Welcome

I hope you all are enjoying the warmer weather, although unfortunately it has been too warm in so many areas the past few weeks. As the end of summer nears and cooler weather approaches, I want to make sure you are all aware that our deadline for submitting proposals for the spring meeting is earlier than usual:August 15. Please send your ideas along, we are excited for what promises to be a scintillating conference that asks us to grapple with the conflicts, tensions, and dynamics of speech. While I acknowledge that the way in which this conference was introduced led to some of you feeling disaffected, it is my sincere hope that we can hold space in which we can engage with issues that are difficult to confront and discuss. The task of psychoanalysis is to confront the entirety of human experience; affects and thoughts that have been disavowed, repressed, not fully formulated, dissociated, or made to be kept in the realm of the unknown and unspoken. While clearly there are many differing and directly conficting ideas about what the Division should prioritize and how we think about ourselves both within and beyond our own organization, we all do share the belief that we cannot ever fully know ourselves, our motivations, or our desires. I hope our theme opens up space to confront the harsh realities of the inner and outer workings of our human experience.
The submission portal can be found here:  Submission Portal

Dana Charatan, PsyD

SPPP President