46th Annual IAPSP International Conference

Pasadena, California USA

October 16-19, 2025

MIND-ING OUR GAPS: CULTIVATING OUR VULNERABILITY AND PRESENCE IN THE FACE OF OTHERNESS

Conference Co-Chairs:

Michelle Harwell
Margy Sperry

Planning Committee:

Stacy Berlin
Simone Drichel
Heather Ferguson
Tyia Grange Isaacson
Thato Letsatsi
Peter Maduro
Sarah Mendelsohn
Taz Morgan
Nick Santo
Orly Shoshani
Elaina Vasserman-Stokes

About the Conference:

The 2025 conference planning committee is delighted to announce IAPSP’s 2025 global conference, Mind-ing Our Gaps: Cultivating Vulnerability and Presence in the Face of Otherness to be held in Pasadena, California from Thursday October 16th through Sunday October 19th, 2025. We encourage you to join us in Pasadena but will provide live streaming and recording of the plenary sessions and some other program selections for those unable to attend in person.

In an era of socio-political divides, where rage and fragmentation have decentered curiosity, empathy and dialogue, we face unprecedented challenges in understanding each other. The 2025 IAPSP Conference, “Mind-ing Our Gaps: Cultivating Vulnerability and Presence in the Face of Otherness,” invites you to lean into the tensions and uncertainties that characterize our contemporary moment.

Join us in exploring how vulnerability and presence can transform our understanding of otherness, both in and beyond the consulting room.