Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

Erika Schmidt Essay Prize Colloquium: Psychoanalysis in the Clinical, Social, and Cultural World
2024-10-19 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Illinois
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Please join us for the Colloquium to celebrate the winners of the Erika Schmidt Essay Prize. The two winning essays illuminate social, cultural and clinical issues from a psychoanalytic perspective and further the relationship between the clinical encounter and larger social understandings.

First Prize:

“Deprivation and Disruption: The Development of Narcissistic Vulnerability and Toxic Masculinity in Chinese Culture” by Xiaomeng Qiao.

Xiaomeng Qiao, MA is a candidate at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles and a Psya.D student at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, (specializing in Psychoanalysis, Society, and Culture). They are also a graduate of CPI’s PPP Program. (In addition to their work in psychoanalysis, Xiaomeng designs and programs indie games.) They currently maintain a private practice in Beijing, China, and Oxford, UK.

Second Prize:

“We need to forget about what we actually did not even see here: On Denial in Polish Memory of the Holocaust” by Jan Borowicz.

Jan Borowicz, PhD is a candidate of the Polish Psychoanalytic Society, an IPA Institute. He has a PhD in Cultural Studies. He is a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Research Team at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw, Poland. His most recent book is Perverse Memory and the Holocaust: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders (2024; Routledge). He has been a guest on the IPA podcast Off the Couch hosted by Harvey Schwartz (episode 159: “Bystanding as Perversion”).

The Colloquium is presented free of charge although 2.5 Continuing Education Credits are available with a registration fee.

Registration required ONLY for those requesting CE Credit

Educational Objectives:

First Prize Essay:“Deprivation and Disruption: The Development of Narcissistic Vulnerability and Toxic Masculinity in Chinese Culture” by Xiaomeng Qiao

Objectives:

1. Describe the mutual contributions of individual and cultural dynamics to create and perpetuate toxic masculinity.

2. Identify the character types of men in Chinese culture.

Second Prize Essay: “We need to forget about what we actually did not even see here: On Denial in Polish Memory of the Holocaust” by Jan Borowicz.Objectives:

1. Describe the cultural stance towards the Holocaust in Poland.

2. Identify some personal, social and cultural implications associated with denial.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 2.5 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Fresh Sufferings: An Exploration of Aging Psychoanalysts
2025-01-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Illinois
Saturday January 11th, 2025Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute8 South Michigan Avenue, Ste 700, Chicago, IL 6060310:00am – 11:00am Sarah Goldberg Presentation11:00am – 12:00pm Linda Emanuel & Amy Eldridge Response11:30am – 12:00pm Q&ASPEAKERS: Sarah Goldberg, Linda Emanuel, Amy Eldridge2 CME/CE Credits

Description:

Join the Institute for Clinical Social Work and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute for a free hybrid event. A presentation will be followed by respondents and a community discussion.

Dr. Sarah Goldberg will present her research based on her dissertation; Fresh Sufferings: An exploration of aging psychoanalysts, which examines the conflicting dynamics of wisdom and decline in a population of older psychoanalysts.

Respondent Dr. Amy Eldridge and Dr. Linda Emanuel will respond, sharing information and insights from their own work and research.

Dr Christine Jacobek and Dr Leah Harp will moderate a discussion among attendees and presenters.

Afterwards, interested attendees are welcome to join ICSW and CPI community members to enjoy lunch at a local venue. Each attendee must purchase their own lunch.

CEU for the presentation available for a feeLearning objectives:

Describe a developmental timeline for aging and retirement

Explain the unique ways the retirement phase impacts clinicians

Develop action steps for how to plan for oneself and colleagues

Additional Objectives:

Describe the complex process that analysts/clinicians undergo when deciding to retire.

Explain why existential maturation is important for psychoanalysis.

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Psychoanalytic Education Virtual Open House
2025-03-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Friday, March 21st, 202510:00 am – 11:00 am CST

About the Open House

The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute invites you to join us for an Open House to learn more about our distinguished education programs. This event will take place at 10:00 a.m. CST. This event is an excellent opportunity for prospective students and professionals to explore our training options, speak with faculty, and gain insights into the world of psychoanalysis.

At this free event, we will provide an overview of our core programs, including our Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Thought, Psychoanalytic Education, Child and Adolescent Analysis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis for Scholars, and other specialized courses. You will have the chance to meet our expert instructors, hear firsthand experiences from current students, and understand the application process.

