential philosophy\, and creativity. Over 6 sessions the mind-body-matter relation and the client-therapist dyad are examined in connection to Rank’s work and what she calls the “therapeutic third\,” which is a realm between client and therapist\, that extends beyond the intersubjective model to the ontological and transpersonal. \nIt will be helpful if program registrants have a basic grasp of psychodynamic theory\, though learners of all levels and other orientations are welcome. The study group focuses predominantly on Rank’s transitional and post Freudian work\, and is best suited for those interested in cutting edge approaches to psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory and practice\, existential and transpersonal psychology\, and with an appreciation for philosophy. \nProgram Structure:\nStudy group participants will read articles and meet weekly for 6 online sessions to discuss the concepts in them. The assigned articles will be provided to group members. Sara will provide commentary and elaboration. The study group will combine works by Rank\, including articles and chapters from selected books\, and contemporary writers including Menaker\, Rudnytsky\, May\, Ogden\, and others. \n  \nCE credit
URL:https://apsa.org/event/study-group-otto-ranks-dynamic-psychotherapy-and-a-therapeutic-third/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T201500
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250501T214248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T193738Z
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SUMMARY:The online application portal for the 2025-2026 Psychoanalytic Studies Program is now open!
DESCRIPTION:The online application portal for the 2025-2026 Psychoanalytic Studies Program is now open! \nA two-year program for licensed professional clinicians and advanced scholars interested in learning about psychoanalytic approaches to enrich their work and help their clients. \nTuesdays\, 4:00 pm – 8:15 pm\nSeptember–May\nVia Zoom; Note: There will be one class per month that will require in-person attendance. \nApplication Fee $277\nApplication Deadline: June 1\, 2025 \nWho 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 invited to apply. \nApplication Materials\nThe required materials include:\n1. Completed application form.\n2. A copy of your current curriculum vitae (CV).\n3. A copy of your professional license.\n4. A biographical sketch of about 3 pages that includes a description of your personal history and experience and your reflections on that experience.\n5. A career narrative of your career evolution and your reflections on your choices. \nAfter you submit your application\, we will also require two letters of recommendation from senior clinicians with whom you have had a training or professional relationship. At least one letter should be from a clinical supervisor.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-online-application-portal-for-the-2025-2026-psychoanalytic-studies-program-is-now-open/
LOCATION:Mixed format (Zoom and In-person (WBPC) attendance will be required)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T201500
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
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SUMMARY:The online application portal for the 2025-2026 Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program is now open!
DESCRIPTION:The online application portal for the 2025-2026 Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program is now open! \nPrepare to practice as an adult psychoanalyst. Child and Adolescent Training is also offered. \nThe Psychoanalytic Training Program is designed to provide psychoanalytic candidates with comprehensive training in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Successful graduates are qualified to practice clinical psychoanalysis with adults. We welcome licensed and practicing mental health clinicians\, and our program is strengthened by representation from multiple disciplines. \nTuesdays\, 4:00 pm – 8:15 pm\nSeptember–May\nMixed format (Zoom and In-person attendance will be required) \nApplication Fee $160\nApplication Deadline: June 1\, 2025 \nWho Should Apply: The Psychoanalytic Institute Training Program is open to licensed mental health professionals\, including licensed psychiatrists\, psychologists\, social workers\, and professional counselors. There is also a Psychoanalytic Scholar Program for academicians not seeking full clinical training. \nPlease note: The psychoanalytic training programs are only offered on a full-time basis. \nAdmission Requirements\nPlease have all materials ready when you apply as the system will not accept partial submissions. \n1. Complete Application Form\n2. A biographical statement that includes your personal history and experience and your reflections about that experience (5 pages).\n3. A career narrative\, including the chronology of your career evolution and your reflections on your choices (3 pages).\n4. A recent comprehensive curriculum vitae.\n5. A copy of your professional license.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/the-online-application-portal-for-the-2025-2026-psychoanalytic-institute-training-program-is-now-open/
LOCATION:Mixed format (Zoom and In-person (WBPC) attendance will be required)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250823T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250823T120000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250729T194222Z
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SUMMARY:How Do We Know What We Know? Considering Knowledge\, Power\, & the Self in the Practice of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:presented by Kate Leslie\, MSW\, LCSW
URL:https://apsa.org/event/how-do-we-know-what-we-know-considering-knowledge-power-and-the-self-in-the-practice-of-psychodynamic-psychotherapy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T125000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T135000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250729T194222Z
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SUMMARY:Trauma\, Identity\, and Development
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Marilyn Charles\, PhD\, ABPP – The most destructive force waylaying development in children comes from failures in mourning that leave parents unreliably available to attend to the needs of the child\, the type of small-t trauma that impedes growth. Parental failures invite overwhelming experiences of helplessness that become precursors for later feelings of shame\, humiliation and alienation. As Symington (1993) notes: “Narcissism is nearly always the product of trauma” (p. 73). \nIn his early work\, Freud was not thinking about trauma but rather theorizing about how we move from a preliminary self-focus towards appreciating our inherent need for others that underlies both resilience and the capacity to care. That capacity\, as Winnicott highlights\, requires our ability to stand as a separate self in relation to others who can also keep their own grounding. \nRecent psychoanalytic explorations shift from ideas of primary narcissism to focus on Freud’s later ideas regarding life and death drives\, distinguishing between libidinal and destructive aspects. Whereas the libidinal focus is on humiliation at dependence\, the destructive focus is on envy. Destructive envy can be highly organized and difficult to discern\, presenting particular clinical challenges because any change is seen as weakness\, and resisted. Maintaining the self-idealization requires vigilance and deception. \nNarcissism has become a catch-all phrase\, referring to an almost sociopathic lack of care. The psychoanalytic literature\, however\, helps us distinguish between individuals who lead with their grandiosity and those who lead with their vulnerability. Whether the presentation is libidinal or aggressive\, narcissistically-organized individuals pose particular problems in the treatment because of their difficulty in tolerating or even imagining an actual relationship with the analyst as a separate person because of the threat to their own subjectivity. Clinical illustrations will highlight some of the complexities of working with individuals whose development has been waylaid by the trauma of insufficient parental attunement.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/trauma-identity-and-development/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T125000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T135000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250606T002533Z
