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RENEWAL PETITION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE SPECIALTY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS (Submitted, 12-30-2014) AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 750 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002-4242 (202) 336-5500 Criterion I. Administrative Organizations in Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis Synarchy Group: The Psychoanalysis Synarchy Group represents the postdoctoral specialty of Psychoanalysis. The Psychologist-Psychoanalysts represented by the Synarchy include the members and governance of APA’s Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), the Board Certified Fellows of the ABPP Academy of Psychoanalysis, the Directors of the ABPP Specialty Board of Psychoanalysis (ABAPsa), and representatives of postdoctoral psychoanalytic training programs throughout North America. The total number of Psychologist-Psychoanalysts, and postdoctoral psychoanalytic candidates represented by the Synarchy is estimated to be over 3,000 psychologists. Postdoctoral accreditation of education and training programs in Psychoanalysis is in progress and will affect the majority of current practitioners in the specialty practice of Psychoanalysis, as well as support the development of current and future candidates in specialty training. Division 39: The mission statement of Division 39 specifies that its organizational objectives are: a) to broaden and enhance scientific and public interest in the contributions of Psychoanalysis to psychology as a science and as a profession; b) to encourage and support educational programs and research having to do with the discipline of Psychoanalysis and its applications to the public welfare; c) to keep the psychological community and the public informed of current research work and activity in Psychoanalysis through the exchange of scientific ideas, meetings, and publications; d) to increase public awareness of the benefits of psychoanalytic principles and treatment and the applicability of psychoanalytic thought to society as a whole; and e) to encourage and seek to maintain the highest standards for training in Psychoanalysis as developed through the APA. Division 39 is the only organization made up exclusively of psychologists interested in Psychoanalysis. Division 39 also has 29 local chapters. Specific Divisions of APA are not allowed to sponsor programs that credential or accredit. Any psychoanalytic training programs, which develop from the local chapters, are incorporated as independent institutions. These independent training programs provide opportunities for psychologists to receive formal training in Psychoanalysis in geographic areas where no such opportunity had previously existed. 1 ABAPsa is the only organization certifying psychologists in the specialty of Psychoanalysis after the completion of psychoanalytic education and training. Division 39 has 9 sections (Psychologist-Psychoanalyst Practitioners; Childhood & Adolescence; Women, Gender & Psychoanalysis; Local Chapters; Applied Clinical Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Research; Psychoanalysis and Groups; Couple and Family Therapy and Psychoanalysis; and Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility) representing major areas of interest within Psychoanalysis. Each section is represented on the Board of Directors of Division 39 by a voting member. Each section has by-laws, officers, publications, meetings, and functions. A section must have a minimum of 150 members to maintain its status as a section. The Division has more than 4,000 members, associates, and affiliates. The purpose of the division is to keep its members informed about developments in Psychoanalysis, to provide a forum for the exchange of scientific and clinical information, to act as an ombudsman for its members regarding issues of relevance to the science and practice of Psychoanalysis, to encourage the development of training programs and educational efforts throughout the educational continuum, and to work with state psychological associations to disseminate knowledge and information about Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic services to the public. Many of these functions are fulfilled by standing committees of the Division. Task Forces are created to respond to developing concerns. The Board of Directors takes fiduciary responsibility for the Division, and the Executive Committee is empowered to act on behalf of the Board in emergency situations. The division has two open scientific meetings annually, one at the APA convention, and one at its own Spring Meeting, which it sponsors, held in cities in the United States where there are programs, local chapters, or universities that support the development of Psychoanalysis. Three Board meetings are held annually, one in January and the other two in conjunction with the spring meeting and the Summer APA meeting. Dues for members are $95 annually for APA Members, $50 for early career APA Members and $25 for APA student affiliates. Benefits include a peer-reviewed journal, Psychoanalytic Psychology, a quarterly literary and research publication in the form of an electronic newsletter, Insight, and a quarterly journal of abstracts from psychoanalytic journals, PsychScan Psychoanalysis, a data-base of psychoanalytic abstracts. Members also may get a greatly reduced subscription for the PEP (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing) archive, a searchable electronic data-base of psychoanalytic publications. American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis: ABAPsa has been organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including but not limited to: a) promoting the quality and accessibility of psychoanalytic health care services by means including the development and administration of standards to assess psychologists’ education and training in Psychoanalysis, and b) educating the public about standards for the education and training of psychologists in Psychoanalysis. ABAPsa is the specialty board of ABPP that accepts applications for examination for Board Certification in the Specialty of Psychoanalysis for Psychologist. The Board evaluates applications and conducts examinations in close coordination with ABPP. To date, over 150 2 certificates have been awarded. Currently, all fees are paid to ABPP for the application and review. ABAPsa functions in the same fashion in relation to ABPP as the other specialty boards, and therefore ABAPsa is represented on the Board of Trustees of ABPP. There are regular ABAPsa Board of Directors meetings each year, held in conjunction with the scientific meetings of the Division, and telephone conference calls of the Board or of the Executive Committee that occur as needed. Academy of Psychoanalysis: The Academy is a member academy of the Specialty Academies of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). The purpose of Academy fellows is to advance Psychoanalysis as a science and a practice and to promote and enhance the discipline in academic and applied settings and through its activity in professional organizations. Specific purposes include: A. To recognize, recommend and support competency-based credentialing in Psychoanalysis, including accreditation, licensing and certification in the specialty. Specifically, the Academy functions to: 1. Support the Specialty Board of Psychoanalysis (ABAPsa) of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). 2. Nominate Academy Fellows to serve as Directors on ABAPsa. 3. Recruit Academy Fellows for examiner training in order to serve as members on the ABAPsa Examination Committees. 4. Recruit and encourage specialty candidates to pursue board certification. 5. Create and maintain a mentorship program to support candidate certification B. To advance Psychoanalysis as a science and a professional practice. Specifically, to: 1. Develop and approve competencies, education and training standards, and practice guidelines for the specialty of Psychoanalysis. 2. Provide advanced continuing education in the specialty of Psychoanalysis. 3. Sponsor public education events to promote the specialty of Psychoanalysis. 4. Coordinate collaborative activities with other psychoanalytic organizations. Criterion II. Public Need for the Specialty Practice of Psychoanalysis. 1. Describe the public needs that this specialty fulfills with relevant references. Under each need specify the population served and relevant references. Since the beginning of psychology as a formal discipline, psychoanalysis had introduced the notion that cognition, affect, and behavior is motivated by forces outside of conscious awareness. Today psychoanalytic thought continues to saturate academic discourse, empirical methodology, human studies, and popular culture. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic theory have infiltrated every major intellectual discipline from science to the humanities, art, literature, and therapeutic practice. The publically acclaimed HBO series, In Treatment, is a perfect example of how psychoanalytic ideas have become integrated within the public domain and portray the clinical psychologist as a psychoanalytic practitioner. There are organizations all over the globe, in North America, Central and South America, the UK, Europe, the Middle 3 East, India, and Asia just to mention a few. Hundreds of organizations exist in English speaking countries alone. Nearly 100 academic and scholarly journals are devoted to psychoanalytic thought. Training programs in psychoanalysis are established all over the world in many languages and serve millions of people everyday. This subspecialty exists within psychiatry, psychology, social work, mental health, counseling, and the humanities and is arguably