The Academy hosts two national multi-day events each year with continuing-education credits available.
The Institute & Conference is held each autumn, usually at an urban conference center.
The Summer Workshop (for members only) is typically held in a retreat-like setting. There is usually an abundance of optional free time events scheduled to provide opportunities to try new activities while socializing with friends and forming new professional and personal relationships.
Recent National Events
69th Annual Institute & Conference
October 23 – 27, 2024
Tapping the Gifts of the Collective Unconscious through Ancient Wisdoms
Sugarbush
New Orleans, LA
Co-chairs:
Renée Burwell, LCSW; Michael Southers, MS, LCPC
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Summer Workshop
June 26–30
Our Bodies, Our Stories
Sugarbush
Warren, VT
Co-chairs:
Thia Joseph, Angela Cerkevich, & Kelly Ezickson
Conference Brochure:
68th Annual Institute & Conference
October 18 – 22, 2023
Inviting the Unconventional
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Co-chairs:
Lauren Gardner, PhD, LCHMC & David Donlon, LCSW
Conference Brochure:
Summer Workshop
June 21 – 25
Catching Our Breath
The Abbey Resort
Fontana, Wisconsin
Co-chairs:
Elena Scher, LCSW & Jill Smith, LICSW-CP
Conference Brochure:
History of the Academy’s National Events, 1956 to Present
| Year | Cover | Event | City | State | Theme Title | Brochure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Warren | VT | Our Bodies, Our Stories | Download Brochure |
| 2023 |  | 68th Annual Institute & Conference | Raleigh-Durham | NC | Inviting the Unconventional | Download Brochure |
| 2023 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Fontana | WI | Catching Our Breath | Download Brochure |
| 2022 |  | 67th Annual Institute & Conference | Memphis | TN | Borders and Walls - Facing the Other | Download Brochure |
| 2022 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Pine Mountain | GA | Taking a Seat at the Table | Download Brochure |
| 2021 |  | 66th Annual Institute & Conference | Columbus | OH | Dynamic Engagement | Download Brochure |
| 2021 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Virtual | ZOOM | This Little Light: Nurturing Spirit in Dark Times | Download Brochure |
| 2020 |  | 65th Annual Institute & Conference | Virtual | ZOOM | Risking Connection in an Age of Fear and Uncertainty | Download Brochure |
| 2019 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Chicago | IL | Mirror, Mask and Shadow: Can You See Me? | Download Brochure |
| 2019 |  | 64th Annual Institute & Conference | Savannah | GA | The Ghost in You: Psychotherapy and the Art of Grieving | Download Brochure |
| 2018 |  | 63rd Annual Institute & Conference | Atlanta | GA | Sounds of Silence: Working the Edges of the Unspoken | Download Brochure |
| 2018 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Young Harris | GA | Crossing to Common Ground: Creating Connection in Psychotherapy | Download Brochure |
| 2017 |  | 62nd Annual Institute & Conference | Santa Fe | NM | The Psychotherapy Relationship: What Works? | Download Brochure |
| 2017 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Roanoke | WV | Shared Laughter and Tears: The Alchemy of Connection | Download Brochure |
| 2016 |  | 61st Annual Institute & Conference | Washington | DC | What’s Love Got To Do With It? | Download Brochure |
| 2016 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Bedford Springs | PA | Paths and Journeys | Download Brochure |
| 2015 |  | 60th Annual Institute & Conference | St. Louis | MO | Where Therapists Dare To Tread | Download Brochure |
| 2015 |  | 2015 AAP Summer Workshop | Stevenson | WA | Vulnerability Embracing Intimacy & Risking Injury | Download Brochure |
| 2014 |  | 59th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Austin | TX | Identity and Transformation I, We, and Other | Download Brochure |
| 2014 |  | AAP Summer Workshop | Young Harris | GA | Be Changed. For Good. | Download Brochure |
