Speaking Engagements

Drawing on her extensive background as a physician-psychoanalyst, Dr. Sehon is a seasoned speaker with extensive experience presenting on-site and online at national and international conferences, workshops, and grand rounds.  Her presentations cover a breadth of topics within psychoanalysis and applied psychoanalysis. Her expertise includes the following subject areas: 

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Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique  (e.g., transference analysis, dream interpretation, working with trauma) 

Speaking Engagements
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Teletherapy and Teleanalysis Best Practices (e.g., ethical considerations, adapting techniques to the virtual platform, building the therapeutic alliance remotely) 

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Community-based Psychoanalytic Interventions (e.g., psychoanalytic applications to social issues, working with organizations, trauma-informed care) 

Please feel free to reach out to Dr. Sehon by completing the Contact Form  to discuss potential speaking engagements such as from the list below.

Potential Speaking Subjects

Refinding the Ghosts in the Nursery: The Value of Child Analysis for Adult Psychoanalytic Treatment. 

This presentation explores how the specialized training and clinical experience gained in child analysis can significantly enrich the practice of adult psychoanalysis, offering a deeper appreciation for early developmental processes and the enduring impact of unconscious dynamics.

Play, Containment and Insights from Child Analysis.


This presentation highlights the unique contributions of child analysis to understanding and treating adult patients. It examines the crucial interplay of play, the analyst's capacity for containment, and the complexities of the countertransference in accessing primitive layers of the unconscious.


Nourishing the Mind-Body Connection: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Medically Traumatized Children.

This presentation delves into the intricate relationship between psychological and physical well-being in childhood trauma, underscoring the far-reaching impact of unprocessed trauma on both emotional and physical health.


Group Teleanalytic Support for Psychotherapists under Conditions of War. 


This presentation shares valuable lessons learned from a global community outreach project providing support to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts navigating the immense challenges of practicing amidst pandemic and ongoing conflicts, including the wars in Ukraine and Russia, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Upcoming Presentations

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International Psychoanalytical Association, Pre Congress Workshop:

“Hybrid Treatment & Training in Times of Disease, War, & Rapid Change” Town Hall Community Outreach with Tatiana Onikova & Mino Zanchi , July 29, 2025 (onsite)
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International Psychoanalytical Association, Pre Congress Workshop:

"Hybrid Treatment & Training in Times of Disease, War, & Rapid Change” Competence in Developing Hybrid Education. July 29, 2025 (onsite)
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Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center

“Nourishing the Mind-Body Connection: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for a Medically Traumatized Child with a Feeding Phobia”, 2025 (Date TBD)
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Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society

Topic TBD, 2026

Examples of Past Presentations/Workshops

DATE:  March 21, 2025/ONLINE
FOR:  International Psychoanalytical Association Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. "Urgent and Hope"
SUBJECT:  Making Sense of the Senseless: Psychoanalytic Intervention for Wartime Trauma

DATE: November 14, 2024/ONLINE
FOR: International Psychotherapy Institute. "The Intersection of the Body and Contemporary Culture"
SUBJECT: Nourishing the Mind-Body Connection: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for a Medically Traumatized Child with a Feeding Phobia

DATE:  November 7, 2024/ONLINE
FOR:International Psychotherapy Institute. "Experiences in Ethical Supervision of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy."
SUBJECT:  Live supervision of parent work and analysis of an obese child (age 5)

DATE: November 1, 2024/ONLINE
FOR: International Psychotherapy School, Moscow, Russia. "Couple and Family"
SUBJECT: Couple as Parents


DATE: February 7, 2024/ONSITE
FOR:  American Psychoanalytic Association. Study Group on Distance Education and Training.
SUBJECT: Group Teleanalytic Support for Psychotherapists Under Conditions of War

DATE: November 16, 2023/ONLINE
FOR: International Psychotherapy Institute. Ethical Challenges in Adolescent, Child and Family Therapy. (Presenter)
SUBJECT: Working Ethically with the Gender Expansive Child and Family

DATE: July 29, 2023/ONLINE
FOR: International Psychoanalytical Association. Congress. Child Panel (Presenter)
SUBJECT: Technology as a Lifeline to a Medically Traumatized Boy with Developmental Delays


DATE: July 25, 2023/ONSITE
FOR: International Psychoanalytical Association. Pre-Congress. Teleanalytic Practice in Times of Social Division, Pandemic and War.
SUBJECT: How is teleanalysis under threat of war?


DATE: July 25, 2023/ONSITE
FOR:International Psychoanalytical Association. Pre-Congress. Teleanalytic Practice in Times of Social Division, Pandemic and War.
SUBJECT: Can teleanalysis deal with unrepresented states in teletreatment?