Supporting our members, offering outstanding psychoanalytic training to mental health professionals, and educating the general public about psychoanalysis since 1999.

Events

To allow a wider access to our events we are currently holding NPSI continuing education and special events online, via Zoom. As conditions allow, we plan to return to in-person programming as well as continuing many of our events online. 

For additional information on an event and/or to register, please click on the event in the calendar below. 

Upcoming events

    • 10/07/2025
    • 06/16/2026
    • 35 sessions
    • Labour Temple


    NPSI Consultation Group: For the Curious Analytic Mind

    ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR IS NOW CLOSED.

    Course Description

    This in-person course is designed for licensed mental health professionals interested in psychoanalytic theory and its application to clinical practice. The Consultation Group will consist of five to six members, maintaining a small size to promote an intimate learning experience. The group will focus on clinical work presented by participants and led by rotating NPSI analysts.

    Consultation Experience

     In this nine-month program of weekly case consultation, participants will have the experience of following clinical material, to deepen their understanding of how analytic concepts such as transference, countertransference, unconscious phantasy, anxieties and defenses are manifested during a session. Our analyst-facilitators will help the group members become increasingly adept at psychoanalytic listening, using reverie, thinking psychoanalytically and making psychoanalytically-informed interventions. For a more immersive experience, this course can be taken along with the Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis course. 

    Collegial Camaraderie

    The course opens the door to connecting with like-minded colleagues and analyst mentors. By joining the NPSI community, participants are welcomed into myriad opportunities for ongoing personal and professional growth.

    General Information

    Course: Weekly in person classes beginning Tuesday, October 7, 2025, through June 16, 2026 (9 months).  *Specific dates listed to the left.

    Time: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time.

    Location: NPSI offices - 2800 1st Ave, Seattle WA 98121

    Group Facilitators: NPSI Psychoanalysts


    • 10/09/2025
    • 06/25/2026
    • 34 sessions

    FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS II

    (application window is currently closed)

    One way that Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute manifests the mission to “offer outstanding psychoanalytic training to mental health professionals” is by offering a Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis certificate course designed for clinicians who seek to deepen their understanding of the psychoanalytic knowledge base, enhance their knowledge and skills for clinical practice, and cultivate a network of like-minded colleagues. The program marries theory and practice in two (academic) year-long small group seminars, which accrue to a satisfying whole. Each year can be taken separately or sequentially. 

    Upon completion of the course, students will receive a certificate of attendance and 1.5 continuing education credits for each session attended. Perfect attendance for the 2025-26 academic year will result in 51 Continuing Education Hours (NASW).

    Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis is:

    Theoretical

    In a nine-month program of weekly classes, we study major works by the foundational thinkers in the British object relations line. Year One is primarily Freud, while Year Two continues Freud’s ideas through the works of Klein, Winnicott, and Bion, considering links and divergences in this line of thought evolution. By completing the course, learners will have a sense of how psychoanalytic thinking has evolved, from Freud to the current day.

    Clinical

    Each monthly unit will be augmented by a clinical case presentation, demonstrating the application of theory in working with patients. In Fundamentals courses, learners will become increasingly adept at discovering unconscious processes in clinical work and developing strategies for intervention.

    Fun

    Following an innovative design, each monthly unit will be taught by a different instructor, each of whom is an experienced psychoanalytically oriented clinician. The group will stay together, and the faculty will rotate, which promotes the formation of a strong learning group.

    GENERAL INFORMATION:

    Course Length: Weekly classes beginning Thursday, October 9, 2025, through June 25, 2026 (9 months)

    Time: Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm


    • 10/14/2025
    • 06/09/2026
    • 9 sessions
    • Labour Temple


    *Please register by October 3, 2025*

    NPSI would like to announce the inauguration of two Study Groups: a Recent Grad Study Group, for those a couple to a few years post grad, and for those further along or interested in soon applying for TA status, a TA Study Group, each group emphasizing a space for learning from one’s experience with the other participants, including the facilitators and from oneself. The format will be presentation of clinical cases by participants, in rotation. 

    This ‘learning from experience’ is one overarching goal.  As well, for those ultimately interested in applying to become an NPSI TA, this TA Study Group may be considered as partial preparation for taking the clinical evaluation portion of that application.

     

    The Study Groups will be open-ended in terms of participation, but for continuity, participants are asked to give at least a 6-month commitment.

     

    Minimum number per study group: 3

    Maximum number per study group:  6


    Facilitators

    For Recent Grad Study Group: 

    Marianne Robinson, PhD, MSW, BCPsa


    For TA Study Group: 

    Maxine Anderson, MD, FIPA

    & Dana Blue, LICSW, BCPsa, FIPA


    Meeting Dates/Times

    Both Study Groups will meet monthly on the

    second Tuesday of the month

    beginning October 14, 2025

    6:30PM - 8:00PM


    Location

    For Recent Grad Study Group:  via Zoom

    For TA Study Group:  in person, Labour Temple, Seattle, WA


    Cost

    Recent Grad Study Group:  $35 per session

    TA Study Group:  $50 per session

    (to be billed after each monthly session)

    • 10/14/2025
    • 06/09/2026
    • 9 sessions
    • via Zoom


    *Please register by October 3, 2025*

    NPSI would like to announce the inauguration of two Study Groups: a Recent Grad Study Group, for those a couple to a few years post grad, and for those further along or interested in soon applying for TA status, a TA Study Group, each group emphasizing a space for learning from one’s experience with the other participants, including the facilitators and from oneself. The format will be presentation of clinical cases by participants, in rotation. 

