Weekend Conference February 21-23, 2025 will be offered Online. Open to any mental health professional or mental health professional-in-training.
The International Psychotherapy Institute brings mental health professionals and faculty together to study with international contributors at the leading edge of the field. This weekend conference sees Professor Juliet Mitchell revisiting her bestselling book Psychoanalysis and Feminism, fifty years after its original publication to explore how the ideas she developed in 1974 remain central to our understanding of the condition of women today and the current state of feminism, as well as to the value of psychoanalytic thinking in political thought and action.
Program Date(s):
February 21, 2025 - February 23, 2025Overview
The course will use lecture, large group discussion, small group/GAM group discussion, case presentation and discussion and informal discussion to achieve the course objectives.
General weekend schedule
Start and end times are approximate for your personal planning purposes. Detailed times, reading lists, and educational objectives will be provided to registered participants.
Friday 9:30am – 6:30 pm US ET
Saturday 9:30am – 6:30pm US ET
Sunday 10:00am – 2:00pm US ET
Juliet Mitchell, FBA
Juliet Mitchell FBA is an author, psychoanalyst, socialist feminist and emeritus professor whose work has changed the landscape of both feminist thought and psychoanalytic theory, and remained at the heart of critical thinking for over 50 years. In her most recent book, Fratriarcy: the Sibling Trauma and the Law of the Mother, she juxtaposes Fratriarchy with Patriarchy exemplified by Freud’s notion of a female Oedipus complex.
Additional Speaker
Paula L. Ellman, Ph.D., ABPP
Paula L. Ellman, Ph.D., ABPP. is a training and supervising analyst, and faculty in the Contemporary Freudian Society, Washington DC and the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. She serves on the IPA Board as North America Representative, and founded and serves as the Chair of the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis Book Series Editorial Board. She is past Overall Chair of the IPA Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis, and past Chair of the IPA Intercommittee Work Group on Prejudice and Race. She is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and is a Visiting Professor at the Sino-American Continuing Training Project for Wuhan Hospital for Psychotherapy, Wuhan China. She has written and presented in the areas of unconscious fantasy, women and gender, sadomasochism, enactment and terror. Her books include:
- Psychoanalytic Exploration of What Women Want Today, co-edited with Margarita Cereijido and Nancy Goodman. London: Routledge Press, 2022.
- Women’s Safety in Dogmatic Times: Psychoanalytic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on India, co-edited with Jhuma Basak and Gertraud Schlesinger-Kipp. London: Routledge Press: expected 2021.
- The Plumsock Papers: Giving New Analysts a Voice, coedited by Paula Elman & Kimberly Kleinman, New York: International Psychoanalysis Books: 2020.
- Finding Unconscious Fantasy in Narrative, Trauma and Body Pain: A Clinical Guide, co-edited by Paula Ellman & Nancy Goodman. London: Routledge Press. 2017.
- The Courage to Fight Violence against Women: A Psychoanalytic and Multidisciplinary Approach, co-edited by Paula Ellman, Ph.D. Nancy Goodman, London: Karnac Press. 2017.
- Battling the Life and Death Forces of Sadomasochism: Clinical Perspectives co-edited by Harriet Basseches, Ph.D., Paula Ellman, Ph.D. and Nancy Goodman, Ph.D., London: Karnac, 2013.
She has a private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in North Bethesda, Maryland.
IPI Faculty Weekend Co-chairs
Caroline Sehon, MD, FABP
Caroline Sehon, MD, FABP, is director of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) and chair of its Overseas Programs for Jiandanxinli, the My Therapist platform in China. At IPI, she is a supervising child and adult psychoanalyst and past chair of the International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training. At the International Psychoanalytical Association, she is a past member of the Committee on Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis (COCAP). At the American Psychoanalytic Association, she serves on its Executive Committee as Secretary. She is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. Dr. Sehon is author of articles and book chapters on adult and child psychoanalysis, couple and family therapy, and her private practice is in Bethesda, Maryland, USA where she sees adults and children, couples and families.
Anne Taylor, LCSW
Anne Taylor, LCSW is a Psychoanalyst with a background in Nursing, Social Work, and Couples Therapy. Anne is trained in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Imago Couples Therapy. Anne is frequently a guest lecturer on issues related to psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and couples therapy at universities in the Indianapolis area. An IPI faculty member since 2015, she was the chair of the International Psychotherapy Institute in Indianapolis from 2012-2015 and 2020-2021. Anne is currently the chair of the Candidate Progress Committee and a member of the IPI Board of Directors.
Tuition and Fees
Registration options:
- Full Conference
- $475 up to 21 days in advance; $525 thereafter
- *Full members: $359
- *Associate members: $410
- Full time students: $175
- Saturday All Day (morning and afternoon): $175
- Saturday Morning only: $100
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Continuing Education Credit Hours
Full Weekend Conference:
- 14.5 CE credits
Saturday All Day:
- 6 CE credits
Saturday Morning only:
- 2.5 CE credits
Weekend Conference Attendance Policy
Participants can only earn CE credits for each session they attend in its entirety. No partial credit can be given.
Membership Benefits
Become a member of IPI at any level and you will have the option of adding on a Zoom Pro account as one of your member benefits. Associate and Full Members also receive discounted registration fees for most of IPI’s events, a subscription to PEP Web, the online psychoanalytic library, and other benefits depending on membership level.
HIPAA compliant Zoom video accounts are an optional add on for all IPI memberships. IPI has a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement with Zoom, which provides a HIPAA compliant platform for our accounts. HIPPA compliance is strongly recommended for all internet-mediated clinical work and clinical teaching. The “+ Zoom Pro” add-on to the IPI membership gives the user the ability to host online meetings with multiple people at the same time. [Current members can upgrade to the “+ Zoom Pro” account and only pay the difference in price from your current membership level.]
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Continuing Education Information
The International Psychotherapy Institute, IPI, is approved by The American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IPI maintains responsibility for the program and its content. The International Psychotherapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6017. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The International Psychotherapy Institute is responsible for all aspects of the programs. The International Psychotherapy Institute is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category I continuing education units. The International Psychotherapy Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0299.
Participants are responsible for verifying that IPI CE credit is accepted by the licensing boards in their own states.
Should you have any questions about the program or the application process, please feel free to contact:
IPI Administrative Team - contactus@theipi.org