EBOR 2025 Conference Registration Form

The Fourteenth International Evolving British Object Relations (EBOR) Conference

“Live from Seattle: The Music of Psychoanalysis”

Hosted by the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NPSI) and

Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (SPSI)

🗓️ October 17-19, 2025

📍 The Labour Temple, Seattle, Washington 98121

Please join us in Seattle as we explore the profound interplay between psychoanalysis and music at the 2025 EBOR Conference. This year’s theme is inspired by Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin’s book, “Here I’m Alive: The Spirit of Music in Psychoanalysis” (2023, Columbia University Press).

A Brief History of the International Evolving British Object Relations Conference

Located in beautiful Seattle, Washington, NPSI (Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute) began hosting the International Evolving British Object Relations (EBOR) in 2003. The plenary speakers we have featured are: Ronald Britton, James Grotstein, James Gooch, Elizabeth Bianchedi, Giuseppe Civitarese, Mark Solms, Maxine Anderson, Avner Bergstein, Clara Nemas, to name just a few.

This is our first LIVE format since 2018. The in-person pleasure of meeting in 2025 will be further heightened by our three presenters: Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin.

Peter Goldberg, Ph.D. is a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, Chair of Faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and on the faculty of the Wright Institute in Berkeley. He has presented widely and written on a range of clinical and theoretical topics including the evolution of clinical theory in psychoanalysis; sensory experience in analysis; the concept of the analytic frame; the theory and treatment of dissociative states; non-representational states; and the impact of social trauma on individual psychology. He is in private practice in Albany, CA

Michael Levin, Psy.D. is a Training Analyst and Faculty Member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He has taught and presented on topics including the work of Laplanche, phenomenology and psychoanalysis, and the place of psychoanalysis in cultural and intellectual history. He is in private practice in San Francisco.

Adam Blum, Psy.D. is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He has written and presented on psychoanalysis and the music of Björk, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, Stephen Sondheim, Aretha Franklin, and Michael Jackson. He is in private practice in San Francisco.

Early Bird Registration

Before July 18, 2025

NPSI Members: $500 US

Non-Members: $550 US

Analysts-in-Training: $250 US (you will be asked to verify which institute you attend)

Standard Registration

(July 18 - October 10, 2025)

  NPSI Members: $600 US

Non-Members: $650 US

Analysts-in-Training: $300 US

Late and Onsite Registration

(October 11 – 18, 2025)

NPSI Members: $625 US

Non-Members: $675 US

Analysts-in-Training: $325 US

Please look for the request of your favorite song including the artist’s version. There is a spot to share this in the registration form. The songs that we collect will be included in the conference playlist

CEUs information

Participants who complete the Fourteenth International EBOR Conference, taking place October 17–19, 2025, in Seattle, WA will be eligible to receive up to 12.25 Continuing Education (CEU) credits and 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Please note that CEUs will be provided only to those who attend the conference in person.

Venue and Hotel information

The 2025 EBOR Conference venue is located in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, in the recently renovated Labour Temple..... click below for more info.

The Hyatt House Seattle/Downtown is offering a reduced rate for EBOR registrants, using group code G-EBOR.





NPSI's EBOR Organizing Committee:

Co-Chairs: Danny Gellersen & Rikki Ricard

EBOR Committee Members: Margaret Bergmann-Ness, John Cardinali, Lynn Cunningham, Ken Cunningham,

Julie Hendrickson, Jack Ringel, Mary Sacco, Barbara Sewell, Drew Tillotson

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and Seattle Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.