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If you have any questions or concerns about upcoming events, please contact Membership & Events Coordinator Julia Seixas at [email protected].

Upcoming Events 

Presenters: Joanna Bird, MD & Lina Normandin, PhD

Date: Saturday, January 24th, 2026

Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM EST

Location: Virtual via Zoom

2 CE/CME's Available

  • $80 for Non-Members Seeking CE Credit
  • $40 for Non-Members not Seeking CE Credit 
  • FREE for Students & PCOP Members

Program Description

Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is an evidence‐based, manualized psychoanalytic psychotherapy designed to treat adult personality disorders that has been adapted for the treatment of teenagers with personality pathology as Transference Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents (TFP-A). Drs. Normandin and Bird will review the Structural Object Relations Theory that is the foundation of TFP and discuss a case in which TFP-A was used to treat a 17-year-old male with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This presentation will highlight the techniques identified across modalities for successful treatment of pathological narcissism including goal setting, developing a therapeutic alliance, using a treatment contract and addressing treatment interfering behaviors while taking into consideration the reshaping of personality and interpersonal functioning that occurs in adolescents. The discussion will examine how Structural Object Relations Theory informs the assessment, strategies and specific challenges in the treatment of adolescents including differentiating identify diffusion from normative identity confusion, the goal of identity integration, and the collaboration with parents/caregivers.

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Date: Saturday, February 7th, 2026

Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 PM EDT

Workshop Leader: Dayna Sharp, LCSW

Location: The Barnes Foundation - 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130

FREE for PCOP Members (However, you are required to purchase your entry ticket to the The Barnes Foundation. Info will be included in your confirmation email!)

2.75 CE/CMEs Available 

ABOUT

This workshop invites participants to experience an “Hour of Birth”, as we encounter and dream through the art of Henri Rousseau and beyond at the Barnes Foundation. Drawing upon foundational and contemporary psychoanalytic theory of dreamwork, we will engage with paintings as dreams - learning to look, feel, contemplate and practice while finding faith in the sublime. Join us as we immerse ourselves into this royal road, sense into the analytic potential held in dreams and art and nourish the birth our own creative practice. Participants will gather at the Barnes Foundation (2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130) on Saturday, February 7th, 2026 at 12:00 PM for an hour and fifteen minutes of independent and small group exploration. Bring a notebook or sketchbook to jot down your impressions during the journey.  Following this immersive experience, we will reconvene at the Philadelphia Free Library (1901 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19103) from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM for a facilitated group discussion. Pre-readings will be assigned.

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Presenters:
Ann Masten, PhD
Regents Professor, McKnight University Professor
University of Minnesota
Merav Roth, PhD
Training Analyst, Associate Professor
School of Therapy, Counseling, and Human Development
University of Haifa
Salem Eid S. Al Arjani, PhD
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist,  Trauma Researcher &
 Director of the Mental Health Program at Gaza Children Village
 
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM EST
Location: Virtual via Zoom

3.5 CE/CME's Available

  • $140 for Non-Members Seeking CE Credit
  • $70 for Non-Members not Seeking CE Credit 
  • FREE for Students & PCOP Members

This year, the Henri Parens Symposium will focus on resilience in the face of violence and war. Our speakers will be Ann Masten, PhD, LP, a distinguished researcher on resilience, and Merav Roth, PhD, Training Analyst and world-renowned trauma expert, and one of the organizers of the psychoanalytic on-the-ground response to the 10/7/23 attacks in Israel.

Dr. Masten calls resilience “ordinary magic”, a combination of a person’s own adaptive system and their supportive connections with others. In Dr. Masten's research, she has found that resilience is more common than we may think, even in response to violence and war. 

Dr. Roth bears witness to the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit through her work with those who have endured profound trauma.

A case presentation will be made by Salem Eid S. Al Arjani, PhD, a Palestinian psychoanalytic psychotherapist, trauma researcher, and Director of the Mental Health Program at Gaza Children’s Village, illustrating resilience in the face of violence and war.

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Upcoming 2026 Programs & Events 

Program: Clinical Issues in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Transgender and Non-Binary Patients
Presenter(s):  Jack Drescher, MD Willa N. France, JD Jack Pula, MD
Date: 03/14/26

PCOP Faculty Party 
Date: 03/28/26

PCOP Open House 
Presenter(s): TBD
Date: 03/01/26 

Program: Mahler Symposium
Presenter(s): TBD
Date: 04/25/26

Program: Psychotherapy Forum
Presenter(s): TBD
Date: 05/19/26

Program: Pearson Lecture
Presenter(s): William Singletary, MD
Date: 06/03/26 

More information coming soon on these programs! 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact PCOP Membership & Events Coordinator, Julia Seixas, at [email protected] for questions or assistance with registration!