You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
Dear Colleagues,
As some of you may remember from my last report, when Professor Sandler took office in 1989 we were confronted with two priority tasks. One was to establish and activate channels of communication with the membership and the Component Societies in order to enhance a larger participation in IPA matters; the other was to explore changes and to restructure the IPA to meet the requirements of our growing membership, and the complex situation that the spread of psychoanalysis has brought to our practice and to the standards and excellence of training. I had also mentioned the positive and the negative aspects of the President and the Secretary having to deal with the brunt of administrative work and the need to reorganise the Central Office following the Executive Director's retirement, after 30 years of work for the IPA. Thanks to Valerie Tufnell, our new Administrative