    This ‘learning from experience’ is one overarching goal.  As well, for those ultimately interested in applying to become an NPSI TA, this TA Study Group may be considered as partial preparation for taking the clinical evaluation portion of that application.

     

    The Study Groups will be open-ended in terms of participation, but for continuity, participants are asked to give at least a 6-month commitment.

     

    Minimum number per study group: 3

    Maximum number per study group:  6


    Facilitators

    For Recent Grad Study Group: 

    Marianne Robinson, PhD, MSW, BCPsa


    For TA Study Group: 

    Maxine Anderson, MD, FIPA

    & Dana Blue, LICSW, BCPsa, FIPA


    Meeting Dates/Times

    Both Study Groups will meet monthly on the

    second Tuesday of the month

    beginning October 14, 2025

    6:30PM - 8:00PM


    Location

    For Recent Grad Study Group:  via Zoom

    For TA Study Group:  in person, Labour Temple, Seattle, WA


    Cost

    Recent Grad Study Group:  $35 per session

    TA Study Group:  $50 per session

    (to be billed after each monthly session)

    • 12/05/2025
    • 03/06/2026
    • 12 sessions
    • Labour Temple

    Winter Quarter begins December 5, 2025!

    ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025-26


    FALL QUARTER 2025:

    September 5, 12 19, 26, October 3, 10, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21 (Thanksgiving November 28)

    *9/6 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts
    *10/17 pre-EBOR class taught by plenary - all candidates
     
    WINTER QUARTER 25/26:

    December 5, 12, 19, January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6 (Winter break: December 26 and January 2)

    *12/6 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts
     
    SPRING QUARTER 2026:  

    March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 29, June 5, 12 (Spring break March 13, Memorial Day weekend break May 22)

    *3/21 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts


    • 12/06/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Labour Temple


    • 01/24/2026
    • 9:00 AM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI January Scientific Meeting


    [Title TBD]


    Presenter: Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

    • 02/18/2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI February Scientific Meeting


    “Realizations Prevented From Emerging:

    Concretization in the Analytic Field”


    Presenter: Caron Harrang

    Moderator:  Drew Tillotson

    • 03/18/2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI March Scientific Meeting


    “On Terminating, Ending, and Not Ending


    Presenter: Stephen Purcell

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

    • 03/20/2026
    • 06/12/2026
    • 12 sessions
    • Labour Temple

    Spring Quarter begins March 20, 2025!

    ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025-26


    FALL QUARTER 2025:

    September 5, 12 19, 26, October 3, 10, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21 (Thanksgiving November 28)

    *9/6 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts
    *10/17 pre-EBOR class taught by plenary - all candidates
     
    WINTER QUARTER 25/26:

    December 5, 12, 19, January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6 (Winter break: December 26 and January 2)

    *12/6 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts
     
    SPRING QUARTER 2026:  

    March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 29, June 5, 12 (Spring break March 13, Memorial Day weekend break May 22)

    *3/21 Saturday Seminar - 2nd and 4th year cohorts


    • 03/21/2026
    • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Labour Temple


    • 05/02/2026
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    SAVE THE DATE

    "Premonition, Hope, and Dread in the Analytic Hour"

    Presenter:  Judy K. Eekohoff

    Moderator:  Caron Harrang

    • 05/20/2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI May Scientific Meeting


    "Secrets and Psychotherapy: 

    Stories that Inform Clinical Work"


    Presenter: Kathryn Zerbe

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

    • 06/17/2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI June Scientific Meeting


    "A Peculiar People: 

    Mormonism, Drag Performance and Erotic Non-Belonging"


    Presenter: Danny Gellersen

    Moderator:  Caron Harrang

    • 09/04/2026
    • Application Fee
    Register


    • 09/16/2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • via Zoom

    SAVE THE DATE

    NPSI September Scientific Meeting


    [Title TBD]


    Presenter: Jeffrey Eaton

    Moderator:  Caron Harrang

    • 10/24/2026
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • TBD

    SAVE THE DATE

    "Ethical Uses of Countertransference Love:

    The Analyst's Embodied Presence"

    Presenter:  Andrea Celenza

    Moderator:  Drew Tillotson


Our Mission

Our mission is to

  1. Deliver premier psychoanalytic education and training for individuals aspiring to become psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically informed psychotherapists, with a dedicated focus on British Object Relations theory, the work of Wilfred Bion, and contemporary Post-Bionian clinical practice;
  2. Foster the ongoing professional growth and development of our analyst members, candidates, and community members through rigorous scholarship, mentorship, and collegial exchange;
  3. Advance regional, national, and international understanding of mental life by contributing original thought and research to the evolving field of psychoanalysis; and
  4. Promote emotional health, creativity, and well-being for those we serve through the ethical and compassionate practice of psychoanalysis.


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