Speaking
Dr. Abbasi is a sought after speaker, presenter, teacher, and consultant, both nationally and internationally. Learn more about her speaking engagements below.
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Dr. Abbasi
Dr. Aisha Abbasi is a Geographic Rule Training and Supervising Analyst at the Florida Psychoanalytic Center (FPC), and a Supervisor of candidates at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute ( SPSI). Before this , she was a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute (MPI) and one of its past presidents. She is a member of the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society and the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center. She is the author of the book The Rupture of Serenity: External Intrusions and Psychoanalytic Technique and the Co-Editor of the book Privacy: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms. She has contributed several book chapters and psychoanalytic articles.
Most of Dr Abbasi’s scholarly work is centered on the study of the day to day, minute by minute, clinical interactions going on in the analyst’s office, and how much there is to explore in, and learn from, such interactions. She is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Dr. Abbasi is in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Her main office is in Oregon and she sees patients in-person and remotely in OR, CA, WA, MI, FL, and NY, MI. She’s also a poet in her mother tongue Urdu, and her collection of Urdu poetry was published in Pakistan.
Dr Abbasi enjoys teaching developing psychiatrists in Residency Programs, and mentoring psychoanalytic candidates and early career analysts. She’s a sought after presenter, teacher, and supervisor/consultant, both nationally and internationally.
Upcoming Presentations
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA), February 2024
Dr. Abbasi will be speaking at a panel titled “Finding Work Life Balance” which is specially for analysts who have recently graduated. Friday, February 10 , 2024, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, New York.
June 2025 Dr. Abbasi will launch her online platform Let’s Talk: Exploring the Depths of the Mind
September 2025 Presenter and Moderator at a book launching for Dr Kathryn Zerbe’s new book: “Secrets in Psychotherapy: Stories that Inform Clinical Work.” Happy Valley, Oregon
November 2025 “Working Therapeutically Across the Boundaries of Ethnic, Political, and Religious Differences.” Invited Presenter at a Scientific Meeting of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center (OPC). Portland, OR.
Recent Speaking Engagements
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), February 2023
Invited Discussant for a Two Day Clinical Workshop on Analytic Process and Technique, February 1 & 2, 2023, New York City.
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), February 2023
Invited Discussant for Dr. Louella Dias’ 2023 prize winning paper titled "Maternal Eros: Through a Phenomenological, Psychoanalytic, and Cultural Lens.” Friday, February 3, 2023 from 11:30am -1:30 pm at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Indiana University South Bend School of Education Department of Counseling & Human Services, Spring 2022
Invited Panelist for the Virtual Symposium: “Making Meaning in Mental Health: Working Relationally in Schools & Community.”
Florida Psychoanalytic Center, February 2022
Invited presenter for “Psychoanalysts Presenting Patients.”
2025 Invited keynote speaker At the meetings of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. May 2025
2025 Invited presenter for the Paul Dewald lecture sponsored by the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. Presented on Developing a Stable Internal Home: Implications for Analytic Technique, Adult Development, and Geographic Relocations. January 2025
2024 Houston Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. Invited as Visiting Teacher for a long weekend. November 2024
2024 Invited discussant: For the Scholarly Dialogue series arranged by the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies. October 2024
2024 Invited by Austen Riggs To present a paper on Homesickness, Nostalgia, and the Development of a Stable Internalized Home. September 2024
2024 Invited Presenter for a Panel “Freud, Gandhi, and South Asia: Historical Philosophical and Clinical Perspectives. ”Spring meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association. June 2024
2024 Presented a paper-Analyzing the Children of Immigrants:
the role of un- resolved mourning in the shaping of conflicts and identity formation. Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society. April 2024
2024 Invited discussant for a Discussion Group on The Candidate at Work:
”No, I Mean …Where are You Really From?” ...When Minoritization and Othering Enter the Patient/Candidate Dyad. Winter meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, February 2024
2024 Invited discussant for a Panel:
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Sustaining Vitality as a Clinician and Developing as Teacher, Supervisor, Administrator and Scholar After Graduation. Winter meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, February 2024
2023 Invited Discussant for a Two Day Clinical Workshop on Analytic Process and Technique.
American Psychoanalytic Association Meetings. February 2023. New York City.
2023 Invited Discussant for Dr. Louella Dias’ 2023
Prize winning paper titled "Maternal Eros: Through a Phenomenological, Psychoanalytic, and Cultural Lens.” American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) Meetings. February 2023. New York City
2022. Invited Presenter for “Psychoanalysts Presenting Patients.
”Florida Psychoanalytic Center, February 2022
2022 Invited discussant for a panel
“Mothering a child with a visible facial difference: The gaze of the mother and the gaze of the other. ”Spring meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, June 2022"
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