| 2013 |  | 58th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Philadelphia | PA | The ABC's of the Psychotherapy Process Accountability, Boundaries + Compassion | Download Brochure |
| 2013 |  | 57th Annual Summer Workshop | Boulder | CO | Resilience | Download Brochure |
| 2012 |  | 57th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Atlanta | GA | The Core of Psychotherapy Experience in Relationship | Download Brochure |
| 2012 | 56th Annual Summer Workshop | Virginia Beach | VA | More Is Better Or Is It? Greed, Excess, and Addiction | ||
| 2011 | 56th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Santa Fe | NM | Love Matters | ||
| 2011 | 55th Annual Summer Workshop | Glade Springs | WV | Stepping Into The Void | ||
| 2010 | 55th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Baltimore | MD | Generatively Energizing the Life of the Therapist | ||
| 2010 | 54th Annual Summer Workshop | Roanoke | WV | The Power Of The I-Thou Dance | ||
| 2009 | 54th AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Sarasota | FL | Compassion, Connection and Authentic Presence | ||
| 2009 | 53rd Annual Summer Workshop | Pocono Manor | PA | The Goldilocks Dilemma Seeking What's Just Right | ||
| 2008 | 53rd AAP Annual Institute & Conference | Savannah | GA | Millennium III Time, Transition & The Human Connection | ||
| 2008 | 52nd Annual Summer Workshop | Roanoke | WV | Risk and Vitality | ||
| 2007 | 52nd Annual Institute & Conference | San Diego | CA | The Many Faces of Fear Attachment, Trauma, and Neuroscience Perspective | ||
| 2007 | 51st Annual Summer Workshop | Pine Mountain | GA | Discrimination Inclusion and Exclusion | ||
| 2006 | 51st Annual Institute & Conference | Asheville | NC | Psychotherapy's Challenge Courage in the Face of Adversity | ||
| 2006 | 50th Annual Summer Workshop | Sebasco | ME | Difficult Choices, Dilemmas and Decisions | ||
| 2005 | 50th Annual Institute & Conference | Toronto | Canada | Bridging the Old and New in Psychotherapy | ||
| 2005 | 49th Annual Summer Workshop | Brentwood | CA | The I that is We, Being in Community | ||
| 2004 | 49th Annual Institute & Conference | Santa Fe | NM | Spirits of Our Ancestors | ||
| 2004 | 48th Annual Summer Workshop | Mt. Sterling | OH | Intimacy Fear and Fascination | ||
| 2003 | 48th Annual Institute and Conference | Boston | MA | Psychotherapy Working With Abundance & Deprivation | ||
| 2003 | 47th Annual Summer Workshop | Sebasco Estates | ME | Difficult Choices, Dilemmas & Decisions | ||
| 2002 | 47th Annual Institute and Conference | Washington | DC | Pleasure and Perversity Sexuality in Psychotherapy | ||
| 2002 | 46th Annual Summer Workshop | Cumberland | MD | Passionate Connections Within and Without | ||
| 2001 | 46th Annual Institute and Conference | Atlanta | GA | A Healing Odyssey Psychotherapy Across the Life Span | ||
| 2001 | 45th Summer Workshop | Ellenville | NY | Dance with Meaning | ||
| 2000 | 45th Annual Institute and Conference | Charleston | SC | Psychotherapy Bonding and Bondage | ||
| 2000 | 44th Summer Workshop | Sedona | AZ | If Not Now...When Time in Psychotherapy | ||
| 1999 | 44th Annual Institute and Conference | Arlington Heights | IL | Life Forces Trust in the Process | ||
| 1999 | 43rd Summer Workshop | Mt. Sterling | OH | The Heart of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1998 | 43rd Annual Institute & Conference | Austin | TX | Connections Pathways for Healing | ||
| 1998 | 42nd Summer Workshop | Sebasco | ME | That Which Endures | ||
| 1997 | 42nd Annual Institute and Conference | Montreal | Canada | Roots and Wings | ||
| 1997 | 41st Summer Workshop | Snowshoe | WV | Voices from the Interior Tracking Our Integrity | ||
| 1996 | 41st Annual Institute and Conference | Atlanta | GA | Metamorphosis - Changing Trends in Psychotherapy | ||
| 1996 | 40th Summer Workshop | Park City | UT | Energy from Openness - Strength in Containment | ||
| 1995 | 40th Annual Institute & Conference | San Francisco | CA | Containing the Chaotic Preserving the Integrity of the Creative Psychotherapist | ||
| 1995 | 39th Summer Workshop | Olive Branch | MS | Community as Fertile Ground | ||
