2026-2027 Program Preview

September 22, 2026 (Tues 7pm zoom)

“Outside the Box” (presentation on analysis outside the consulting room):

“Fashion and Psychoanalysis”

Valerie Steele

Tuesday 7pm central

October 13, 2026 (Tues 7pm, in person)

“Why Trump? A Kohution Perspective “

Chuck Strozier

Nov 7, 2026 (Saturday, am, TBD)

“Outside the Box” (presentation on analysis outside the consulting room) conference:

“Psychoanalysis Beyond the Consulting Room: Climate, Animals and the Future of Humanity"

Climate/Ecopsychoanalysis Panel Linda Emanuel, Dennis Merritt, Gay Bradshaw, etc.

December 8, 2026 (In person)

“The Chicago Psychoanalytic Society and the Chicago Psychoanaytic Institute: A Historical and Archival Perspective"

CPI cosponsor, John Leonard on Archives and Jim Anderson  on history of psychoanalysis

January 12, 2027 (Tues, 7pm, zoom)

“Buddhism and psychoanalysis”

Jeff Rubin

Jan 26, (Tues, 7pm central, zoom)

“Addiction and psychoanalysis”

D Bradley Jones 

February 27, 2027 (Saturday, zoom, 10am central)

Sexuality and Queerness and Neurodivergence

Diana Moga 

March 9, 2027 (Tues, 7pm zoom)

“TBD”

Sue Grand 

March 30, 2027 (Tuesday 7pm zoom)

Children and Autism 

Joshua Durban

April 10, 2027 (Saturday, in person)

“Critical Thinking on Remote Analysis” 

Roland Havas and Panel Dennis Shelby, Suzanne Rosenfeld, Margaret Fulton Suzanne

May 6, 2027 (Thursday, 7pm, in person)

“Airless Worlds and the Restoration of Psychic Breathing: Working Psychoanalytically with Early Relational Trauma”

Steve Stern on his new book

June, 2027, TBD