Seventy years after G. Stanley Hall, the founder of the American Psychological Association invited Sigmund Freud, Sandor Ferenczi, Carl Jung and Ernest Jones to the Clark University, the Division of Psychoanalysis was established as a structure within the American Psychology Association. In the seventeen subsequent years, the Division of Psychoanalysis has grown to almost 4,000 members and affiliates (students and international affiliates). The Division represents within the broad field of psychology, professionals who identify themselves as having a major commitment to the study, practice and development of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

From the President Inspiration for this column came to me suddenly, in the unlikely form of an article by Nicholas Cummings in the summer issue of The National Psychologist. Writing under the title “Are Graduate Students Being Deceived?” Cummings observes that since 1995, while inflation has exceeded 15 percent, psychotherapy reimbursements from health insurance and government sources have declined 15 percent, leaving many practitioners unable to pay off the considerable debt they incurred during their training. He notes that referrals from physicians for psychotherapy have fallen 40 percent to 50 percent, as doctors have learned to prescribe for problems they used to send to therapists, and reminds us that it is cheaper for managed care companies to hire less educated rather than more educated clinicians. Concluding that doctoral-level psychotherapy practice has become unprofitable, he urges students to consider other careers.	More >>
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Spring Meeting 2009 Final Call for Papers Viva Psychoanalysis! Finding Connections from Couch to Culture 2009 marks the 100-year anniversary of Freud’s visit to America and the publication of two of his most famous case studies, Little Hans and the Rat Man. Since Freud’s visit, psychoanalytic thought has been transformed not only by clinical experience in the consulting room, but also by the surrounding cultural milieu. We now have multiple psychoanalytic theories, sometimes spawning conflicts and debate amongst our ranks, yet united by an emphasis on the unconscious.	More >>
Order Recordings of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting Conference Recordings, CDs and MP3s, of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting are available for purchase via the Resorceful Recordings web site. Click Here to Order Recordings of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting Conference	More >>
PsycScans Now Online PsycSCAN: Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Abstracts is now available electronically (and only electronically) through PsychSCANS--APA's electronic database resource. To access PsycScans/Psychoanalysis,log into the APA.org web site and follow the links under Your Subscriptions on the home page. For more detailed instructions, turn to the Publications Committee area of this web site, where you will find a pdf document.	More >>
Division 39/APsaA Collaboration "The Enduring Significance of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice," a powerpoint presentation created by Greg Lowder, in collaboration with Nancy McWilliams, James Hansell, and the Board of Directors of Division 39. Division 39 offers a teaching resource that covers empirical research substantiating psychoanalytic theories and treatments. Download a PDF Version of the Power Point Presentation Click here to connect to APsaA Web Site APsaA Fellowship Web Site	More >>
PEP WEB ARCHIVE SUBSCRIPTION NOW AVAILABLE TO DIVISION 39 MEMBERS! You have probably received an email from Nancy McWilliams, President of Division 39, explaining how and why the Division has created a special arrangement for its members to gain cheap access to the PEP Archive at http://www.pep-web.org READ ON FOR INSTRUCTIONS	More >>
Outreach Project Highlight: SOFAR Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists DIVISION 39 SOFAR Project Highlighted in APA Monitor	More >>
Empirical Studies in Psychoanalysis A Link to the APSA Web Site Empirical Studies in Psychoanalysis	More >>
Task Force on Basic Human Rights The Task Force on Basic Human Rights was appointed just prior to the 2006 Spring Conference by David Ramirez, President of the Division. It has the following members: Neil Altman, chair; Marilyn Jacobs, Frank Summers, Laurel Bass Wagner, Nancy McWilliams (ex-officio), and Jaine Darwin. Important Documents Related to the Task Force	More >>
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual Reviewed in The New York Times See the Link in the New Events Box on this Home Page A number of Division 39 members - Sidney Blatt, Jaine Darwin, Abby Herzig, Marvin Hurvich, Bertram Karon, Nancy McWilliams, Herbert Schlesinger, Jonathan Shedler, Howard Shevrin, George Stricker, Joel Weinberger, Drew Westen and others - have contributed to the development of a new diagnostic manual intended to compensate for many of the limitations of the DSM. Edited by Stanley Greenspan and sponsored by Division 39, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, the National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, and the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, the manual will be available sometime this spring. Royalties will go into a fund to support psychoanalytic research. There follows an article on the project that appeared recently in the New York Times:	More >>
New Outreach Companion Web Site Division of Psychoanalysis Outreach Companion Web Site The Division is pleased to establish a companion website at http://www.div39outreach.org that  will highlight the outreach activities of our members.  The new site will be linked to the exisiting Division website at http://www.division39.org.	More >>
Newsletter Information Psychologist-Psychoanalyst The Psychologist-Psychoanalyst is an official publication of the Division of Psychoanalysis. It is published four times a year and contains general articles of interest to the membership as well as reports from officers, committees, sections and local chapters of the Division.	More >>