Newport Psychoanalytic Institute

Dr. Megan Rundel, PhD, is a practitioner of psychedelic-assisted psychoanalysis in Oakland, CA. In this course, we will explore the psychedelic renaissance in mental health treatment and how it is relevant to psychoanalysis. We will consider the history of psychedelic use, and cultural issues that exert strong influence on our attitudes toward them. We will […]

Using psychoanalytic papers and a case material participants will examine analytic perspectives on SUD’s and deepen their understanding of the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic underpinnings of their own cases.

Presented by Avgi Saketopoulou, Psy.D. At a time of unprecedented legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ people, with gender-affirming care for trans youth being banned in multiple states, psychoanalysts are increasingly confused about how to approach gender complexity. Is gender a core part of the self that just needs to be discovered and granted recognition? Is it […]

This is the chronical of a journey taken by patient and therapist into the black abyss of insanity, formlessness, and desperation. This is the story of how the analyst “found” his patient, and how she became psychologically born. This course is taught by Dr. David Wayne. CE Credits

This salon, taught by Glenda Corstorphine, will focus on our patients who have a hard time letting us help them. From a very young age they are used to figuring everything out on their own. When these patients enter therapy there is a longing for help, a hope that someone can come along side of […]

The speaker will be Dr. Mary Morgan. In this course we will look at some of the theories and clinical technique in working psychoanalytically with couples developed at Tavistock Relationships. Central to the clinical approach is a ‘couple state of mind’. This is seen as an intrinsic part of the couple therapist’s internal setting. CE.

Clinical supervision provides the foundation for ensuring patient care and professional development. This salon introduces an approach integrating psychoanalytic/psychodynamic principles and processes to enhance clinical competence. Participants will learn practical strategies to facilitate effective clinical supervision through presentations, video examples, and discussions. Topics include best practices for developing the supervisory alliance, facilitating reflective practice, addressing […]

Presented by Dr. Mauricio Salvador Garza Villalobos Psychiatric medication is surrounded by myths and fears both by patients and even from professionals in the mental health world. Being able to detect when the threshold for a referral to the psychiatrist is an essential skill for everyone who works in psychotherapy. But the work is not […]

Presented by Dr. Jonathan House, M.D: Dr. Jonathan House was appointed by Laplanche to serve on the Conseil Scientifique of the Fondation Laplanche where he has been responsible for translations of Laplanche’s work into English. Join Dr. House as he provides an in-depth introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche.

Presented by Lawrence Hedges, PhD, PsyD, ABPP. Technologically driven research during the last three decades in the fields of neuroscience, infant research, and relational psychotherapy has made clear the importance of the ongoing impact of experiencing and processing the relationship in psychotherapy. In this course Dr. Hedges will review the ways that psychotherapists of all […]

Presented by Dr. Avedis Panajian, Ph.D., ABPP in Clinical Psychology Dr. Panajian will discuss the differences between neurotic, borderline, and psychotic mental functioning. Personality disorders with severe and not-so-severe psychotic functioning will be reviewed. The impact of psychiatry, culture, and some analytic practice that views suffering as destructive for our patients will be discussed. Destructive […]

Presented by Dr. Lawrence Hedges, Ph.D., Psy.D., ABPP: Over the past two decades, it has become increasingly clear that the earliest of life’s experiences have left “pockets” of primitive relational patterns in many otherwise well-developed people. Hedges will discuss the nature of early relational experience and how early experiences of distress often leave marks on […]

Presented by Tiffaney Hale, LMFT Attendees will explore Griffith Hansbury’s paper, The masculine vaginal: Working with queer men’s embodiment at the transgender edge (2017) as a conduit for both thinking about their own gendered experiences and clinical stances toward patients’ gendered presentations.

