The Western New England Psychoanalytic Society hosts an annual Spring Symposium. This 3- to 4-hour event is held on a Saturday morning and open to trainees, practitioners, academics and clinicians. A distinguished guest speaker is invited to present on a relevant leading-edge psychoanalytic topic with two of our community analysts offering further material and discussion. The audience is encouraged to discuss the presenters’ ideas and approaches during a question-and-answer period that follows the presentations. It is a wonderful opportunity for our community to engage with psychoanalysts from other societies for both collaboration and learning as we reflect on material that expands our professional learning.
Recent topics have included dissociation, addiction, loss, and witnessing and the formulation of experience.
