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Featuring more than 40 clinical and research sessions, APsaA’s 108^th Annual Meeting is an extraordinary venue to participate in a dynamic scientific program and to engage with colleagues nationally and worldwide. The Annual Meeting offers stimulating content for mental health professionals, educators, researchers and students who are curious about psychoanalysis.

NCP will be well represented, with faculty members, recent graduates, clinical associates, and even one of our own psychotherapy students presenting, chairing, and taking part in the discussions:

DISCUSSION GROUP 2: INFANT MENTAL LIFE AND THE DREAM IN PSYCHOANALYSIS
Chair: Bernard W. Bail, M.D. (Beverly Hills, CA)
Co-chair: Loren A. Weiner, Ph.D.* (Beverly Hills, CA)
Presenter: Judith V. Parker, Ph.D.* (Beverly Hills, CA)

DISCUSSION GROUP 3: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Chair: Ralph Beaumont, M.D. (Portland, OR)
Presenters: Alice Huang, M.D. (Portland, OR), Noah Laracy, Psy.D.* (Los Angeles, CA) Discussant: Harriet L. Wolfe, M.D. (San Francisco, CA)

DISCUSSION GROUP 5: NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS
Chair: Mark Fisher, M.D. (Irvine, CA)
Discussant: Barton J. Blinder, M.D., Ph.D. (Newport Beach, CA)

TWO-DAY CLINICAL WORKSHOP 2: ANALYTIC PROCESS AND TECHNIQUE (PART 1)
Chair: Henry J. Friedman, M.D. (Cambridge, MA)
Presenter: Michelle Lalouche-Kadden, Ph.D.* (Solana Beach, CA)
Discussant: Howard A. Bacal, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)

DISCUSSION GROUP 9: PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATES PRESENT: MAKING SENSE OF PREMATURE TERMINATIONS: TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE ISSUES
Co-chairs: Bruce Gainsely, M.D.* (Sherman Oaks, CA), Michael Groat, Ph.D., M.S. (New Canaan, CT)
Presenter: Susana Rodriguez-Perea, M.S.* (Tijuana, Mexico)
Discussant: William C. Glover, Ph.D., President-Elect (San Francisco, CA)

DISCUSSION GROUP 10: SHAME DYNAMICS
Co-chair & Presenter: Melvin R. Lansky, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)
Co-chair: Peter Shabad, Ph.D.* (Chicago, IL)

DISCUSSION GROUP 11: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON LGBTQ
Co-chairs: Diana E. Moga, M.D., Ph.D. (New York, NY), Justin Shubert, Psy.D., Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA)
Presenter: Laura Werner-Larsen, Ph.D. (Cambridge, MA)
Discussants: Cary D. Friedman, M.D. (Cambridge, MA), Ethan M. Grumbach, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA)

CLINICAL CONFERENCE 3 FOR RESIDENTS, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK TRAINEES, AND STUDENTS, PRESENTED BY APSAA FELLOWS: BODY MODIFICATION AS AN ORGANIZING THEME IN PSYCHOSIS
Chair: Christopher Flinton, M.D.* (Bethesda, MD)
Presenter: Emily Asher, M.D.* (New Haven, CT)
Discussant: Richard Tuch, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)

COMMITTEE SPONSORED WORKSHOP 2: GENDER AND SEXUALITY: A CASE OF DETRANSITIONING IN A PUBLIC PSYCHIATRY CLINIC IN MEXICO
Co-chairs: Diana E. Moga, M.D., Ph.D. (New York, NY), Justin Shubert, Psy.D., Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA)
Presenter: Jeremy Cruz, M.D.* (Mexico City, Mexico)

DISCUSSION GROUP 15: THE CANDIDATE AT WORK: WORKING ANALYTICALLY WITH A SUICIDAL PATIENT
Chair: Amber Nemeth, Ph.D. (New York, NY)
Presenter: Kristen Melnyk, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)
Discussant: Mark J. Goldblatt, M.D. (Cambridge, MA)

PANEL I: PSYCHOANALYSIS AT THE BORDER IN A TIME OF HATE
Chair: Stephen H. Portuges, Ph.D. (Oakland, CA)
Presenters: Maureen Katz, M.D. (Berkeley, CA), Silvia Rodriguez, M.A. (Tijuana, Mexico), Mariela G. Shibley, Psy.D. (San Diego, CA), Paula Waisman, Ph.D. (San Diego, CA) Discussant: Nancy Hollander, Ph.D. (Oakland, CA)