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International Volume 14, Issue 1, June 2005 PSYCHOANALYSIS News Magazine of the International Psychoanalytical Association ‘Terminable and interminable’ – the education debate Don Campbell reflects on recent dialogues Daniel Widlöcher bids farewell and looks forward Cláudio Eizirik is optimistic about the future IPA and IPSO – closer together International PSYCHOANALYSIS International Association Internationale Asociación International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytical Psychanalytique Psychoanalytische Psicoanalítica Broomhills, Woodside Lane, London N12 8UD, UK Tel: +44 20 8446 8324 Fax: +44 20 8445 4729 Email: [email protected] www.ipa.org.uk Association Internationale Vereinigung Internacional 2 CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE IPA. ISSN 1564-0361 Editor Alex Holder Contents Past Editors Ethel Person, Leopold Nosek Regional Editors Europe: Michel Vincent, Henrik Enckell, News Giuseppina Antinucci. Latin America: Renato Canovi, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Jara. North America: Abby Adams-Silvan, Irene Cairo, 3 Editorial Sharon Zalusky. Language Editors 3 People German News Magazine: Alex Holder English News Magazine: Robert Stein Awards; Cornerstone Fellowship; Obituary French News Magazine: Colette Scherer Contents Spanish News Magazine: Cecilio Paniagua 4 Members Corresponding Editor Australia: Deborah McIntyre IPA Activities Production Manager Robert Stein Sub-Editor Sophie Richmond 5 The Han Groen-Prakken Psychoanalytic Institute for Translation Team Eastern Europe German: Elisabeth Vorspohl, Joachim Roether, Katrin Grünepütt, Michael Mertl PIEE Director Paolo Fonda outlines the Institute’s achievements English Andrew Weller, Philip Slotkin French: Anne-Lise Hacker, Catherine Roux, as it enters its fourth year Danielle Goldstein, Marianne Robert, Yves Le Juen Spanish: Dana Caceres-Pawlikowski, The President’s column Magdalena Padrón Araújo, María Julia Sainz Bello, 7 Pilar Rodas Riley Daniel Widlöcher’s final column as President looks at recent Layout and Production Bobbett Creative Communications developments and future challenges Print NewNorth Print 9 The Secretary’s letter The International Psychoanalytical Association Don Campbell updates members on DPPT grants Board of Representatives (prior to June election result) President Daniel Widlöcher 11 The Treasurer’s report Secretary-General Donald Campbell Nadine Levinson reports on her activities as Treasurer of the IPA Treasurer Nadine Levinson Representatives 12 The IPA website: new developments Sander Abend, Marilia Aisenstein, Werner Bohleber, Stefano Bolognini, Aloysio D’Abreu, Henk Jan Dalewijk, Eric Karas and Robert Stein introduce a range of new features Norman Doidge, Shmuel Erlich, Richard Fox, James Gooch, Charles Hanly, Celia Katz de Eskenazi, 14 The new Board of Representatives Leopold Nosek, Carmen Médici de Steiner, Robert Pyles, Agneta Sandell, Robert Tyson, Sverre Varvin, Marcelo Viñar, Fernando Weissmann, 16 President-elect Cláudio Laks Eizirik Raquel Zak de Goldstein is optimistic about the future of psychoanalysis President-Elect Cláudio Laks Eizirik Secretary-Designate Mónica Siedmann de Armesto 18 IPSO President Bernard Keuerleber Honorary President Leo Rangell writes about increasing cooperation between IPSO and the IPA Honorary Vice-President Robert S. Wallerstein Corporate Officer Insight Piers Pendred (Director General) 19 The education debate NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS Don Campbell reflects on recent dialogue on this key issue 1. Languages Contributions can be submitted in any of the four World Activities working languages of the IPA, i.e. English, French, German or Spanish. 2. Deadlines 21 Europe: Czech Republic; Finland, Germany; Italy; Spain; Sweden The two annual issues of International Psychoanalysis have deadlines for the submission of contributions Latin America: Argentina; COWAP Dialogue on sexual violence; which must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so may mean that the contribution will have to be Brazil; Peru; Uruguay; held over until the following issue or have to be scrapped altogether. North America: Canada; USA The deadlines for submission of contributions are as follows: Featured on front cover: First row, left to right: Franz Boas, E.B. Titchener, William James, William Stern, 31 January for the first issue Leo Burgerstein, G. Stanley Hall, Sigmund Freud, Carl G. Jung, Adolf Meyer, H.S. Jennings. 