2026 Spring Meeting Poster Submissions
Intermodal discrepancy as a feature of trauma: Mothers who were pregnant and widowed on 9/11, and their infants Beatrice Beebe, PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center Attachment, Mentalization and Psychological Distress among Substance Using Adults Mark A. Teles, Ph.D., San Diego State University Sacred Resistance and Wellbeing: A Mixed Method’s Study of LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults’ Negotiations with Religion & Spirituality Rhyan Toledo, PhD (Confirmed Sep 2025), Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Gender & Sexuality Program (GSP) Sexual Scripts and Mental Health: Brazilian Men’s Reflections on Pornography, Desire and Sexual Initiation Maria Marchesi, MA - Pace University A Qualitative Study Exploring Palestinian Community Health Workers’ Perspectives of their Training Process on Decolonial Healing: Narratives of Transformation from a West Bank Refugee Camp Context Sarah Farhan, B.A., University of Massachusetts - Boston Reclaiming Self-Regulation and Authentic Subjectivity through “Textual Healing;” : A qualitative pilot study of a mindfulness intervention app Kyle T. Pritz, BS Psychology, Pace University A Systematic Literature Review of Psychoanalytic Factors and the Workplace: An Uncommon but Essential Pairing Shannon McIntyre, PhD, Antioch University of New England From Scrolling to Self-Diagnosing: The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on College Students’ Self-Diagnostic Behaviors MC Williams, Psychology Bachelor's Degree, Pace University No Laughing Matter: Borderline Personality Traits and Sensitivity to Affiliation and Dominance Cues in Laughter Michaela W. Flum, MA, Long Island University-Brooklyn Performing Under the Influence (of Instagram)?: The Unconscious Influence of Social Media on Performance Anxiety in Athletes and Performing Artists Sydney N. Lee, BA, Teachers College, Columbia University Social media: The good, the bad, and the ugly Kyung-Ah Judy Chang, MSEd, Pace University The False Self as a Moderator of Ableism and Disability Identity on Well-Being: Navigating Misattunement as Disabled Medicaid Home Care Users Nina Bakoyiannis, PhD, LIU Brooklyn Affective and Social-Cognitive Dimensions of Early Memories as Predictors of Attachment Security Eugenia Zhukovsky, MA, Long Island Unviersity-Brooklyn Campus Clinician as Institution: Power, Goodness, and the Violence of Help Danielle Di Benedetto, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute Effortful Control’s Impact on Interpersonal Distress Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem Instability Abigail Hopkins, B.S., Long Island University-Brooklyn | Outcomes of Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy for Depression and Anxiety among Veterans Cory K. Chen, PhD, Long Island University - Brooklyn The Effects of Effortful Control, Interpersonal Distress, and Rejection Sensitivity on Eating Disorder Symptoms in College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model Julia Jurist, BA, Long Island University Brooklyn A Moderation Analysis of the Influence of Therapist’s Self Disclosure on The Real Relationship within the Attachment Framework Amelia Patsalos-Fox, MA, Long Island University Concern for Face on the Impact of Family Enmeshment and Stress Levels Among Arab Americans Tiffany Elchoueiri, M.A., Long Island University Therapist and Patient Experiences of Distraction in Remote Psychotherapy Jake Siegal, BS, Teachers College, Columbia University Teaching the Digital Generation: Uncovering Teachers’ Perspectives on Pre-Adolescent Social Media for Responsive Curricula Emma Rich, BA, Pace University The relationship between dissociation and aggression in adolescence Benjamin Avshalomov, Mental Health Counseling masters, Ferkauf child school-clinical PsyD Sex and Psychedelics: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Erotic Content and Relational Healing in MDMA-Assisted Therapy Katherine Schneider, MA Clinical Psychology, PsyD Doctoral Candidate, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego Distance and Dosage? Examining How Therapy Modality Shapes the Link Between Patient Personality and Working Alliance Emma Meyer, BA, Pace University Mindful Media: Building Mindfulness, Identity, and Relationship Skills Before the First Profile Emilie K. Clark, LCSW, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis Perceived Social Support as a Moderator of Trauma Perpetrator and Interoceptive Awareness Among Young Adults Jessica Nassau, BA, Long Island University Brooklyn The State as an attachment figure: Expanding attachment theory in East and Southeast Asian educator contexts Sasha Raj Lawrence, PhD student, UCSC Emerging AI/LLM Technologies in Psychoanalytic Practice Dr. Leora Trub (PHD, Pace Univeristy) How We Trust in the Time of TikTok Grace McCleary Williams, LCSW, Department of Veteran's Affairs |