The Scientific Program Committee is pleased to present
The Only Cure Presenter:
Professor Mark Solms
Sunday, October 25, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm EST via Zoom
2 CEUs Available
Few figures in psychology have been as influential—or as controversial—as Sigmund Freud. For decades many of his ideas were dismissed as speculative and unscientific. Yet developments in modern neuroscience are prompting a surprising reassessment. Continue reading The Only Cure with Presenter Professor Mark Solms at CFS
ONE-YEAR INFANT OBSERVATION SEMINAR
offered by the Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program of the Contemporary Freudian Society and the Institute of Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Tuesdays, 12-1:30pm, September 15, 2026-May 25, 2027
Online Format
This infant observation seminar is offered as an elective course to candidates in IPTAR’s Adult and Respecialization Programs and as a required course in IPTAR’s Adult and Child Integrated Track, and to candidates in The Contemporary Freudian Society Adult and Continue reading Only 2 places left: One-Year Infant Observation Seminar: online daytime classes, Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program ’26-’27
On June 13th, APsA brought together our community for the Summer Symposium: Reimagining Engagement at Psychoanalytic Institutions and the conversation did not disappoint.
Moderated by Dr. Jane Tillman (Austen Riggs Center), the panel featured six clinicians and educators at different career stages and institutional vantage points. Dr. Tillman’s opening questions, “what is a psychoanalytic institution for and what does it mean to belong to one” invited the panelists to think about what every potential member is asking. What unfolded was a candid and compelling exchange about what it means to belong. Here are six takeaways from the discussion:
Continue reading Summer Symposium: Reimagining Engagement at Psychoanalytic Institutions at APsA
As we approach our 10th anniversary Gala celebration, we want to share something we are especially excited about.
On Wednesday, July 22, the evening before the Gala, ROOM will host an in-person event at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York City. It is a rare opportunity to gather in the same room, to mark this milestone together, and to spend an evening in conversation with this year’s Coline Covington Award recipient, Professor Mark Solms. Tickets are available and presented upon registering for the ROOM 10th Anniversary Gala at the link below.
An Intimate Exchange with Mark Solms
July 22 | 8 pm | In-Person
IPTAR | 1651 3rd Ave #205, New York, NY 10128
In keeping with the theme of this year’s Gala, “What Drives Us”, Mark Solms will speak from his own experience, as a South African, a neuropsychoanalyst, and a landowner, Continue reading An Intimate Exchange with Mark Solms
PSYCHOANALYTIC BROOKLYN: “Cain is Killing Abel: Intergenerational Killing Fields” Presenter: Tina Marie Dale, LSCSW Discussant: Kimberly S. Kleinman, MS, LCSW Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:00-9:30pm EDT Online via Zoom 1.5 CEUs Available
This paper will present clinical material in the form of brief narratives and vignettes while posing difficult questions for the analytic community to consider. I hope that listeners can consider some, if not most, of these questions on a personal professional level. A key question is whether emotional and professional confraternization occurs within the analytic community. Throughout this paper, when I use the term confratricide, I am referring to the emotional and professional killing off of colleagues, rather than literal physical killing. What is our part when such problems occur within psychoanalytic centers, institutes, and larger organizations? Do we participate by increasing splitting? Do we address the difficulties at deeper levels, asking what causes the collegial splitting? Do all members at the local, national, and international levels participate in confratricide in varying degrees? Continue reading CFS “Cain is Killing Abel: Intergenerational Killing Fields” 4/30
f you or anyone you know has ever had questions about the Austen Riggs Center’s residential treatment for adults, this free online series may be of interest:
Online Information Series: Understanding the Austen Riggs Center Treatment Approach When outpatient therapy, hospitalization, PHP, IOP, or residential treatment has not led to lasting change, determining the next step can be difficult.
Hosted by Director of Admissions and Associate Medical Director Samar Habl, MD, and Associate Director of Admissions and Director of Psychological Testing Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, ABPP, this session will provide an overview of:
Who Riggs is best suited for
How our open setting differs from locked or highly structured programs
How we approach safety, responsibility, and relational treatment
The admissions and evaluation process
Upcoming session:
5:00–5:50 PM Eastern Continue reading Online Information Series 4/1: Understanding the Austen Riggs Center Treatment Approach w/ Drs. Samar Habl & Jeremy Ridenour
