APsaA has reconfigured the Annual Meeting in June in accord with your recommendations. After much debate about the future of the spring meeting, the Association is experimenting with ways to meet the needs of clinicians in today's world.
The June 2014 meeting will be held at the Palmer House in Chicago, a city conveniently accessible to colleagues on both coasts. The Palmer House, a classic and comfortable venue, is close to the Chicago Art Institute and the Loop.
The meeting takes place over three days, largely over a weekend, June 6–8, making it possible for colleagues to attend to their practices and still participate in popular events like the Plenary Sessions, Two-Day Clinical Workshops, Symposia, Special Programs for Trainees, and a large portfolio of Discussion Groups with member generated content that many attendees feel are the life blood of our conferences. As always, the spring meeting also hosts the Ticho lecture, which features Christine Kieffer this year, followed by a reception for all conference attendees.
APsaA is looking outward. This spring's University Forum is focused on psychoanalytic engagement with the challenge of severe weather and climate changes.
In addition, the June 2014 meeting inaugurates several new programs. “Psychoanalysis Here and Now,” moderated by Hans Agrawal, showcases a set of short TED-style talks by APsaA members and invited guests, followed by an evening social event. Nancy Kulish will chair our first Clinical Plenary, where Al Margulies will offer in-depth clinical reflections on a patient treated over many years, across shifts in psychoanalytic thinking and as the analyst consolidated his own expertise. Clinical Field Studies uses a two-day format to engage analysts in the work of intervening in communities.
The Program Committee is also pleased to sponsor three workshops aimed at helping analysts build and expand their base of professional operations. Prudy Gourguechon and Jeff Lieb will conduct a workshop on helping
Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., M.P.A., is the chair of the APsaA Program Committee, chief psychologist at the Cambridge Health Alliance, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
analysts to develop a footprint as a public intellectual. This hands-on workshop will focus on the mechanics of writing letters to the editor and blog entries using psychoanalytic experience as a framework for commentary. Joining us from Peru, by way of Cambridge, Mass., Stefan Reich will engage colleagues in an interactive workshop of adaptive leadership, illuminating how to meld analytic concepts with ideas from leadership consulting to create opportunities for consulting and teaching. A third workshop, offered by Will Braun and Geralyn Lederman is oriented to strengthening the capacity of analysts to use microsites (like APsaA's “Find an Analyst” and Psychology Today's “Find a Therapist”) and social media to expand their practices. Each workshop will be offered twice, over the course of the June meeting, to maximize opportunities for participation.
Come to Chicago! Engage with colleagues, update your referral network, develop new skills to use your psychoanalytic knowledge, and extend your base of operations. Be part of shaping the future of psychoanalysis.