Many of IPI's training opportunities are available to participants who can't enroll in one of the full training programs. Students are welcome to come to one, or several, of the events below at a level of participation that suits you.

For information about enrollment in any of these events, and about IPI in general, see General Information.

Weekend Conferences and Saturday Morning Lecture Series

IPI’s Weekend Conferences and Saturday Morning Lectures feature national and international presenters at the leading edge of the field. Past presenters have included Glen Gabbard, Peter Fonagy, Ted Jacobs, Christopher Bollas, Jill and David Scharff, and more. Click here to see upcoming weekend conferences and Saturday morning lectures.

Special Conferences

Periodically, IPI sponsors or cosponsors a major national or international conference that is available to all, regardless of their enrollment in other IPI programs. In the past, for example, IPI cosponsored the International Conference on Prejudice and Conflict, in Salt Lake City, and the 2nd International Conference on Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy in Montreal. See our Special Conferences page for information about upcoming events.

Supervision/Study Groups/Seminars

Individual and group supervision is offered in affiliated program sites, and nationally by telephone or videolink, and by referral to IPI faculty members. See Supervision Program for more information.

IPI also offers nationally-sponsored seminars that provide opportunities for training, and discussions with other clinicians, in a wide variety of topics. The Advanced Seminar Series covers topics that are either in response to current events (for example, IPI faculty member Charles Ashbach, Ph.D., led a seminar on The Fog of War after the start of the Iraq War in 2003), or are of current interest to IPI’s membership. Often, these seminars are scheduled to coincide with one of IPI’s weekend conferences.

Additionally, IPI offers a variety of study groups and seminars, either through its affiliated programs in Metro Washington, DC; Panama City, Panama and Salt Lake City, Utah, or through local programs offered by IPI faculty. Many IPI faculty members independently offer supervision, seminars and study groups in a variety of locations and by telephone. See Affiliate Programs for more information.