“Wild Mushrooms: Poisoned Passion.” Phantom Thread. Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. June 8, 2018. Phoenix, AZ.
“Art as Transformative Space.” The Danish Girl. Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. January 14, 2017. Phoenix, AZ.
“Riders On the Storm: Bipolar Disorder.” Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. March 21, 2015. Scottsdale, AZ.
“Psychoanalysis: How Did It All Begin?” Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. March 29, 2014. Scottsdale, AZ.
“…And Close Your Eyes: A Psychoanalytic Pellet.” Children and Guns panel presentation. Sponsored by Imag-Aventure. May 30, 2013. Sedona, AZ.
“Notes on Rhythm.” A Mind of Music ~ A Dialogue Between Psychoanalyst, Neurologist, and Cellist. Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon at the Musical Instrument Museum. March 30, 2013. Phoenix, AZ.
“Complexity Theory, Abstract Art, and Psychoanalysis.” Arizona Psychological Association National Conference. October 6, 2012. Tucson, AZ.
“The Ilicitation of Incest.” Shame. Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. September 22, 2012. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon. Film and Psychoanalysis. A Dangerous Method with David Rappaport, PhD. May 5, 2012. Scottsdale, AZ.
“What is Complexity Theory and who put it in our Relationships?” American Group Psychotherapy Assoc. National Conference. March 8, 2012. New York, NY.
“Art & Application of Psychoanalysis.” BannerHealth, Phoenix, AZ. January 11, 2012.
“Passions in Psychosis: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Black Swan. Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. September 17, 2011. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon. “Memories of Metaphorous: A Transgender of the Mind.” Jack Drescher, MD; Ryan Sallans, MA; Megan Smith, MSW; David Rappaport, PhD. October 29, 2011, Scottsdale, AZ.
“Passions in Psychosis: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Black Swan film.” Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. September 17, 2011 Scottsdale, AZ.
“Freud, The Man.” Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon. June 18, 2011. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon with Scott Conkright, PsyD. May 21, 2011. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon with Judith Teicholtz, PhD. February 19, 2011. Scottsdale, AZ.
“What Does Love Feel Like?” A Psychoanalytic Perspective on The Secretary. Film and Psychoanalysis Salon. Arizona Psychoanalytic Society. January 8, 2011. Scottsdale, AZ.
“Complexity Theory, Abstract Art, and Psychoanalysis.” March 6, 2010. American Group Psychotherapy Association. New York, NY.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon with Donnel Stern, PhD. December 4, 2010. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon with Wilma Bucci, PhD. November 13, 2010. Scottsdale, AZ.
Introductory Discussant for Arizona Psychoanalytic Society Salon with Lewis Aron, PhD. December 25, 2010. Scottsdale, AZ.
“The Art and Application of Psychoanalysis Though the Years.” January 10, 2010. Southwest Psychoanalytic Society. January 10, 2010. Scottsdale, AZ.
“How Much Should the Analyst Love?” Arizona Psychological Annual Conference. October 23, 2009. Phoenix, AZ.
“How Much Should the Analyst Love?” Southwest Psychoanalytic Society. November 16, 2008. Phoenix, AZ.
“How Much Should the Analyst Love?” Division 39, American Psychological Association National Conference. April 2006. Philadelphia, PA.
“How Much Should the Analyst Love?” 2005 Conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. Santa Fe, NM. May 2005.
“How Much Should the Analyst Love?” The Society for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy Lectures 2004-2005. New York, NY.
“A Woman on Top: Narrative vs. Storytelling.” May 24-27. Narrative Matters 2006 Conference. The Storied Nature of Human Experience: Fact and Fiction. Acadia University, Nova Scotia.
“Hunger in the Countertransference.” Abundance and Deprivation Conference. The 2003 Institute and Conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. November 2003. Boston, MA.
“Sexual Submission to a Malicious Mind.” Pleasure and Perversity: The Erotic in Psychotherapy Conference. The 2002 Institute and Conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. November 2002. Washington, DC.
“Women on Top: Issues of Control and Sexuality of Women in Power.” The 33rd Annual Conference of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work. May 2002. New York, NY.
“Women on Top: Issues of Control and Sexuality of Women in Power.” The International Conference for Advancement of Private Practice of Clinical Social Work. June 2002. Lisbon, Portugal.
“On Mnemonic Control and The Analyst’s Shame.” March 2002. The 8th Conference of the National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work. March 2002. Chicago, Ill.
“The Treatment of An Asexual Man.” New York Institute for Self Psychology. 2001. New York, NY.
“The Sacrificed Sister.” Lecture Series for the Society of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. February 1999. New York, NY.
“The Sacrificed Sister.” The New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers, Staten Island Chapter. March 2000. New York, NY.
“Gender Performance: Aggression, Admiration, or Satire.” Institute for Human Identity, Psychotherapy Perspectives on Gender, Transgender and Beyond. November 1998. New York, NY.
“Impasse as an Expression of Erotic Countertransference.” Postgraduate Center Society Weekend Conference. May 1998. Conn.
“Impasse as an Expression of Erotic Countertransference.” Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy Wednesday Seminars, October 1998, NYC.
“On Lust and Loathing: Homoerotics Between Female Patients and Female Analyst.” Gender and Sexuality Conference, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Weekend Conference. March 1998. Montauk, NY.
“Varieties of Erotic Transference and Countertransference.” The NY State Society for Clinical Social Work. January 1997. New York, NY.
“Varieties of Erotic Transference and Countertransference.” The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, November 1997. New York, NY.
“Varieties of Erotic Transference and Countertransference.” NYU Post Doctorate Society Conference on Sexuality. 1997. New York, NY.
“The Illusion of Woman: Clinical Treatment of a Cross-Dresser.” The Institute for Human Identity 10th Annual Clinical Conference. March 1996. New York, NY.
“Transference Love, Eros, and Attachment.” NYU School of Social Work Ph.D. Program Conference. December 1995. New York, NY.
“The Erotic Transference: Resistance or Facilitator.” Society for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy Weekend Conference. September 1995.Pawling, NY.
“The Emphatic Echo in Supervision.” March 1994, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. March 1994. New York, NY.
“The Self-destruction of a ‘Whore’s Whore’: Clinical Treatment of a Self-Mutilator.” NY State Society for Clinical Social Work Psychotherapies and New York University, Social Work Ph.D. Program Conference. November 1993. NYC.
“The Interplay of Narcissism and Masochism in the Treatment of a Prostitute.” Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, October 1992, 4th National Conference For the Committee on Psychoanalysis. May 1991. Los Angeles, CA.
“Passion in the Selfobject Transference of an AIDS Group Psychotherapy.” Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. November 1991. New York, NY.
“Passion in the Selfobject Transference of an AIDS Group Psychotherapy.” 16th Annual Conference on the Psychology of the Self. October 1993. Toronto, Canada.
“Affective Elements in Supervision and Parallel Process.” Institute for Mental Health Education. May 1990. New Jersey.
“Affective Elements in Supervision and Parallel Process.” Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. November 1990. New York, NY.