What to Expect:

Program Overview: Learn about the curriculum, training, and application process for each of our programs.

Dean Q&A: Meet our esteemed Institute Dean and ask any questions about the program’s academic and clinical components.

Student Experiences: Hear from current students about their experiences in our rigorous and supportive environment.

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The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute is a leading center for psychoanalytic training and education. Our mission is to provide advanced education in psychoanalysis through a diverse and collaborative learning environment. We offer world-class training for professionals committed to deepening their understanding of the human mind and improving clinical practices.

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Canvas of the Mind Gala 2025
2025-05-01 17:00 - 21:30 | Illinois
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Dr. Mark Solms: The Primitive Roots of Consciousness
2025-05-17 08:00 - 10:30 | Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, United States
The 2nd Annual Dr. Mark Solms Lectureship In Neuropsychoanalysis:The Primitive Roots of Consciousness May 17, 2025Live at The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute8:00 am – 9:00 am Bagels & Coffee9:00 am – 10:30 am The Primitive Roots of ConsciousnessPresented by Dr. Mark Solms1.5 CME/CE Credits

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Most people both inside neuroscience and in the general public associate consciousness with the higher cerebral cortex. In this talk, Dr. Mark Solms will argue that this is incorrect: consciousness arises from the primitive brainstem. Moreover, he will argue that consciousness is not fundamentally perceptual and cognitive but rather fundamentally affective and emotional. He will present clinical neurological and experimental evidence to support these arguments, which have their historical origins in two ideas of Freuds, namely, that perception and cognition are largely unconscious and that affective feelings are intrinsically conscious.

Learning objectives:1. Describe the brain structures that generate conscious versus unconscious mental states.2. Explain the functional relationship between conscious and unconscious mental states.3. Implement revised therapeutic techniques for making unconscious strategies conscious, leading to less automatised decision-making.

ACCME Accreditation StatementThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.AMA Credit Designation StatementThe American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ each. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CE StatementThis program is sponsored by the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).One CE hour shall equal one clock hour of attendance. After completion of the initial CE hour, credit may be given in one-half hour increments. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed via the CPI website.

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On getting the life you want: Psychoanalysis and American Pragmatism
2025-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Illinois
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In this thought-provoking presentation, acclaimed psychoanalyst and writer Adam Phillips explores the fundamental tension between Richard Rorty’s pragmatic philosophy—which suggests truth is what helps you get the life you want—and Freudian psychoanalysis, which reveals how we often resist knowing what we truly desire. Phillips masterfully examines how these two influential frameworks approach the central question of human wanting: while Rorty’s pragmatism encourages us to pursue our conscious purposes and redescribe our lives to achieve our goals, Freud’s psychoanalysis suggests we are fundamentally unconscious of our deepest desires and driven by forces beyond our awareness. Through this intellectual dialogue, Phillips illuminates the complexities of modern secular life, questioning whether we can ever truly know what we want and whether the pursuit of “the life we want” is liberating self-creation or potentially naive wishful thinking, ultimately suggesting that both psychoanalysis and pragmatism offer valuable contributions to understanding human desire and the possibility of meaningful choice and change through psychoanalytic treatment.

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Learning objectives:After attending this presentation, participants will be able to:1. Describe key concepts of psychoanalysis and American Pragmatism, and explain how each approach contributes to understanding and pursuing “the good life.”2. Analyze how psychoanalysis and American Pragmatism conceptualize and respond to the problem of human desire and motivation.3. Apply principles of American Pragmatism to enhance clinical thinking and technique within psychoanalytic practice.

ACCME Accreditation StatementThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA Credit Designation Statement The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM each. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CE Committee Reviewer:Aneil M. Shirke, M.D., Ph.D., FABPN, FABP – No Relevant Financial Disclosures Disclosure StatementThis is a non-clinical event, therefore per ACCME requirements, no disclosure form was needed/submitted.

CE StatementThis program is sponsored by the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).One CE hour shall equal one clock hour of attendance. After completion of the initial CE hour, credit may be given in one-half hour increments. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed via the CPI website.

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Second Thoughts on "Second Chances: Freud and Shakespeare"
2025-09-27 14:00 - 17:00 | Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 E Grand Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud” brings together Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips to trace the evolution of the concept of ‘second chances’ from Shakespeare straight through to the works of another Shakespeare scholar, Sigmund Freud. The phrase “second chance” appears 470 times on “PEP Web,” from the 1920s up to the present day. Greenblatt and Phillips take us back further still, 400 years ago, to Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale,” which they call a “template” for understanding second chances. They move on to Freud, inviting us to wonder about Freud’s paradoxical observation that people resist the ‘second chance’ they are given in psychoanalysis, though it is the aim of analysis.

