The EPPIC Program invites mental health students and professionals (e.g., psychoanalysts, psychiatrists,
psychologists, social workers, counselors, case managers), academics, and community practitioners/organizers
to explore how psychoanalytic thinking can help address urgent real-world challenges. Focused on community
engagement, this program considers psychoanalytic principles beyond traditional therapy settings to promote
social justice, alleviate community trauma, foster systemic transformation, and address other complex
community issues.
Traditional psychoanalytic education has often neglected community-based applications of psychoanalysis. Yet,
community psychoanalysis offers a transformative pathway to extend psychoanalytic principles beyond the
consulting room into settings where they are urgently needed. The Expanding Psychoanalytic Practice in
Community (EPPIC) program aims to revitalize this approach by providing structured, didactic, and experiential
learning opportunities that integrate psychoanalytic thought with community-based interventions.
This program was developed by the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the International
Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) in collaboration with the APsA Department of Psychoanalytic Education (DPE)
Section of the Psychoanalyst in the Community and the Contemporary Freudian Society. The program is
intended to satisfy the requirements of those states that require CE/CME credits in the area of cultural
competency for license renewal, but the final judgment for such qualification is made by each state’s board.
2025–2026 Academic Year – Pilot Program
The program consists of eight online sessions, each lasting three hours,scheduled monthly on the first Saturday,
from 11:00am to 2:00pm EST, September to April, and culminating in a day- long hybrid conference in May.

CONTACTS
Direct inquiries to:

Lizbeth Moses: lizbeth.moses3@gmail.com
Konstantinos Taliouridis: ktaliouridis@icloud.com

ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO FUTURE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS