Help Develop New 10,000 Minds Web Site

APsaA's Task Force on Psychoanalysis and Undergraduate Education known as the “10,000 Minds Project” has several initiatives underway to expose college students to psychoanalytic thinking.

One of those initiatives, the development of a Web site to support college instructors who are teaching psychoanalytic ideas, is nearing completion. Task force member Lisa Damour, working with psychologist Heather Davidson, created this wonderful resource.

When you visit this Web site at teachpsychoanalysis.com, you'll see that it contains information on articles about teaching psychoanalytic ideas, lists of recommended resources, course materials, and specific advice on how to introduce psychoanalytic concepts to college students.

Although the Web site's target audience is instructors of college students, the ideas and resources will be quite useful to anyone teaching psychoanalytic ideas to non-analysts, from high school students to graduate students. We've crammed in every resource and link we can find—and very specific guides for conveying selected psychoanalytic ideas in ways that engage the learner.

To bring the Web site to completion, we need your help!

Please visit the Web site and contribute your suggestions about how to engage students in thinking about psychoanalytic ideas. On the Web site, you'll see clear and simple instructions for doing so when you click the “Contribute to the Web site” link.

Even if you do not teach undergraduates, please share any teaching methods, demonstrations, and/or resources you think would help undergraduates and other interested students understand psychoanalytic concepts.

Your local psychoanalytic group might also consider e-mailing the teachpsychoanalysis.com link to college and university faculty in your communities along with a cover letter explaining the possible uses of the Web site and the availability of your group and faculty as a local resource. You can easily find the e-mail addresses of such faculty by visiting the online faculty directory at each school.

Thanks for your willingness to contribute to this important initiative.

The teachpsychoanalysis.com Web site is a project of APsaA's 10,000 Minds Project, which aims to expand the exposure of undergraduates to psychoanalytic concepts and thinking. The Project is made possible through the generous support of the Developing Psychoanalytic Practice and Training Program (DPPT) of the International Psychoanalytical Association as well as through the support of the American Psychoanalytic Association.