IPA Webinar "Psychoanalytic Reflections on Aging: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue."

This webinar will explore the phenomenon of aging from a psychoanalytic perspective, offering a space to reflect on its emotional and relational challenges and the opportunities for growth in the later stages of life. It will address how psychoanalysis can provide new insights and tools for working with patients at different stages of aging, highlighting the relevance of this topic for colleagues interested in the interplay between human development, loss, and connection. An interdisciplinary dialogue will enrich the discussion, making aging a subject of shared interest and learning within the psychoanalytic community.

Panelists:

Warren Poland
Clinical psychoanalyst for 60 years; Author of Melting the Darkness and Intimacy and Separateness in Psychoanalysis; Sigourney Award 2009; Former editor of JAPA Review of Books; Former columnist in American Imago.

Gilbert Kliman
He is an MD. Medical Director, Preventive Psychiatry Associates Medical Group and The Children’s Psychological Health Center, Inc. Chairperson, Harlem Family Institute. Recipient of the 2016 Anna Freud Award, and 2020 Humanitarian Award of The American Psychoanalytic Association. 2020 Rieger Award, AACAP. Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Diplomate of Am. Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Life Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Certified Psychoanalyst for Children, Adolescents, and Adults, American Psychoanalytic Association, Diplomate; Fellow, American College of Psychoanalysts

Moderator:

Felipe Matamala
He is a full member of the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI) in Seattle, WA, and Director of the Institute of the Chilean Society of Psychoanalysis (ICHPA) in Santiago, Chile. Throughout his career as a psychologist in Chile, he has worked on the issues of generational trauma and political violence. Currently, he is a counselor in a community health center for the Latino population in Washington State, United States of America.