Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch The Power and Meaning in Free Association with Barnaby Barratt, PhD, DHS (Johannesburg) IPAOfftheCouch.org #213 buff.ly/OaV9LSo Podcast produced by Harvey Schwartz for the IPA

OCT 24 | International Library Day Libraries guard memory, culture and stories. Spaces where knowledge survives and crosses borders. IPA Virtual Library celebrates open knowledge for all. #InternationalLibraryDay #IPAVirtualLibrary

Happy Birthday Wilhelm Fliess (1858-1928)* Through his writings and correspondence with Freud, Fliess left a mark on the origins of psychoanalytic thought. "For on page 10, he states that the idea, in this form, is entirely new." Fliess, W. (1904) Letter to Freud, July 26.

IPA Journal Club Friday 11th December 2026 (16:00-17:15 London time) (11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Eastern US Time) Author: Oren Gozlan, Psy.D You can register for the December IPA Journal Club by clicking here: buff.ly/EJY6WV3 The IPA (JC) is a project of the IPA Comm. Com.

COCAP Tribute to Florence Guignard 23 October 2026- 16 UK time In this webinar, COCAP will pay tribute to the renowned French psychoanalyst Florence Guignard and her lifelong work to develop and promote child psychoanalysis. Register here: buff.ly/MejjspG

Change begins when lived experiences are given a voice. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, IPA joins the call: real voices, real change. Psychoanalysis listens beyond the surface to the unique lived experience of every subject. People heal the moment they feel heard. #Psychoanalysis

87 years after Freud's death: Days after losing his daughter Sophie, he wrote to Ferenczi: “Death, however painful it may be, does not affect my attitude toward life.” Not denial of loss, but commitment to sustain life, thought and work. A legacy for us.

From the Music Studio to the Consulting Room with Edmund Sprunger, MSW (St. Louis) Edmund Sprunger, MSW, psychoanalyst in St Louis. He holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan #210 Podcast produced by Harvey Schwartz for the IPA. buff.ly/jvfYya9

Revising our founding myths in face of violence against women by Susana Muszkat re: male violence and its naturalization in society. She is a psychologist , psychoanalyst, a full and faculty member of the Brazilian Psychoanalytical Society São Paulo. buff.ly/18OshFW

Today, we remember Edith Jacobson September 10, 1897, Haynau, German Empire, now Chojnów, Poland . “These amazing facts are evidence of the changes in her endocrine production which resulted in a period of high fertility following years of sterility.” (p. 349)

Happy birthday to Wilfred Ruprecht Bion (8 September 1897, Mathura, India . He wrotes: “The disturbance of the impulse of curiosity on which all learning depends, and the denial of the mechanism by which it seeks expression, makes normal development impossible.” (p. 314)

Happy Birthday to Hanna Segal , August 20, 1918, Poland. A gifted psychoanalyst, teacher, and writer, She was one of the most influential voices of the Kleinian tradition. Her work offered profound insights into unconscious phantasy, symbol formation, psychosis and creativity.

*On this day August 18 in 1882* Freud to Martha Bernays: _"One should not be stingy with tenderness. Whatever is drawn from those funds is renewed through that very expenditure. If left untouched too long, it diminishes or the lock rusts."_ #Freud #EconomyOfLove

Happy Birthday to Donald Meltzer , August 15, 1922, New York City, USA. His work, deeply influenced by M.Klein and W.Bion, opened new ways of thinking about the inner world, emotional development, childhood, autism, and the aesthetic dimensions of the mind.

Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch The Ethics of Psychoanalysis in Time of War: Iran Today with Gohar Homayounpour, PsyD (Paris) “How do we continue doing this work when the socio-political realities are unimaginable?  IPAOfftheCouch.org #209 buff.ly/qk6iDPw

Happy Birthday to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn , 11 August 1889, Edinburgh, Scotland , whose pioneering work profoundly shaped the development of psychoanalytic theory and our understanding of human relationships, object relations, and the inner world.

Congress of French-Speaking Psychoanalysts Celebrates 100 Years The Congress of French-Speaking Psychoanalysts has brought together, French-speaking analysts from dif.soc. assoc .– 26 today – We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon in ’27, in Paris in ’28, and in Liège in ’29.

The latest neuroscience may be proving Freud right An interview with Mark Solms share.google/s1USYD2ARoIHUNU…

In September, the IPA Prizes and Awards Committee will issue a call for nominations for 4 of the most prestigious honours to be conferred at the 2027 Vancouver Congress. These awards reflect the IPA’s highest recognition of dedication to the field of Psychoanalysis.

Why I Write: From the Dot to the Line – Drawing a Thread Out and Writing it  By  Jennifer Davids, Fellow British Psychoanalytical Society (BPaS), FIPA, born in South Africa, a chartered clinical psychologist , a Child, Adolescent , Adult Psychoanalyst. talksonpsychoanalysis.podbea…