31 August for the second issue Second Row: C.E. Seashore, Joseph Jastrow, J. McK. Cattell, E.F. Buchner, E. Katzenellenbogen, Ernest Jones, 3. Methods of submission A.A. Brill, Wm. H. Burnham, A.F. Chamberlain. Contributions must be submitted to the address listed Third Row: Albert Schinz, J.A. Magni, B.T. Baldwin, F. Lyman Wells, G.M. Forbes,E.A. Kirkpatrick, Sandor Ferenczi, under 4 below, either (a) as an e-mail attachment, E.C. Sanford, J.P. Porter, Sakyo Kanda, Hikoso Kakise. or (b) on a diskette in RTF format (Rich Text format). Fourth row: G.E. Dawson, S.P. Hayes, E.B. Holt, C.S. Berry, G.M. Whipple, Frank Drew, J.W.A. Young, 4. Address for contributions L.N. Wilson, K.J. Karlson, H.H. Goddard, H.I. Klopp, S.C. Fuller All contributions must be sent to The Editor, Dr Alex Holder Körnerstr. 17, 22301 Hamburg, Germany email: [email protected] International PSYCHOANALYSIS 5. Exceptions International Psychoanalytical Association Contributions from Component Societies which are Broomhills, Woodside Lane, London N12 8UD, UK part of the news and calendar of events section should, in the first place, be sent to one of the Tel: +44 20 8446 8324 Fax: +44 20 8445 4729 Email: [email protected] www.ipa.org.uk three Regional Editors. EDITORIAL 3 Due to the IPA's current financial the achievements of his administration administration’s commitment to carry situation and the continued need over the last four years, and those out research into our educational to cut expenses wherever possible, projects where he feels he has not methods and scientific models. this will be the only issue of achieved as much success as he hoped. International Psychoanalysis that He reviews the changes that have Since this will be the only issue of you will receive this year. A Board occurred with the replacement of the International Psychoanalysis in 2005, Working Group on the future of the Executive Council by the Board of I have also asked Cláudio Laks Eizirik, News Magazine and the Roster has Representatives, bringing about closer our new President, to contribute an Editorial been established; its brief includes ties between the central administration article to give us some idea of his exploring electronic options to and the regions and component thinking about the future of and the replace the present hard-copy societies; the DPPT project (Developing IPA, which, with cautious optimism, version of the magazine. Psychoanalytic Practice and Training) he sees as a reality rather than as which has been successfully launched an illusion. If there is a crisis in If you read Nadine Levinson’s ‘Treasurer’s over the last two years; the continued psychoanalysis, it does not emanate report’ in this issue, you will realize that financial support of conceptual and from its theory nor from its practice, the marked decline in the value of the clinical research; the beginnings of but rather from social and economic dollar will necessitate further financial the establishment of IPA Allied Centres constraints and competing therapies. cuts rather than increases in budgets. throughout the world. What has It is therefore all the more important So it may well be that the present issue not been achieved successfully as yet to establish and maintain our is – pending the decision of President- is the establishment of structures psychoanalytic identity in an active elect Cláudio Eizirik and the new Board for engaging in dialogue with way through scientific and educational – the last hard-copy News Magazine neighbouring professions; the programmes. Regarding the current that you will hold in your hands! dissemination of the publications debate on training, our new President resulting from research; a closer look at feels confident that we will be able The Congress in Rio will mark the the psychotherapies and at the status to preserve the most essential values transition from Daniel Widlöcher’s four- of psychoanalysts with governments. of our training. Where he hopes year administration to the beginning to bring about improvements is in of Cláudio Laks Eizirik’s presidency. Don Campbell, who remains as the communication between the Mónica Siedmann de Armesto will take Secretary-General until the Rio administration and the membership, over as Secretary-General from Don Congress, is taking his leave with in an increased number of IPA Campbell, while Nadine Levinson will something of a flourish, not only publications, in the dialogue continue as Treasurer for another term. presenting us with his last Secretary’s with other disciplines and in our The new Board of Representatives, Letter but also with a substantial article outreach activities. which you have recently elected, will on the recent debate on psychoanalytic also take up its duties at the end of education. His letter is entirely devoted I very much regret the resignation of the Rio Congress. We have delayed to a report on the DPPT project, which Eduardo Laverde Rubio as Regional the dispatch of this issue so that you has been at the centre of his work Editor for Latin America. He has been can see on pages 14–15 who has been during his two years as Secretary-