National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis

The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) is an institution established in New York City by Theodore Reik in 1948, in response to the controversy over lay analysis and the question of the training of psychoanalysts in the States.[1]

Following the lead established by Sigmund Freud, the NPAP offered training to the three core disciplines of medicine, social work and psychology, as well as to graduates from the humanities.[2]

History

Over the following decades, inevitably dissensions emerged in the organisation, and other non-medical training institutions were set up in the United States.[3]

Current ideology

The organization currently sees itself as a vibrant professional association of analysts representing a diversity of theories that comprise contemporary psychoanalytic inquiry.[4] The NPAP's diverse membership is active in research, publication, legislation, public education, and cultural affairs, thus ensuring a psychoanalytic contribution to the community at large. The NPAP also publishes the highly respected and internationally recognized journal The Psychoanalytic Review, the oldest continuously published psychoanalytic journal in the United States.

Mindful of a legacy reaching directly back to Freud, the Institute today offers comprehensive psychoanalytic training grounded in the classical tradition, expanded by contemporary insights, and designed to prepare candidates for the professional practice of psychoanalysis.

References
  1. Janet Malcolm, Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (1988) p. 52
  2. "NPAP". Enotes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. Michael Eigen, Eigen in Seoul (2011) p. 79
  4. "National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis - Welcome". Npap.org. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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