Psychology & the Other Boston

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Boston Conference
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September 10-12, 2027


Location

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA


Call for Proposals

Submission Portal is Open Now

Welcome to PATO Boston

September 10鈥�12, 2027
Boston College | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Preconference workshops: September 9, 2027

Psychology & the Other brings clinicians, scholars, students, writers, artists, theologians, and philosophers into conversation about psychological life as embodied, relational, historical, and interpretive. Across these conversations runs a shared concern with the forms of attention adequate to persons. How do we understand psychological experience without separating it from the histories, relationships, institutions, and meanings through which it takes shape? What happens to clinical practice as technologies, markets, and systems of care change around it? How might psychology remain in conversation with forms of knowledge that approach the psyche through interpretation, encounter, aesthetic experience, and contemplation? The conference will consider what these different approaches disclose about psychological life and what kinds of knowledge they make possible.

We welcome proposals for individual papers, group symposia, and posters that bring psychology into conversation with philosophy, theology, psychoanalysis, literature, the arts, and related disciplines. Contributions may address psychological experience, psychotherapy and care, narrative and memory, institutions, spiritual life, creativity, or flourishing. Student submissions, including posters, are encouraged.

Submission deadline: Friday, February 12th, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Notification of decisions: Early April

Keynote Speaker: Mark Solms, PhD


Professor in Neuropsychology, University of Cape Town

Professor in Neuropsychology, University of Cape Town

Mark Solms is a neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst at the University of Cape Town and a founder of neuropsychoanalysis. His work brings research on the brain into conversation with psychoanalytic inquiry into affect, dreaming, and consciousness.听

Solms鈥檚 work asks how the felt qualities of psychological life enter scientific accounts of mind. His dialogue between neuroscience and psychoanalysis also opens questions about unconscious life and the forms of understanding that can guide psychotherapy.


Plenary Speakers

Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry
Mental health reporter, The New York Times
Elizabeth Cotton
Elizabeth Cotton
Associate Professor, University of Leicester
Kyleigh Leddy
Kyleigh Leddy
Author, therapist, and creative writing educator, Boston College
Elizabeth Lunbeck, PhD
Elizabeth Lunbeck, PhD
Professor of the History of Science in Residence, Harvard University
Linda Michaels, PsyD, MBA
Linda Michaels, PsyD, MBA
Chair and Co-Founder, Psychotherapy Action Network; psychologist in private practice, Chicago
Eric Severson, PhD
Eric Severson, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University
Devin Singh, PhD
Devin Singh, PhD
Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College
Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD
Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD
Professor; Counseling Psychology PhD Program, Boston College
Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
Journalist and author; founder and publisher, Mad in America

Invited Speakers

Peter Capretto, PhD
Peter Capretto, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Culture, and Religion; Director of Chaplaincy Studies, Phillips Theological Seminary
Elizabeth Cotton
Elizabeth Cotton
Associate Professor, University of Leicester
Amelio A. D鈥橭nofrio, PhD
Amelio A. D鈥橭nofrio, PhD
Founding Director, Gubbio Seminars; Psychologist and clinical supervisor, New York City
Mark Freeman, PhD
Mark Freeman, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society Emeritus, College of the Holy Cross; Senior Fellow, Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics, Boston College
Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, R.Psych
Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, R.Psych
Practicing Psychologist and Scholar, University of Vienna, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver
Gail Hornstein, PhD
Gail Hornstein, PhD
Professor Emerita of Psychology, Mount Holyoke College
Sarah Kamens, PhD
Sarah Kamens, PhD
Clinical psychologist in private practice; Editor, Journal of Humanistic Psychology; President, the Society for Humanistic Psychology
Filipe Maia, PhD
Filipe Maia, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theology, Boston University School of Theology
Zenobia Morrill, PhD
Zenobia Morrill, PhD
Director of Strategic Projects and External Relations, CPHE; Assistant Professor, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College
Kathleen M. Pape, PsyD
Kathleen M. Pape, PsyD
Clinical psychologist, Pape Psychological Services; faculty member, Seattle University
Brian Robinette, PhD
Brian Robinette, PhD
Joseph Professor in Catholic Spirituality, Boston College
Steven J. Sandage, PhD
Steven J. Sandage, PhD
Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology, Boston University
Martin Summers, PhD
Martin Summers, PhD
Professor of African-American History, Boston College

Conference Tracks and Descriptions:听

Thursday, September 9, 2027

Boston College | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | One-hour lunch break

Continuing education details forthcoming

Begin the Boston gathering with a full day of clinical inquiry on Thursday, September 9. Workshops led by Amelio A. D鈥橭nofrio and Linda Michaels consider the therapeutic encounter and the changing technological and institutional conditions of depth psychotherapy.

Registration will open in March 2027.

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Professionals & Faculty听

(Excluding Boston College)

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$400

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Boston College Faculty & Staff

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$75

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Exclusively Online Digital Streaming

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$250

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Fellows, Analysts, and PostDoc Candidates

(Excluding Boston College)

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$200

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Boston College Students

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$0

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On-Site Registration

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$500

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Undergraduate and Graduate Students

(Excluding Boston College)

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$100

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Co-Sponsor Affiliates

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$50

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Conference Team

David Goodman, PhD
David Goodman, PhD
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies; Executive Director, Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics, Boston College
M. Mookie C. Manalili
M. Mookie C. Manalili
Psychotherapist; Part-Time Faculty, Boston College; Researcher, Danielsen Institute - Boston University
Justin Karter, PhD
Justin Karter, PhD
Program Director, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Boston College
Mackenzie Caruso
Mackenzie Caruso
Assistant Director of Programming, Marketing, and Events, Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics, Boston College
Mark Freeman, PhD
Mark Freeman, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society Emeritus, College of the Holy Cross; Senior Fellow, CPHE, Boston College

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Psychology & the Other Boston Organizers & Sponsors

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Boston College Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics

https://www.psian.org/

Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) advocates for wider access to therapies of depth, insight, and relationship. It supports clinicians and the standards that sustain their work, and challenges policies and business models that undermine meaningful, relationship-based care.

PsiAN听Sponsored Plenary Panels

The Future of Therapies of Depth, Insight and Relationship: Linda Michaels (leading the panel), Elizabeth Cotton, Liz Lunbeck, and Usha Tummala-Narra

Mental Health and the Public Discourse: Ellen Barry, Robert Whitaker, and Kyleigh Leddy

The Santiago conference takes place at Universidad Alberto Hurtado on January 8鈥�9, 2027.

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Keep an eye out for future news and programming through our听Psychological Humanities & Ethics听offerings!

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