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In this presentation, Andrew I. Smolar, MD will review the psychoanalytic literature on stepfamily formation, will give clinical examples of step-transferential effects on therapeutic process, and will provide technical suggestions […]

Part II is designed to complement the gap between the previous talk’s Narcissistic-Self paradigm emphasis on theory with an emphasis on clinical practice. The DSM-5 offers a constricted, pathology-based view […]

Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This series of 4 classes introduces an approach to supervision that emphasizes developing supervisory alliance, parallel process, working […]

The field of psychoanalysis is replete with theories about infancy and child development, and within psychoanalysis there is a longstanding tradition of linking child development to the organization of intrapsychic […]

This course defines postpartum depression (PPD) and explores it through the lens of psychoanalytic framework. The course will examine the role of ego regression in PPD, as well as specific […]

Scientific Meeting This presentation will be held virtually via Zoom. Register at the host website.  Presentation Summary: As AI systems take up residence in the consulting room, classroom, bedroom, nursery, […]

Following the suicide of the celebrated photographer Francesca Woodman at the age of twenty-two, the creative work of her artist parents, Betty and George Woodman, was profoundly transformed. Following Abraham […]

A Two-Year In-Person Training Based on the Esther Bick Infant Observation Model. Who Should Apply: The Observational Studies In-Person Program is open to mental health professionals, trainees, educators, researchers, and […]

In-person attendance: $250; limited to 50 people at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, MA Virtual/remote attendance: Free CE/CME available: 6 hours (pending approval) Hope in Hard Times: Building Community […]

Presenter, Derek Hook will highlight multiple facets of the drive - amongst which is, of course, a type of relationality arguably inherent in the concept - and do so accessibly, […]

Derek Hook will utilize Freud's 'Three Essays on Sexuality' as a means of tracking various drive phenomena as of crucial importance in the symptoms, identifications, modes of jouissance, relations, transference […]

Despite emerging frequently in the psychoanalytic process, there is a sparseness of literature on erotic transferences and countertransferences. There is also a tendency to desexualize the psychoanalytic process due to […]

Spectacularization (Debord 1967), enshittification (Doctorow 2025), and depressive hedonia (Fisher 2008; Gilroy-Ware 2017) are discussed as emerging defenses against envy. Fascism, nostalgia, and homogenization are linked by the psychodynamics of […]

Presented by: Paul Koehler, LCSW & Michelle Pfeifer, LMHP Whether you are an early career clinician or a seasoned analyst this course will help you create and solidify your personal-professional […]

Presented by Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald, Psy.D., LMFT. This consultation group invites therapists into an ongoing exploration of dreams as living expressions of the unconscious. Drawing from the full arc of […]

Join us for a screening of Yair Qedar’s Outsider. Freud., a look into the life, work, and legacy of Sigmund Freud. Blending archival material, animation, dreams, and insights from psychoanalysts, […]

Sien Rivera, MD

Presented by Dr. Holly Han & Dr. Cheryl Farole-Roman Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This series is based on an approach to supervision […]

The centrality of love and sexuality in our work will be illustrated through the use of clinical vignettes, including a variety of erotic fantasies and transferences that can emerge in […]

This is an intermediate to advanced study group that will explore questions of sexuality and gender through a psychoanalytic lens. We will also explore queer sensibility in clinical work with […]

This 8-session seminar, led by Paul Koehler, LCSW and Karen Fraley, LCSW, will be structured around the careful reading and study of the book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native […]

A focus of James W. Anderson’s book on psychobiography is his exploration of how the authors’ relationship with the people written about impacts the biographical account.

The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis is pleased to announce a full-day workshop designed to help mental health practitioners create a Professional Will. This workshop addresses the emotional, ethical, and […]

Beginning in 1996 with the essay “Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective,” up to the release in 2026 of his latest book, Traumatic Narcissism Theory: A Contemporary Introduction, Daniel […]

This introductory course provides an overview of the fundamental principles and practices of psychoanalytic group psychotherapy, integrating contemporary group analytic perspectives. Participants will explore how unconscious processes, transference and countertransference, […]

When Dr. Valerie Frankfeldt lost her analyst in 2024, she turned to an unexpected companion: ChatGPT. What began as a cursory attempt at coping with grief became a profound reckoning […]

This six-part Series brings together some of the most prolific and celebrated authors in contemporary psychoanalysis to address precisely these questions. Each month, one presenter will reflect on their own […]