In-person & Virtual

The Allure of Fascism and the Appointment in Samarra (presented by Era A. Loewenstein, PhD with discussion by Michael J. Diamond, PhD, FIPA) Increasingly we are observing the rise of proto-fascist parties around the world and in the American MAGA political movement. Building on the fable The Appointment in Samarra, the presentation will discuss the characteristic features […]

Sylvia Flescher, M.D., will join us in person on Friday, November 17th, and share with us excerpts from her memoir-in-progress. Her memoir describes the evolution of her identity as a clinician since her analytic training in the '80s. Dr. Flescher will talk about the origins and development of her ambivalence towards psychoanalysis, considering the role […]

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 […]

Hybrid Program - In Person in Portland, OR or Virtual via Zoom (this program will not be recorded). Speakers: David L. Eng, PhD & ShinHee Han, PhD In this workshop, we will consider how social and psychic processes of loss for Asian Americans are mediated, mitigated, and exacerbated by the problem of guilt. Scholars working […]

Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute This event addresses: COVID-19, Mortality Death haunts human life. We cope by seeking a tolerable place between denial and terror. COVID, and overlapping existential threats, bring this struggle to the surface. Psychoanalysis believes that truth offers freedom. But how do we look at the truth of death, when our own mortality, […]

Symposium 2023: Love and Empathy, hosted by Mount Sinai Medical Center, will take place virtually and in person on April 22, 2023 from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm. Jonathan Lear will be the keynote speaker. Brochure: https://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Symp-2023-Brochure-FIN-9R.pdf

Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center This event addresses: Dissociative Identity Disorder This presentation, given by Ira Brenner, M.D., will focus upon the very controversial, very misunderstood, and very difficult to treat condition, currently known as D.I.D., Dissociative Identity Disorder. By reconceptualizing it as a “lower level dissociative character” in which dissociation is the central underlying defense, it […]