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 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
Colloque conjoint SPM/IPM
Analyse à distance : question(s) de transmission
SPM – Montreal, QC / January 30, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Awakening to an Attitude of Implication
WBCPS – Vancouver, BC / January 30, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Early, Late and Contemporary Lacan in the Clinic
TPS – Toronto, ON / February 10, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Devenir analyste et le rester, dans le plaisir partagé : formation du candidat, formation continue, fin de carrière.
SPM – Montreal, QC / February 11, 2021
EVENT
Scientific Meeting
Ruthlessness and the Transitioning of the Analyst’s Mind
TPS – Toronto, ON / March 10, 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
Permanent Disquiet – Psychoanalysis and the Transitional Subject
Michel De M’Uzan
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BOOK
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 Levet, Miguel Prados Prize Winner
Video
Civilization and the Discontented: A Presentation by Christopher Bollas
Community West Treatment Videoconference
New Centre for Psychoanalysis
Stoller Memorial Lecture and The Spectrum of Analytic Oneness with Ofra Eshel
January 23-24, 2021
Online Event – New Centre for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
Encounter English Online Event
The Enigma of Psychosis, A Roundtable Discussion
January 31, 2021
Online Event – A.Santamaria Psychoanalysis Mexico Foundation
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
Elliot Markson
Retired TPS Member and Training Analyst, Elliot Raphael Markson, MD passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020.
Rosaire Bernard
October 26, 1940 – April 14, 2020
Member of the SPM, CPS and IPA until September 2011.