On this episode Karen has a conversation with Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly, a distinguished Toronto-based psychoanalyst, teacher, and writer whose work has helped shape contemporary psychoanalytic thinking in Canada and beyond.

Margaret Ann, a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, has played a central role in psychoanalytic education and clinical training for decades. Known for her intellectual clarity and clinical depth, she has written and lectured widely on topics such as the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge, the process of interpretation, and the complexities of masochism. Her most recent book is Jane Austen: Sibling Rivalry, Unconscious Fantasy and Change.

Margaret Ann has also been an important institutional figure in Canadian psychoanalysis, helping sustain dialogue between psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the wider intellectual culture. Through her teaching and mentorship, she has influenced generations of analysts and psychotherapists.

Karen will be speaking with her about the 26th Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference being held in Toronto in fall of 2026 and hosted by Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Theaters of the Mind: Dreams, Transference, Dissociation, and Trauma
Friday, October 16th – Sunday, October 18th, 2026 
at Victoria University, in the University of Toronto
https://torontopsychoanalysis.com/ipa-26th-sandler-conference

In this episode of "Conversations in Psychoanalysis Today," Karen talks with Endre Koritar, a training analyst and supervisor at the Institute of the Psychoanalytic Society of Western Canada and a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Endre is also a board member of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network and an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Psychoanalysis. He shares his fascinating journey to the ideas of Hungarian psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi, and where those ideas have taken him in his work and in the world. How are Ferenczi conferences different from other psychoanalytic conferences? Listen, and find out.

For more information about the 15th International Conference of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network in Madrid in October 2026, visit www.ferenczimadrid2026.com.

This episode: a conversation with Psychoanalyst Dr. Sun Ju Chung, President of the Korean Psychoanalytic Center, which became a component society of the International Psychoanalytical Society this year at the 54th IPA Congress in Lisbon.

The conversation ranges from hyper-connectivity to Korean pop culture, beauty standards, and food, to the very encouraging state of psychoanalysis in South Korea today.


Sun Ju says, "It took 45 years since our founder established the first study group in Seoul. It was a long journey for us. We were all very touched." The society now has 34 members, ten training analysts (of which Sun Ju is one) and a whopping 65 candidates.

Fresh from presenting a keynote paper in Lisbon on one of the conference theme's, technology and the human mind, Sun Ju is getting ready to host the 5th IPA Asia Pacific Conference in Seoul April 29 to May 1, 2026. The theme, "Narcissism Reimagined: From Loss to Love." To find out more or to submit a paper or panel idea visit:

https://www.ipa.world/ipa/Dev/Events/Asia_Pac_Conference/Asia_Pacific_Conference_2026.aspx