Cecilia Taiana PhD, RP, FIPA is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Ottawa. She has authored papers on a wide range of topics and is a former winner of both the Miguel Prados and the Douglas Levin Prizes awarded for papers written by members of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. Listen in to learn about her upcoming presentations at the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute and Sigmund Freud University in Berlin on topics including migration, absence, the role of poetry in psychoanalysis, and the epistemological drive.

A special edition of Conversations in Psychoanalysis Today:
Karen Dougherty talks with Cheryl Jacobson, the current President of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto just before the Saturday Banquet at the 45th CPS Congress, "The Future is History."

Joshua Levy, Ph.D., C.Psych., has the distinction of being the oldest training and supervising analyst at the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Levy has published widely on dreams. He is an advocate for learning to appreciate multiple analytic perspectives. He leads day-long seminars on analytic listening and is currently guiding a Canada-wide study group on psychoanalytic supervision. He is very involved in the Toronto psychoanalytic scene and it is not surprise that in 2019 he was the recipient of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education’s Hans Loewald Prize for his work on Analytic Stalemate and Psychoanalytic Supervision. This award recognizes extraordinary contributions to psychoanalytic education. In this episode, we discuss among other things his upcoming Freud Café Presentation on Friday, May 31st, 2024 in Toronto during the 45th Annual Canadian Psychoanalytic Congress. His presentation is entitled “Are You Empathic” and in it, he will ask, What is empathy? What isn’t it? What did Freud say and not say about it? Can empathy be taught?