THE TALKING CURE: A NEUROPSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE September 25, 2021, ZOOM. Those who were unable to attend the event may purchase a recording-only ticket option below, and will be sent a link to the recording afterwards. About this lecture This three-part lecture will describe some recent developments in the neurosciences which have implications for the theory (more…)

WHEN SECRETS EMERGE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY, SOMATIC COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND SELF-CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS January 29th, 2022, from 9am – 1:15pm Those who were unable to attend the event may purchase a recording-only ticket option below, and will be sent a link to the recording afterwards.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”1em”][vc_column_text] About this (more…)

Dr. Lynne Layton, Dr. Medria Connolly, and Dr. Bryan Nichols Social Psychoanalysis and an Ethic of Repair March 5th, 2022, 9-4pm. Those unable to attend the event may purchase a recording-only ticket option below, and will be sent a link to the recording afterwards. About this lecture The program begins with a talk on what (more…)

ADRIENNE HARRIS TWO VISIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS IN SOCIAL CRISIS Part 1 – The Pandemic as an apres coup Part 2 The work of Sandor Ferenczi and the Hungarian Psychoanalytic Society The work of Ferenczi, the Hungarian Psychoanalytic world and the Unwelcome Child. This lecture will contextualize Ferenczi’s life and work in the context of the (more…)

Michael J. Diamond, Ph.D., FIPA This clinically-oriented workshop will offer a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective on male gender that rejects outdated aspects of binary reasoning to view male identity as an ongoing dynamic process that incorporates rather than rejects what tends to be regarded as “feminine.”  Drawing upon Michael Diamond’s recently published book by Routledge, Masculinity (more…)

Shelley Nathans, Ph.D The paths leading to infidelity in a couple’s relationship are manifold and diverse; there is no singular cause, no simple, linear route. Using a contemporary Kleinian framework and a case example, Shelley Nathans, Ph.D. will present her paper “Infidelity as Manic Defense”, in which she describes some of the important theoretical issues (more…)

PRESENTER:  DR. MARK SOLMS Saturday March 18th, 2023 COURSE DESCRIPTION The course is divided into two parts. The first part concerns the development of scientific understanding of the brain mechanisms of dreaming, from the discovery of REM sleep to the present day. The second part concerns advances in understanding of the ‘interpretation’ of dream content, (more…)