| 1994 | 39th Annual Institute & Conference | New Orleans | LA | Fine Tuning the Instruments of Psychotherapy Our Skills and Ourselves | ||
| 1994 | 38th Summer Workshop | Stowe | VT | The Freedom of Boundaries | ||
| 1993 | 38th Annual Institute & Conference | Santa Fe | NM | Bearing the Unbearable Preserving Spirit in the Passionate Psychotherapist | ||
| 1993 | 37th Summer Workshop | Cashiers | NC | Finding Our Way Advanced Training for the Experienced Psychotherapist | ||
| 1992 | 37th Annual Institute & Conference | Washington | DC | The Journey of the Potent Therapist Navigating the Inner Storm | ||
| 1992 | 36th Summer Workshop | Morgantown | WV | Competition & Cooperation | ||
| 1991 | 36th Annual Institute & Conference | Seattle | WA | Faces of Evil Psychotherapy on the Threshold of the Millennium | ||
| 1991 | 35th Summer Workshop | Devil's Head | WI | Shifting Back to Center Reaffirming Depth Psychotherapy | ||
| 1990 | 35th Annual Institute & Conference | Columbus | OH | Psychotherapy as Art Keeping Creativity Alive | ||
| 1990 | 34th Summer Workshop | Hilton Head | SC | An End to Innocence | ||
| 1989 | 34th Annual Institute & Conference | Newport Beach | CA | Old Myths and New Realities | ||
| 1989 | 33rd Summer Workshop | Stowe | VT | Living on the Edge | ||
| 1988 | 33rd Annual Institute & Conference | Indianapolis | IN | Through the I of the therapist | ||
| 1988 | 32nd Summer Workshop | Cashiers | NC | Room With A View | ||
| 1987 | 32nd Annual Institute & Conference | Philadelphia | PA | Psychotherapy and Spirituality | ||
| 1987 | 31st Summer Workshop | Estes Park | CO | Space and Boundaries | ||
| 1986 | 31st Annual Institute & Conference | Atlanta | GA | Untangling Knots Recurrent Issues in Psychotherapy | ||
| 1986 | 30th Summer Workshop | Airlie | VA | Beauty and the Beast | ||
| 1985 | 30th Annual Institute & Conference | San Diego | CA | Attachment The Therapist's Experience | ||
| 1985 | 29th Summer Workshop | Mont Ste Marie | Canada | Connections | ||
| 1984 | 29th Annual Institute & Conference | Chicago | IL | Promoting Freedom and Resisting Dehumanization | ||
| 1984 | 28th Summer Workshop | Stone Mountain | GA | No Exit | ||
| 1983 | 28th Annual Institute & Conference | Minneapolis | MN | Living One's Life Well The Psychotherapist's Contribution to the Psychological, Physical, and Spiritual Dimensions of the Well Lived Life | ||
| 1983 | 27th Summer Workshop | Madison | NJ | Tradition and Transformation | ||
| 1982 | 27th Annual Institute & Conference | Washington | DC | Resistance and Surrender in Psychotherapy | ||
| 1982 | 26th Summer Workshop | Abiquiu | NM | Bringing Out Shadows | ||
| 1981 | 26th Annual Institute & Conference | Berkeley | CA | Integrating Psychotherapy and the Arts | ||
| 1981 | 25th Summer Workshop | Mt. Desert Island | ME | Living With Not Knowing | ||
| 1980 | 25th Annual Institute & Conference | New York | NY | Perceptions of Reality and Psychotherapy | ||
| 1980 | 24th Summer Workshop | Aspen | CO | Joy in Psychotherapy | ||
| 1979 | 24th Annual Institute & Conference | Cincinnati | OH | Psychotherapy and the Body | ||
| 1979 | 23rd Summer Workshop | Monteagle | TN | Facing Friends and Enemies | ||
| 1978 | 23rd Annual Institute & Conference | Monterey | CA | Exploring the Processes of the Therapist | ||
| 1978 | 22nd Summer Workshop | Mont Tremblant | Canada | Alone in the Midst of the Community | ||
| 1977 | 22nd Annual Institute & Conference | New Orleans | LA | Power and Intimacy | ||
| 1977 | 21st Summer Workshop | Houston | TX | The Dying and Laughing Therapist | ||
| 1976 | 21st Annual Institute & Conference | Boston | MA | TI - Extraordinary Psychotherapy in Times of Crisis AC - Social Cataclysms and the Relevance of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1976 | 20th Summer Workshop | Madison | WI | Music, Psychotherapy, and the Soul | ||
| 1975 | 20th Annual Institute & Conference | Atlanta | GA | TI - The Continuing Education of the Therapist AC - The Discipline of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1975 | 19th Summer Workshop | Warrenton | VA | Fear and Freedom | ||