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RFP-C Talk: Dr. Timothy Rice
2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, United States
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About the Authors of RFP-C:

Dr. Leon Hoffman is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in practice in New York, NY. He is Co-Director of the Pacella Research Center of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and the creator and original author of the RFP-C approach.

Dr. Timothy Rice is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in practice in New York, NY. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he is Co-Chair of the Child Division at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

Objectives: This talk provides an introduction to the theory, evidence, and practice of Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C). RFP-C is a manualized, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for children with externalizing problems. It is designed to help children and their families understand the meaning of disruptive behavior and to increase effective emotion regulation.

Methods: Current leaders of the RFP-C approach will explain the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of RFP-C and focus on its clinical technique. Clinical work with racial and ethnic minority and underserved children is emphasized. The introduction to the clinical technique describes the real-life psychotherapy. An invitation to the audience to consider their own case material and clinical challenges in work with children with disruptive behaviors will conclude the presentation. Results RFP-C is among the several short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies with an evidence basis. Clinical vignettes of techniques with both children and their caregivers can illustrate the practical aspects of its use. The audience’s discussion can be understood within an RFP-C model, which can provide helpful suggestions for clinical direction.

Conclusions: Effective assessment and therapeutic techniques for use with children who present with disruptive and defiant behavior, irritability, and emotional dysregulation is accessible and employable through the evidence-based short term psychodynamic psychotherapy RFP-C.

Bibliography:

Prout, T. A., Rice, T., Chung, H., Gorokhovsky, Y., Murphy, S., & Hoffman, L. (2021)Randomized controlled trial of Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children: A manualized psychodynamic treatment for externalizing behaviors. Psychotherapy Research, 32(5), 555-570.Prout, T. A., Bernstein, M., Gaines, E., Aizin, S., Sessler, D., Racine, E., Spigelman, A., Rice, T., & Hoffman, L. (2020). Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children in clinical practice: Case vignettes from psychotherapy outcome studies. International Journal of Play Therapy, 29(1), 43– 53.Hoffman L. Do children get better when we interpret their defenses against painful feelings? Psychoanal Study Child. 2007;62:291-313.Hoffman, L., Rice, T. R., & Prout, T. A. (2016). Manual of regulation-focused psychotherapy for children (RFP-C) with externalizing behaviors: A psychodynamic approach. New York, NY: Routledge.Rice TR, Hoffman L. Defense mechanisms and implicit emotion regulation: A comparison of a psychodynamic construct with one from contemporary neuroscience.Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 2014;62(4):693-708.

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Institute Symposium - The Innate Capacity for Representing Subjective Experience
2025-11-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Institute Symposium

Wednesday November 5th, 2025 1pm to 2pm CT

Anne Erreich : The Innate Capacity for Representing Subjective Experience: TheInfant’s Mind is Neither Primitive nor Prerepresentational.

The author cites the prominence of theories that locate serious adult psychopathology inthe preverbal infant’s inability to formulate or represent traumatic experience. The workof two such authors, H. Levine and D. B. Stern, is briefly considered. The frame ofreference for this investigation is that clinical and academic research findings are highlyrelevant to psychoanalytic theorizing. It is argued that when such findings areconsidered, a view of the infant with “primordial and unrepresented” states of mind haslittle evidence to support it. In fact, research findings summarized herein point to anopposite view: that of the “competent infant,” one with highly accurate perceptualdiscrimination capacities and an innate ability to register and represent subjective

experience in both procedural and declarative memory, even prenatally. Given theinfant’s competencies, it seems implausible to hold that representational deficits are atthe heart of serious adult psychopathology, which is instead seen to be the result ofdefensive maneuvers against unknowable and unspeakable truth rather than theabsence of a preverbal representational capacity. Current research findings seem topose a significant challenge for psychoanalytic theories that espouse “primitive mentalstates”; “unrepresented,” “unformulated,” or “unsymbolized” experience; or“nonconscious” states.

Educational Objectives:

Apply the concept of early representational functioning to therapeutic work with parents, infants, or children

Examine theoretical evidence that challenges the view of the infant mind as primitive or prerepresentational.

