Psychoanalysts to convene 92nd Annual Meeting

A wide range of sessions will be on the Scientific Program including:

• "Does Psychoanalysis Have Anything to Offer an Understanding of Terrorism?"

• Psychoanalytic Approach to Working with Caregivers and Preschool Children: Case Examples of Developmental Delay, Sensory Integration Dysfunction and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• "The Substance Abusing Patient in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy"

• "Immigration and Identity: Turmoil, Treatment and Transformation"

as well as those related to Boston:

• "Oral History Workshop: Psychoanalysis in Boston: 1906 to the present"

• "Symposium on Four Programs of Applied Psychoanalysis in Boston: The Training and Education of Parents, Day Care Providers, and Mental Health Clinicians"

• "Psychoanalysis and Theater: Pericles: Discussion with the Dramaturg of the Current A.R.T. Production"

Almost 10% of APsaA's national membership reside and practice in the state of Massachusetts. Three of the organization's 29 affiliates are located in the state: the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (http://bostonpsa.org/) and the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East (http://www.analysis.com/pine/), both in Boston; and the Berkshire Society for Psychoanalysis, in Great Barrington.

Founded in 1911, APsaA is a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States. The Association is composed of Affiliate Societies and Training Institutes in many cities and has approximately 3,500 individual members. APsaA is a Regional Association of the International Psychoanalytical Association.