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It consists of seven member branches and five training institutes across Canada.
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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
Scientific Meeting
Ruthlessness and the Transitioning of the Analyst’s Mind
TPS – Toronto, ON / March 10, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Regard autopoïétique sur le cadre et le processus analytique
SPM – Montreal, QC / March 11, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Movie Night – LOOK WHO’S BACK from David Wnendt (2015)
QEB – Montreal, QC / March 18, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
The Unrepresented in the Treatment of an Adult-Gifted-Child
TPS – Toronto, ON / April 14, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
The Female Oedipus Complex Revisited
QEB/CGPCA – Montreal, QC / April 15, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Transformations in Negative Therapeutic Reaction
WBCPS – Vancouver, BC / April 24, 2021
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
Garder au coeur le désir de l’été – Récits de réinventions de soi
Sous la direction d’Evelyne Chauvet, Laurent Danon Boileau, Jean-Yves Tamet
BOOK
BOOK
BOOK
Psychoanalysis in Medicine – Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Medical Care
Paul Ian Steinberg
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BOOK
PODCAST
BOOK
Psychoanalytic Thinking – A Dialectical Critique of Contemporary Theory and Practice
Donald L. Carveth
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Article
Idolization and Claustrum. An Extreme Case of Obsessional Neurosis
Author: Gilbert Levet, Miguel Prados Prize Winner
Video
Civilization and the Discontented: A Presentation by Christopher Bollas
Community West Treatment Videoconference
APsaA 2021 National Meeting
On the street… in the office… Psychoanalysis now.
February 12-14, 20-21, 27-28, 2021
Online Event – American Psychoanalytic Association
Free Association – Forward
Forward with Brett Kahr
February 13, 2021
Online Event – Free Association
Institute of Contemporary Freudian Society
The Intersection of Gender, Sexuality and Our Current Crises: The Psychological Impact of Race, Politics, Economics, and COVID
April 9-10, 2021
Online Event – Institute of Contemporary Freudian Society
Free Association – Cornerstones
Patients Who are Difficult to Reach
Begins April 17, 2021
Online Course – Free Association
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.
Member Emeritus
An interview with Dr. Wilfrid Reid (SPM), conducted by Pierre Joly (SPM) for the journal Filigrane on the occasion of Dr. Reid being awarded the status of Member Emeritus in 2019.
Please Join Us in Celebrating:
- Louis Brunet, who was awarded the 2020 Citation of Merit award.
Read the Award Announcement - Susan K. Moore, newly graduated CPS child analyst.
In Memoriam
James Naiman
Dr. James (Jack) Naiman passed away peacefully at his home in Montreal, on December 22, 2020.
Elliot Markson
Retired TPS Member and Training Analyst, Elliot Raphael Markson, MD passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020.