Regional & Specialist Groups

NEUROPSYCHOANALYTIC DISCUSSION GROUPS

Our website now offers a platform for online discussion groups by making bulletin boards available to specific neuropsychoanalytic groups. Each one will be open only to members of the group 'owning' it, as access will be provided by the group leader, with a password.

We hope to provide an opportunity for virtual and practical collaboration in the interdisciplinary bridging of neuroscience and psychoanalysis.

If you would like to join an existing group (regional or specialist) please write to the group leader (email addresses appear next to the group leader’s name).

If you would like to apply to host an international or regional group online, or start a new local group, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Groups leaders are members of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society, and report on the work of their group in our journal Neuropsychoanalysis in the Bulletin of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society section edited by Maggie Zellner. For guidelines on making a group report, click here.

Click here for more information on the Society. Click here to join the Society.

REGIONAL GROUPS AND GROUP LEADERS

Argentina: Buenos Aires: Luis Chiozza, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Eduardo Issaharoff This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Argentina: Córdoba: An Interdiciplinary group that gathers psychologists, pshilosophers, neuropsychologists and undergradutae  students who belong to the Psychology Department of the National University of Córdoba. The group sets meetings three times a week focusing on epistemological issues concerning Neuropsychoanalysis, with conceptual tools from philosophy of  neurosciences and philosophy of mind (eg. mind-body problem in neuropsychoanlysis,  different explainatory models in  Neuropsychoanalysis). The group has a  grant from the National Institution of Science and  Techonology under the name  of the following project The impact of the theories about molecular cognition in philosophy of Neuroscience: Reflexion of its goals and limits in Neuropsychoanalysis and general Psychology. Furthermore this is the third consecutive year (2009, 2010, 2011)  that members of the group are in charge of a Seminary at the Department of Psychology called Epistemological problems of Neuropsychoanalysis. The Project Director is Dr. José Ahumada, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; see www.neuropsicoanalisis.webs.com

Argentina: Neuropsychoanalysis Society of Argentina: Ricardo Gorodisch, Lia Ricón, Roberto Rosler, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Argentina: The Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Chapter of the Argentine Psychoanalytical Association: Diego Cohen(APA), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Australia: New South Wales: Ron Spielman, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Australia: Brisbane Study Group: Rita Hayes, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and keep an eye on our events section for their next Inaugural meeting...

Austria: Vienna: Gerald Wiest, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Belgium: Ghent: Filip Geerardyn: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Brazil: Itaperuna, RJ. Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Study Group. Monthly meetings, group studies and discuss treatments. This group is open to nurses, psychologists, psychoanalysts, neurologists, and psychiatrists. Group Coordinator: Dr. Marcelo Damasceno at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Brazil: Porto Alegre, RS - Southern Brazilian Chapter; Group Coordinator: Dr. Maria Sonia Goergen at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for more information on this group.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro GENPSA:Neuropsychoanalysis Study and Research Group of Rio de Janeiro / Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Neuro-Psicanálise do Rio de Janeiro, Elie Cheniaux Jr., This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information, click here

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Center of study to Neuropsychoanalysis-Rio de Janeiro/Centro de Estudos de Neuro-Psicanalise-Rio de Janeiro. Marcos P. Barroso de Menezes, PhD: SBNEUROPSY@ yahoo.com.br. Click here for more information on this group.

There is also a Neuropsychoanalysis group for studies on Wednesdays at 18:00h - Rua Visconde de Pirajá 156 loja I, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil: São Paolo: Center of Study and Research in Neuropsychoanalysis of São Paulo. Yusaku Soussumi, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for more information on this group

Canada/Northwest US: The North West Chapter of the Neuropsychoanalysis Society: John Espy, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Canada: Toronto Group of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society: James Deutsch, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Czech Republic: Prague Neuropsychoanalysis Group; Contact: Joseph Dodds. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Web: www.npsa.cz

Colombia: Bogotá Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis Study Group: Santiago Barrios-Vásquez at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for more information on this group

Finland: Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group: Anna-Liisa Roinisto-Dumell, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

France, Paris: Psychanalyse, Médecine et Neurosciences, La Pitié-Salpêtrière: Jean Benjamin Stora, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

France, Paris: Neurology and Psychoanalysis. Monthly meetings to review the group studies and discuss treatments. This group is open to nurses, psychologists, psychoanalysts, general practitioner, neurologists, and psychiatrists. Contact: Dr Annaik Feve at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information click here.