Discuss the clinical implications of recognizing representational capacities in early infancy

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Institute Symposium - The Play of Mourning
2025-12-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Wednesday December 10th 1pm to 2pm CT 2025

Steven H. Cooper The Play of Mourning

Cooper, S. H. (2023) The Play of Mourning. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 71:61-82

Dr.Cooper has advanced our understanding of play in relation to particular forms of transference-countertransference responsiveness that emerge in analytic work. He defines playing as a form of responsiveness that involves a shift from more formal interpretation about defense, self-states, unconscious fantasy or transference to one that employs humor or irony regarding the content of fantasy, idiomatic language used to express affect or ideas, or the analyst’s more personally revealing reaction to the patient’s recruitment of him as an internal object.

Hisfocus in this talk will be on highlighting a few of the particular qualities of play that activate the power of the analytic situation to facilitate mourning of depriving or frustrating objects. Dr. Cooper is not speaking about losing objects who have died or left the patient. Rather, his focus is on attachment to frustrating or unavailable objects whom patients cling to through conscious and unconscious fantasy. Through newly discovered forms of play, these processes are occurring now in real time between patient and analyst and less through frozen memorialization of what never was.

Steven Cooper, Ph.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance. He served as Joint Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues from 2007-2012 and is now Joint Chief Editor Emeritus.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) Our Appreciation
2026-01-10 14:00 - 16:30 | Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, United States
Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) Our AppreciationSaturday, January 10. 2:00-4:30 PM, at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

8 S. Michigan Avenue, 7th Floor, and Zoom

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Jonathan Lear was an important, if somewhat background, presence at CPI from the time of his arrivalin Chicago in 1996 to his death in 2025. He trained in psychoanalysis at the Western New England Institute forPsychoanalysis in the early 1990’s, worked clinically from that time forward. He maintained anongoing commitment to thinking psychoanalytically about philosophical issues and to thinkingphilosophically about psychoanalytic matters. Of course his major intellectual home in Chicago wasthe Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. But he kept a close eye on our doings, taught the Freud course with a series of highly sought after lectures in 2017, gave presentations when we asked, and most of all cared about our “flourishing” (his word, founded in his appreciation for Aristotle). We thank him for the gift of his heart, his mind, and his time for our project of keeping psychoanalysis alive as a mode of thought, amode of training, and a part of the intellectual and cultural life of Chicago.

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Introduction: Wendy Selene, Ph.D., LCSW, Training and Supervising Analyst and Former Dean at CPIChristine Sterkel,M.D. Training and Supervising Analyst, CPI: Highlights and Appreciation forJonathan’s last book, Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life (2022)Frank Summers, Ph.D. Training and Supervising Analyst, CPI: “A Philosphically InformedPsychoanalysis: Some of Jonathan Lear’s Contributions to Psychoanalysis”John Riker, Ph.D. Professor of Classics and Philosophy, Colorado College: “Psychoanalysis and a NewHuman Ontology”Phil Lebovitz, M.D. Training and Supervising Analyst , CPI, introduces:Al Margulies, M.D. , Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute: “The LastCourse: In Gratitude, Remembering Jonathan Lear.”

Wine and cheese will be served afterwards

2 CEU’s will be available for those who need it at the cost of $50.

Educational Objectives:1. Describe key philosophical concepts in Jonathan Lear’s work that inform contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice.2. Examine how interdisciplinary thinking can deepen clinicians’ understanding of mourning, ethical life, and human flourishing in treatment.3. Discuss applications of Lear’s ideas to clinical situations, including how philosophical perspectives can enhance analytic listening, ethical reflection, and therapeutic decision-making.

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

ACCME Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA Credit Designation Statement The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ each. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CE Committee Reviewer: Aneil M. Shirke, M.D., Ph.D., FABPN, FABP – No Relevant Financial Disclosures Disclosure Statement This is a non-clinical event, therefore per ACCME requirements, no disclosure form was needed/submitted.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091). Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

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Institute Symposium - Memorial Presentation for Jerome Winer, MD
2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Wednesday January 28th 1-2pm

Memorial Presentation for Jerome Winer, MDThis symposium is dedicated to the memory of Jerome Winer, MD who was pastdirector of the Chicago Institute. Dr. Winer was a “gentleman and a scholar” –someone who loved a good joke, history and psychoanalysis.Dr. Winer was an internationally known leader in psychoanalytic training, administration,treatment and publication. He was editor of THE ANNUAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS andserved as the Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis from 1998 until 2004.He had been Chair of the Committee on Ethics of the International Psycho-AnalyticalAssociation and received its Award for Extremely Meritorious Service in 2005. Hecontributed widely to psychiatric and psychoanalytic journals as well as serving onseveral editorial boards. He was a past president of the American College ofPsychoanalysts, an honorary association of medical psychoanalysts.

