Scientific Program 2025 – 2026
The Toronto Psychoanalytic Society Scientific Program includes many monthly meetings, often open to all, throughout the academic year and open scientific sessions from the ATPPP program, plus an Annual Day in Psychoanalysis.
2025
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Putting the Psychoanalytic Frame to Work: Why It Matters
Saturday, September 20, 2025: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (no break)
Presenter: Allannah Furlong, PhD
Moderator: Klaus Wiedermann, PhD, CPsych
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Trans identities: Epistemological Problems, Binary Logic, and the Analyst’s Dysphoria
Saturday, October 4, 2025: 9:30 am – 11:30 am (no break)
Presenter: Nicolas Evzonas, PhD
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
59th ATPPP Scientific Session: A Shimmering Landscape: the imaginative and actual in psychic life
Saturday, October 25th, 2025: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Presenter: Dodi Goldman, PhD
Discussants: 4 “first responders” who will receive the images in advance along with audience participation
Fee: $100
Abstract: See session page.
Open to all by registration.
* CME credits available. See below.
** HYBRID EVENT: Offered via Zoom or in person. In person registration is limited to 50 participants.
SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP – TPS/IPA/3LM Clinical Observation Group
Friday, November 7, 2025: 7:00pm – 10:00 pm and Sunday, November 9, 2025: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Presenter: Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly, PhD, FIPA, CRPO
Discussant: Kristine Klement, PhD ,RP, FIPA, CRPO
Discussant: Lindsay Barton, MA, RP, CAPCT
Fee: $180
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Workshop: Open to CPS/IPA Members and CIP/IPA Candidates
* CME credits available. See below.
** HYBRID WORKSHOP: Registration is limited to 20 participants.
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Reviewing Grandparents: Ageing and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Later Life
Wednesday, November 19, 2025: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (no break)
Presenter: Ronald Ruskin, MD, FRCP(C), Dip Psych
Moderator: Jasmina Pilasanovic, MSW RSW
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** HYBRID MEETING: Offered via Zoom or in person. In person registration is limited to 50 participants.
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – The End Phase of a Psychoanalytic Supervision
Wednesday, December 10, 2025: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (no break)
Presenter: Josh Levy, PhD, CPsych
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to IPA Members; TPS Affiliates/Guests; TIP Candidates; and ATPPP Trainees. (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
2026
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Film Outsider Freud? Screening of Yair Qedar’s new film on Freud
Saturday, January 17, 2026: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (no break)
Presenter: Yair Qedar
Moderator: Oren Gozlan, PsyD, CPsych, ABPP, FIPA
Abstract: See workshop page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – On the Failure to Use Countertransference Productively
Wednesday, February 18, 2026: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (no break)
Presenter: Irwin Hirsch, PhD, ABPP
Moderator: Shawn Thomson, RP, FIPA
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
60th ATPPP Scientific Session: Sexual Victimization of Boys and Men: Meanings and Consequences
Saturday, March 7, 2026: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Presenter: Richard Gartner, PhD
Discussant: Gurmeet S. Kanwal, MD
Fee: $100
Abstract: See session page.
Open to all by registration.
* CME credits available. See below.
** HYBRID EVENT: Offered via Zoom or in person. In person registration is limited to 50 participants.
SAVE THE DATE – 31st Annual Day in Psychoanalysis
Saturday, April 25, 2026: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
Details TBA
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – Going Beneath the Surface: What People Want from Therapy
Wednesday, May 20, 2026: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (no break)
Presenter: Linda L. Michaels, PsyD, MBA
Moderator: Batool Batalvi, MSc., MEd., RP, FIPA
Abstract: See meeting page.
TPS Scientific Meeting: Open to All (*Fee may apply.)
* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY: Offered via Zoom.
The Overall Learning Objectives of the Scientific Program
At the end of these presentations participants will be able:
- To have an educational experience, that is psychoanalytically oriented and is useful to psychodynamic practice, predominantly through the discussion of clinical experience.
- To have discussion on theoretical aspects of their work as well as of applied psychoanalytic concepts and that they will be able to apply these to their work.
- To participate in discussions that can occur in an optimal collegial environment that typically involve up to 50% of the meetings.
Meetings are two hours in duration unless otherwise specified.
The Scientific Meetings and Workshops are eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour)
RSVP/preregistration is required. Deadlines are specified for each meeting/event.
Refunds must be requested in writing two weeks prior to the beginning of the presentations, after which fees cannot be returned. A handling fee of $30 will be retained.
2025-2026 Scientific Program Committee
Scientific Program Committee Chair
Klaus Wiedermann, PhD, CPsych
Scientific Committee Members
Batool Batalvi, MSc., MEd., RP, FIPA; Oren Gozlan, PsyD, CPsych, ABPP; Jack Kohl, MD; Judith Levene, PhD; Nahaleh Moshtag, PhD, RP; Shawn Thomson, RP, FIPA; and TIP Candidate Jasmina Pilasanovic, MSW, RSW
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