seminars
Louise Nevelson, Cascade VII
The Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis provides an unstructured opportunity to study the Lacanian psychoanalytical approach for anyone who is interested in learning more. The School’s purpose is to transmit psychoanalytic theory and offer a school within the historical context of the psychoanalytic movement to conduct education, research, and treatment for the benefit of the community.
Unless specifically noted, LSP Seminars and Events are open to the general public with no commitment to or enrollment in the School. The fee for a Seminar or Event that requires one is split 50/50 between LSP and the facilitator(s), and a symbolic donation to the School is requested in the case of a Seminar or Event that is free. If the fee of a Seminar or Event is prohibitively expensive for you, please contact the facilitator(s) to see if an accommodation can be made. For Seminars and Events, this is determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the facilitator(s).
While there is no formal application to attend the many seminars and conferences open to the public, most seminars or events require registration, often simply by sending an email request to the facilitator. You will find registration, fees, and contact information in the description of each event or seminar below. All payments or donations for seminars and events are accepted on the Payments page.
If you are interested in analytic formation through the School, please review the different tracks of formation available through LSP on the page regarding Psychoanalytic Formation.
ONLINE SEMINARS
The Act of the Analyst: Psychoanalysis and Political Activism
Faculty: Joseph Scalia III, Psya.D.
Dates and Times: September 2023 to mid-May 2024: Every other Friday, starting September 15, 2023 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $100 or School Tuition
Contact: Dr. Scalia at scaliaiii@gmail.com
Faculty: Leslie Goldenberg
Dates and Times: First meeting Sunday September 10, 9-11am, and then 3rd Sunday of the month October 15 through May 19, 2024, 9-11am
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: Free, donation to the School encouraged
Contact: Leslie Goldenberg (leslie@goldenberg.net)
Dream, Symptom, Fantasy: a Clinical Cases Seminar in the Aftermath of Lacan’s Return to Freud
Faculty: Christopher Meyer, PhD, Analyst of the School
Dates and Times: Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, October 10, 2023 through June 20, 2024, 7-8:20 pm Pacific Time, with a break following the December 12 class until classes resume January 23, and no class March 26 (classes resume April 10)
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $40.00 per meeting, or LSP Tuition
Contact: Christopher Meyer, PhD, (323) 930-9662, cmeyerwoeswar@gmail.com
Encore, the comic edges of love and knowledge: Seminar XX and L’étourdit
Faculty: Benjamin Davidson
Dates and Times: Wednesdays 5–7pm Pacific Time, biweekly beginning September 27, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: Free, donation to the School encouraged
Contact: benjamdavidson@me.com
Faculty: Matthew Seidman, Candidate Research Analyst
Dates and Times: Monday 5:30-7:30 pm PT, 8:30-10:30 ET; October 2 2023 - January 15 2024
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $25/class (suggested, none turned away), or LSP Tuition
Contact: half.outside.it@gmail.com
Lacanian Clinical Workshop: From the First Session to the Last
Faculty: Dr. Cécile Gouffrant, cecilepsyd@gmail.com
Dates and Times: Third Saturday of each month, September 2023 to June 2024. 2023 dates - 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16. 2024 dates - 1/20, 2/17, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15. 10am-12pm PT / 1pm-3pm ET.
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $350.00 or LSP Tuition
Contact: cecilepsyd@gmail.com
Note: Open to the Members of the School. Others interested in joining should contact the facilitator since they may be accepted on a case by case basis. This workshop relies on clinical material presented. Anyone attending agrees to not record the meetings, and never to disclose case material presented or in discussion.
Preliminary Questions on the Possible Treatment of Perverse Disavowal
Faculty: Gardner Fair, MFT, PhD, Candidate Analyst of LSP
Dates and Times: Second Saturday of each month, 10am-12pm Pacific Time beginning September 9th 2023 and running through June 2023
Location: Online
Fee: $60 per class/students $40, or LSP Tuition
Contact: Gardner Fair at gardnerfair@yahoo.com
Faculty: Jeremy Soh, Ph.D.
Dates and Times: TBD, biweekly, January – March 2024
Location: Online
Fee: $200 or LSP Tuition
Contact: drsoh@hushmail.com
Psychoanalytic Training in the School of Lacan - Part 5
Faculty: Marcelo Estrada
Dates and Times: 5:30– 8:00pm Pacific Time, last two Thursdays each month, September 2023 to June 2024; no classes in December 2023
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $500.00 or LSP Tuition
Contact: Marcelo Estrada marcelo.estrada@gmail.com
Reading Lacan reading Freud in 1953 & 1954: Seminar I
Faculty: Casey Butcher, Candidate Analyst of the School
Dates and Times: Bi-weekly, September 2023 to May 2024, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 5-7 pm Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom, by invitation
Fee: Free, donation to the School encouraged
Contact: Casey Butcher at butcher.casey@gmail.com
Seminar Book VII: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (II)
Faculty: Yang Yu and Hong Zhou
Dates: 8:30-11 am (The third Wednesday every month, Beijing Time, from September to April, no sessions in February)
Location: Online via Voov
Fee: 2100￥(2000 RMB) $300 USD or LSP Tuition
Contact: Hong Zhou at cissyhongzhou@126.com and Yang Yu at yuyang@bnu.edu.cn
Note: This seminar will be in Mandarin Chinese
Sexuation: the binding together of sexuality and culture
Faculty: Dwight McCan
Dates and Times: Tuesdays from 5-7 pm Pacific Time and Wednesdays 9-11 am China time. We will start the first week of September, take a break during the holidays (Xmas and Chinese New Year), and continue to the middle of May 2024.
Location: on ZOOM or VooV——to be decided.
Fee: (2100 RMB) $300 USD or LSP Tuition
Contact: Dwight McCan at dmccan@icloud.com or WeChat: TdeF2019.
Faculty: Ruonan Liu, Candidate Analyst of the School
Date and Time: 8:30-11am Beijing Time, the Fourth Saturday of every month, from
September 2023-April 2024, no classes in December 2023.
Location: Online via Voov
Fee: 2100 Yuan (RMB) / $300 USD or LSP Tuition
Contact: Ruonan Liu at immanuelliu006@gmail.com or through WeChat account
+8618038187355
Note: This seminar will be in Mandarin Chinese
Faculty: Christopher Meyer, PhD, Analyst of the School
Dates and Times: September 2023-June, 2024. 4th Saturday of each month beginning September 23, 10am-12pm Pacific Time, no December meeting.
Location: Online, possibly hybrid, location TBD
Fee: $60.00 per class/students $40.00, or LSP Tuition
Contact: Christopher Meyer, PhD, (323) 930-9662, cmeyerwoeswar@gmail.com
Faculty: Diana Cuello, PhD, Analyst of the School; Annie Rogers, PhD, Analyst of the School
Dates and Times: Monthly, September to May, 1st Fridays, 9-11am Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom, by invitation
Fee: $500.00 or LSP Tuition
Contact: Diana Cuello at dianacuellophd@gmail.com, Annie Rogers at anniegrogers@gmail.com
If you have any programs from the missing years, please reach out to current web coordinator Courtney Douds at courtney.douds@gmail.com.
Don’t see your LSP seminar listed above? See an error or need to make an update to your course? Reach out to the current website coordinator Courtney Douds.
For LSP members interested in helping to shape the curriculum and program for future years of LSP, reach out to the Program Committee chair Diana Cuello to see how you can get involved.