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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.
CANADIANS IN VANCOUVER
Canadians at the 52nd IPA Congress
Many of our members are participating virtually in the Vancouver congress as part of keynote, panel and individual paper presentations.
EVENT
22nd Annual Day in Applied Psychoanalysis
Strangers in a Virtual Land: The Impact of Disembodied Relatedness on Psychic Development and the Sense of Self
TPS – Toronto, ON / September 18, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Analytic Safety: Navigating the Shifting Sands – A Relational Perspective
TPS – Toronto, ON / September 22, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Releasing the Gordian Knot: Working with the Encapsulated Representation of a Parent
WBCPS – Vancouver, BC / October 2, 2021
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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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.
BOOK
Change Through Time in Psychoanalysis
Transformations and Interventions, The Three Level Model
Edited By Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly, Marina Altmann de Litvan, Ricardo Bernardi
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BOOK
BOOK
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
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
52nd IPA Congress / 26th IPSO Conference
The Infantile: Its Multiple Dimensions
July 21-24, 2021
Vancouver
Free Association – Cornerstones
Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words
Begins September 18, 2021
Online Course – Free Association
LAPLANCHE IN THE STATES
LAPLANCHE IN THE STATES:
THE SEXUAL & THE CULTURAL
October 2-3, 2021
Virtual Conference
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
Brian Bexton
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Dr. Brian Bexton, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, on April 21, 2021.
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.