Arnhold Pfeffer Center: “From Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis to Neuropsychoanalysis: A History”

  •  October 3, 2026
     1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

***This meeting is virtual and will be held on ZOOM.***

Arnhold Pfeffer Center 

“From Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis to Neuropsychoanalysis: A History”

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026

1:00 – 3:00 PM (EST)

Presenter: Mark Solms, PhD

Discussant: Maggie Zellner, PhD, LP

In this lecture, Mark Solms will describe the pre-history of the Neuropsychoanalytic movement as it unfolded in the 1990’s at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and the Arnold Pfeffer Centre. He will then provide a sweeping overview of subsequent developments in the field, and possible future directions.

2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits will be offered. See details below.

General Admission: $15

Student Admission: $10

Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students and HFI Candidates

Registration link coming soon!

Please note registration closes at 2 PM on Friday, October 2nd.

THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

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OPTIONAL READINGS
    1. Solms, M. (2026). Did Strachey falsely scientize Freud? Psychoanalytic Psychology, doi: 10.1037/pap0000615
    2. Lee, T. & Solms, M. (2023). Managing the clinical encounter with patients diagnosed with personality disorder in a general psychiatry setting: key contributions from neuropsychoanalysis. British Journal of Psychiatry Advances, doi: 10.1192/bja.2023.43
    3. Solms, M. (2022). Revision of Freud’s theory of the biological origin of the Oedipus complex. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 90: 555-581. doi.org/10.1080/00332828.2021.1984153
BIOGRAPHIES

Mark Solms, PhD is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations. He is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Solms has received numerous honors and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. He has published 350 scientific papers, and nine books, the latest being The Only Cure (2026). He is the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes). 

Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P., is a neuropsychoanalytic educator and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is the Executive Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation in New York, and former Managing Editor of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis. Maggie received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the Neuropsychology Sub-program at Queens College. She is a founding member of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society, and a graduate and member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) in New York. Maggie has taught neuroscience to the psychoanalytically-minded since 2003. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Recount the gradual integration of psychoanalysis and neuroscience.
  2. Explain the rationale for the integration of psychoanalysis and neuroscience
  3. Describe the major scientific and clinical results of the integration of psychoanalysis and neuroscience.

Psychologists

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY – 0073.

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Social Workers

New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW – 0317.

Physicians
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of [2] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

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