XI International Congress - IACFP

COUPLES AND FAMILIES TODAY

Psychoanalysis facing the diversity of configurations.

Event dedicated to the memory of René Kaës
July 22–25, 2026 · Guadalajara & Online

Argument

Couples and Families Today

Psychoanalysis Facing the Diversity of Configurations

General Description
The configurations of couples and families are in constant transformation, influenced by socioeconomic, cultural, and technological factors in different societies. Traditional family models coexist with a diversity of living arrangements, such as single-parent families, blended families, and same-sex families. These changes pose new challenges for psychoanalysis, a discipline rooted in understanding the unconscious in human relationships and in the group structures of couples and families. Do the processes of culturalization and cultural destruction influence the psychic construction and the forms of relational linkage in contemporary society? How do we think about the difficulties in the process of symbolization and sublimation of the death drive and destruction? How do we approach from psychoanalysis the changes and transformations in family and couple structures and their manifestation in aspects such as maternal and paternal functions, gender issues, the new place of women and men in the couple, the recognition of same-sex couples, and reproductive technologies? What consequences do all these transformations have on unconscious alliances at the intrasubjective, intersubjective, and transubjective levels? How do we think about these different levels in relation to identificatory networks? How do we conceive current devices to observe the unconscious in links? How do we reflect from intersubjective psychoanalysis on the implementation of containment and support devices in extreme situations, such as natural disasters or wars? The congress offers an opportunity to discuss these topics, share advances and reflections, and highlight the importance of psychoanalysis in understanding and clinically addressing new family and couple dynamics. At the same time, it underscores the need to contribute to and advance this discipline in the face of contemporary evolutions.
Subtopics:
  • Changes in family and couple models
  • Social and cultural transformations and their repercussions on family and couple links
  • Processes of culturalization and effects on human psyche
  • Changes in gender roles and their influence on family and couple relationships
  • Clinical aspects of migration and immigration
  • Changes in parental functions
  • Points of agreement in various clinical-theoretical approaches in family and couple therapy
  • Creation of devices for observing the unconscious in links
  • Research and reflection groups
  • Current training of family and couple psychoanalysts in AIPCF
  • Repercussions of legislation and justice in the therapeutic process of couples and families
  • Psychoanalytic techniques for addressing new family and couple configurations today
  • Intercultural and transcultural perspectives in couple and family therapy

Agenda

Program · International Congress of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis ·

All schedules correspond to local time in Mexico (Guadalajara). We suggest checking the time in your region here.

The Pre-Congress will take place in online format only.

07:00 am Part 1 FIRST PART – Presentation of the Clinical Reflection and Research Groups

Opening

Rosa Jaitin

— The impact of current times on subjectivity and clinical practice +

Coordinator

Irma Morosini (in collaboration with Bárbara Bianchini and Ondina Greco)

Members

Bárbara Bianchini (Italy), Rocío Cabanzo (Colombia), Susana Casaurang (Argentina), Graciela Consoli (Argentina), Maríagrazia Giachin (Italy), Fabrizia Giusti (Italy), Ondina Greco (Italy), Donatella Lisciotto (Italy), Manuel Liss (Argentina), Giuliana Marin (Italy), Michela Melillo (Italy), Irma Morosini (Argentina), María Manuela Porto (Portugal), Anastasia Tsamparli (Greece)

— Psychoanalytic Multifamily Therapy +

Coordinator

Claudio Maruottolo

Members

Säida Sid, Souad Ben Hamed, Sophie Elliot (Portugal), Paula Godinho, Carina Brito da Mana, Inés Pinto (Portugal), Svletana Hiers, Olga Papsueva, Tamara Gerganlova, Tatiana Aneck, Alexandra Skack, Julia Bozhenko (Russia), Bilbao, Norberto Mascaró, Claudio Maruottolo (Spain)

— Relational Psychoanalysis of Isidoro Berenstein and Janine Puget +

Coordinator

Rocío Cabanzo

Members

Patricia Alcalde (Peru), María Soledad Dawson (Argentina), Liliana Grandal (Argentina), Ruth Levisky (Brazil), Dina Oren (Israel), Tatiana Páez (Spain-Peru), Felisa Perry (Israel), Manuela Porto (Portugal), Patricia Segurado Nunes (Portugal), Ana Rosa Trachtenberg (Brazil)

