MN Psychoanalytic Society and Institute upcoming events

Psychoanalytic Supervision Reading Series (April 18, 2026)

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Join us for a six-week guided reading group organized in collaboration with the ICSW (Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago). This group will meet Saturday mornings this Spring as we prepare for the MPSI 2026 Fall Conference featuring Nancy McWilliams and her discussion of psychoanalytic supervision.

Nancy McWilliams’ newest work, Psychoanalytic Supervision, offers a clinically grounded examination of supervisory practice. This program’s objective is to translate McWilliams’ clinical wisdom into live supervisory practice, strengthening supervisors’ capacity to think psychoanalytically and relationally, while being firmly rooted in theory and ethical decision making.

This event is open to all psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, though it will be particularly tailored to clinicians engaged in or interested in offering supervision. Guest facilitators with supervisory experience will help guide the exploration and discussion of psychoanalytic supervision.

Each session will be hosted by Nadia Kolesski, MS, LPCC and Comfort Belbas, MSW, LICSW, along with a guest facilitator each week who brings direct supervisory experience.

Facilitators will include:

Eric Boone, MSW, LICSW
Elizabeth Wittenberg, JD, MSW, LICSW
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Barbara Berger, PhD, LCSW
Nathan Dougal LCSW, BCD
Marya Samuelson , M. Ed., LPCC

Week 1 - April 11: Overview and Historical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Supervision (Chapters 1 & 2)

Week 2 - April 18: Psychological Vital Signs and the Practice of Individual Supervision (Chapters 3 & 4)

Week 3 - April 25: Group Supervision and Ethical Dimensions of Supervision (Chapters 5 & 6)

Week 4 - May 2: Institutional Contexts and Individual Differences in Supervision (Chapters 7 & 8)

Week 5 - May 9: Helping Supervisees Make the Most of Supervision (Chapter 9)

Week 6 - May 16: Additional time for topics identified during previous sessions, Review and discussion

Download series learning objectives here

Registration Rate:

Members: $180
Non-members: $200
Students: $80

To maintain a focused learning environment for meaningful discussion, this series is limited to 15 attendees.

*A copy of Psychoanalytic Supervision by Nancy McWilliams will not be provided, and registrants should independently obtain and read the chapters prior to each session.

This program is offered as a multi-session series. The registration fee covers all sessions, and full payment is required at the time of registration. Please note that single-session rates, partial payments, and refunds for missed sessions are not available, regardless of attendance.

Continuing Education Credits:

9 CEUs for entire series. While registration includes all six sessions of this reading group, participants will only receive CEUs for sessions attended (1.5 CEU for each session attended).

The collaboration between MPSI and ICSW for this reading series allows us to offer continuing education credits through MPSI or ICSW.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) offered by MPSI are available for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional counselors.

Continuing education credits (CEs) offered by ICSW are applicable for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors licensed in Illinois.

Registrants will have the option to choose which entity grants their continuing education certificate.

Please note: Facilitators do not receive CEUs for sessions they facilitate.

Psychoanalytic Supervision Reading Series (April 25, 2026)

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Each session will be hosted by Nadia Kolesski, MS, LPCC and Comfort Belbas, MSW, LICSW, along with a guest facilitator each week who brings direct supervisory experience.

Facilitators will include:

Eric Boone, MSW, LICSW
Elizabeth Wittenberg, JD, MSW, LICSW
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Barbara Berger, PhD, LCSW
Nathan Dougal LCSW, BCD
Marya Samuelson , M. Ed., LPCC

Week 1 - April 11: Overview and Historical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Supervision (Chapters 1 & 2)

Week 2 - April 18: Psychological Vital Signs and the Practice of Individual Supervision (Chapters 3 & 4)

Week 3 - April 25: Group Supervision and Ethical Dimensions of Supervision (Chapters 5 & 6)

Week 4 - May 2: Institutional Contexts and Individual Differences in Supervision (Chapters 7 & 8)

Week 5 - May 9: Helping Supervisees Make the Most of Supervision (Chapter 9)

Week 6 - May 16: Additional time for topics identified during previous sessions, Review and discussion

Download series learning objectives here

Registration Rate:

Members: $180
Non-members: $200
Students: $80

To maintain a focused learning environment for meaningful discussion, this series is limited to 15 attendees.

