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Title: Neuroqueering the Psychoanalytic Lens

Presenter: Diana Moga, MD, PhD 

Discussant: Robert (Bob) Glick, MD

Date(s)/Time: December 2, 2025

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Eastern Time

Location: via Zoom

Credit Hours: 1.5 credits

Description: 

This presentation explores how the framework of neuroqueering—a concept rooted in neurodiversity and queer theory—invites a radical reconsideration of foundational psychoanalytic concepts such as identity, subjectivity, normativity, and development. By centering lived experiences of neurodivergent and queer individuals, this talk interrogates the implicit assumptions of the analytic frame and challenges psychoanalysis to reexamine its historical investments in normative development, binary gender theory, and the medicalization of difference.

Drawing on clinical material, literary theory, and contemporary scholarship, the speaker will propose a reorientation of psychoanalytic thinking that embraces multiplicity, nonlinearity, and neurodivergent epistemologies. The discussant will offer reflections on clinical implications, including how neuroqueering perspectives may reshape our understanding of transference, diagnosis, and therapeutic goals.

This session aims to provoke rich interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of psychoanalysis, disability studies, queer theory, and contemporary clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the concept of neuroqueering and describe its theoretical origins in neurodiversity and queer studies.

2. Evaluate how traditional psychoanalytic theories of development, ego organization, and identity may pathologize or marginalize neurodivergent and queer subjectivities.

3. Apply neuroqueering perspectives to psychoanalytic clinical practice to foster more inclusive, affirming, and ethically responsive treatment approaches

Presenter AND Discussant Bios:

Diana Moga, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic Candidate, Scholar of Critical Theory

Dr. Diana Moga is a psychiatrist and psychoanalytic candidate with a doctorate in philosophy, whose interdisciplinary work bridges clinical psychoanalysis, neurodiversity studies, and contemporary critical theory. Her research and teaching focus on how psychoanalysis can be reimagined through the lenses of disability justice, queer theory, and decolonial critique. Dr. Moga's clinical practice centers on working with neurodivergent, queer, and gender-expansive patients. She has published and presented nationally on the intersections of subjectivity, diagnosis, and normativity, and she is a sought-after speaker on rethinking psychoanalytic ethics and identity in the 21st century.

Robert (Bob) Glick, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center

Dr. Robert Glick is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and esteemed educator with decades of experience at the forefront of psychoanalytic education, theory, and clinical supervision. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Dr. Glick has authored numerous influential papers on technique, affect theory, and the evolving role of psychoanalysis within psychiatry. Known for his integrative and open-minded approach to psychoanalytic discourse, he brings a depth of clinical wisdom and intellectual clarity to discussions at the interface of tradition and innovation.