35th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference 

TRUTH

November 6 - 8, 2025

Yours Truly DC
IHG Vignette Collection Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington D.C. 20037

Awardees:

Dorothy E. Holmes, Ph.D.
Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award

Anne Adelman, Ph.D. & Kerry L. Malawista, Ph.D.
Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educators

Ana Lucia Araujo, Ph.D.
Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educator

 Daniel Gaztambide, Psy.D.
Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educator

Hello IFPE community and welcome to the Nation’s Capital!  As one of us is a DC native, it is our most special pleasure to welcome IFPE to DC for the very first time, and to welcome our new DC friends to IFPE at this, our 35th annual interdisciplinary conference. 

 This year’s theme is “Truth”, a cherished commodity that often escapes consensus.  Moreover, truth is especially challenged in this present moment of social, political, interpersonal, and personal upheaval.  The call was issued to you, IFPE community, to come to DC and lend your wisdom to our contemplations on the challenges of truth and boy did you respond!  Is there such a thing as objective truth, or is it something always negotiated amongst a multitude of perceptions?  How ought clinicians conceive of truth in the psychotherapy consulting room when faced with memories of varying clarity, projections, repressions, and interpretations.    And what do we do with broad social and political re-conceptions of historical truth that may contradict previously held bedrock beliefs.  IFPE, you have lots to say on these matters and we have little doubt that, in addition to feasting on some fine DC cuisine (we recommend some Maryland crab), we will all leave DC sated with the insights of brilliant colleagues, sharpened by the dialogue that so distinguishes IFPE in the conference space.

And finally, inspiration from the guiding spirit whose image appears on this year’s conference materials, Isabella Boomfree, a woman so transformed by a search for truth she re-named herself Sojourner Truth.

Life is a hard battle anyway.  If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier.  I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.

 Bryan K. Nichols and Douglas F. Maxwell
Conference Co-chairs               

Please click here to access the Conference Brochure
and registration form

(Daily schedule and program summaries will be posted soon.)

HOTEL:

Yours Truly DC, an IHG Vignette Collection Hotel
About the hotel: https://www.ihg.com/vignettecollection/hotels/us/en/washington/wasvc/hoteldetail

Our room block rate is $229 single/double per night (plus state and local taxes).  When you book online, the $30 Destination Fee will show up on your reservation, however it will not be charged when you check out. (Waiving the Destination Fee is one of the concessions of our contract.)

Overnight parking for hotel guests is $45, plus tax. The Day rate parking is $25, plus tax.

Please click on the link below to reserve your hotel room:
IFPE Conference - Booking Link

Please note that it is the standard procedure of this hotel to charge an “Early Departure Charge” equal to one night’s room rate, in the event that a hotel guest decides to leave earlier than their original check-out date

Conference Registration:

The IFPE conference is structured as a three-day event. The dialogue that develops among all participants, building as the conference unfolds, is as valuable as the presentations themselves. Our rich program begins Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. and concludes Saturday evening with the Awards Banquet Dinner ($89.) We encourage you to plan your travel to allow your full participation.

Please click here to download the registration form to mail with your check.

Registration for IFPE’s Conference, TRUTH, includes the Thursday Evening “No Host Cocktail Reception.”
We hope you will join us at the Awards Dinner on Saturday Evening. Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to
pay for the dinner and choose your entree.

For Non-profit, or government employees, please email proof/verification in the form of a copy of your i.d. Psychoanalytic Candidates must supply verification letter from an institute or training facility. Students please provide proof of student i.d.

Please email the verification/Student I.D. to IFPEcontact@gmail.com

You do not need a Paypal account. Please click on pay by “Debit or Credit” underneath the Paypal login. Thank you!

All attendees will receive a PDF of the Conference Booklet.
Print copies are free for Members. Non-Members may order by October 1st for $15 .

Thursday, November 6th: Ticket to Bring a GUEST to the “No-Host” Evening Cocktail Reception: $25 Per Person
(Your admission is complimentary if you are wearing your IFPE conference name badge.)

Saturday, November 8th, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Awards Banquet Dinner: $89 Per Person
Dinner pricing includes entrée, grilled romaine Caesar salad, rolls,
roasted potatoes, green beans, and Red Velvet cake, soft drinks,
tax and gratuity. A "No Host" bar will be available.

Please click here to access the Conference Brochure

and Registration Form.

FAQ’s

• What does it cost to attend the conference? Our “Early Bird” registration fee is $385 USD for Members, and $460 for Non-Members.

  Non-profit, Government employee, Psychoanalytic Candidate or Early Career (up to 5 years post grad): $185 USD

  Full-time Student (Graduate or Undergraduate only): $105 USD (Does not apply to psychoanalytic candidates)

• What is your refund policy? Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable for those scheduled to present at the conference.

  For attendees: your request for refund must be made in writing and received before October 1, 2025. A 25% administrative fee will be charged.
  No refunds after October 1, 2025. Please contact us @ IFPEcontact@gmail.com

• What is the nightly rate at Yours Truly DC hotel? Our room block is $229 per night, plus taxes. The $30 Destination Fee is waived. Please reserve your room prior to the October 7th room block cut-off date.

• What is the price for parking at the hotel? Day rate is $25. Overnight parking is $45.

Questions? Please contact us: IFPEcontact@gmail.com