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

Scientific Meetings

NPSI Scientific Meetings provide a vibrant forum for exploring contemporary psychoanalysis. In addition to NPSI’s emphasis on British object relations theory, the work of Winnicott, Bion, and post-Bionian developments, NPSI Scientific meetings include a wide variety of psychoanalytic perspectives relevant to contemporary clinical practice. 

Each month during the academic year a psychoanalyst—either from NPSI or invited from another IPA Component Society—presents an original paper. Special presentations may be added to the monthly schedule. Meetings are moderated by one of our Continuing Education Committee co-chairs: Caron Harrang, Drew Tillotson, or Nancy Winters.

Designed to foster lively exchange and deeper understanding of psychoanalytic processes, these online meetings allow ample time for thoughtful discussion of the presenter’s material. Open to NPSI members and all interested mental health professionals in the United States and abroad, NPSI Scientific Meetings provide an excellent opportunity to engage with leading-edge psychoanalytic ideas and to connect with colleagues across our local and international psychoanalytic community. 

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Upcoming Scientific Meetings

  • NPSI January Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI January Scientific Meeting


    [Title TBD]


    Presenter: Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

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  • NPSI February Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI February Scientific Meeting


    “Realizations Prevented From Emerging:

    Concretization in the Analytic Field”


    Presenter: Caron Harrang

    Moderator:  Drew Tillotson

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  • NPSI March Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI March Scientific Meeting


    “On Terminating, Ending, and Not Ending”


    Presenter: Stephen Purcell

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

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  • NPSI May Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI May Scientific Meeting


    "Secrets and Psychotherapy: 

    Stories that Inform Clinical Work"


    Presenter: Kathryn Zerbe

    Moderator:  Nancy Winters

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  • NPSI June Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI June Scientific Meeting


    "A Peculiar People: 

    Mormonism, Drag Performance and Erotic Non-Belonging"


    Presenter: Danny Gellersen

    Moderator:  Caron Harrang

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  • NPSI September Scientific Meeting

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

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    NPSI September Scientific Meeting


    [Title TBD]


    Presenter: Jeffrey Eaton

    Moderator:  Caron Harrang

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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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