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Find Your Community
With many sessions and events at the National Meeting there is something for everyone. We’ve gathered here some of the social events and gatherings happening that are of broad interest to the community. Keep reading to find an event of interest to you!
Events on Monday, February 1
First Time Attendee Gathering
Monday, February 1, 2027 | 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
For those attending the meetings for the very first time join APsA staff, Executive Committee members and other first timers at this informal cocktail party. Our goal is for you to meet leadership, staff, and other attendees so you’ll recognize familiar faces throughout the rest of the meeting week! Explore other information for First Time Attendees.
Register for this event when you sign up for the meeting sessions.
Events on Tuesday, February 2
Coffee and Light Breakfast
Tuesday, February 2, 2027
7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Join us before the Opening Plenary for coffee and a light breakfast featuring yogurt, breakfast burritos, fresh fruit, and the Mayflower’s world-famous banana bread!
This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, meet new faces, and catch up with friends before the week begins.
As part of our new meeting format, we’re excited to offer this time and space for registrants to gather and socialize before we kick off the conference with our Opening Plenary featuring Nancy McWilliams.
Talk to someone new. Find an old friend. Start the week together!
Events on Wednesday, February 3
Yoga
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Start your day with yoga on both Wednesday and Thursday. APsA is happy to welcome back yoga teacher Elizabeth Manne, RYT500.
Elizabeth has a long history with APsA: she served as Executive Director of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, led the online stretching session during APsA’s first virtual meeting during COVID, and taught the in-person yoga classes the past two years. We’re thrilled to have her back to teach two morning sessions in 2027.
Bring your mat and a water bottle. A limited number of yoga mats will be available.
Breakfast Gathering for Candidate Members
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Join colleagues from around the country for breakfast. All are welcome to stay for the Candidates’ Department meeting following breakfast.
Psychotherapy Department and Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) Information & Networking Event
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Edgar Restaurant – Tolson Room of the Mayflower Hotel
RSVP by January 15, 2027
Would you like to learn more about APsA’s Psychotherapy Department and Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN)? Join us at APsA’s 2027 National Meeting in Washington, DC, for an evening of cocktails and conversation. Light appetizers will be served, and each guest will receive two complimentary drinks.
All are welcome! This informal gathering is an opportunity to meet members of APsA’s Psychotherapy Department and Psychotherapist Committee, learn more about the benefits of APsA’s Psychotherapist Clinical Membership, and connect with PsiAN, the national advocacy organization championing access to psychotherapy and the clinical standards that sustain it.
View more information about the event.
Community Psychoanalysis & the Arts Washington Monument and Museum Tour
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
8:00 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.
$67 per person
Curious about the state of the White House, the Kennedy Center, the Reflecting Pool, and the “Arch” amid Washington’s ever-evolving landscape? Join us for a private evening tour of our nation’s monuments, illuminated after dark!
Travel in a comfortable luxury coach with Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize winning Art and Architecture Critic, and an accompanying Professional Guide, in dialogue with psychoanalytic commentary & community. We’ll view monumental tributes to iconic presidents, consider how monuments facilitate communal mourning and memory, admire museums along our National Mall, and enjoy the U.S. Capitol in all its stately, peaceful splendor.
Enjoy an illuminating evening with enlightening conversation in our nation’s capital!
Pickup and return at the Mayflower Hotel. We will start gathering at 7:30 P.M.
Cost: $67 per person, including beverages, refreshments, and great camaraderie.
Events on Thursday, February 4
Yoga
Thursday, February 4, 2027
7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Join your colleagues for our second morning of yoga with Elizabeth Manne, RYT500.
Bring your mat and a water bottle. A limited number of yoga mats will be available.
Poster Session
Poster presenters will have the opportunity to discuss their research with interested attendees during the Poster Session taking place during APsA’s 2027 National Meeting at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C.
The Poster Session takes place on Thursday, February 4, 2027 from 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the Poster Session, including submitting a proposal, visit the Poster Session webpage.
Poster Session Co-Chairs:
John Porcerelli, Ph.D., ABPP
Email: jhporcer@gmail.com
Eric Fertuck, Ph.D.
Email: fertuck@gmail.com
Grieving Together
6:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
In this event, space and time will be opened for shared acknowledgment of multiple losses experienced in our community on all levels. We believe that engaging in this activity together strengthens our capacity to mourn and come together in shared recognition of losses that we are aware of and not aware of. Through the use of reflective time, poetry and mutual sharing we want to recognize the impact of losses due to deaths over the course of the year, resignations over the past several years, the nature of national and world events and the task of holding our patients and our own personal losses with the potential to realize more as we share together in community.
Joint Candidates’ Council/IPSO Winter Party
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
There is no cost to attend. However, registration is required, and space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot!
Please note: This event is for current APsA/IPSO Psychoanalytic Candidates only.
Venue: City Tap House
1250 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC
Current APsA/IPSO Psychoanalytic Candidates are invited to the annual Joint Candidates’ Department/IPSO Winter Party!
Join us for an evening of great food, drinks, music, and the opportunity to make new connections or catch up with friends and colleagues from across the country and around the world.
Questions: Iraira Butcher, Psy.D. irairabutcher@gmail.com
Events on Friday, February 5
APsA’s 2nd Annual Dinner Dance
Friday, February 5
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Venue: District Ballroom, The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
$150 per person
Bar: Cash bar
Join us for APsA’s Second Annual Dinner Dance — an evening of good food, music, and celebration!
After a full week of learning, discussion, and connection, take a break and enjoy a festive evening with colleagues and friends.
The evening will feature:
- A hot buffet dinner with chicken and vegetarian options
- Music and dancing
- Great company and an opportunity to connect with colleagues in a relaxed, joyful atmosphere
If you would like to sponsor a ticket for a Candidate or someone for whom the cost may be a barrier, please contact George Pelch at gpelch@apsa.org.
Preregistration is required.