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SUMMARY:Meaning-Based Harm from Medications: Clinical and Ethical Implications
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: David Mintz\, MD – This presentation will review the evidence base for harmful meaning effects in psychiatry and some of the common dynamics by which the meanings of medication cause harm. We will explore some of the ethical dilemmas posed by mechanisms of harm and efforts to avoid harm. We will also consider the role of an empowering\, patient-centered alliance and of basic psychotherapeutic skills in ameliorating harm that is mediated by meanings assigned to medications.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/meaning-based-harm-from-medications-clinical-and-ethical-implications/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250628
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250602T153707Z
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SUMMARY:Special Issue on Climate Change - BPSI Library Newsletter
DESCRIPTION:Publication of the first-ever special *climate change* issue of BPSI’s Library Newsletter\, with thoughtful contributions by:\n–issue editor/psychoanalyst Delia Kostner\n–psychoanalyst Rita Teusch: a survey of BPSI trainees on climate issues\n–psychoanalyst Jack Foehl: a personal tribute to Donna Orange\n–BPSI and Chicago Psychoanalytic Society/Institute member Linda Emanuel: an appreciation of Susan Kassouf’s recent paradigm-changing self-psychology article “Human Among the More-Than-Human”\n–a contribution by scholar Hannah Spector\, and more! \nTo receive a free copy\, send a request to: Library@BPSI.org
URL:https://apsa.org/event/special-issue-on-climate-change-bpsi-library-newsletter-newsletter/
LOCATION:Via Email Distribution by Request
ORGANIZER;CN="Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute":MAILTO:library@bpsi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T150000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250602T153707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T155404Z
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SUMMARY:Daniel Goldin\, MFT\, PsyD - Toward a New Interpretation of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Humans have long looked to dreams for meaning\, seeing in them symbolic messages\, divine signs\, or glimpses of the future. Dr. Daniel Goldin suggests that dreams reconnect us with a pre-verbal mode of communication—what Tomasello calls a “natural language” of imaginative storytelling. In this immersive\, symbolic space\, our minds craft metaphorical narratives that mirror the deeper structures of our thoughts\, much like our ancestors once did to make sense of their world. Dreams\, he argues\, help us reshape the hidden storylines behind our modern struggles\, offering insight and transformation through symbolic drama. \n  \nCE.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/daniel-goldin-mft-psyd-toward-a-new-interpretation-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom)
ORGANIZER;CN="San Diego Psychoanalytic Center":MAILTO:events@sdpsychoanalytic.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T220000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250320T212708Z
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SUMMARY:A Rapaport-Klein Study Group Presentation: Did Strachey Falsely Scientize Freud? with Professor Mark Solms
DESCRIPTION:The claim that Strachey ‘falsely scientized’ Freud\, mainly through the translation of his technical vocabulary\, is the red thread that runs through all the major criticisms of the Standard Edition (e.g. Bettelheim\, Ornston\, Laplanche). In this lecture\, Professor Mark Solms will argue against this criticism on three grounds. (1) It fails to take account of the differing conventions employed in German and English scientific writing. (2) It fails to take account of Freud’s personal involvement in Strachey’s choices. (3) It fails to consider continuities between Freud’s neuroscientific and psychoanalytic writings. These points will be illustrated by way of representative examples. Professor Mark Solms will also take the opportunity to describe and defend other editorial policy decisions that he took\, and he will provide a general introduction to the form and content of the Revised Standard Edition.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/a-rapaport-klein-study-group-presentation-did-strachey-falsely-scientize-freud-with-professor-mark-solms/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T130000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250606T002533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T162549Z
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SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Consultation Group
DESCRIPTION:This series of 6 closed meetings offers pre-licensed and licensed therapists a safe and confidential place to get help with difficult cases\, discuss professional challenges\, and explore new ways to approach clients. The instructor will provide participants with tools to cultivate a foundational understanding of various psychoanalytic theories. This course will be held on Zoom. \nLed by Dr. Mauri Lynne Heller\, Psy.D.\, LMFT
URL:https://apsa.org/event/psychoanalytic-consultation-group-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Click on event title to advance to website and registration page)
ORGANIZER;CN="Newport Psychoanalytic Institute":MAILTO:admin@npi.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T170136
CREATED:20250523T154313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T155749Z
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SUMMARY:Mark Solms: The Revised Standard Edition of Sigmund Freud’s Writings – an Updated Translation
DESCRIPTION:Can the existing English translation by James Strachey of Freud’s Psychological Works be salvaged and updated\, or is a completely fresh start called for? \nThis is the question that confronted Mark Solms\, the editor of the Revised Standard Edition\, when he began his massive task thirty years ago. \nIn this presentation\, he will provide the answer that he came to\, and explain why. \nThis will entail an interesting consideration of the widespread accusation that Strachey ‘falsely scientized’ Freud. \nThe talk will also entail a birds-eye overview of the many ways in which the Revised Standard Edition differs from the old one.
URL:https://apsa.org/event/mark-solms-the-revised-standard-edition-of-sigmund-freuds-writings-an-updated-translation/
LOCATION:Hybrid (Cantor Film Center\, Theater 101\, New York University  36 E 8th St\, NY 10003\, & Virtual)
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