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Explore the 2027 National Meeting through curated program tracks* tailored to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, candidates, academics and scholars, researchers, and students and residents. Each track highlights select sessions relevant to your professional interests. Review the program tracks below and check the full meeting program for details on all available sessions.
Academic & Scholars
This track gathers the sessions where Freud meets history, literature, film, philosophy, and politics: Harvard historians on the appeal of authoritarianism, a scholarly argument over how Freud should be read in English, a close reading of Twelfth Night, and a screening of a new film on Freud as outsider. If your work lives where psychoanalysis meets the humanities and social sciences, start here.
Candidates Track
Below you will find programming specifically geared to candidates in training, in addition to all of the other offerings listed in the program. Attending candidate programs is a great way to meet candidates from all around the country in small discussion group settings and may present the beginning of a rewarding connection to APsA’s candidates’ community.
You won’t want to miss Thursday morning’s Candidates’ Department Breakfast followed by the Candidates’ Department Meeting. Stay for the council meeting and participate in group discussions of issues that are especially important to candidates. Then let off some steam and party with your fellow candidates at the Thursday evening Candidates’ Winter Party.
Please click into the below dropdowns to find helpful information to make the most of the 2027 National Meeting as a candidate.
Learn about APsA Psychoanalyst-In-Training Clinical Membership.
Candidate Programming
Programs include:
- Candidates’ Department Breakfast followed by the Candidates’ Council Meeting
- Candidates’ Forum
- Candidates’ Department Master-Teacher Award Presentation
- Coffee with a Distinguished Analyst
- Senior Analyst 2-Day Presentation
- Candidate at Work session
- Lee Jaffe Candidates’ Paper Prize Presentation
and so much more!
Candidate Sessions
Click here to find the Candidate Sessions at the 2027 National Meeting!
Joint Candidates’ Department/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
2027 In-Training Travel Scholarship
Visit the 2027 Travel Scholarship webpage to learn more about this opportunity for psychoanalytic candidates and psychotherapy trainees! Apply early as slots are very limited.
If you are not an In-Training member. Please visit the In-Training information webpage to learn more about joining.
Psychoanalysts
The APsA National Meeting is predominately a psychoanalytic meeting. The majority of the programming at the National Meeting is designed for analysts so this program track features select sessions. Review the featured selections in the analyst track but be sure to check out the full meeting program for details on all available sessions.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Track
The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy track features numerous in-depth scientific sessions and case-based sessions about psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The Psychotherapy Department sponsors several programs highlighted on this page. We encourage you to attend those and the many other sessions. Please click into the below dropdowns to find helpful information to make the most of the 2027 National Meeting as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
APsA’s Psychotherapist Committee organizes opportunities for psychotherapist members as well as psychotherapist meeting attendees to connect, network and navigate the program. Learn about APsA Psychotherapist Clinical Membership. Learn about APsA Psychotherapist-In-Training Clinical Membership.
Psychotherapy 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.
Psychotherapy Sessions
Click here to view the sessions geared toward Psychotherapists and Psychotherapy Trainees.
Psychotherapy Department Events
Click here for Psychotherapy Department Events at the 2027 National Meeting Events.
2027 In-Training Travel Scholarship
Visit the 2027 Travel Scholarship webpage to learn more about this opportunity for psychoanalytic candidates and psychotherapy trainees! Apply early as slots are very limited.
If you are not an In-Training member. Please visit the In-Training information webpage to learn more about joining.
Researchers
The evidence for psychoanalytic treatment is growing, and this is where you can see it firsthand. This track brings together first results from the MODE Study, new work on mother-infant communication, experimental tests of core psychoanalytic concepts, and a conversation with neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux. Come for the data but stay for the colleagues who want to debate it.
Students & Residents
You don’t have to know where your career is headed to belong at the APsA National Meeting. These sessions are curated for people still working out what kind of clinician they want to become, and they make room for beginner and early career questions. You’ll find candid conversations about how AI is entering the consulting room, plus a chance to hear from researchers and analysts whose work you’ve read.
*Promotional inclusion reflects the editorial needs of APsA’s communications program — not an endorsement, ranking, or quality judgment about any session. Our goal is to build programming highlights that are useful and interesting to the broadest possible audience of registrants.