Canadian Group of Psychoanalysts for Children & Adolescents
Groupe Canadien des Psychanalystes pour Enfants & Adolescents
2026-2027 CGPCA Scientific Programmei
Our Next Presentation – October 19, 2026
Loss and Mourning in Early Childhood: The Role of Emotional Attunement in the Treatment of Complex Trauma
Thomas F. Barrett (Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute)
2026
September 21
Cécile Mathieu-Cura (Child Psychiatrist / pédopsychiatre – Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne)
« Un pédo-psychiatre à la rencontre des enfants à travers leurs dessins » (A Child-Psychiatrist Met His Children Patients Through Their Drawing)
October 19
Thomas F. Barrett (Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute)
Introduction: Susan Baxt (Quebec English Branch-CPS, Contemporary Freudian Society, guest member Michigan Psychoanalytic Society)
Loss and Mourning in Early Childhood: The Role of Emotional Attunement in the Treatment of Complex Trauma
November 16
Dannette Graham, Sally Doulis, Elizabeth Tuters
CAPCT-Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists
“Shape of a Butterfly”
2027
January 18
Candidate Case Presentation
Valentina Malgeri (CICAPP (Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)) and Mandisa Nkungu (Toronto Psychoanalytic Society)
Master Class, CICAPP Candidate
February 15
Angela Ciccarone (Société psychanalytique de Montréal)
« Les figures du non-advenu dans la clinique de l’adolescence » (Figures of the Un-occurred in the Adolescence Clinic)
March 15
Terry Zaloum (Société psychanalytique de Montréal)
« Les identifications dans l’analyse des enfants »
April 19
To be announced
May or June
CGPCA-GCPEA Special Day on Infant Observation
Lindsay Barton, Ana-Maria Lazar (Toronto Psychoanalytic Society)
(with a special guest speaker to be announced)
Location, title to be announced
i Please note: Presentations with an English title will be presented in English whereas presentations with a French title will be presented in French. In all cases, the discussion will take place in both official languages.