On behalf of the South African Psychoanalytical Association, we invite you to join us at an exciting one-off online event: the launch of the new book, “Parenting Psychoanalysed: Letters to a Parent”, published in May 2025 by Routledge and edited by Andy Cohen, with contributions from 39 psychoanalysts from around the world.

For more information about the book, please click here

The launch will be celebrated in the form of an online Zoom discussion with: Contributors to the book Sérgio Nick and Ntshediseng Tlooko, Editor of the book Andy Cohen, and Psychoanalyst and Chair of the IPA in Culture committee (2017-2025) Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, and will be facilitated by host and producer of the IPA’s podcast On and Off the Couch Harvey Schwartz.

All proceeds from the launch will go to the South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA).

It would be wonderful to have international friends, colleagues and fellow parents gather with us to listen to what promises to be a fascinating discussion about an important and timely publication.

Kindly note the date and time of the event: 14 September 2025 from 5pm to 7pm SAST (11h00 EDT / 08h00 PDT / 12h00 BRT / 16h00 BST).

Please also note that the talk will not be recorded.

To purchase your tickets please click here

Remember to register on Zoom following your purchase. A Zoom registration link will be sent with your Quicket ticket via email.

This is an event for those in and beyond the field, so please share this invitation widely!

With warm regards,

The SAPA Fundraising Team

About the event panellists:

Andy Cohen is an artist, author and psychoanalyst with the South African Psychoanalytical Association. She is passionate about making psychoanalytic ideas more accessible. She holds an MA in Fine Art and trained as a community art counsellor at Lefika La Phodiso.

Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau is a Training and Supervising Analyst and on the Faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute as well as of the Swiss Psychoanalytic Society. Her area of expertise is metapsychology, in particular drive theory. She has published numerous papers, three books on theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis and two novels.

Harvey Schwartz MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at The Psychoanalytic Association of New York and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He is the host of the IPA podcast Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch.

Ntshediseng Tlooko is a clinical psychologist as well as a senior candidate psychoanalyst with the South African Psychoanalytical Association. She was an organising committee member for the SAPI/SAPA Conferences for six years and also worked at the Johannesburg Metro Clinics for seven years.

Sergio Eduardo Nick is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, child and adolescent psychoanalyst. He is a former IPA vice president (2017-2021 ), Latin American board member and Executive Committee representative (2023-2025). Sergio is a member of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro / IPA.