| 1974 | 19th Annual Institute & Conference | Cleveland | OH | Psychotherapy and Larger Systems Politics, Power, People | ||
| 1974 | 18th Summer Workshop | Los Angeles | CA | Die and Become | ||
| 1973 | 18th Annual Institute & Conference | Berkeley | CA | New realities in Psychotherapy Ways of Extending Consciousness | ||
| 1973 | 17th Summer Workshop | Jacksonville | FL | (unknown theme) | ||
| 1972 | 17th Annual Conference & Training Institute | New York | NY | Beyond the Senses | ||
| 1972 | 16th Summer Workshop | Tarrytown | NY | Integrating the Workshop Experience into Daily Life | ||
| 1971 | 16th Annual Training Institute & Conference | Miami | FL | Decision Making and Risk-Taking Innovations in Focusing on Therapeutic Change | ||
| 1971 | 15th Summer Workshop | Stone Mountain | GA | Enhancing the Creativity of the Therapist | ||
| 1970 | 15th Annual Training Institute & Conference | Philadelphia | PA | Turning On Without Drugs | ||
| 1970 | 14th Summer Workshop | Newport Bay | CA | Doing Your Own Thing | ||
| 1969 | 14th Annual Conference | New York | NY | Social Psychotherapy The Challenge of the 70's | ||
| 1969 | 13th Summer Workshop | Dayton | OH | Conflict and Conflict Resolution | ||
| 1968 | 13th Annual Conference | Chicago | IL | The Therapeutic Outcome What is the Patient Buying? What is the Therapist Selling? | ||
| 1968 | 12th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Indian Rocks Beach | FL | A New Beginning | ||
| 1967 | 12th Annual Conference & First Annual Institute | Warrenton | VA | Psychopathology and Healing Systems "Primitive," Religious, and "Scientific" | ||
| 1967 | 11th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Harriman | NY | Termination - A Step Toward Autonomy | ||
| 1966 | 11th Annual Institute & Conference | Los Angeles | CA | The Patient's View of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1966 | 10th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Madison | WI | Where the Academy has been and where it is going | ||
| 1965 | 10th Annual Institute & Conference | Washington | DC | Psychological Crises and Resolutions | ||
| 1965 | 9th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Worthington | OH | The Silent Questions | ||
| 1964 | 9th Annual Conference | New York | NY | Does Psychotherapy Have a Future? | ||
| 1964 | 8th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Harriman | NY | (unknown theme) | ||
| 1963 | 8th Annual Conference | New York | NY | The Creative Use of the Unconscious by the Artist and by the Psychotherapist | ||
| 1963 | 7th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Painesville | OH | The Practicing 'I' How Each One of Us Really Works | ||
| 1962 | 7th Annual Institute & Conference | Chicago | IL | How Can the Scientist Help the Psychotherapist? | ||
| 1962 | 6th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Farmingdale | NY | The Psychotherapist as Artist-Scientist Themes and Variations on Creativity | ||
| 1961 | 6th Annual Institute & Conference | New York | NY | Failure in Psychotherapy Process and Person | ||
| 1961 | 5th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Lake Arrowhead | CA | The Psychotherapist as a Human Being | ||
| 1960 | 5th Annual Institute & Conference | Cleveland | OH | Psychotherapy - Healing or Growth | ||
| 1960 | 4th Annual (Summer) Workshop | Farmingdale | NY | The Alive and Growing Psychotherapist | ||
| 1959 | 4th Annual Institute & Conference | New York | NY | Divergencies & Agreements in Methodologies of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1959 | 3rd Annual (Summer) Workshop | Lake Forest | IL | (unknown theme) | ||
| 1958 | 3rd Annual Conference | New York | NY | Loneliness in Contemporary Man | ||
| 1958 | 2nd Annual Summer Workshop on Psychotherapy | Madison | WI | (unknown theme) | ||
| 1957 | 2nd Annual Conference | New York | NY | The Place of Values in the Practice of Psychotherapy | ||
| 1957 | 1st Annual Summer Workshop on Psychotherapy (and Psychotherapists) | Madison | WI | (unknown theme) | ||
| 1956 | First Annual Conference | New York | NY | What is Psychotherapy? |
