Events and Public Courses

Psychoanalysis and Identity Formation in Fashion (Online Course)

February 4 through April 15, 2026  |  Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM (Eastern)

[15 CE Credits for Psycoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

This course will explore identity formation in fashion and style expression in the context of relationship to early caregivers, focusing on reaction formations, the development of the superego, the mirror stage, and the skin ego. [Read more]

Instructor: Golzar Selbe Naghshineh

The Psychoanalytic Frame (Online Course)

February 19 through May 7, 2026  |  Thursdays, 5:30 – 7:00 PM (Eastern)

[15 CE Credits for Psycoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

This course will examine the elements of the psychoanalytic frame – the ground rules that make treatment possible – and examine how the frame is created in the initial sessions, including establishing the contract, the frequency, the hour, and the fee, and addressing regulation of stimulation and use of the couch.  [Read more]

Instructor: Lexa Roséan

Creative Clinical Writing Workshop (Online Presentation)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Eastern)

2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts,Psychologists, and Social Workers

In this workshop, participants will learn to write richer, more accessible, and creative clinical narratives.  [Read more]

Presenter: Therese Ragen

The Generative Power of Living Through Death in States of At-Onement (Online Presentation)

Saturday, March 28, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)

2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts,Psychologists, and Social Workers

Working within a Winnicottian model of deep mutual regression, Ofra Eshel describes reaching back emotionally to a moment of early traumatic breakdown when the patient psychically confronted extinction.  [Read More]

Presenter: Ofra Eshel

Discussant: Dan Gilhooley

A Long Road to Clinical Discovery: Bion and Psychosis (Online Presentation)

Saturday, April 18, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)

2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers

This presentation builds on and goes beyond Bion’s rich reflections on psychosis to a consideration of more recent investigations into the nature of this form of psychopathology.  [Read more]

Presenter: Franco De Masi

Shame and the Erotic Mind: A Psychoanalytic Lens on Sexuality, Desire, and the Therapeutic Relationship (Online Presentation)

Saturday, May 9, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)

Presentation via Zoom - Registration OPENS 1/20/2026
2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts,Psychologists, and Social Workers

This workshop explores the complex role of shame in erotic life and the therapeutic process.  Drawing from her book, Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality (Routledge, 2026), Juliane Maxwald integrates psychoanalytic, relational, and somatic frameworks to illuminate how sexual symptoms often conceal unspoken shame, attachment longing, and the fear of exposure. [Read more]

Presenter: Juliane Maxwald