co-sponsored by: The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
Artificial Intelligence and Psychoanalysis
Presenter: Amy Levy, PsyD
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 7:00 – 9:00 PM Central time
By Zoom Only
Amy Levy, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She co-chairs the American Psychoanalytic Association ’s (APsA) Council on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) and serves on the Editorial Board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Dr. Levy lectures and teaches internationally on the intersection of psychoanalysis and artificial intelligence. Her publication topics include psychoanalysis and AI, intergenerational transmission of trauma, adolescent PTSD in the civil legal arena, and Bionian theory. She is the author of a soon to be released book from Karnac, The New Other: Alien Intelligence and the Innovation Drive. Dr. Levy maintains a private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Description:
Humanity has engineered a new Other. Sometimes referred to as “alien intelligence,” AI technology has the capability to think about our minds, communicate with us at conscious and unconscious levels, and act as a new “container” for human psychic life. From a psychoanalytic perspective, AI is our symptom. What does it reflect about humanity? Our conflicts and our desires? Join Dr. Amy Levy as she shines light on the meanings, origins, and effects of this very human innovation.
Approximate breakdown of time:
First Hour: presentation
Second Hour: discussion with audience
Learning Objectives
After attending this session, participants should be able to:
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Describe the role of the Innovation Drive in the creation of AI.
- Analyze AI transformations of human experience on the Transformation Spectrum.
Continuing Education Credits are offered exclusively to Society members in all membership categories and those intending to join.
The presenter, Amy Levy, PsyD, and the organizer, Lisa Karaitis, PsyD, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to report.
Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program.
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 (APsA) and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society. 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 2 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.
Accreditation Information for Professionals Other Than Physicians. The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in relation to accreditation for CE credits for non-physicians. CPI is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education credits for (license numbers in parentheses): Social Workers (159.000122), Professional Counselors (197.000202), Marriage and Family Therapy Therapists (168.00204), and Clinical Psychologists (268.000091).
Eligible professionals will receive 2.0 continuing education credits for attending the entire program. To receive these credits an evaluation form must be completed online. Learners must claim the amount of time spent in the educational activity and that will be the amount of credit they will earn.