Presented by Dr. Lauren Levine, Ph.D. In this presentation, Dr. Lauren Levine will reflect on the power of stories to create shared symbolic meaning and coherence out of ungrieved trauma. Through evocative clinical stories, she will explore creativity as transformative, emergent in the clinical process, drawing on film, dance, and literature and dreams as frames […]

This course serves as an introduction to and overview of major schools of thought within the psychoanalytic tradition, including Freud, Ego Psychology, Klein, Object Relations, Winnicott and many more. We will focus on the distinction between theories of mind (metapsychology) which are metaphysical or structural and focus on the condition for the possibility of psychological […]

This seminar is presented Afsaneh Alisobhani, Psy.D, FIPA will explore André Green’s seminal paper, The Dead Mother, delving into how the experience of an emotionally unavailable maternal figure—due to loss, depression, or trauma —shapes psychic development, attachment, and identity formation. Green’s concept provides profound insights into the inner worlds of patients, particularly those he describes […]

Join us for an engaging opportunity to learn more about NPI! Meet the Dean and President for an introduction to the programs offered, connect with current candidates, experience a live class in action, and participate in a Q&A session to explore all our program offerings. This event is in-person, but we will be holding a […]

Join us for an engaging opportunity to learn about NPI on Zoom! Meet the Dean and President for an introduction to the program, connect with current candidates, experience a live class in action, and participate in a Q&A session to explore all our program offerings.

This course will focus on the idea that we can access our unconscious thoughts and images through art, specifically collage. There will be an introduction to “dreaming while awake” referencing both Bion and Thomas Ogden’s thoughts. Participants will be invited to create a collage that represents work with a patient. There will be time to […]

We are all imbedded in the sociocultural context in which we exist. The personal subjectivities of both therapist and patient are deeply affected by the experiences within their particular sociocultural context. Race and culture make their way into the clinical dyad in myriad ways both big and small with big consequences. The necessary exploration of […]

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 instructors will provide participants with tools to cultivate a foundational understanding of various psychoanalytic theories.

This event will be presented by Dr. Paula Christian Kliger, Dr. Kris Yi, Dr. Lynne Jacobs, and Dr. Holly Han. We are all imbedded in the sociocultural context in which we exist. The personal subjectivities of both therapist and patient are deeply affected by the experiences within their particular sociocultural context. Race and culture make […]

This event will be presented by Professor Brett Kahr: Although we have all encountered naked human bodies across our lifetime, very few of us have had the opportunity to explore the fully naked human mind, namely, the true contents of sexual thoughts and fantasies and unconscious wishes and unconscious fears. In this presentation on “Psychological […]

This event will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Hanlin: Attendees will explore Philip Bromberg’s paper, Treating Patients with Symptoms—and Symptoms with Patience: Reflections on Shame, Dissociation, and Eating Disorders. Bromberg’s theory is that the therapist’s task is to allow themselves to slowly discover the patient’s multiplicity of self-states and the existing gap between the states. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Join Dr. Holly Han and Dr. Shirley Liao for a five-week, psychoanalytically-informed group exploring the text Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation by David L Eng and Shinhee Han (2019). Together, we will reflect on the social and psychic dimensions of racial identity and belonging in the lives of Asian Americans.

This hybrid conference offers clinicians and psychoanalytic practitioners an opportunity to deeply engage with how social positionality, embodiment, and therapeutic practices intersect—equipping attendees with reflection tools, case-based learning, and strategies to foster more inclusive, body-conscious therapy. Presented by Jamie Steele, LMFT, Molly Merson, LMFT, and Laura Westmoreland, LMFT.

Using both psychoanalytic writing and a case conference format, participants will examine psychoanalytic perspectives on SUDs and deepen their understanding of the psychodynamic underpinnings of their own cases. Presented by Dr Holly Han, Psy.D., LMFT.

Join us for an engaging opportunity to learn more about NPI! Meet the Dean and President for an introduction to the programs offered, connect with current candidates, experience a live class in action, and participate in a Q&A session to explore all our program offerings.

