At the beginning of his presidency Charles Hanly launched an initiative which had as its objective the integration of psychoanalytic theories. The point of departure was the plurality of theoretical approaches in contemporary psychoanalysis which, on the one hand, could be envisaged as the expression of creative developments in a vital scientific scene. But, on the other hand, this plurality may lead to conceptual inconsistencies impeding the discourse of analysts among each other and the dialogue with other sciences. A deterioration of psychoanalytic practice may be the final consequence. The ‘New Scientific Initiative’ led to the foundation of two Project Committees, the Project Committee on Clinical Observation and the Project Committee on Conceptual Integration. The Project Committee on Conceptual Integration, founded in 2009 and chaired by Werner Bohleber, was presented for the first time publicly in a