Click Here to Read: My Therapist Frustrates Me. My Chatbot Doesn’t. Ask a Psychoanalyst By Stephanie Newman, PhD, with Lucas McGranahan, PhD on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on July 2, 2026.
“A Novel is Not a Machine”: On the Pleasure of Encountering Something New
Apes and humans have been sharing a laugh for 15 million years
Summer Symposium: Reimagining Engagement at Psychoanalytic Institutions at APsA
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:
1. THE REAL ENGAGEMENT CRISIS ISN’T APATHY
Brian R. Ngo-Smith reframed the question entirely and asked if institutions have learned to share their future. He left the room with a provocation: can we create institutions in which authority and affection coexist?
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Click Here to Read: “I’m 90 for goodness sake’: rainforest activist to pedal 104 miles down Thames: Veteran campaigner Robin Hanbury-Tenison is raising money for a research station near his home in Cornwall by Patrick Barkham on the Guardian website on June 19, 2026.
The River Thames in Oxford, England Image: Zxb. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