Winer, J. A. & Ornstein, E. D. (2001) Titration in the Treatment of the More TroubledPatient. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 49:891-908AbstractThis article defines and discusses a modification of technique recommended by theauthors in the psychoanalytic treatment of more troubled patients; a modification theycall titration. Titration is defined as a conscious decision by the analyst to increase ordecrease assistance (or gratification) gradually, in order to facilitate the analytic

process. The authors emphasize the complexity of decisions in treatment by focusingon the decision-making processes that titration requires. Guidelines and a case vignetteare presented. The authors conclude by considering some of the politics involved in theintroduction of technique modifications, the salience of the titration concept, anddirections for further exploration.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Emptiness and Transformation in Psychoanalysis
2026-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
co-sponsored by: Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

Emptiness and Transformation in Psychoanalysis

Presenter: Eric JiangTuesday, February 24, 2026, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central timeBy Zoom Only

Eric Jiang

Certified Clinical supervisor in Chinese PsychologyPsychoanalyst, graduated from Chicago Psychoanalytic InstituteThe founder of Si Chuan He Guguang Clinical Psychology Institute

Description:

In traditional Chinese religious and philosophical traditions, including Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, there are profound elaborations on emptiness (śūnyatā) and enlightenment, as well as wisdom. Within emptiness, enlightenment occurs, and enlightenment, in turn, deepens the understanding of emptiness. Similarly, in Judaism, there are also descriptions of void or emptiness. In psychoanalysis, Freud’s concepts of the mirror, free association, and evenly floating attention, as well as Bion’s later notion of “No memory, No desire,” all contain ideas resonant with emptiness. This lecture aims to explore the relationship between emptiness and transformation in the clinical practice of psychoanalysis.

Approximate breakdown of time:

First Hour: presentationSecond Hour: discussion with audience

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

Describe one way one of these religions (Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism for Judaism) define emptiness.

Describe how one of Freud’s concepts ( mirroring, free association or evenly floating attention) or Bion’s concept of “No memory No desire” contain ideas resonant with emptiness.

Describe how emptiness and transformation can be seen in the clinical practice of psychoanalysis.

Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.

The presenter, Eric Jiang, and the organizer, Lisa Karaitis, PsyD, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

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Institute Symposium - A Hundred Years of Latency
2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Institute Sypmposium

Wednesday February 25th, 1pm to 2pm 2026Rona Knight: A Hundred Years of Latency: From Freudian Psychosexual Theory toDynamic Systems Nonlinear Development In Middle ChildhoodRona Knight’s 2014 article, “A Hundred Years of Latency” reviews a century ofpsychoanalytic thought on the latency period of middle childhood. It contrasts thetraditional, linear view of latency as a passive, desexualized “waiting period”; with anewer, nonlinear, dynamic systems model where middle childhood is an active and fluidstage of development influenced by biology, environment, and psychologAbstractA focus on the latency phase is used to illustrate how theory and developmentalresearch have influenced our psychoanalytic views of development over the pasthundred years. Beginning with Freud’s psychosexual theory and his conception oflatency, an historical overview of the major psychoanalytic contributions bearing on thisdevelopmental period over the past century is presented. Recent longitudinal researchin latency supports a nonlinear dynamic systems approach to development. Thisapproach obliges us to reconsider our linear theories and how we think about and workwith our patients.

Educational Objectives:1. Describe Sigmund Freud’s original conceptualization of the latency phase and its place in psychosexual development.2. Summarize key psychoanalytic contributions that have shaped understanding of the latency period over the past century.3. Explain how recent longitudinal research supports a nonlinear dynamic systems perspective and its implications for clinical practice.

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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CPI Education Open House
2026-02-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, United States
The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute invites you to our Education Open House!

In-Person Open House:February 27th, 20264:30 – 6:00PM CST

Whether you’re a seasoned clinician, a dedicated academic, or simply have a profound interest in the human mind, this is your opportunity to explore a tradition of excellence and a cutting-edge approach to psychoanalytic education.Join us to learn how our programs can transform your clinical practice and deepen your understanding of the mind, behavior, and culture.