*A copy of Psychoanalytic Supervision by Nancy McWilliams will not be provided, and registrants should independently obtain and read the chapters prior to each session.

Continuing Education Credits:

9 CEUs for entire series. While registration includes all six sessions of this reading group, participants will only receive CEUs for sessions attended (1.5 CEU for each session attended).

The collaboration between MPSI and ICSW for this reading series allows us to offer continuing education credits through MPSI or ICSW.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) offered by MPSI are available for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional counselors.

Continuing education credits (CEs) offered by ICSW are applicable for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors licensed in Illinois.

Registrants will have the option to choose which entity grants their continuing education certificate.

Please note: Facilitators do not receive CEUs for sessions they facilitate.

MPSI film series - Session 6, April 26. Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms (April 26, 2026)

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT

MPSI presents a film series, Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms

Session 7 – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

April 26, 2026 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Theme: The double, family romance, the sinister in the familiar

Freud: “The ‘Uncanny’” (revisit), with focus on the double
Lacan: Seminar I, excerpts on the mirror stage and the double
Žižek: Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Lacan…But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock, Part I, Chap 2

WHERE:

MPSI Psychotherapy Center at Semple Mansion Carriage House

104 W Franklin Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Free to attend, donations appreciated

Light refreshments provided

No registration required

MPSI invites you to enter the world of Alfred Hitchcock, the “Master of Suspense,” through the lens of psychoanalytic thought. Each screening will be paired with a discussion that draws on the work of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, exploring how Hitchcock’s films stage desire, anxiety, the uncanny, and the return of the repressed. From the eerie stillness of Psycho’s Bates Motel to the spiraling obsessions of Vertigo, we will trace the ways cinematic form itself mirrors psychic structures.

This series will not merely interpret Hitchcock’s characters as “case studies,” but will also examine how his use of camera angles, editing, and narrative withholding enact the very mechanisms Freud and Lacan describe—repression, displacement, condensation, the gaze, and the symbolic order. The films become, in effect, dream-texts: visual arrangements of unconscious logic, full of gaps, slips, and strange repetitions that invite interpretation. Participants will be encouraged to connect theory to the formal language of cinema, seeing how Hitchcock’s craft anticipates and sometimes challenges psychoanalytic concepts.

By moving between film, theory, reverie, and discussion, we will cultivate a dialogue between two disciplines that have long been fascinated with each other: psychoanalysis and cinema. Each week will focus on a specific film alongside key readings, with discussion facilitated by MPSI member Genjo Sam Conway. Whether you come to deepen your understanding of Freud and Lacan, to reconsider Hitchcock’s artistry, or just watch a good movie and connect with our community, this series offers a rare opportunity to inhabit the suspense between screen and psyche.

Join us for the final session:

Session 8 – Vertigo (1958)

May 24, 2026 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm

** Location TBD **
Theme: Desire, fantasy, repetition

Freud: “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” (1920), Sections II–IV – repetition compulsion and the death drive
Lacan: Seminar XI, Chapter VI (“The Split Between the Eye and the Gaze”)
Žižek: Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Lacan…But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock, Part III

Psychoanalytic Supervision Reading Series (May 02, 2026)

Sat, 02 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Each session will be hosted by Nadia Kolesski, MS, LPCC and Comfort Belbas, MSW, LICSW, along with a guest facilitator each week who brings direct supervisory experience.

