Public Events

The Scientific Program Committee is pleased to present Jean Laplanche’s Work: Metapsychology and Its Relevance for Clinical Work Seminar led by Hélène Tessier Fridays, October 16, November 20, and December 11, 2026; January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 4, and July 2, 2027 3:00 – 5:00pm ET via Zoom 20 CEUs Available This seminar focuses

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.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION This community psychoanalysis event aspires to co-create a reflective space with and for citizens to enable transformative thinking and psychosocial innovation. It seeks to do it using the Reflective Citizens model and the Open Space Dream Field process which combine the social dreaming matrix, large group process and open space methodologies. These are powerful democratic processes that encourage

The Scientific Program Committee is pleased to present “Creative Intertwining in the Work of W.R Bion and Samuel Beckett” Seminar led by Joseph Aguayo, PhD and Nuar Alsadir, PhD, LP Saturday, November 21, 2026 10:00am – 12:30pm ET  via Zoom and In-Person: 1651 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, NYC 2.5 CEUs Available Joseph Aguayo and Nuar Alsadir present an immersive exploration