American Psychoanalytic Association

08/20/2026

If you teach psychoanalytic concepts and theory, we want to support you!

APsA's Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Teachers' Academy is accepting applications from mental health professionals who teach in this space (even if you're not a psychoanalyst yourself).

There are six spots available, and the deadline is approaching: September 8.

Learn more on our website: https://apsa.org/education-research/fellowships-awards/teachersacademy/

08/18/2026

Please join us in congratulating Nicolle Zapien for being selected as the 2027 recipient of the Ernst & Gertrude Ticho Memorial Award.

Established to honor the scholarly and clinical legacies of Ernst and Gertrude Ticho, the Memorial Award recognizes an early career psychoanalyst whose work advances the integration of theory, practice, and teaching and extends psychoanalytic thinking into contemporary clinical concerns. From the committee: “Dr. Zapien embodies what the Ticho Award was created to recognize: an emerging leader whose scholarship, clinical thinking, and engagement with the future of psychoanalysis reflect exceptional promise."

Read the press release and learn more about this award on our website: https://apsa.org/dr-nicolle-zapien-named-2027-ticho-memorial-award-recipient/

08/17/2026

A new APsA Online Course is available! This content is from the 2026 Summer Symposium*, recorded earlier this year, where panelists, in a roundtable-style discussion, examined declining engagement with psychoanalytic institutes, including financial barriers, training experiences, unclear missions of psychoanalytic organizations, generational differences, and institute culture. 2CME/CE.

Presenters:
Moderator: Jane G. Tillman, Ph.D. – No disclosures
Presenter: Aisha Abbasi, M.D. – No disclosures
Presenter: Brian R. Ngo-Smith, LCSW, BCD-P, FABP – No disclosures
Presenter: Omar A. Khan, M.D. – No disclosures
Presenter: Emily S. Brewer, M.D. – No disclosures
Presenter: Spyros D. Orfanos, Ph.D. – No disclosures
Presenter: Catharine Kaufmann, Ph.D. – No disclosures

*This is a recording of the APsA Summer Symposium hosted on June 13, 2026. Please be sure you have not already attended the live session, as purchases are non-refundable.

Purchase the Online Course: https://apsaa.users.membersuite.com/events/716eb617-0078-c48e-19c5-0b49db0abc4d/details

08/14/2026

Calling all leaders and those who are striving for leadership positions! This 6-week Advanced Leadership Seminar is open for registration.

We will explore critical concepts in systems psychodynamics and field theory, including the social unconscious, projective identification, splitting, social defenses, complex identities, and intersubjective processes. Widening our conceptual lens so that we can think of the individual, group, organization, and the environmental surroundings as co-creating the field and influencing and shaping each other, we will use these concepts to deepen our understanding of the unconscious uses and abuses of power across the constructive and destructive spectrum

Learn more at: https://apsa.org/education-research/continuing-education/advanced-leadership-seminar/

08/12/2026

Yes, you read that right. We have 7 (!) upcoming deadlines in September. Swipe through for a quick look, then check out the full details of these opportunities on our website: https://apsa.org/education-research/fellowships-awards/

08/11/2026

Join us in congratulating Gila Ashtor, PhD, and Christopher Walling, PhD, FIPA, for winning the 2027 Ralph Roughton Paper Prize for their paper “Beyond the Dyad: Eros, Multiplicity, and the Throuple.”

Read the press release: https://apsa.org/2027-ralph-roughton-award-winner/

08/10/2026

Issue 13 | August 2026 of The CAI Report is out now! These selections are just a small sample of the content within. We invite you to read the full issue at https://apsa.org/thecaireport/

08/06/2026

CAI Conversations are topic-specific roundtable discussions that bring psychoanalytic sensibilities into dialogue with experts from the psychoanalytic community and across disciplines.

Moderated by CAI Chairs Amy Levy, Psy.D. and Todd Essig, each conversation puts psychoanalytic thinking to work on a pressing question at the intersections of AI and the human mind. They demonstrate what it sounds like when psychoanalysis joins the cultural chorus working to build a humanizing AI future.

Watch the first in this new series titled "Psychoanalytic Education in the Age of AI" on YouTube:

"Psychoanalytic Education in the Age of AI" hosted by CAI Chairs: T...

08/05/2026

JAPA Volume 74 Issue 4 is out now; access it online at

This special edition, "The Dilemmas of Psychoanalytic Education," focuses on the challenges of psychoanalytic education, including modern curricula, foundational theory, and training.