The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) is an institution established in New York City by
Theodore Reik
Theodor Reik (; 12 May 1888, in Vienna, Austria – 31 December 1969, in New York) was a psychoanalyst who trained as one of Freud's first students in Vienna, Austria, and was a pioneer of lay analysis in the United States.
Education and caree ...
in 1948, in response to the controversy over
lay analysis
A lay analysis is a psychoanalysis performed by someone who is not a physician; that person was designated a lay analyst.
In '' The Question of Lay Analysis'' (1927), Sigmund Freud defended the right of those trained in psychoanalysis to practi ...
and the question of the training of
psychoanalysts in the United States.
Following the lead established by
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ...
, the NPAP offers training to the three core disciplines of medicine, social work, and psychology, as well as to graduates from the humanities.
History
Over the following decades, inevitably dissensions emerged in the organization, and other non-medical
training institutions were set up in the United States.
Current ideology
The organization currently sees itself as a vibrant
professional association
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...
of analysts representing a diversity of theories that comprise contemporary psychoanalytic inquiry.
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 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.
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Splits in Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis organizations
1948 establishments in the United States
Scientific organizations established in 1948
Organizations based in New York City
Psychoanalysis in the United States
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