Distinguished Speakers presents: Laplanche Study Group with Avgi Saketopoulou

The Laplanche Study Group will bring together a cohort of advanced learners dedicated to acquiring depth of knowledge and skill in a theoretical vein not otherwise available in a general study program. This course will require an investment of time for reading of the texts, plus participation in once monthly 3-hour meetings with Avgi Saketopoulou. We expect the time dedicated to close reading and communal study will be deeply rewarding. The course is capped at 15 participants to ensure individual teaching attention from the instructor.

The goal is for the completion of the course to represent a significant commitment to ongoing psychoanalytic learning in a domain of study that is not routinely offered. As an advanced learning atelier, this stands to be a learning experience that shifts what--and how--participants are equipped to read Freud and Laplanche in particular, and psychoanalytic theory more generally. The course can also inspire new thinking vis-a-vis clinical work, inform learners' supervisory approach, and deepen their own teaching.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum 7 years-experience in clinical practice
• One year of study in Freudian theory. Examples relevant to our community may include:
  • Graduation from psychoanalytic training institute’s 4-year didactics
  • Completion of a 2-year certificate program at either NPSI or SPSI
  • Having taught a quarter-long course on Freud in any setting
• Registration requires a short write up of no more than 300 words to introduce yourself to the instructor.
• Full 10 session program commitment required.
• Dates: 
  • March 4, 2027
  • April 1, 2027
  • May 13, 2027
  • June 10, 2027
  • September 16, 2027
  • October 7, 2027
  • November 4, 2027
  • December 2, 2027
  • January 13, 2028
  • February 17, 2028
• Time
  • 3-hour, once monthly class on Thursday afternoons 2pm-5pm Pacific Time (except July & August)

Location: Virtual via Zoom

General Registration:

Registration will open November 1st, 2026, at 10 AM PT 

(Reminder: Daylight Savings Time end November 1st at 2:00 AM)

Registration capped at 15 participants.

Fees: Members: $1750 | Non-Members: $2000

Inclusive Pricing Registration:
Please plan to self-select a category that accurately represents your financial reality. Discounted spots are limited, if you have full-time work, assets or generational wealth, please choose the full fee option.

• Household income less than $80,000/yr – 1 spot available ($500)
• Household income less than $120,000/yr - 2 spots available ($1000)

Learning Objectives:
(To Be Added)

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel your purchase, please do so before February 4, 2027 by emailing admin@nwaps.org to request a refund minus a 30% cancellation fee. We are unable to process or offer any refund for cancellations made after February 4, 2027. Allow 2-3 weeks to process your refund request. Note that participation in the entire event is required to obtain CE credits.

Clinical conflicts

The small group cohort nature of the group necessitates checking for clinical conflicts. The committee will email to those registered identifying learning group participants however, clinicians are responsible for managing all clinical conflicts that might arise. If a clinical conflict results in needing to withdraw from the group, registration will be refunded in full if notification to NWAPS is received by January 4th, 2027. 

Waitlist

As registration for this limited group fills, a waitlist for each registration category will be activated. Withdrawals for a clinical conflict or other unspecified reason may open up spots in the group. If spots open, NWAPS will contact those on the waitlist in order of registration. New participants added to the group from the waitlist will necessitate re-checking for clinical conflicts. The learning cohort will be finalized by February 4th, 2027.

Speaker Bio:

Avgi Saketopoulou, Psy.D. is Cypriot and Greek psychoanalyst practicing in NYC. She teaches at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and her publications have received numerous prizes including twice the annual JAPA prize, the Ralph Roughton Award, the Symonds Prize, Div. 39's Scholarship Award and, also, the Diversity Award, and she is co-recipient, with Dr. Ann Pellegrini of the First Tiresias Prize. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia (2023), co-author, with Ann Pellegrini, of Gender Without Identity, and in critical conversation with Dominique Scarfone in The Reality of the Message: Psychoanalysis in the Wake of Jean Laplanche.