Events and Public Courses

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

Ten Thursdays at 7:10 PM – 8:40 PM
September 17 – 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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Do You Hear the People Sing?

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 • 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Doors Open at 6:30 PM

Patriotism, Propaganda, and Revolution in the Art of Europe and the Americas
Public Event

“All art is propaganda,” Diego Rivera famously pronounced. In this presentation we will look at how art has been used to inspire people in bringing about social change and upending oppressive power structures.  [Read More . . .]

Speaker: Mark Buenzle

The Storm Has Arrived: Psychoanalysis Faces a Human Emergency Can the Social Dreaming Matrix Provide a Generative, Creative Path Forward? (Online Presentation)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)

2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers

As global crises of dehumanization and meta-dehumanization—political, ecological, and moral—intensify, psychoanalysis faces an ethical reckoning and a paradigmatic opportunity. 

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Presenter: George Bermúdez

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

Begins Monday, September 28, 2026, 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 . . .]

Book Event: Girlhood, Translated: Understanding YoungWomen in the Age of Therapy Speak and Self-Diagnosis

Friday, October 9, 2026  |  7:00-8:30 PM
Doors Open at 6:30 PM

ADHD. OCD. Toxic. Unwell. Over the past decade, psychiatrist Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell noticed that girls were coming to her office with an increasingly long list of psychiatric diagnoses, often pulled from the internet and social media. It seemed like it was becoming impossible for young women to talk about their feelings without using "therapy speak" or connecting them to mental illnesses. 

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Author: Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell, MD

Systemic Re-Transmission of Trauma: Defending Against the Lost and Found (Online Presentation)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern)

2 CE Credits for Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers

This case presentation will discuss the ongoing societal intrusions that emotionally handicapped the interracial therapeutic relationship of the psychoanalyst and the patient. 

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Presenter: Felecia Powell-Williams

Save The Date: Annual Conference: Being-with Nothingness

Saturday, November 7, 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.

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Presenter: Steven H. Cooper