Facilitators will include:

Eric Boone, MSW, LICSW
Elizabeth Wittenberg, JD, MSW, LICSW
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Barbara Berger, PhD, LCSW
Nathan Dougal LCSW, BCD
Marya Samuelson , M. Ed., LPCC

Week 1 - April 11: Overview and Historical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Supervision (Chapters 1 & 2)

Week 2 - April 18: Psychological Vital Signs and the Practice of Individual Supervision (Chapters 3 & 4)

Week 3 - April 25: Group Supervision and Ethical Dimensions of Supervision (Chapters 5 & 6)

Week 4 - May 2: Institutional Contexts and Individual Differences in Supervision (Chapters 7 & 8)

Week 5 - May 9: Helping Supervisees Make the Most of Supervision (Chapter 9)

Week 6 - May 16: Additional time for topics identified during previous sessions, Review and discussion

Download series learning objectives here

Registration Rate:

Members: $180
Non-members: $200
Students: $80

To maintain a focused learning environment for meaningful discussion, this series is limited to 15 attendees.

*A copy of Psychoanalytic Supervision by Nancy McWilliams will not be provided, and registrants should independently obtain and read the chapters prior to each session.

Continuing Education Credits:

9 CEUs for entire series. While registration includes all six sessions of this reading group, participants will only receive CEUs for sessions attended (1.5 CEU for each session attended).

The collaboration between MPSI and ICSW for this reading series allows us to offer continuing education credits through MPSI or ICSW.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) offered by MPSI are available for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional counselors.

Continuing education credits (CEs) offered by ICSW are applicable for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors licensed in Illinois.

Registrants will have the option to choose which entity grants their continuing education certificate.

Please note: Facilitators do not receive CEUs for sessions they facilitate.

Psychoanalytic Supervision Reading Series (May 09, 2026)

Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Each session will be hosted by Nadia Kolesski, MS, LPCC and Comfort Belbas, MSW, LICSW, along with a guest facilitator each week who brings direct supervisory experience.

Facilitators will include:

Eric Boone, MSW, LICSW
Elizabeth Wittenberg, JD, MSW, LICSW
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Barbara Berger, PhD, LCSW
Nathan Dougal LCSW, BCD
Marya Samuelson , M. Ed., LPCC

Week 1 - April 11: Overview and Historical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Supervision (Chapters 1 & 2)

Week 2 - April 18: Psychological Vital Signs and the Practice of Individual Supervision (Chapters 3 & 4)

Week 3 - April 25: Group Supervision and Ethical Dimensions of Supervision (Chapters 5 & 6)

Week 4 - May 2: Institutional Contexts and Individual Differences in Supervision (Chapters 7 & 8)

Week 5 - May 9: Helping Supervisees Make the Most of Supervision (Chapter 9)

Week 6 - May 16: Additional time for topics identified during previous sessions, Review and discussion

Download series learning objectives here

Registration Rate:

Members: $180
Non-members: $200
Students: $80

To maintain a focused learning environment for meaningful discussion, this series is limited to 15 attendees.

*A copy of Psychoanalytic Supervision by Nancy McWilliams will not be provided, and registrants should independently obtain and read the chapters prior to each session.

Continuing Education Credits:

9 CEUs for entire series. While registration includes all six sessions of this reading group, participants will only receive CEUs for sessions attended (1.5 CEU for each session attended).

The collaboration between MPSI and ICSW for this reading series allows us to offer continuing education credits through MPSI or ICSW.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) offered by MPSI are available for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional counselors.

Continuing education credits (CEs) offered by ICSW are applicable for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors licensed in Illinois.

Registrants will have the option to choose which entity grants their continuing education certificate.

Please note: Facilitators do not receive CEUs for sessions they facilitate.

Psychoanalytic Supervision Reading Series (May 16, 2026)

Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Each session will be hosted by Nadia Kolesski, MS, LPCC and Comfort Belbas, MSW, LICSW, along with a guest facilitator each week who brings direct supervisory experience.

