The Canadian Psychoanalytic Society is a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association.
It consists of seven member branches and five training institutes across Canada.
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CPS Life
CPS Anti-Racism Statement
The CPS stands for the unique humanity of each person, emphatically opposed to intolerance of otherness. We deplore entrenched systemic racism as well as hate based on gender or sexuality and the accompanying overt or covert violence.
EVENT
45th Annual Congress of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
The Long Shadow of Trauma: Black Holes Filled with Ghosts from the Past
CPS – Toronto, ON / CANCELLED
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Scientific Meeting
Releasing the Gordian Knot: Working with the Encrypted Imago
TPS – Toronto, ON / September 9, 2020
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Scientific Meeting
Le féminin, l’analyste et l’enfant théoricien
SPM – Montreal, QC / September 10, 2020
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Scientific Meeting
Social Justice on the Couch: Collapse and Repair of Social Thirdness
WBCPS – Vancouver, BC / September 26, 2020
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2020 Annual Scientific Conference
Aftermath of Trauma
WBCPS – Vancouver, BC / October 30-31, 2020
Video Series
Psychotherapy Saves
The four videos on the Psychotherapy Saves YouTube channel were made to demonstrate that psychotherapy is a medically necessary treatment that saves lives.
JOURNAL
Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis Special Issue: Clifford Scott
Read tributes from the recent evening in celebration of Clifford Scott and the Spring 2019 issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis in his honour. (Member login required)
JOURNAL
Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis
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BOOK
Permanent Disquiet – Psychoanalysis and the Transitional Subject
Michel De M’Uzan
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BOOK
On Freud’s “The Question of Lay Analysis”
Edited by Paulo Cesar Sandler, Gley Pacheco Costa
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BOOK
Psychoanalytic Thinking – A Dialectical Critique of Contemporary Theory and Practice
Donald L. Carveth
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BOOK
Article
Idolization and Claustrum. An Extreme Case of Obsessional Neurosis
Author: Gilbert Levitt, Miguel Prados Prize Winner
42nd International Scientific Colloquium
Play and Playfulness – Psychoanalytic Perspectives
November 6-7, 2020
Online Conference from the United Kingdom
52nd IPA Congress / 26th IPSO Conference
The Infantile: Its Multiple Dimensions
July 21-24, 2021
Vancouver
Annual Congress
THE 45TH CPS CONGRESS FROM JUNE 25-28, 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Awards and Prizes
Honoured Friend of Psychoanalysis
This new CPS award honours non-IPA members. Please join us in congratulating the recipient for 2020, Graeme Taylor.
Please Join Us in Celebrating:
- Western Branch of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, who was awarded the 2019 CPS Citation of Merit
Read the Award Announcement - Gilbert Levitt, who was awarded the 2019 Miguel Prados Prize
- Wilfrid Reid (SPM), who was named Member Emeritus
About Dr. Reid
In Memoriam
Rosaire Bernard
October 26, 1940 – April 14, 2020
Member of the SPM, CPS and IPA until September 2011.
Dianne Casoni
We are sad to announce that Dr. Dianne Casoni passed away at the Jewish General Hospital on February 3rd. She will be remembered as a generous, loving and thoughtful person.
Pat White
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Pat White on December 26th. Pat is remembered by family and colleagues for her remarkable life and career.