— THROUPLE – New nominations, new realities. Changes in the experience of being a couple +

Coordinator

Roberta Gorischnik

Secretary

Andrea Razzetti (Argentina)

Members

Roberta Gorischnik, Andrea Razzetti, Máximo Agüero, Soledad Campo Caracoche, Melina Nadal Zalazar, Gisela Saint Paul, Gimena Falcone (Argentina)

— Community social work with couples and families +

Coordinator

Patricia Alcalde

Members

Patricia Alcalde, M.E. Arias, E. Bernardini (Peru), Liliana Grandal (Argentina)

— Testimony of hospital emergency with the family group in psychoanalytic listening and medical clinical practice +

Coordinator

María Laura Diez (Argentina)

Members

Marcia de Abreu, Amelia Pimenta, Rita...

— Research on group, family and institutional projective tools +

Members

Almudena Sanahuja, Magalie Bonnet Llompart (France)

— Interventions and interpretations in couple psychoanalysis +

Coordinator

Alberto Eiguer

Members

C. Perez Testor (Spain), R. Fischetti (Italy), L. Ballelo (Italy), D. Costes, A. Pimenta, J. Gonzalez Rojas, P. De Pablos (Spain), María Laura Diez (Argentina)

— Choosing a relationship in later life, chapter two: between security and adventure? +

Coordinator

Dina Oren (Israel)

Members

Felisa Perry, Miri Langue, Iris Reshef Lerer, Smadar Ben Porat, Anat Salomon (Israel)

— Parallel groups (development of each work and discussion) +

Conclusions

Rosa Jaitin and Group Coordinators

09:00 am Break Musical break (15 minutes)
09:15 am Part 2 – A SECOND PART – A · Presentation of the International Journal of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis
— History of the journal +

Speakers

The journal today: Irma Morosini
The founding: Anna María Nicolò

— Round Table – Current state of the journal +
10:30 am Break Musical break (15 minutes)
10:45 am Part 2 – B SECOND PART – B · The journal network
— Presentation of the Network, the Waves Newsletter and the partnership +

Coordinator

Rosa Jaitin

— Round Table – Current perspectives of the Network +

Coordinator

Irma Morosini (IACFP)

Members

Liliana Levy (AAPPG), Anne Loncan (Le Divan Familial), James Poulton (Tavistock), Edith Lecourt (SFPPG), Mabel Marcinavicius (Controversias – APdeBA), Anna Nicolò (Interazioni), Roxana Mejide (La Epoca – APA), Laura Katz (Revista de Psicoanálisis – APA)

1:15 pm Conclusions Pre-congress closing conclusions

Speakers

Rosa Jaitin · Irma Morosini

7:30 am Opening Opening of the Congress

Speakers

Luis Armando Gonzales (Congress Chair) · Carmen Villorio (President of APG)

7:40 am Keynote Couple and Family Psychoanalysis in the Face of New Cultural and Social Challenges

Speakers

Anna Maria Nicolò (President of IACFP)

8:10 am Special Address Faraway Words

Words from

Stefano Bolognini · Yolanda Gampel

8:20 am Plenary PLENARY 1 · Couples and Families in a Troubling World

Chair

Cristina Călărășanu

Speakers

Alberto Eiguer: Why does society try to cut us off from our roots?
Olga Varela: Couples therapy: limits and scope in a changing world
Jim Poulton: The Return of the Infantile: Uncanny Similarities Between Narcissistic Couples and Authoritarian Cults

Discussants

Daniela Lucarelli · Hanni Man Shalvi

10:15 am Debate Discussion with the Audience
10:35 am Break Break
10:55 am Round Table ROUND TABLE – DEBATE 1 · The Intersection of Identity, Culture, and Psychoanalysis Today

Chair

Irma Morosini

Speakers

Julie Suk: Constitutionalism of Maternal Care
Virginia DeMicco: Family ties and cultural bonds: identity as an unconscious relational field
Timothy Keogh: Same wine, new bottles? A psychoanalytic vertex on contemporary couple and family relationships

Discussants

Rosa Jaitin

12:35 pm Debate Discussion with the Audience
1:05 pm Break Break
1:45 pm Round Table Thematic Round Tables

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7:30 am Special Address Faraway Words

Words from

Christine Anzieu · Cynthia Gregory-Roberts

7:40 am Plenary PLENARY 2 · Psychoanalytic Challenges in Working with Diverse Couples and Families

