Psychologist– ψ Official Publication of Division 39 of the American Psychoanalyst Psychological Association Volume XXIV, No. 4 Fall 2004 FROM THE PRESIDENT JAINE DARWIN, PSYD My route to psychoanalysis began as a student teacher at and not an independent profession. We’ve been supporting Bettelheim’s Orthogenic School as part of a masters pro- our membership in New York State, where psychoanalysts gram in education at the University of Chicago in 1969-70. can be independently licensed without a mental health When I announced to my class I would be leaving at the degree, to push for standards for training in the regulations end of the term, an eight-year-old asked me how long I which we hope will protect the public from an inadequate had been at the school. When I replied that I’d been there treatment that can be called psychoanalysis. We continue for fourteen weeks, he said, “That’s much too short for so to participate in The Working Group on Psychodynamic long.” I feel much the same way as I write this final column Approaches to Classification spearheaded by Stanley of my presidency. I am both sad and eager to say goodbye Greenspan, which hopes to produce a diagnostic manual to the privilege and responsibility of leading Division 39. that utilizes a psychodynamic approach to the classification We’ve accomplished much in the past two years. of mental health disorders. The completion of a first draft is My presidential initiatives included ideas that came under anticipated in Spring 2005. the headings of Outreach and Inreach. We now have a large Within the Division, our sections are all thriving database of over one hundred outreach projects nationwide with healthy membership numbers. The requirement that in which division members are involved. The Outreach the sections retain at least 150 members to vote on the divi- Committee is ready to launch its own web page so informa- sion board acted as an impetus for the sections to mobilize, tion about these projects will be readily available. Our new to review and recommit to their visions. The Division web page, launched as my presidency began, now acts as a Board is working in a respectful, collegial manner, which major source of communication for us. Calls for papers, pro- allows our energies to go into bettering the Division instead gram listings, newsletter archives can now be downloaded of arguing with each other. My personal goal was to run all and each member now can update their online membership six Board Meetings of my term without having to pound directory information. Our journal, Psychoanalytic Psychol- the gavel to maintain order. I hand over to David Ramirez, ogy, is now on the PEP CD-ROM deservedly increasing its a well-rested gavel. visibility and desirability as a place to publish. I leave much undone. We continue to fight to decon- Within APA we have maintained our five seats on struct the stereotyping of the psychoanalysis as an archaic the APA Council and the awareness of our voices that this elite therapy for the walking well. We continue to strive to allows. We have more people sitting on APA Committees achieve diversity within our membership and to show the and Task Forces. We have forged important alliances with applicability of our ideas to people within minority commu- other divisions and debunked the myth of analysts as an nities. We continue to try to preserve psychodynamic train- isolated, elite group. We have the privilege of being called ing in doctoral programs and in practicum and internship “allies” by Division 44, the Society for the Psychologi- sites so we have a next generation; and to work to bring this cal Study of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues. We are an next generation into active participation within the Division. active member of the Divisions for Social Justice. We are If we are to get our mean age of members down from the seen as one of the vanguard divisions in the Evidence-based current 50+, we need to recruit a slew of members younger Practice debate. than 35. We need to come together as a pluralistic psycho- Nationally we are devoting time to advocating for analytic community and spend no time fighting with other standards in psychoanalysis and for the belief that psy- psychoanalytic organizations and all our time as advocates choanalysis is an advanced specialty within mental health and protectors of psychoanalysis in the larger community. 2 Psychologist-Psychoanalyst Fall 2004 Psychologist-Psychoanalyst 3 GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING MATERIAL I am grateful for the privilege of two years at the helm of the Division Submissions, including references, need to be in and for the support I’ve received from the Board and the membership. I want to APA style. Email your submission in an attached thank Ruth Helein, our administrator who makes this job doable. I will miss being Word or WordPerfect file to the Editor. If you do action central and the exquisite tension of never knowing when the next crisis is not have attached file capabilities, mail the disc coming. I will miss the deference granted to the president and all the people who will return my calls and emails while I carry that imprimatur. I will miss writing to the Editor. Hard copies are not needed. Please this column, which has been an enjoyable part of this job for me. Fortunately, I write one or two sentences about yourself for get to keep the friendships and affiliations forged in doing this job and I get to placement at the end of the article and indicate continue working for the Division as past-president for the next two years. what address information you would like pub- On January 1, 2005, I will hand over to David Ramirez one well func- lished. Submissions should be no longer than tioning Division in which he may have his two years shaping it with his hopes 2500 words. and visions. I join a long line of past presidents from whom I’ve learned. We All materials are subject to editing at the have recently lost two such with the deaths of Lee Caligor and Ruth-Jean Eisen- discretion of the Editor. Unless otherwise stated, bud. I bid this office adieu and because I’m not gone yet, I urge you all to nomi- the views expressed by the authors are those of the nate people and to run for Division offices when, in my first duty as past-presi- authors and do not reflect official policy of the Divi- dent, I chair the Nomination Committee. sion of Psychoanalysis. Priority is given to articles that are original and have not been submitted for FROM THE EDITOR Bill MacGillivray, PhD publication elsewhere. his issue marks the end of four years as editor of the newsletter, with two Tmore to go in my tenure. I would like to use this column to take stock in ADVERTISING what I have tried to accomplish over these years. When I was appointed editor, I Psychologist-Psychoanalyst accepts advertising was asked to take on the responsibility for developing a book review section that from professional groups, educational and train- would free up space in the journal for more peer-reviewed articles. I also set as ing programs, publishers, etc. Ad copy must be in a goal to include more of the business of the division, including publication of camera-ready form and correct size. Rates and size board meeting minutes. There were two other initiatives I hoped to accomplish: requirements are: $400 full page 7 1/2” x 9 1/8"; a section on research and a series of “special section” articles on various topics. Recently, I have added a section called Psychoanalytic Profiles. One set of arti- $250 half page 7 1/2” x 4 1/2"; $150 quarter page cles has been written by senior division members, reflecting on the development 3” x 4 1/2". Checks should be made payable to Divi- of their identity as psychologist-psychoanalysts. Another set of articles is written sion 39 and mailed along with camera-ready copy. by graduate students who interview and write about prominent division mem- bers. In addition to articles and reports that I solicit, the newsletter is also a place DEADLINES for members to contribute short articles on a variety of subjects, from clinical Deadlines for all submissions is January 1, April issues to practice concerns and beyond. That’s the gist of the work. The rest is background, including the actual 1, July 1 or October 1. Issues generally appear hands-on production of the issue, soliciting articles and reminding writers of 5-6 weeks after deadline date. their commitments, and handling the financial end of this business by keeping track of ad revenues, requesting books for reviewers and sending tear sheets COPYRIGHT POLICY back to publishers and advertisers. Except for announcements and event I hope you enjoy the new Special Section, “What I Did on My Summer schedules, material in Psychologist- Vacation,” in this issue. Although the “rules” for this piece were flexible and I Psychoanalyst is copyrighted and can only expected and hoped for a variety of responses, I was truly amazed at the diver- be reproduced with permission of the sity reflected in these 12 writers. I wanted this series to allow our members to Publications Committee. gain a more personal sense of our colleagues. I think this goal is successfully realized. I have another idea for the newsletter; but I will require help from the William A. MacGillivray, Editor membership to do this. It’s tentatively called “Stump the Chumps,” in deference 7 Forest Court, Knoxville, TN 37919 to the Car Talk guys.