Newport Psychoanalytic Institute

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 all patients. Requirements for participation: • Some familiarity with psychoanalytic theory • Some experience and comfort working clinically with people who present withnon- normative gender […]

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 Shaw has studied the psychology of the individual he terms the “traumatizing narcissist,” and the specific ways that they seduce and then subjugate others. The […]

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, resistance, interpersonal feedback, and emotional immediacy emerge within the dynamic interpersonal field of the group. The course will emphasize the here and now experience of […]