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Xiaomeng Qiao 乔晓萌

PsyaD, Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture — Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP) (2024–present)
MA, Psychoanalytic Research — The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK (2022–2024)
MA, Game Design and Creative Practice — Communication University of China (2011–2014)
BS, Geographic Information Systems (Minor: Psychology) — Beijing Normal University (2007–2011)

Psychoanalytic Training (PTP), ICPLA (2023–present)
Expanding Psychoanalytic Practice in Communities, APsaA / IPA / CFS (2025–2026)
P-HOLE (Psychoanalytic Hub for Online Liberatory Education) (2025–2026)
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Child & Adolescent), Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute (2020–2024)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Adult), International Psychotherapy Institute (2019–2021)

2027 — APsaA Lee Jaffe Candidates' Council Paper Prize (Finalist/Winner)
2026 — IPA Research Training Programme (RTP) Fellowship, Toronto
2026 — Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Outstanding Trainee Paper Award (Winner)
2025 — APsaA Committee on Gender & Sexuality, Ralph Roughton Paper Award (Runner-up)
2025 — ICPLA Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ+ Essay Award
2024 — Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, Erika Schmidt Essay Prize (First Prize)

Published

Qiao, X. (2026). Becoming Myself: Transgender Authentic Selfhood in the Chinese Context and Transgender Self-Experience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 47(5). DOI
Qiao, X. (2025). From Silence to Song: True Self-Emergence Through Creative Mourning. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 26(4), 318–330. DOI
Qiao, X. (2025). Deprivation and disruption: The development of narcissistic vulnerability and toxic masculinity in some Chinese contexts. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2), 237–253. DOI
Qiao, X. (2025). Gaming the unconscious: The relational and social unconscious in a contemporary Chinese case study. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 14–24. DOI
Qiao, X. (2025). The role of social media in shaping mental health discourse: A case study of China's psychoanalysis and counselling narratives. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 115–125. DOI
Qiao, X. (2024). Mother archetypes in Chinese cultural narratives: A psychoanalytic perspective. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 7(1–2), 139–153. DOI

Forthcoming / Accepted

Qiao, X. (forthcoming). Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health. [2026 Outstanding Trainee Paper Award]
Qiao, X. (in press, 2026). Self-Hollowing: Ghosts Within Ourselves. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. DOI
Qiao, X. (forthcoming). Oedipal Variations in Chinese Luoshan Motif. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China.

Invited

Qiao, X. (invited). Confusion of Tongues in the Chinese Context. Psychoanalytic Inquiry (journal commission).
Qiao, X. (invited). Chapter in Radicalising Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Theories and Tools for Resistance (edited volume; proposal accepted).
Qiao, X. (invited). Article for special issue "Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Public Humanities." Humanities.
Qiao, X. (invited). The Good Fit: Klein's Internalization of Causality and the Coloniality of Psychoanalytic Reception in China. In Eliza-Christie, A. P. (Ed.), Queer and Decolonial Readings in Psychoanalysis: A Reckoning and Invitation.
Qiao, X. (invited). Article for special issue "AI and Psychoanalysis." The Psychoanalytic Review.

Qiao, X. (2026). Murakami's Traumatic Cities: When Time Stops in the Unconscious. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (Substack).
Qiao, X. (2026). What School Are You? The American Psychoanalyst.
Qiao, X. (2026). Between Worlds: A Chinese Analyst's Journey. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
Qiao, X. (2026). The Inner Negotiator: AI as Transitional Object and Echo in the Treatment of Complex Trauma. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
Qiao, X. (2025). Between Two Names. The American Psychoanalyst.
Qiao, X. (2025). The Shadow of the Dead Mother. The American Psychoanalyst.
Qiao, X. (2025). The Seen and the Unseen: AI's Disquieting Impact. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
Qiao, X. (2025). AI Assisted Creation and Narcissistic Predicament. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
Qiao, X. (forthcoming 2027). Dear Candidate [Chinese translation]. 万千心理.

Keynote Address. Division 39 (APA) 46th Annual Spring Meeting, "The Power of Tongues," April 2027.
Compulsive Translation and the Defensive Production of Certainty. APsaA National Meeting, 2027 (Lee Jaffe Prize presentation).
IPA Research Training Programme (RTP) Fellowship. IPA, Toronto, October 2026.
Understanding Chinese Subjectivity: Growth Rings, Psychoanalytic Development, and Clinical Implications. British Psychoanalytic Foundation (BPF), 2026.
Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health, 2026.
Shidafu and Narcissistic Structure (士大夫与自恋结构). Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS), Emerging Scholars Series, July 2026.
Cisteria! A Psychoanalysis Against Anti-Trans Panics. Pre-Conference Workshop, Division 39 Spring Meeting, 2026.
Roundtable. Room, April 2026.
Cultural Sensitivity in Psychoanalytic Education. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 2026.
Narcissistic Vulnerability and Toxic Masculinity. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, 2024.
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Transgender Experience. Queer China UK, 2021.
Chinese Video Game Criticism Archive. Chinese DiGRA, Hong Kong, 2017.

深海之家 PH 2.0 Psychodynamic Programme — Lecturer: Sexuality & Gender; Self Psychology Technique (2024–present)
Freie Universität Berlin — Guest Lecturer, "Gender, Queerness and Culture in China and Latin America" Seminar (2026)
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, PEP Programme — Guest Lecturer, Self Psychology (2025)
ICPLA Psychoanalytic Training Programme — Interviewer/Admissions (2024–present)

APsaA President's Commission on Artificial Intelligence — Member (2025–present)
APsaA Committee on Gender and Sexuality — Member (2025–present)
ICPLA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity — Member (2025–present)
Psychoanalysis, Self and Context — Peer Reviewer (2025–present)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China — Editorial Board Member (2026–present)

何苦开心 — WeChat public account; psychoanalytic writing for Chinese-speaking audiences (20K+ readers)
博雅精神分析 — Subscription-based psychoanalytic education platform (300+ paid members)
Chinese Psychoanalytic Scene (CPS) — Substack publication in English (850+ subscribers)
Published columnist — The Paper (澎湃新闻) and Initium Media (端传媒); psychoanalytic perspectives on games and culture
ROOM Podcast — Interview: "Gaming, Analysis and Identity in the Age of AI"

Last updated: July 2026