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Driven by concern that psychoanalytic institutes and societies will drift into self-inflicted ruin, Otto Kernberg (2012) has offered in this journal (JAPA 60/4, pp. 707-719) some proposals that, if put into practice, he believes would help prevent that suicide. His proposals include recommendations for changes in the organization of psychoanalytic institutes and suggestions for transforming their external contacts and presentation. We will first discuss Kernberg's proposals for reorganizing psychoanalytic institutes.
Kernberg pleads for reforms concerning the way training analysts, supervisors, and lecturers in psychoanalytic institutes are appointed. To better enable a judgment whether these reforms are well-advised, we will first briefly describe the current procedure.
There is no uniform procedure for becoming a lecturer at a psychoanalytic institute; practically any member of an institute can teach if he or she wants to. No proof whatever of scientific credibility or knowledge is required of prospective lecturers. For appointment as a training and