Program Overviews: Get a comprehensive look at our core offerings, including:

Psychoanalytic Education Program

Child & Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Dual Track Program

Child and Adolescent Analysis

Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Thought

Psychoanalysis for Scholars

Psychotherapy Clinical Fellowship

Meet the Faculty: Engage directly with our esteemed Institute Dean and expert instructors. Get their insights on contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Hear from Students: Connect with current students and candidates about their rigorous and supportive learning environment and their professional journeys.

Admissions Insights: Understand the application process, requirements, and opportunities for scholarships and tuition assistance.

A Strong Theoretical Foundation

Our curriculum is grounded in the four major, foundational schools of psychoanalytic thought:

Classical / Freudian

Object Relations

Self Psychological

Relational

Engaging with Contemporary Theory & Praxis

We believe that psychoanalysis must evolve to meet the challenges of the modern world. Our contemporary arm engages with cutting-edge courses and theory on:

Race & Ethnicity

Gender & Sexuality

Psychoanalysis and Authoritarianism

Psychoanalysis and Climate Change

We also examine modern challenges to the psyche, including climate change and authoritarianism, preparing you to work with the complex issues facing today’s patients and culture.

This event is free, but registration is required. Don’t miss this chance to gain invaluable insights and take the next step in your professional development.For more information about our programs, please visit our website: https://chicagoanalysis.org/programs-of-studyWe look forward to meeting you!

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Staged Reading of Mrs. Klein: An Evening of Theater and Dialogue
2026-03-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 North Clark, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Presents:

Mrs. Klein – A Staged ReadingA staged reading of Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright

Date: March 13, 2026Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm (with intermission and talk-back)CE’s: 3Theater Location: Bramble Arts Loft5545 North ClarkChicago, IL 60640Cost: $40.00(Tickets are non-refundable)100% of proceeds support student scholarships at the Institute for Clinical Social Work

In Spring 1934, renowned British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein’s son, Hans, died while hiking in the mountains. Was his death an accident or suicide?Witnessed by Klein’s protégée Paula, Mrs. Klein and her daughter, Melitta, engage in a fierce struggle as they wrestle with this question. Fueled by tangled personal history and professional rivalry, their conflict unfolds, revealing a story of love, hate, loss, betrayal, mourning, reparation, and possible transformation.Any additional donations are welcome and will support this and future productions by Play Therapy Theatre Workshop.The post-reading talk-back will continue in a relaxed setting with refreshments, spirits, and light snacks available for purchase.

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"Toward a Conceptualization of Nuisance in Analytic Work"
2026-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
co-sponsored by: Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

“Toward a Conceptualization of Nuisance in Analytic Work“

Presenter: Steven CooperTuesday, March 17th, 2026, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central timeBy Zoom Only

Steven Cooper

Description:

Coming soon.

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

Coming soon.

Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

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Institute Symposium - The Analysts Desire and the Problem of Narcissistic Resistances
2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Wednesday March 25th 1pm to 2pm CT 2026Mitchell Wilson : The Analysts Desire and the Problem of Narcissistic ResistancesAbstractThe ways in which the analyst’s desire for particular experiences with patients isinevitable and often leads to narcissistically based resistances are considered. Fivepropositions are examined: (1) that the analyst cannot help but have desires and want

them recognized by the analysand; (2) that these desires frequently underwrite theanalyst’s theoretical beliefs and technical interventions; (3) that narcissistic desires andtheir influence are ubiquitous among practicing analysts; (4) that the patient is often onthe lookout for the analyst’s various agendas; and (5) that the patient often hopes theanalyst will put his or her desire aside and listen so the patient can further his or herown interests. Lacan’s concept of the “dual relation” is central to this discussion. Theneo-Kleinian position on narcissistic resistances is explored, as is the idea of the“analytic third” as a potential solution to the problem they pose. An extended casedescription illustrates the main points.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Symbols as Catalysts for Transformation in Analysis
2026-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
co-sponsored by: The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

Symbols as Catalysts for Transformation in Analysis

Presenter: Patricia Llosa, MFA, LPTuesday, April 21, 2026, 2026, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central timeBy Zoom Only

PATRICIA LLOSA,M.F.A., L.P. (USA/PERU) is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. She trained with the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association (JPA) and is a member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology. She earned her undergraduate degree in archaeology and art history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and did graduate work at The School of Visual Arts. For more than 20 years, she worked as an administrator and educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A graduate of Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms® Somatics Leadership Training Program, a Woodman Foundation Faculty and Board Member, she has taught workshops in Ecuador, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.Presently, she serves on the boards of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Gradiva Awards and The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism and is on the faculty of the Assisi Institute, BodyDreaming Somatic JungianTraining and the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association.