Chair

Luis Armando Gonzales

Speakers

Leticia Fiorini: Adolescent's trans subjectivities in situation
Pierre Benghozi: Diversity of the family links 'maillage' and the malleability of the containing frame: the narrative genospatiogram
Ruth Levisky: The 'Vincular' Complex: a Clinical Tool for Contemporary Couple and Family Configurations

Discussants

Élisabeth Darchis · Federico Urman

9:30 am Debate Discussion with the Audience
9:50 am Break Break
10:20 am Round Table ROUND TABLE – DEBATE 2 · Theoretical and Clinical Models in Dialogue

Chair

Manuela Porto

Speakers

Rosa Jaitin: The Links' Subject and Transmissions in Psychoanalysis
Mary Morgan: A couple state of mind. A view from the Tavistock Model
Anna Maria Nicolò: Between the intrapsychic and interpersonal. The Plurality of the Unconscious in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis
Silvia Resnisky: Perspectives from the 'vincular' psychoanalysis

Discussants

Perrine Moran

12:10 am Debate Discussion with the Audience
12:40 pm Break Break
1:10 pm Round Table Thematic Round Tables

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7:30 am Ceremony IACFP General Assembly
9:30 am Break Break
10:00 am Special Address Faraway Words

Words from

Silvia Amati · Ana Marqués Lito

10:10 am Plenary PLENARY 3 · Technical Tools in Contemporary Clinical Practice

Chair

Maria Fernanda Rivera

Speakers

Irma Morosini: Clinical Possibilities in Psychoanalytic Family Therapy: Technical Approaches
Cristina Călărășanu: Short-term frameworks: family psychoanalytic consultation
Almudena Sanahuja: Family projective tools, from research to current clinical application

Discussants

Christiane Joubert · Lea Setton

11:40 am Debate Discussion with the Audience
12:00 pm Break Break
12:30 pm Round Table ROUND TABLE – DEBATE 3 · Contemporary Training in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis

Chair

Anne Loncan

Speakers

David Scharf: Training for couple and family psychoanalysis across cultures: Experience in Russia and China
Anna Rosa Trachtenberg: Training in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis in Latin America
Elisabeth Palacios: Training in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis in Continental Europe

Discussants

María Inés Fernández · Ludovica Grassi

2:00 pm Debate Discussion with the Audience
2:30 pm Social Cultural Interlude
3:00 pm Ceremony Closing of the Congress

Frequently Asked Questions

The Host City: Guadalajara

A vibrant destination full of culture

And also available in virtual format.

Centro de la Amistad Internacional

Calle Eulogio Parra 2539, Lomas de Guevara, 44680 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico

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The AIPCF Conference is proud to have Guadalajara as its host city. As the capital of the state of Jalisco and an epicenter of Mexican culture, "The Pearl of the West" offers a rich history, impressive architecture, and an unparalleled gastronomic scene.

Culture and Tradition

Guadalajara is the birthplace of mariachi and charrería, both recognized worldwide. The city is full of museums, theaters, and art galleries. Don't miss the historic center, with its majestic Cathedral, the Degollado Theater, and the Hospicio Cabañas, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Local Gastronomy

Tapatío cuisine is one of the most varied and delicious in Mexico. Some of the dishes you can't miss are the famous tortas ahogadas, birria, carne en su jugo, and the traditional pozole. To refresh yourself, enjoy a tejuino or raicilla, a typical regional drink.

Hotels with Preferential Rates

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HOTEL RIU PLAZA GUADALAJARA

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HOTEL EJECUTIVO EXPRESS GUADALAJARA

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Committees

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We invite those interested in participating in the IACFP International Congress to submit an intention to present a paper. This first step allows you to register your details and express your interest. After submitting the initial form, the system will send you an email with a personalized link to access the full submission form.

📅 Important dates

  • Submission of intentions – Deadline: April 15, 2026. NEW DATE
  • Date to announce accepted papers: April 30, 2026.
  • Full paper submission – Deadline: May 30, 2026.

Full Paper Submission & Evaluation

  • Language: Spanish, English, or French.
  • Format: PDF, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced.
  • Length: 8,600 characters (≈1,700 words / 5 pages).
  • Important: Papers must be unpublished and meet the guidelines. The Scientific Committee will evaluate the abstracts and notify their acceptance.

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Regular Price (from March 16th)

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