These classes may be taken individually or together. When taken as a series, they thoughtfully complement one another. Participants who register for both will receive a 10% discount.

This program will introduce Jean Laplanche’s contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice in accessible terms. Topics will include the historical context of and influences on Laplanche’s life and thought, Laplanche’s research method of “reading Freud (with) Freud”, and Laplanche’s paradigmatic renovation of psychoanalytic theory, the General Theory of Seduction, a framework that offers a new […]

This course reviews the evolution of a relational holding model that bridges the space between Winnicottian and relational thinking. I begin with a review of Winnicottian holding, the relational critique of developmental tilt models, and then present my proposed resolution of that gap. Offering a retrospective critique of my own model, I also revisit a […]

Join us to discuss the complexity of addressing boundary issues with our presenter Ira Poll, Ph.D, Psy.D

Presented by Michael Levin Psy.D. This conference will continue exploring aspects of Laplanche's work that we did not have time to cover during the February presentation. It will include a case presentation to facilitate further clinical discussion and learning. Topics covered will include: • Laplanche's view of the metapsychology of psychotic and dissociative disturbances • […]

Presented by Dr. Glenda Corstorphine, Psy.D This course will focus on the idea that we can access our unconscious thoughts and images through art, specifically collage. There will be an introduction to “dreaming while awake” referencing both Bion and Thomas Ogden’s thoughts. Participants will be invited to create a collage that represents work with a […]

Presented by Tiffany Hale, LMFT & Jamie Steele, LMFT Bring your cases that are outside of normative bounds. We will draw in our well-worn and well-loved analytic concepts to explore clinical material together. If you have found that your thinking, your lived experience and/or that of your patients has not quite been thinkable within analytic […]

Inaugural Talk with Dr. Carolyn Laubender: We are excited to open this new series with an evening conversation with Carolyn Laubender on her book The Political Clinic – winner of the 2025 Book Prize of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the 2025 Book Award of the British Psychological Society. Examining the work of influential British […]

Presented by: Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald, PsyD, MFT, Training and Supervising Analyst. This consultation group invites therapists into an ongoing exploration of dreams as living expressions of the unconscious. Drawing from the full arc of psychoanalytic thought, participants will bring clinical material and engage in a collaborative process of listening, reverie, and meaning-making. Together, we will […]

This consultation group presented by Kathleen Fitzgerald, invites therapists into an ongoing exploration of dreams as living expressions of the unconscious. Drawing from the full arc of psychoanalytic thought, participants will bring clinical material and engage in a collaborative process of listening, reverie, and meaning-making. Together, we will explore how dreams emerge within the intersubjective […]

Presented by Dr. Holly Han, Psy.D., LMFT & Ivy Zequeira, LMFT. This 6-week course explores psychoanalysis as a living, political, and decolonial practice through Daniel José Gaztambide’s A People’s History of Psychoanalysis. We’ll trace the field from Freud’s early formulations through its entanglement with race, class, and empire, to contemporary liberation psychology and decolonial movements. […]

Presented by: Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald, PsyD, MFT, Training and Supervising Analyst. In this Saturday Salon, Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald invites participants into an intimate exploration of a 10-year analytic relationship reframed through an unexpected reversal as the analyst’s mind is slowly overtaken by dementia. Through a series of vivid clinical and relational moments, she reflects on […]

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 with countertransference, and the supervisor-supervisee dynamic. Both didactic and experiential learning will be equally emphasized. This class is designed for those who supervise graduate students, […]

Speaker: Dan Shaw - 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 […]

Speaker: Deborah Farnsworth: An intensive reading group on Fred Busch’s book, Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind. Busch, an influential ego psychologist, writes complex psychoanalytic ideas in an unusually clear, usable way. This seminar cultivates a Busch-informed clinical stance and technique, with close attention to reverie, countertransference as an instrument, timing of interpretation, symbolization, working through trauma […]