2025 - 2026 Scientific Meetings
| Program Title: | PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SELF |
| Date: | Saturday, January 10, 2026 |
| Time: | 10:30am – 12:30pm |
| Presenter: | Megan Rundel, PhD Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) |
| Moderator: | Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP) |
| Location: | San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis 444 Natoma Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (remote option is available) |
| Program Fee: | Free |
| CME/CE: | This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for free (for SFCP members) or $22.50 (for non-SFCP members) |
In this meeting, we will explore the powerful links between psychedelics and psychoanalysis, including opening and working with the unconscious, non-ordinary states, and transference and countertransference. We will also discuss what analysts need to know about talking with patients interested in psychedelics, so participants can leave feeling well-informed and able to navigate this cutting-edge terrain.
Megan Rundel, PhD is a clinical psychologist, and a Personal and Supervising Analyst and Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. She is also a graduate of the Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, as well as a number of ketamine training programs. She has taught and written widely on the use of psychedelics in enhancing psychoanalysis; her most recent papers are “Psychedelic Psychoanalysis: Transformations of the Self,” published in Psychoanalytic Dialogues in 2022, and “Expansion and Regression in Oceanic Experience: A Model of Psychedelic Consciousness for Psychoanalysis” co-authored with Karen Peoples, Ph.D., to be published in Psychoanalytic Dialogues later in 2025. She maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis and consultation in Oakland, California.
Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:
- list the major psychedelic agents currently being used or researched for their efficacy in treating mental health issues, and their effects, methods of actions, contraindications, and research findings so far.
- describe some of the transference and countertransference paradigms and issues that are common in clinical work with psychedelic agents
- explain how analysts can work in a skillful and knowledgeable way with patients who are interested in working with psychedelics or who are currently using them in a skillful and knowledgeable way.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CE credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper).
LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of credits awarded for each program.
Commercial Support: None