Germany: Ulm. Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group: Michael Noll-Hussong, MD, MBA; email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; tel +49 (0)731 500 61822; fax +49 (0)731 500 61802

Israel: The Neuropsychoanalysis Group in Israel is headed by Irith Raveh at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for information on this group.

Italy: Bologna: A Clinical Case Discussion Group concerning neurological patients has started in Bologna (Italy) one year ago at the Department of Psychology of the Bologna University (Coordinators: Dr. Marina Farinelli and Dr Anna Di Santantonio).  It involves psychologists from public rehabilitation hospitals and units or private practice.  It is open to specialists interested in neuropsychoanalytic and psychosomatic approaches to rehabilitation psychotherapy and research. Contact: Marina Farinelli, MD, Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist; e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Italy: Naples: Psychoanalysis-Neuroscience Group of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society: Franco Scalzone, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;

Japan: The Neuro-Psychoanalytic Study Group, Kyoto: Dr. Kazuyuki Hirao, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for information on this group

Mexico: Mexico City: Instituto & Sociedad Mexicana de Neurociencias, Psicoanálsis y Salud Mental established in 2000. Dr Alberto Montez de Oca Tamez, Presidente; Dra. Ma. Del Carmen Valdez Balderas, Directora General; Website: www.neuro-psique.org and www.psicoanalisis.org.mx; emails: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Poland: The Polish Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group; contact person: Slawomir Murawiec  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Portugal: Rui Coelho, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Spain: Barcelona: Join AINPSA, Asociación Ibérica de NeuroPsicoanálisis at Calle Sabino Arana Nº 40 Piso 9 º Puerta 2, (08028) Barcelona; tel: 609392104; contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details on this new Spanish-speaking neuropsychoanalytic association.

Turkey: The Istanbul Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group - www.npsa-istanbul.com: contact Fatma Gökçe Özkarar at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further details.

UK: London: Meets at 6pm on the first Thursday of each academic month in Queens Square, WC1. Contact Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  to apply with a minimum of 2-3 lines, indicating your discipline and the nature of your interest. Suggestions about topics and/or format are welcome.

USA: Boston: Toni Greatrex, M.D., This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . http://www.bostonneuropsa.org. See below in 'Specialist Groups' for details.

USA: Chapel Hill, NC: Psychoanalytic Interdisciplinary Discussion Group, David Moore, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This group meets every Wednesday and is open to new members.

USA: New York: The Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center of NPAP, New York City. Contact: Edith Laufer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

USA: San Diego: The West Coast NPSA Discussion Group. Contact: "Sandy" Ghazal Ansari-Basir, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SPECIALIST GROUPS

Circle of Affective Neuroscience (CAN) and Initiation of Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience (ICAN), Istanbul: For further details contact Fatma Gökçe Özkarar at the Istanbul Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group (see above) via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The NeuROgestalt Groups: Relations d'Objet – Montreal and Paris: Gilles Delisle, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Neuropsychoanalytic Study Group in Frankfurt/Cologne: Klaus Roeckerath, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information about this group and its publications, click here.

The Body-Mind Study Groups of the Swedish Psychoanalytic Society, Stockholm: Iréne Matthis, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Magnus Kihlbom, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Daniela Montelatici-Prawitz, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

In Malmö-Lund, Southern Sweden:Lennart Bryngelsson, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Society for the research unit "Center for Critical Philosophy",Ghent.Department of Philosophy, University of Ghent, Belgium: Gertrudis Van de Vijver This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Gezelschap voor Psychoanalyse & Psychotherapie, Department for Psychoanalysis, Ghent University: Filip Geerardyn, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Workshop of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: Toni Greatrex, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Contact (617) 277-6294 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . New members accepted every fall.

University of Michigan: Program of research on unconscious processes: Howard Shevrin, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Neurobiology/Psychoanalysis Study Group of the Psychoanalytic Institute at New York University Medical Center: Larry Kunstadt, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This group is currently full.

Scientific Interdisciplinary Studies at Columbia Center for Psychoanalytical Training and Research: David Douglas Olds and Ellen Rees, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc.: Robert J.Winer, M.D. at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it