PSYCHOANALYTIC DISPATCHES

March 2026

Greetings!

This month’s edition of Psychoanalytic Dispatches highlights several upcoming opportunities and deadlines for members and the broader psychoanalytic community. Inside, you’ll find a call for proposals for the 2027 National Meeting and a call for nominations for leadership roles.

I hope you'll join us at the APsA Town Hall this Sunday, March 8 on Zoom. These gatherings are an opportunity to hear updates from leadership and stay connected with the work of the organization.

Registration is now open for the April installment of the APsA Symposium Series: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Generational Transition and the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Program at BPSI. The program explores contemporary child analytic work and the revitalization of child training in Boston, and offers 2 CME/CE credits.

Finally, please consider sharing this newsletter—or individual links—with colleagues and your broader professional networks. Your help spreading the word about APsA’s prizes, fellowships, and funding opportunities helps expand access to these resources across the field.

Keep reading for more information and details.

Cheers,

Sam Hall, Communications Manager

Awards, Fellowships, & Opportunities

• Call for proposals for the 2027 National Meeting: This is your opportunity to contribute to the rich educational and intellectual tradition of our National Meeting by submitting a proposal for a Scientific Program session or social event. The deadline to submit is April 1, 2026.
• The Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Memorial Award and Lecture is now accepting applications until April 1, 2026. This award is open only to APsA members.
• If you’re a psychoanalyst-in-training member, APsA can help you cover educational costs through the Candidate Assistance Fund. This fund provides loans of up to $5,000 to candidates in training to become psychoanalysts. Application cycle closes April 30, 2026.
• The Fund for Psychoanalytic Research is dedicated to the support of psychoanalytic research and scholarship, while nurturing the development of psychoanalytic investigators. The fund is accepting proposals for the spring cycle now. Deadline to submit is May 1, 2026.
• The Scientific Paper Prize recognizes the most outstanding empirical research paper relevant to psychoanalysis published in the previous calendar year. The committee is accepting submissions and the deadline to submit is May 1.
• The Ralph Roughton Paper Prize is given to an unpublished manuscript that, in the opinion of the judges, makes an original and outstanding contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding and/or treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, or gender-variant people. The committee is accepting submissions and the deadline to submit is June 1.
• The 2027 Lee Jaffee Candidate's Council Paper Prize is now accepting submissions. The deadline to submit is June 1, 2026. This award is for APsA In-Training Clinical Members (Psychoanalyst-In-Training Members and Psychotherapist-In-Training Members).



Find more opportunities at apsa.org/awards.

News & Announcements

• Registration is now open for the APsA Symposium Series event "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants." Click here to learn more and to register.
• Call for Nominations: You're invited to participate in the nomination process for upcoming leadership positions within the Association. The Nominations Advisory Committee is charged with preparing a list of potential candidates for office to be considered by the Board of Directors this June. The Board will select from our recommendations the slate of nominees to appear on the February 2027 ballot. Any member eligible to vote in Association elections may suggest names for nomination for the offices listed above. Please see the announcement posted to the Association Listserv by Tom Newman on 2/19/26 for more information. Your letter of nomination can be emailed to tnewman@apsa.org.
• APsA has published a timely new blog post on the APsA website by Kerry Kelly Novick, "How Can We Help Our Children in a Climate of Violence and Unpredictability?" To continue this conversation with the public, the Committee on Public Information is actively compiling member-generated resources for a forthcoming member-sourced blog. We are looking for examples of how you are supporting individuals and families impacted by violence, including reduced-fee services, support groups, or trusted referral resources. In the forthcoming piece we plan to feature APsA’s “Find a Clinician” tool and related pathways to care. If you would like to contribute, please email me at shall@apsa.org.

Publications & Podcasts

PSYCHOANALYSIS & YOU

The new season of "Psychoanalysis & You" will kick off with a brand-new episode later this month!

Catch up on all our past episodes on your favorite listening platform or on YouTube.

To be featured as a guest in the #APsApodcast, email communications@apsa.org

JAPA

JAPA explores all the important topics you need to stay on top of your profession—from clinical issues and innovations to new methodologies to education and professional development issues to interdisciplinary studies to emerging theories and techniques.

Published bimonthly, this peer-reviewed publication is an invaluable resource for psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.

Read more at apsa.org/japa or access past issues at SAGEpub.

TAP Magazine

March 6 | Ethical and Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Mental Health Care

March 6 | Alumni Roundtable – When Machines Seem to Care

March 7 | Resilience in Response to Violence: Children, Adolescents, & Adults

March 7 | “When We Are Undone: Exploring Moments of Vulnerability, Surrender, and Creative Transformation Within the Analyst”

March 7 | Grandfathers, Mothers, and Sons; Three Generations Undertake Project of Reconstruction & Restoration

March 8 | APsA Town Hall: Navigating Turbulent Times All APsA clinical, academic, and community members are invited

March 8 | 2025 Holtzman Essay Prize Presentation

March 13 | Working Clinically with Overwhelm: The Cost and Growth-Inducing Possibilities of Undoing the Self

March 13 | Comedy and Cruelty: The Comic Mode in the Age of Trump

March 14 | The Analyst’s Desire: The Ethical Foundation of Clinical Practice

March 14 | Clinical Issues in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Transgender & Nonbinary Patients

March 14 | Bridging the Gap: Holding in a Relational Context

March 14 | Family Matters, Lived Experiences

March 16 | NCP’s Virtual Open House 2026

March 20 | Mentalizing Across Contexts

March 21 | Language Strangeness at the Core of Psychoanalysis: The Educator, The Artist, and The Hiker

March 28 | The Dynamics of Personality Development: Freud, Klein, and Bion Unplugged with Jennifer Kunst, PhD

Click on any of the events above to register for events hosted by APsA members and affiliates. Or visit our online Calendar of Events.

APsA Psychoanalytic Dispatches are deployed on the first Friday of the month and highlight events and publications sponsored by our organization, our members, and our affiliates, and are distributed to our members.

If you are an APsA member and would like to share your initiative, book, or event in Dispatches, please send key information to communications@apsa.org by the 20th of the month to be included in the upcoming edition.