IPA Webinar: Countertransference in Sexual and Gender Diversity
Date: 28 November 2025
Time 4PM (London time)

Theme
The topic of Countertransference on Sexual and Gender Diversity has increasingly drawn attention within psychoanalytic research and clinical practice, reflecting the work of the IPA, including that developed through its Committee on Sexual and Gender Diversity. This area of inquiry has become a vital part of contemporary psychoanalytic dialogue, appearing in numerous scientific meetings and publications.

In this webinar, we bring together a panel of experienced psychoanalysts from different regions who have worked extensively on questions of sexuality, gender, and the complexities of countertransference. Through their diverse clinical and theoretical perspectives, they will explore how psychoanalytic understanding can illuminate the intersections between identity, desire, and analytic process.

The discussion aims to foster clarity and thoughtful reflection on a subject that continues to evolve within psychoanalysis, offering participants the opportunity to engage with both conceptual and experiential dimensions of this important theme.


Presenter Bios:

Dr. Oren Gozlan
Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in Toronto. He is a member of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) and the current National Scientific Chair of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society.
His book Transsexuality and the Art of Transitioning: A Lacanian Approach (Routledge, 2014) won the American Academy & Board of Psychoanalysis annual book prize for books published in 2015. It is currently being translated into German and will be the subject of a public lecture at the Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna (November 2025). He is also the winner of the Symonds Prize (2016), the Ralph Roughton Award (2022), the Miguel Prados Prize (2023), and the Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship from Adler Graduate School (2025). His edited collection, Critical Debates in the Transsexual Studies Field: In Transition (Routledge), was a runner-up for the 2019 Gradiva Award. He has two forthcoming books: Gender with Sexuality: Situations of Psychoanalytic Learning and Gender: A Contemporary Introduction. Dr. Gozlan is sessional faculty at the University of Toronto (Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development) and teaches at the Toronto Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Canadian Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.


Analía Wald
Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Buenos Aires. Training analyst at the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association and specialist in children and adolescents.
Tenured professor, researcher, and director of a community-based clinical program at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Member of IPA´s Sexual and Gender Diversity Committee and of the Gender Task Force of the Interamerican Society of Psychology. Consultant to IPA’s Violence Committee.
English-language editor of Revista Calibán. Her work focuses on symbolization processes in minoritized populations, including extreme poverty, sexual and gender diversity, migration and neurodivergence.


Moderator
Silvia Acosta
Doctor of Clinical Psychology. Psychoanalyst and member of the Portuguese Psychoanalytical Society and the Cordoba Psychoanalytical Association. Global Chair of the IPA's Committee on Sexual Diversity and Gender. Scientific Secretary of the IJP's Annual Book of Psychoanalysis in Spanish. Co-editor of the series on diversity and gender published by Routledge.