Events and Public Courses
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CMPS Annual Conference
Saturday, November 14, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Analytic Oneness, And Modern Psychoanalysis
Keynote Speaker: Ofra Eshel, PsyD
Discussants: Aner Govrin, PhD and Dan Gilhooley, PsyaD
This will be a hybrid conference
(limited in-person seating and online via Zoom)
Conference Location:
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, 16 West 10 th Street, New York City
Psychoanalysis as a Form of Play: Considering Interpretation and Mourning in Relation to Play (Online Presentation)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2026 • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)
2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers
Winnicott’s (1968) assertion that all psychoanalytic treatment is a highly specialized form of play implies that a central aspect of analytic work is helping patients to hold paradoxical realities. For example, experiencing the transference involves holding the analyst as real and unreal at the same time.
Presenter: Steven H. Cooper
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BGSP-NY
BGSP
ACAP
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New Books in Psychoanalysis