Description:

This presentation offers an approach to the clinical utility of symbols within the analytic encounter. Moving beyond a “sign-based” interpretation, we will examine the Jungian conceptualization of the symbol as the best possible expression for a yet-unknown psychic reality. We will explore two primary methodological pillars: amplification, the process of expanding a symbol’s meaning through mythic and cultural parallels, and circumambulation, the iterative process of orbiting a central psychic image to allow its inherent meaning to unfold. The presentation will introduce and demonstrate the usefulness of the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) in clinical practice.

Approximate breakdown of time:

First Hour: presentationSecond Hour: discussion with audience

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

Apply the techniques of amplification and circumambulation to clinical material to deepen the patient’s relationship with unconscious imagery.

Describe how Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) can be used as a resource in the amplification of symbols.

Analyze how symbolic material serves as a bridge between somatic experience and psychological insight.

Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.

The presenter and organizer have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

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Institute Symposium - Children & Autistic Spectrum Disorders
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Institute Sypmposium

Wednesday April 22nd 1pm to 2pm CT 2026Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. Children & Autistic Spectrum DisordersSusan Sherkow, MD, founded the Sherkow Center for Child Development and AutismSpectrum Disorder in 2009 as a not-for-profit to promote the optimal development ofchildren, adolescents, and their families through treatment, education and research. Dr.Sherkow integrates her practice of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychoanalysiswith a neurodevelopmental perspective to offer innovative effective interventions forchildren with autism spectrum and other developmental differences. She leads amultidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care.Susan P. Sherkow, MD, is a training and supervising analyst at the BerkshirePsychoanalytic Institute and Society and an instructor and supervising analyst at theNew York Psychoanalytic Institute and Society. She is also an assistant clinicalprofessor at the Mt. Sinai and Albert Einstein Colleges of Medicine.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Institute Symposium - Herbert Cibul MD & Barrie Richmond MD Memorial Lecture
2026-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Institute Sypmposium

Wednesday April 29th, 2026 1pm to 230pm CT

Herbert Cibul MD and Barrie Richmond MD Memorial Lecture Working with Children and Parents.

In this special additional symposium, Molly Witten, PhD and Marshall Kordon, PsyD will be discussing remembering our former colleagues by presenting and discussing two of their important papers.

Barrie Richmond MDCountertransference problems in dealing with severely disturbed parents: Their potential value for understanding the patient.

Richmond, M. B. (1992). Countertransference problems in dealing with severely disturbed parents: Their potential value for understanding the patient. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 9(4), 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1300/J007v09n04_0

AbstractBased on 3 illustrative composite clinical cases, the use of the analyst’s countertransference is discussed as an organizer to formulate the diagnostic and therapeutic process in dealing with severely disturbed (psychotic) patients and their families. Three themes are stressed: the influence of dependency conflicts, competitive parental envy, and the process of identification with the aggressor. Counteridentification responses to projective identification are emphasized in stressing the significant role that the psychoanalyst’s countertransference may play in clarifying the therapeutic process with very disturbed children, adolescents, and their parents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Herbert Cibul MD

Cibul, H. H. (1997). The organization of affect and the analytic experience. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 14(3), 383–407. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0079732

AbstractDescribes parental affect dyskinesia, which may lead to a pathological affect exchange pattern between mother and child, ultimately disrupting the child’s experience of self, including feelings, thoughts, wishes, perceptions, and tension states. Reparation occurs in the analytic treatment experience where the disrupted affect experience of the child is reimplanted within the more functional sort of the analytic relationship with the analyst. The author presents the case of a 14-yr-old male to demonstrate the uniqueness and effectiveness of analytic treatment for a dysfunctional mother–child dyad.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.5 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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FANON
2026-04-30 19:00 | Annie May Swift Hall – Auditorium, 1920 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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FANON

Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 7PM Central timeAnnie May Swift Hall – Auditorium, Northwestern University

Born in Martinique, Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary. Director Jean-Claude Barny’s new biopic Fanon (2024, 133 min., French and Arabic with subtitles) takes us to 1950s Algeria under French colonial rule, where Fanon spent formative years as chief medical officer of the Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital. Confronting entrenched racism and resistance to his innovative methods, Fanon pushes to offer more humane treatment to his Algerian patients and begins to forge the political thinking that would shape his landmark writings on how colonialism flourishes by dehumanizing the oppressed. Filled with mounting tension and moral dilemmas, the film follows Fanon as he begins to align himself with the Algerian independence movement and the National Liberation Front (FLN).

