CLINICAL DISCUSSION GROUPS
IPA Communication Committee | Coordinator: Gabriela Rouillon

September - December 2026

DEFINITION
Clinical Discussion Groups are groups for the discussion of clinical material brought by its participants, moderated by an accomplished psychoanalyst. The group will meet once a month for 4 months (4 meetings in total), each encounter lasting for one hour and a half (90 minutes). Each group will gather 10 to 15 participants. At the end of the activity, a text could be written with the conclusions the group may have reached about theory, technique, or new thoughts that may have arisen (optative). This may be submitted to be uploaded to the Knowledge Hub on the IPA website.

Eligibility:
Only IPA Members and Candidates may participate. Applications must be submitted through this webpage. Please do not contact the moderators directly.
 
Meeting Times:
Please confirm all meeting dates and times in your local time zone, including any region-specific Daylight Saving rules. Make sure you can attend all scheduled sessions before applying.

Participation Confirmation:
Submitting this registration form does not guarantee your participation. After the application deadline, we will send you an email with instructions on how to complete the necessary documents, such as a consent form. Participation will be confirmed in the order in which all required steps are completed. You will receive a confirmation email once your participation is secured. Please note that submission of the registration form alone does not confirm your participation. Make sure that emails from the IPA do not go to your spam folder.
 
Cancellation:
If unforeseen circumstances prevent you from participating after your spot is confirmed, please contact us immediately at [email protected].

MODERATORS

Mtra. OLGA VARELA TELLO - SPANISH
TIME: UTC-6  | 6pm – 7.30pm. GUADALAJARA - MEXICO
Dates: SEPTEMBER 7, OCTOBER 5, NOVEMBER 2, DECEMBER 7
Participants: 10

CSONGOR JUHOS - ENGLISH
TIME: UTC+1|6.30pm-8.00pm. LISBON - PORTUGAL
Dates: SEPTEMBER  25, OCTOBER 10, NOVEMBER 27, DECEMBER 11
Participants:15

ADRIANA VIELA JACOB FRANCISCO - PORTUGUESE
TIME: TIME: UTC-3|8.00-21.30pm. |RIBEIRO PRETO - BRAZIL
Dates: SEPTEMBER 21, OCTOBER 19, NOVEMBER 16, DECEMBER 21
Participants: 12

MODERATORS BIOS

MTRA. Olga Valera Tello
Training Member of the Guadalajara Psychoanalytic Association
-Former General Director of the Latin American Institute of Psychoanalysis of FEPAL
-Former Director of Outreach and Dissemination of the Latin American Institute of Psychoanalysis of FEPAL and of the IPA
-Former President of the Guadalajara Psychoanalytic Association
-Former Director of the Institute of the Guadalajara Psychoanalytic Association

Csongor Juhos
Csongor Juhos, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with multicultural and multilingual clinical experience. He is a candidate member of the Portuguese Psychoanalytic Society and is a co-founder of Free Association Lisbon (www.freeassociation.pt ). He co-edited the book Internal Habitats: Life interviews with psychoanalysts, published in 2024. He has a full-time practice in Lisbon, Portugal.

Adriana Vilela Jacob Francisco 
Adriana Vilela Jacob Francisco is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst and Faculty Member at the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Ribeirão Preto (SBPRP), where she has served as President since 2024. She holds a PhD in Mental Health from the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (USP). She is a former editor of Berggasse 19 and served for two years as Coordinator of the FEBRAPSI Working Group on Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis.