WHERE PSYCHOANALYTIC CONVERSATION THRIVES
A community for clinicians, analysts, & students engaging the real questions of psychoanalytic practice—together.
Reward your Curiosity.
Thank you so much for taking time to explore our growing community.
Before you explore the site, please take a few moments to watch the brief video from LTP founder Dr. Aisha Abbasi, an analyst with more than three decades of experience as a psychoanalyst, author, speaker, and teacher.
LTP was created for clinicians, analysts, students, and serious readers who want psychoanalytic thinking to remain active, relational, and alive — not confined to isolated study or one-time events.
Watch this short introduction, then explore what membership makes possible.
If you have any questions about membership, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Dr. Kehinde Ayeni joins LTP Sunday, August 9, for "When Need Is Expressed as Hate"
A patient's hatred toward the analyst rarely stays contained to the surface of the transference. It enters the room as an intense need the patient cannot bear to feel or ask for directly — and it can be mistaken for something that calls for retaliation rather than understanding.
In this 1.5 CME seminar, Dr. Kehinde Ayeni, author of Our Mothers' Sore Expectations and Feasts of Phantoms, presents detailed clinical material from a treatment in which her patient's derogatory hatred functioned as a lifelong defense against loss and disappointment, offering clinicians a sharper way to distinguish necessary limit-setting from retaliatory enactment.
For clinicians, this is where hate in the room becomes information, not just an obstacle.
Click the title card or the button below to REGISTER!
“Considerations of Shame” with Dr. Dorothy Holmes
If you missed our riveting discussion with Dr. Dorothy Holmes, you can still watch the recording! Just click the link below to purchase your copy.
This Isn’t Content.
It’s Connection.
Psychoanalytic thinking was never meant to happen in isolation.
LTP is a place for clinicians, analysts, students, and serious readers to stay in conversation — through live seminars, recorded talks, discussion prompts, and ongoing clinical reflection.
Here, ideas are not simply watched. They are returned to, questioned, and carried forward with others.
Inside LTP, members can
Attend live seminars with acclaimed clinicians and analysts
Access the full seminar library, including past recordings and future events
Join discussion prompts around clinical and theoretical questions
Gain Continuing Education Credits by attending seminars
Engage in progressive analytical conversation with a diverse array of peers
WHO IS LTP FOR?
Practicing Clinicians & Psychoanalysts
Stay connected to serious psychoanalytic conversation beyond the consulting room.
Graduate Students in Clinical Training
Deepen your engagement with psychoanalytic ideas while your clinical voice is still forming.
Serious Readers of Psychoanalytic Thought
For those committed to thinking carefully about psychoanalysis—not just consuming it.
Founded by Dr. Aisha Abbasi
Let’s Talk Psychoanalysis was created by Dr. Aisha Abbasi — a psychoanalyst, author, educator, and speaker.
Dr. Abbasi is a Fellow of the American Board of Psychoanalysis and a member of both the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psychoanalytic Association. She serves as a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Florida Psychoanalytic Center and supervises candidates at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
With decades of experience in clinical practice, teaching, and institutional leadership — including over 20 years at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, where she served as president — her work has been dedicated to advancing psychoanalytic thinking in both clinical and public contexts.
She is the author of The Rupture of Serenity: External Intrusions and Psychoanalytic Technique and co-editor of Privacy: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms. A recipient of APsA’s Master Teacher Award, Dr. Abbasi has published widely and continues to contribute to the field through writing, teaching, and public speaking.
A published poet in her native Urdu, Dr. Abbasi’s work reflects a deep engagement with both the clinical and human dimensions of psychoanalysis.
