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Special Extension Course Series: International Voices

Special Extension Course Series: International Voices

TPS Extension Program

The Toronto Psychoanalytic Society is pleased to announce a new Special Extension Course Series: International Voices

Live Online Seminars by Leading Psychoanalytic Thinkers from around the World

What drives us, haunts us, escapes us? In these provocative, interactive seminars, cutting-edge international thinkers engage directly with participants in conversations that unsettle, challenge, and illuminate the darker corners of the psyche—and psychoanalysis itself.

This Year’s Confirmed Line-Up:

Christian Wouter Kusters on Madness (The Netherlands) Saturdays in October 2026
Sergio Benvenuto on Psychopathology (Italy) Saturdays in February 2027
Sally Weintrobe on Climate Anxiety (UK) (Spring, 2027)

2026

International Voices Course One: Exploring the Depths of Madness: A Journey with Christian Wouter Kusters, PhD

Saturday, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 2026

Course Coordinator: Alireza Taheri, PhD, RP
Course Leader: Christian Wouter Kusters, PhD
Fee: $300

Registration Deadline: October 17, 2026

* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.

2027

International Voices Course Two – Sergio Benvenuto: For Psychoanalysis, Does Psychopathology Exist?

Saturday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am: February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2027

Course Coordinator: Alireza Taheri, PhD, RP
Course Leader: Sergio Benvenuto
Fee: $300

Registration Deadline: January 30, 2027

* CME credits available. See below.
** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.

International Voices Course Three – Sally Weintrobe, BScHons, Chartered Clin. Psychol., FIPA: With Climate in Mind

Dates: TBA

Course Coordinator: Karen Dougherty MA, RP (CRPO), FIPA
Course Leader: Sally Weintrobe, BScHons, Chartered Clin. Psychol., FIPA
Fee: TBA

** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – This course will be conducted online.

The Overall Learning Objectives of the Extension Program

At the end of each course:

  1. Participants should have a clearer psychoanalytic perspective in their work with clients.
  2. Participants will have been guided to read current sources of psychoanalytic literature to understand the material in the course.
  3. Participants will be made more aware of different theoretical schools of psychoanalytic thinking and their application, emphasizing new perspectives.

The Extension Courses are eligible for Section 1 CME credits (0.5 credits/hour).

** DISTANCE PARTICIPATION ONLY – All International Voices courses will be conducted online via Zoom.

Preregistration is required. Deadline for registration is one week prior to the start date.

Full-time students in universities and colleges, and full-time mental-health trainees are eligible for a 25% reduction in course fees. Proof of 2026/2027 status needs to be provided. Please contact the tps&i directly to register at a discount. Refunds must be requested in writing two weeks prior to the beginning of a course. A handling fee of $50 will be retained. After these two weeks, fees cannot be returned.

For more information about and for registration in the tps&i Extension Programs, Scientific Meetings, Training Programs, Study and Supervision groups and Special Presentations, please visit our website: torontopsychoanalysis.com or email info@torontopsychoanalysis.com.

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