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Our call for proposals for the 55th IPA Congress: 'The Human Condition in the Digital World' ends 30 June 2026!
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Action Research Process

Find out about our first Action Research Cycle, read our report: ‘Exploring controversies surrounding the integration of tele analysis into psychoanalytic training’, and watch our video describing the process.
 

Talks On Psychoanalysis

In "Psychic Change and Enactment: Some Reflections" Ariel Liberman examines psychic change from a relational perspective, placing enactment as a central moment in the analytic process.
 

Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference 2026

16-18 October 2026, Toronto. Early Bird pricing until 1 July.
 

Officers News

May News. Read our reflections on the Asia-Pacific Conference in Seoul, where we examined narcissism from multiple and diverse perspectives, clinically, culturally, and socially.


They Said So - Interview with IPA President Heribert Blass

This month, online magazine They Said So interviewed IPA President Heribert Blass for an article: 'On the Couch'.
 
 

Honouring the Life and Legacy of Horacio Etchegoyen (1919-2016)

Join us for our webinar on 26th June: Honouring the Life and Legacy of Horacio Etchegoyen (1919-2016)
 

IPA Journal Club: Beatrice Beebe

Register now for June 12th: Beatrice Beebe discusses "The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of Attachment"
 

IPA Inter-Regional Encyclopedic Dictionary

Presentations given by IRED at the recent EPF Conference in Oslo are now available.
talks on psychoanalysis

Building a Space for Thinking - Alberto Carrión García de Parada
Off The Couch 
Listen to the latest episode from the Off The Couch blog.
Encyclopedic Dictionary