Scientific Meeting: “Habeas Corpus- The Psychoanalytic Search for the Body”

  •  December 8, 2026
     8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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

NYPSI’s 1088th Scientific Meeting:

“Habeas Corpus- The Psychoanalytic Search for the Body”

Tuesday, December 8th, 2026

8:00 – 10:00 PM (EST)

Presenters: Neal Spira, MD (moderator),  David Sawyer, M.D., and Jamieson Webster, Ph.D.

This discussion, directed to psychoanalysts and dynamic psychotherapists, will address the role that the body plays in contemporary psychoanalysis. We will highlight the work of gifted analysts such as Ira Mintz, Joyce MacDougal and Marilia Aisenstein.

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

General Admission: $50

Student Admission: $35

Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students and HFI Candidates

REGISTER HERE

Please note registration closes at 2 PM on Thursday, December 8th.

THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

***Registration in Zoom Before the Meeting is Required to Attend***

After you have completed registering for the event, please look out for a confirmation email with more details on how to receive your Zoom Link.

Evaluation Survey and CME/CE documentation will be emailed after the event.

Please make sure you type your email correctly when you register! 

OPTIONAL READINGS

1. Aisenstein, M (2020) View On Patients With Somatic Or Painful Conditions. Rom J Psychoanal 13(1):15-28

2. Solms ML (2018) The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 12:294. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00294

3. Goetzmann, L., Ruettner B., & Siegel, A. (2020). On the Axis of Psychosomatic Totality. European Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 7, No. 1.

BIOGRAPHIES

Neal Spira, MD is a former Dean of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute where he is a Training and Supervising analyst. He has written on a variety of applied psychoanalytic topics including religion, public health, corporal punishment, the pursuit of social justice, and the relevance of psychedelics to psychoanalysis. His article “Whatever Happened to Psychosomatics?” appeared in TAP, June 2025. His blog “Understanding Backwards” is on Substack.

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David Sawyer, MD is on the faculty at NYPSI where he teaches a course in Psychoanalytic Psychosomatics. He is in full time private practice. Dr. Sawyer was a member of the Psychosomatic Discussion Group of the Psychoanalytic Association of New York, chaired by C. Philip Wilson.

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Jamieson Webster, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City, part-time faculty at The New School for Social Research, on the board and faculty at Pulsion Institute and The Foundation for Community Psychoanalysis. She is the author, most recently, of On Breathing (Peninusula Press, UK; Catapult, US), as well as, Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis (Columbia, 2018), Disorganisation and Sex (Divided, 2022), and with Simon Critchley, Stay, Illusion! The Hamlet Doctrine (Vintage Random House, 2013).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

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

  1. Describe psychosomatic phenomena and become motivated to refine their skills in this area.
  2. Discuss current scientific understanding of the connections between psychological suffering and bodily experience, including physical illness.

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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