Procedure for the Establishment of Psychoanalytic Training Facilities

With the tremendous growth of psychoanalysis throughout the country, there has been a corresponding increase in demand for training facilities. In some parts of the country it has been exceedingly difficult to establish full Institutes. There have, however, been small groups of interested analysts who have been anxious to establish some means to make available psychoanalytic training facilities for such qualified people who are not able to attend more centrally located recognized Institutes. This problem has been studied in great detail and at the request of the Board of Professional Standards, the Committee on Institutes under Dr. Edward Bibring set up requirements for the establishment of various types of psychoanalytic training facilities and the means whereby these facilities could obtain official recognition from the American Psychoanalytic Association. The following is the full report of this Committee, approved by the Board:

It is proposed that Psychoanalytic Institutes, Psychoanalytic Training Centers and Psychoanalytic Study Groups applying for official recognition by the American Psychoanalytic Association be accepted under the following conditions:

1. Institutes. An Institute, in distinction from a Study Group or a Training Center, is an organization which offers complete training in psychoanalysis. It is composed of at least four training analysts and a number of lecturers sufficient to carry out the entire teaching program. The requirements of the preparatory analysis, theoretical instruction, supervised clinical work and clinical conferences must comply with the Minimal Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association. The training analysts of the Institute must comply with the requirements established by the Board of Professional Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association. All members of the faculty at large must meet the requirements for membership as established by the American Psychoanalytic Association. The appli