The Committee on Institutes announced the names of the following members who have been appointed Training and Supervising Analysts by their respective Institutes:
The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
Renee L. Galman, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
Donald D. Schwartz, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
Roy Schafer, Ph.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
Jacob G. Jacobson, M.D. — Training Analyst
New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute
Carl Lewis Davis, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
The Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis
Stephen Morganstern, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute
Pietro Castelnuevo-Tedesco, M.D. — Training and Supervising Analyst
The Board also agreed to grant waivers to the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute for the appointment of Malkah T. Notman, M.D. and to the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute for the appointment of Naomi Ragins, M.D. as Training and Supervising Analysts.
The Board then discussed certain educational issues which have arisen at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. An Ad Hoc Committee of the Committee on Institutes visited that Institute in the Fall of 1977 and the Board recommended that this Committee continue in a consultative role to discuss and clarify these issues. A similar procedure undertaken at the Los Angeles Institute has proven to be most valuable and is continuing at the present time.
Dr. Ferber, Chairman of the Committee on Institutes, reported that two-member liaison sub-committees have been established for each Institute in the country. Yearly reports from each Institute will provide the committee with pertinent information about its activities. It is hoped that this procedure will be of help in pinpointing problems and also in providing a means for an Institute to request consultation early with any part of its program that is problematic or in question. Material gathered each year will also provide a log of information for site visits so that preparation by Institutes for such visits should be much less burdensome.
The Committee on Certification reported that 47 applicants were recommended for Certification and these were approved by the Board. All have indicated their wish to become Active Members.
Dr. Lawrence Hall, Chairman of the Committee on New Training Facilities, reviewed the reasons for, and advantages of, regular site visits to such facilities followed by prompt meetings of their representatives and committee members. Following a recent visit to the San Diego Institute, his Committee recommended that this Institute be granted fully accredited status. This recommendation was endorsed by the Board.
Dr. Arnold Allen was recommended for appointment as Training Analyst for the Cincinnati Provisional Institute and this appointment was approved by the Board.
Dr. Leonard Shengold, Chairman of the Membership Committee, recommended, and the Board approved, the temporary waiver of the time limit of three years on the Associate Membership for several individuals. During a period of careful study the Membership Committee will consider means of offering appropriate honorable affiliation with the American to those individuals whose qualifications will entitle them to such affiliation, and whose contributions enrich the American, but who are not eligible for Certification in Clinical Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Selma Kramer, Chairman of the Committee on Child Analysis, reported that revised standards for Child and Adolescent Analysis are continuing to be developed. Under the proposed standards, the analysis of five adult patients over a period of years will be required to qualify as Training Analyst and Child Supervising Analyst. Three child cases in analysis will be the minimal regular case-load for a Child Analytic Supervisor.
The Committee on Child Analysis recommended the appointment of the following supervisors in Child and Adolescent Analysis.
New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Nathan Root, M.D.
Albert Sax, M.D.
Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute
Henri Parens, M.D.
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute
James L. Hatleberg, M.D.
Dr. Homer Curtis, Chairman of the Committee on Prerequisites for Training, reported that his Committee has studied and discussed, as one of the possible selective expansions of our present training prerequisites, the inclusion of certain non-medical people under closely monitored guidelines. One source of such possible individuals could be the Doctor of Mental Health Program at the University of California — Mount Zion Hospital. Professionally and personally qualified graduates of such a program might be enrolled as candidates at the local Psychoanalytic Institute. After a period of close supervision and evaluation, the Institute could apply to the Board for a waiver for such individuals. Dr. Settlage stated that, at this point, the San Francisco Institute wished to accept, first for partial training, applicants meeting the Institute's selection criteria. Later, upon further assessment, it could request a review by the Board on Professional Standards, as for some research candidates, to obtain a waiver of the usual requirements for full clinical training.
After a full and thorough discussion of the issues, it was agreed that exchanges of information and opinion concerning the feasibility and desirability of offering psychoanalytic training to such non-medically trained graduates should take place in institutes and societies, in the Coordinating Committee and Board, and that the views of the membership should be obtained on this matter.
Dr. H. Schlesinger, Chairman of the Committee on Research and Special Training, outlined the current guidelines for the kind of information required in applying for a waiver, either of the medical degree or occasionally of psychiatric training. These are as follows: 1) The quality of the person. 2) The program and quality of the program — research, teaching, etc. — that the applicant is engaged in. 3) The relevance of obtaining full psychoanalytic training to this work. 4) How the program in which the person is working will allow the unhampered practice or other use of psychoanalytic training.
The Committee is currently engaged in studying the impact of explicit certification on research and special training applicants and their future connection with our field.
Dr. S. Abrams, speaking for the Committee on Psychoanalytic Education, outlined a number of projects which his Committee has either undertaken or is planning. These include study groups relating to the general theme of teaching and learning of psychoanalysis, the development of a new sub-committee on selection; the prospect of new projects on the supervisory process and on issues concerning women candidates.