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Starting October 19, 2025

Becoming a Psychoanalytic Writer

Course description

This three part seminar course on psychoanalytic writing invites participants to explore the transformative journey of developing an authentic analytic voice. 


Together, we will delve into the emotional and psychological dimensions of writing, emphasizing the importance of understanding and overcoming the barriers that can arise in the process.  The course will provide practical guidance on developing outlines and structuring arguments, but it will also prioritize the cultivation of authenticity in writing. By fostering a supportive and engaging environment, my goal is to empower attendees to express their thoughts and insights with clarity and confidence, ultimately helping them to write authentically and meaningfully about their analytic work and ideas.  


This journey is not just about mastering a format; it’s about finding the heart of one’s writing and allowing that voice to resonate through the pages of your analytic papers.  


Seminar 1: Sharing my own struggles as an analytic writer; what helped and hindered me; how the hindrances were worked through and how I gradually came to develop what felt like my own style of writing, even if it was quite different from most analytic papers of that time. Attendees will be invited to share their own challenges in writing analytic papers.

Seminar 2: The importance of writing to process, to understand something for ourselves, to keep a record - even if initially not with the thought of publication. How do we then move to the point of thinking that what we’ve written might be of use to others - colleagues, and patients? How does understanding and working through our omnipotent and grandiose fantasies about writing, lead to an easier and more natural path to writing material we can share with others?

Seminar 3: The challenge and necessity of writing clinical papers - which patient(s), obtaining patient's consent, ethical and clinical considerations.  Additionally, we discuss practical ideas about how analytic papers can be planned for, written, and completed.

Who is this course for?

  • Licensed and pre-licensed mental health clinicians (any license, any state) 
  • This course is reserved for clinicians who identify as Asian / Asian American.  Affinity based spaces are important and needed for those with marginalized identities.  If you don't identify as such, please join us for our public events which are open to all. 

Details

  • Sundays: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2
  • 2-3:30pm PST / 5-6:30pm EST
  • 3 sessions 
  • Fees: $150 - $180 
  • Virtual. On Zoom


To Register

Instructor

Aisha Abbasi, MD (she/her) is a Geographic Rule Training and Supervising Analyst at the Florida Psychoanalytic Center in Miami and a Supervisor of candidates at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is a member of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society, and the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society. Before moving to Oregon in 2023, Dr. Abbasi was a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute (MPI) for over 22 years and a past president of MPI. She is a Recipient of the Master Teacher Award, presented by APsA's National Candidates' Council. She's the author of The Rupture of Serenity: External Intrusions and Psychoanalytic Technique, and the co-editor of the book Privacy: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms. Dr. Abbasi has been on the editorial board of JAPA and the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. She is now the vice president of the Board of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. She has authored several papers in analytic journals, book chapters, and presentations. She is also the proud Founder of Let's Talk: Exploring the Depths of the Mind… an online platform dedicated to the teaching and learning of all the insight-oriented psychotherapies, including psychoanalysis. She's also a published poet in her native language Urdu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Unfortunately, not at this time. 

Course fees are split between instructors and the Center. We believe in valuing the time and work of our instructors.  The fees to Center support operating costs for current and future programming.  

Due to the size of the courses (8 participants), your presence is important so we hope that you make every effort to attend class. And, life happens. 


However, there will be no recordings of sessions. We want to encourage participants to feel at ease to share personal and/or clinical material. 

We want to offer a space for Asian / Asian American clinicians to be, to learn, to question, to create, and to support one another.  And, from this space, our hope is that we can have more nuanced conversations and in depth explorations of the intersection of Asian subjectivities and psychoanalysis.


Our public events are open to all.  And, in the future, we might offer courses for non-Asian clinicians. 

If you need to withdraw from enrollment, full refund will be given to up to two weeks prior to class start minus a processing fee of $50.  If less than 2 weeks, processing fee of $100. 


No refunds once classes have begun or for missed classes.


In the event that the Center has to cancel a course, full refund will be provided. 

Expectations of Participants

Barring extenuating circumstances, participants in TAACP’s courses agree to attend all sessions, arriving on time for the entire duration of class. 


As classes are online, ensure that you are in a quiet and private space that allows for both audio and video to be on. 


Classes are small to encourage dialogue. We encourage you to “take” your share of talking time and listening time. 

 Keep other participants’ experience and clinical information confidential. 

All involved with TAACP (staff, volunteers, faculty, participants, guests) are expected to interact with each other with respect.


Issues that arise will be first discussed / addressed with the immediate folks involved and can be progressed to include faculty and/or TAACP’s administration.   

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