Psychoanalytic Takes On Cinema: Session 1 of 3: Discussion of the film “The Thing”
*** Film must be viewed prior to event.*** Discussion of the film "The Thing" Friday, November 14, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 1982 (109 min) Director: John […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event.*** Discussion of the film "The Thing" Friday, November 14, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 1982 (109 min) Director: John […]
Session 2 of 3 “Creativity and Resiliency” Presented by Rosa Aurora Chavez, MD, PhD, FABP Saturday, November 15, 2025, 12:00 - 2:00pm (2 CME/CE) Presentation and Discussion via Zoom Presentation: In this seminar (in English) we will discuss the evolutionary relevance of creativity for resiliency form psychodynamic and neuropsychoanalytic perspectives. Flyer: HERE Registration Link: HERE
Misogyny Then and Now: Implications for Psychoanalytic Perspectives Presented by Special Guest: Filmmaker Jennifer Reeves, Margarita Cereijido, PhD, Paula Ellman, PhD, David Joseph, MD, Janice Lieberman, PhD Saturday, November 22, […]
Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference Please join us for a panel discussion on Analyst Losses: Illness and Life-Changing Events And Their Effects on Treatment Presented by: Paula L. Ellman, PhD, […]
4th Annual Marianne Goldberger, MD, Memorial Lecture "Marianne Goldberger: A Mold-breaking Psychoanalyst in Her Time and, Importantly, for Ours" January 10, 2026 - 2:00PM - 4:00PM EST Presenter: Dorothy Evans Holmes, PhD This lecture will demonstrate the various ways in which Dr. Marianne Goldberger was a pioneer in psychoanalysis. The paper will draw on multiple […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event. *** Discussion of the film "Me Before You" Friday, January 30, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 2016 (120 min) Director: Thea Sharrock Discussant: Katherine Marshall Woods, Psy.D. A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she’s taking care […]
Weekend Conference What happens in the therapeutic dyad when regular reciprocal conversations are not possible, when our patients communicate with us in strange and at times incomprehensible ways? How we find footing while swimming in space and the extraordinary efforts we make to connect with these initially mystifying people is what this weekend will address. […]
Sunday, February 22, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student […]
Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student […]
*** Film must be viewed prior to event. *** Discussion of the film "Please Stand By" Friday, February 27, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Via Zoom 2023 (93 min) […]
Saturday, February 28, 2026 9:00am–1:00pm In-person event Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville Founders Hall 100 Welsh Park Dr, Rockville, MD 20850 3.5 CME/CE 9:05am–10:30am Roundtable with Kevin Popp and PSP […]
Observational Studies Program for In-Person Students - Open House The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis is offering a two-year training program in Observational Studies. The program is conducted by a multidisciplinary faculty of child, adult, couples, and family psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. This two-year training program follows the observational studies model pioneered and developed by Esther […]
Session 3 of 3 “The Mirage of AI Creativity, its Dangers and Limitations, a Psychoanalytic Perspective” Presented by Rosa Aurora Chavez, MD, PhD, FABP Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:00 – 2:00pm (2 CME/CE) Presentation and Discussion via Zoom Presentation: In this seminar (in English) we will discuss this panel will discuss the limitations and impossibilities of […]
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Close (2023) Presented by: Katrin Haller, MSW Date: April 11, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Doors Open at 1:30pm Where: Baltimore Museum of the Arts 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Presentation Description: This film by Belgian filmmaker Lucas Dhont was awarded the Grand Prix at […]
Observational Studies Program Open House for Online Students Saturday, April 18, 2026 9:30 am - 11:30 am ET Location: Zoom No CME/CE A Two-Year Online Training Based on the Esther […]
Click the image to view the flyer Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Via Zoom* Learn more about the Psychoanalytic Studies Program, meet faculty, and ask questions about the curriculum, application process, and student experience. *Please note: The Psychoanalytic Studies and Institute Training Programs requires some in-person classes. It is recommended that students […]
The Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival Movie: Speak Sunlight (La Voz Del Sol) (2023) Presented by: Noreen Honeycutt, PhD with Director Carol Polakoff Date: April 25, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Doors Open at 1:30pm Where: Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Presentation Description: Set in 1965, teenage Alan […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 1: Beauty and the Maternal Body Speakers: Patricia Alkolombre, PhD and Catherine Mallouh, MD Saturday, May 9, 2026 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST Via Zoom 1.5 CME/CE per session · 4.5 CME/CE total · Captions in all languages Presentation Description: The images of the maternal body […]
Please join us Saturday, June 6, 2026 Rooftop reception: 6:00 pm Dinner and Awards: 7:00 pm Hogan Lovells Law Firm Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (Red Line Metro Station) Garage parking is availableJoin us to recognize the accomplishments of the graduates of the PSP and analytic training programs, along with teachers […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 2: Fashion from a Gender Psychoanalytic Perspective Speakers: Patricia Gherovici and Margarita Cereijido Saturday, June 27, 2026 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST Via Zoom 1.5 CME/CE per session · 4.5 CME/CE total · Captions in all languages This session explores fashion from a gender psychoanalytic perspective, […]
COWAP North America Presents: Discussion of the film "Marie Langer: Desire and Revolution" (2025) by Marcelo Haber co-produced by Horacio Legras and Belen de Martino Discussants: Virginia Ungar, Marcelo Haber, Horacio Legras, and Belen de Martino Moderator: Margarita Cereijido, PhD Friday, July 10, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET Via Zoom NOTE: a link […]
COWAP: Beauty and Gender: A Psychoanalytic Perspective Session 3: Changing Notions of Beauty: The Importance of Culture and Technology: “Whose Face is it Anyway? "Beauty in the Age of High […]
Raphling Memorial Lecture presents LGBTQIA+ Workshop Remapping the Symbolic: On Poetic Cartographies of Gender and Erotic Life Sunday, October 4, 2026 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Via Zoom 3 CME/CE Presenters Fernanda Magallenes, Ph.D. and Marco Posadas, R.S.W, M.S.W, Ph.D. About the Workshop This workshop brings together the work of Fernanda Magallanes and Marco […]
Behavioral Health Grand Rounds 25th Annual Julia and Thomas Saltz Grand Rounds Topic: Reflective Parenting Clinical work with parents who need help regulating their child’s behavior and emotions Speaker: Dr. Regina Pally When: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 11:00AM – 12:30PM Where: Microsoft Teams (Link will be shared in the near future) Hosted by: The Washington […]
WBCP presents The Thomas and Julia Saltz Annual Adult Seminar Workshop Professional Will Boot Camp: An Emotional, Ethical, and Practical Workshop Saturday, October 24, 2026 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM […]
Discussion of the film "The Backrooms" 2025 (110 mins) Director: Kane Parsons After a therapist’s patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save […]
November 6 @ 12:00 am - November 8 @ 12:00 am Caged Bodies, Freed Minds Under what conditions are we free to think? To open ourselves to relating across boundaries of class, color, and experience? To fully give of ourselves to others and to fully realize our own potential? This weekend, we will focus on these and other core questions of […]
Stacia I. Super Memorial Ethics Conference Topic: Analyst Retirement: Ethical, Clinical, and Pragmatic Issues Speakers: Christie Platt, PhD, Tarpley Long, LCSW-C, Sandra Lashley, PsyD, and Andrew Carroll, PsyD Sunday, December 6, […]
Discussion of the film "Till Death" 2025 (20 mins) Director: Yana Billé-Chung When a kind young couple is offered the chance of a lifetime to purchase their dream house from […]
Discussion of the film "Before Dawn (Перед Світанком)" 2024 (11 mins) Director: Yuliia Haleta This is not supposed to happen in your twenties, but you embrace the emptiness. A spacious apartment on […]
2027 National Meeting Mayflower Hotel Washington D.C. Tuesday, February 2 to Friday, February 5, 2027
February 5 @ 12:00 am - February 7 @ 12:00 am The New Directions weekend will explore forms of human relating that are not reducible to speech, that exceed and sometimes undo what can be said. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, the arts, and embodied practice, we will consider how people affect and transform one another through affective qualities such as tone, […]
Discussion of the film "The Substance" 2024 (141 mins) Director: Coralie Fargeat A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that helps her create a younger, better version […]
April 30 @ 12:00 am - May 2 @ 12:00 am To Apply: https://newdirectionsinwriting.com/apply/
November 5, 2027 @ 8:00 am - November 7, 2027 @ 5:00 pm Imagine for a moment a place that you frequented, or that had special meaning to you as a child – it might […]