Events and Public Courses

One-Semester Introduction to Modern Psychoanalysis (survey course open to the public)

Ten Wednesdays (In-person): 7:05 - 8:35 PM, September 10 – November 19

15 CE CREDITS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

This popular course offers the fundamentals of modern psychoanalytic theory and technique to those considering psychoanalytic training. Topics include transference, resistance, countertransference, and emotional communication. Open to clinicians and the public.

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Working with Sexuality in Couple Therapy (Online Presentation)

[2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

Presenter: Suzanne Iasenza, PhD

This presentation will discuss how to address sexual problems in couple therapy using a narrative approach in which therapists help partners identify and transform narratives that negatively affect their erotic lives.  [Read more . . .]

One-Year Program (In-Person Survey Course Open To The Public)

Begins Monday, September 29, 2025, 5:30 - 8:40 PM

30 CE credits per semester for Licensed Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers

The One-Year Program in Modern Psychoanalysis offers a solid foundation in modern psychoanalytic theory and technique.  [Read more . . .]

Intimacy in Alienation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Hindu-Muslim Relationship (Online Presentation)

Saturday, October 11, 2025  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

[2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

Presenter: Ashis Roy, PhD

In India, Hindu-Muslim relationships have had a history of togetherness and conflict over centuries. [Read more . . .]

Annual Conference 2025

Saturday, November 8, 2025  |  9:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Eastern)

Transference Revisited: How Neurotic and Psychotic Patients Use Us Differently

Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies 
Annual Conference
This will be a hybrid conference 
(limited in-person seating and online via Zoom)

Keynote Speaker
Bruce Fink, PhD

Discussant
Siamak Movahedi, PhD

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Materiality in the Psychic Encounter (Online Presentation)

[2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

Presenter: Nini Kerr, DPsych, MBACP, FHEA

This presentation explores the interobjective dimension of psychic life through the lens of Fairbairn’s object relations theory, positioning it as an extension to the more traditionally applied intersubjective approaches in psychoanalysis. [Read more . . .]