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Lecture Virtual
November 4, 2026 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Jane Reid, PhD, MSW-LCSW
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

This overview of self psychology will answer the titular questions, offering an introduction to the theory and clinical practice.  We will begin with a brief synopsis of the historical origins of the theory, initially developed by Heinz Kohut at the Chicago Institute…

Lecture Virtual
January 6, 2027 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Irwin Hirsch, PhD
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

The value of insight as a mutative factor in psychoanalysis has long been a central question in psychoanalysis. Most analysts of this generation believe that although insight has clear value, it isn’t normally sufficient to produce structural change in most patients. Alternatively, the tide…

Study Group Virtual
8 Tuesdays
January 12 – March 9, 2027 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Facilitated by: JoAnn Ponder, PhD & Martha Vogel, PhDPhD
Credits: 1 CE Credit per session

The Oedipus complex is widely considered the centerpiece of classical psychoanalytic theory. It was hypothesized as a universal constellation arising between age 3 and 6 years, at the height of the genital phase of psychosexual development. Its resolution involved the child’s move…

Lecture Virtual
January 22, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Beatrice Patsalides-Hofmann, PhD
Interviewed by: John Tanner, PhD
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

A conversation between two psychoanalysts, Beatrice Patsalides Hofmann and Garrett Tanner, members of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis, will focus on clinical and theoretical questions arising from the practice of psychoanalysis in the context of war. Topics of discussion will include the…

Lecture Virtual
February 3, 2027 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Robert Feinstein, MD
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

In this workshop, Dr. Feinstein will begin with a group discussion on uses, benefits, and limitations of doing supervision using five forms of supervision: case-based supervision, video/audio recordings of patient sessions, process notes supervision,  transcription supervision, and live supervision. A mini-lecture will then…

Cultural Competency Conference Hybrid
February 27, 2027 9:00 am – 12:15 pm CDT Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church (in person) and Live via Zoom
Presented by: Michael O’Loughlin, PhD
Credits: 3 CE Credits

Dr. Michael O'Loughlin has devoted considerable time in his writing to autobiographical exploration of his own subject formation and the complexity of his status as an exile from Ireland. He will begin by sharing excerpts from his writings—and particularly from an interview…

Lecture Virtual
March 3, 2027 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Robert Grossmark, PhD, ABPP
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

Psychoanalysis and group treatment afford the opportunity to evoke early, unsymbolized, and non-represented trauma, neglect, and yet-to-be-suffered breakdown. When the analyst and group leader can unobtrusively make the space for the emergence of these phenomena, the unspoken and unmetabolized can take shape…

Lecture Virtual
April 7, 2027 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Roy Barsness, PhD
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

This workshop offers participants the opportunity to reflect upon each of these disciplines/competencies with a primary focus on radical openness and courageous speech/disciplined spontaneity. The workshop will deepen participants understanding of relationally-oriented theory and clinical technique and will be useful in assessing…

Ethics Conference Virtual
April 10, 2027 9:00 am – 12:15 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Spyros Orfanos, PhD, ABPP
Credits: 3 CE Credits

"Psyche" is the Greek word for soul, mind, or inner life. "Polis" refers to the city-state or political community—the shared public world. Joined together, psyche and polis evoke the inseparable relationship between the individual’s inner world and the social, cultural, and political…

Lecture Virtual
May 5, 2027 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Live via Zoom
Presented by: Shirley Liao, PhD, FIPA
Credits: 1.5 CE Credits

In this lecture, Shirley Liao, PhD, FIPA will share a paper presented as part of a panel presentation at IPA Asia Pacific 2026 conference. In an era marked by political unrest, environmental collapse, and digital oversaturation, this presentation will offer a closer…

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Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  Austin Psychoanalytic is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Workers Examiners (Provider # 5501) to provide continuing education for social workers and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1138).

We also meet the requirements to provide continuing education for the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.5 continuing education credits. Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.

If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to info@austinpsychoanalytic.org. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility), as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks, if any, associated with the program’s content.