MPS Scientific Meeting – January 17, 2026

  • January 17, 2026

  • 2:00 pm  to  4:00 pm

A PANEL ENTITLED: THE INS AND OUTS OF
“IN-PERSON” AND “DISTANCE” PSYCHOANALYSIS

Presenters:
Thomas Brewer, PhD
Nicole Buller, LMSW
Ha Young Kwon, MD

Discussant:
Lena Ehrlich, PsyD

Moderator:
Nancy Kulish, PhD

Saturday, January 17, 2026

2:00 – 4:00 PM (Eastern time)

2 CME and CE Credit Hours ($30 per credit hour for non-MPS members)

HYBRID: Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, 32841 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI or online
**NOTE: Pre-registration is required for this program if attending via zoom/virtual only, Click on link below to register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Y9qISm22S8W-wSnxkOSRQg.
Pre-registration is not required if attending in person.

Practice Gap/Need and Course Description:

Working on video and by telephone have become common practice for analysts and therapists but have created special challenges. This panel will provide an opportunity to explore the clinical issues in working within these newer modalities. What are the similarities and differences from in-person analysis? Are there different psychic meanings attributed to the different modalities? Are there some patients who do better in tele-analysis and some in-person? What about treating children and adolescents by tele-analysis? Does the body disappear from the discourse? How about the therapist’s comfort with one modality over the other?

Three advanced psychoanalytic candidates will share their clinical experiences and what they have learned in working within these different modalities, especially working back and forth between one or the other. Questions that arise from the presentation will be addressed by the discussant, followed by an open discussion with the audience.

After attending this program participants will be able to:

1.     Discuss the possible advantages and disadvantages of distance vs in-person psychoanalytic treatments.

2.     Describe creative techniques utilizing video or phone in psychotherapy or psychoanalysis with children and adolescents.

CONTINUING MEDIC AL EDUCATION

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 Michigan Psychoanalytic Society. 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.

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL WORK

The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative.

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS

The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The views of the speakers do not necessarily represent the views of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society. Please call or email Monica Evans at 248-851-3380, mevans@mpi-mps.org for additional information or visit our Website: mpi-mps.org