The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab is proud to collaborate with the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute to host this special screening of Fanon, which is currently not in distribution in the U.S.

Followed by a conversation with psychoanalyst and Dean of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, Ramya B. Iyer, LCSW and Northwestern University’s Michael Anthony Turcios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Screen Cultures in the Department of Radio/Television/Film.

Free and open to the public. More information here.

Events

Multiple Code Theory: Bridging Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Research, and Neuroscience
2026-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, United States
co-sponsored by: The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

Multiple Code Theory: Bridging Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Research, and Neuroscience

Presenter: Charles M. Jaffee, MDTuesday, May 12, 2026, 2026, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central timeIn person at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute,8 S. Michigan Ave./7th Flooror by Zoom

Speaker:

Charles M. Jaffe MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute. His areas of interest include couple therapy and adolescence in addition to psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Jaffe ’s writings focus on psychoanalytic theory, adolescent development, the theory of therapeutic action and the integration of clinical work and research. He has lectured across the United States and in China. Most recently, he co-led a conference at the Institute on “School is Out: Moving Beyond the Psychoanalytic Baby,” focusing on an integrated approach to neuroscience, an epigenetic hierarchical frame for clinical process, and a rational approach to a spectrum of treatment interventions. Dr. Jaffe is a retired Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center. He received the 1984 James Saft Award for Outstanding Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michael Reese Medical Center and has been a four-time recipient of the Residents ’ Award for Outstanding Psychotherapy Teacher in the Psychiatric Residency at Rush University Medical Center. He received his medical education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency in Psychiatry and Clinical Research Fellowship in Adolescence at the Michael Reese Hospital.

Description:

A valuable way to start therapy is to consider: “What is the patient suffering from?” This talk describes a new method for answering that question: Multiple Code Theory. It is an approach that makes use of recent development in understanding basic emotion systems, drives, and instincts. In looking at the use of Multiple Code Theory, the presentation will focus on the video of a psychotherapy case.

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants should be able to:

To describe Multiple Code Theory and its derived measures of Arousal, Symbolization, and Reflection/Reorganization.

To apply the Multiple Code Theory to observe the activation and changes in emotion in the presented case video.

Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.

The presenter and organizer have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

ACCME Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

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Institute Symposium - Goodness of Fit: A Relational Approach to Field Instruction
2026-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
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Wednesday May 27th, 2026 1pm to 2pm CT

Goodness of Fit: A Relational Approach to Field Instruction

Ornstein, Eric D.; Moses, Helene

Journal of Teaching in Social Work, v30 n1 p101-114 2010

This article uses the metaphor of “goodness of fit” to highlight the core features of a relational approach to field instruction (supervision). The distinctive attributes of thisapproach are contrasted with a traditional model of field instruction. The “teach or treat” dilemma is discussed to demonstrate the necessity for field instructors to maintain the delicate balance between a therapeutic and an educational stance in their work with students. The most compelling contribution of a relational approach to field instruction is when the fit between a field instructor and a student is problematic. At these difficult moments, a relational approach offers alternatives that might not be possible in other approaches to supervision. Vignettes are offered throughout the article to illustrate these points.

Eric Ornstein is an experienced therapist and researcher with over 15 published articles in the areas of community group treatment, supervision, relational theory and practice, parallel processes, regression and self disclosure and field work. Experienced Clinician and Social Work Educator. Eric is also a Leader of Social Work / Psychotherapy Consultation Group, Individual and Group Supervision, and Teacher.

Educational Objectives:

The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).

Eligible professionals will receive 1.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.

Continuing Education credits (CMEs) are not available for physicians for this program.

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Barr-Harris 50th Anniversary
2026-05-28 00:00 - 2026-05-29 23:59 | Illinois
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Today’s children face losses that previous generations couldn’t imagine:

Immigration enforcement is tearing families apart

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Escalating youth suicide that coincides with bullying

Isolation that comes along with social media and smartphones

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Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute’s landmark 1988 research study, Childhood Bereavement and Its Aftermath, proved what our Barr-harris clinicians observe daily: early intervention prevents a cascade of problems later in life.

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You’re not just celebrating 50 years. You’re building the next 50 with more trained therapists, more Barr-Harris programs in schools and communities, and new crisis-response capabilities. Thank you!

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Since 1932, the mission of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute is to transform the lives of individuals, families and communities using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