Facilitators will include:

Eric Boone, MSW, LICSW
Elizabeth Wittenberg, JD, MSW, LICSW
Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW
Barbara Berger, PhD, LCSW
Nathan Dougal LCSW, BCD
Marya Samuelson , M. Ed., LPCC

Week 1 - April 11: Overview and Historical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Supervision (Chapters 1 & 2)

Week 2 - April 18: Psychological Vital Signs and the Practice of Individual Supervision (Chapters 3 & 4)

Week 3 - April 25: Group Supervision and Ethical Dimensions of Supervision (Chapters 5 & 6)

Week 4 - May 2: Institutional Contexts and Individual Differences in Supervision (Chapters 7 & 8)

Week 5 - May 9: Helping Supervisees Make the Most of Supervision (Chapter 9)

Week 6 - May 16: Additional time for topics identified during previous sessions, Review and discussion

Download series learning objectives here

Registration Rate:

Members: $180
Non-members: $200
Students: $80

To maintain a focused learning environment for meaningful discussion, this series is limited to 15 attendees.

*A copy of Psychoanalytic Supervision by Nancy McWilliams will not be provided, and registrants should independently obtain and read the chapters prior to each session.

Continuing Education Credits:

9 CEUs for entire series. While registration includes all six sessions of this reading group, participants will only receive CEUs for sessions attended (1.5 CEU for each session attended).

The collaboration between MPSI and ICSW for this reading series allows us to offer continuing education credits through MPSI or ICSW.

Continuing education credits (CEUs) offered by MPSI are available for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional counselors.

Continuing education credits (CEs) offered by ICSW are applicable for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors licensed in Illinois.

Registrants will have the option to choose which entity grants their continuing education certificate.

Please note: Facilitators do not receive CEUs for sessions they facilitate.

2026 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program Open House (May 17, 2026)

Sun, 17 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT

The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program

Open House

Date: May 17, 2026

Time: 3:00 PM

Location: MPSI Carriage House

Registration welcomed, but not required.

PPTP is an excellent opportunity for professionals and graduate students within the fields of psychiatry, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, and counseling to deepen and enrich their therapeutic knowledge and skills. Come to this informal gathering with current and prior students, committee chairs, and faculty to hear details about our two-year program content, requirements and application process.

YEAR ONE:

Analytic Listening
Evolving Psychoanalytic Concepts
Attachment Theory
Trauma Through the Eyes of Addiction: What Psychoanalytic Thought Has to Say
Object Relations
Case Conference

YEAR TWO:

Losing Knowledge
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Gender, Race, Sexuality & Culture
Surface to Depth or Depth to Surface: Introduction to American Ego & Kleinian Theory
Psychoanalytic Perspective on Gender, Race, Sexuality & Culture Relational Psychoanalysis Dreams
Case Conference

click here for a printable flyer

MPSI film series - Session 7, May 24. Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms (May 24, 2026)

Sun, 24 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

MPSI presents a film series, Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms

Session 8 – Vertigo (1958)

May 24, 2026 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Theme: Desire, fantasy, repetition

Freud: “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” (1920), Sections II–IV – repetition compulsion and the death drive
Lacan: Seminar XI, Chapter VI (“The Split Between the Eye and the Gaze”)
Žižek: Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Lacan…But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock, Part III

WHERE:

** Location TBD **

Free to attend, donations appreciated

Light refreshments provided

No registration required

MPSI film series - Session 8, June 14. Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms (June 14, 2026)

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT

MPSI presents a film series, Through the Gaze, Darkly: Eight Cinematic Symptoms

Session 8 – Vertigo (1958)

June 14, 2026 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Theme: Desire, fantasy, repetition

Freud: “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” (1920), Sections II–IV – repetition compulsion and the death drive
Lacan: Seminar XI, Chapter VI (“The Split Between the Eye and the Gaze”)
Žižek: Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Lacan…But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock, Part III

WHERE:

Location TBD

Free to attend, donations appreciated

Light refreshments provided

No registration required