2026
Friday, February 27, 2026, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time, The Contemporary Psychodynamic Institute Presents: Conceptualizing Culturally Informed Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in a Divisive World
Usha Tummala-Narra, Ph.D.
This seminar focuses on the therapist’s and patient’s dilemmas concerning sociocultural issues in the therapeutic relationship. Dr. Tummala-Narra will expand on her framework for culturally informed psychoanalytic therapy (Tummala-Narra, 2016), particularly in the context of the contemporary sociopolitical climate. This elaboration of the framework will include the interaction of personality and social context, complex subjectivity and relational stress implicated in race and culture, and the challenge of humanizing sociocultural difference. The seminar aims to deepen understandings of the splitting of good vs. bad and us vs. them in our broader social world, and related social isolation, fear, and mistrust. The format includes lecture, case material, and discussion.
Learn More and Register Today: https://www.psychodynamicinstitute.com/events
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern time, MITPP Presents: THE CASE OF A NARCISSISTIC PATIENT: MORE COMPLICATED THAN AT FIRST GLANCE
ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM
Zoom instructions and meeting link will be emailed to participants prior to the workshop.
RSVP: There is no fee but you must reserve in advance. For reservations: please email info@mitpp.org.
A rich, 3 year-long treatment of a highly intelligent, charismatic and articulate 45 year old man, who sought services for depressive symptoms, illuminates the interplay of unmet early needs and religious and family dynamics. The patient’s defenses and the transference/countertransference matrix that developed led the therapist to conclude that the patient was narcissistically organized. The therapist will describe some narcissistic personality types and indicate which fits the patient’s narcissistic organization. Clinical vignettes will be offered to illustrate the course of treatment.
PRESENTER: FABIOLA HERNANDEZ, LMSW Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Adult Program. Member: Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists; National Association of Social Workers.
Sunday, March 15th, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Via Zoom, IFPE presents:
The Trauma of Racism: How 20th and 21st century black artists handle racism in their work, Presented by
Douglas F. Maxwell, LP, NCPsyA
Free for Members / $25 for Non-Member
Systematic racism has been so prevalent and persistent in the United States for centuries. In the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement artists of color have been more willing to confront racism in their artwork. In fact, it is so much in the forefront, that they need to confront the traumas they have faced.
This presentation will look at the work of contemporary artists of color and how they confront racism. The focus will be on contemporary artists, but references will be made as well to artists from the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights movement.
Time is allotted for discussion following the presentation. Please click here to register.
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 10:00 am - 1:15 PM Pacific time, newport psychoanalytic institute presents: Boundary Dilemmas in Psychotherapy
Saturday Salon: Boundary Dilemmas in Psychotherapy
Course Description:
We will discuss the complexity of addressing boundary issues that present dilemmas. This course invites interaction regarding dilemmas that participants may have. A variety of situations will be explored: love or hate in the analytic relationship, self-disclosure, touch, handling session endings, contact between sessions, etc. For each dilemma, we will examine how the analyst’s decision regarding the boundary either opens up or forecloses on relational possibilities in the therapy. In addition, a brief historical overview of issues regarding provisions and abstinence will be discussed as well as how to evaluate their impact on the patient.
Course Objectives:
Students will be able to formulate the dilemmas regarding self-disclosure.
Students will be able to formulate considerations regarding phone contact or texting between sessions.
Students will be able to explore special provisions regarding session endings.
3 CE Credits Available
Presented by Dr. Ira Poll, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Register @ https://www.npi.edu/events/saturday-salon-boundary-dilemmas-in-psychotherapy/
IFPE’s 36th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Subversion, October 1 - 3, 2026, Chicago, IL https://www.ifpe.org/2026-conference