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| American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis | |
|---|---|
| Name | American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Fields | Psychoanalysis |
American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis The American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis is a professional body devoted to psychoanalytic training, certification, and scholarship. It operates within the landscape shaped by institutions such as Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Erik Erikson, Wilfred Bion, and Heinz Hartmann, interacting with organizations including the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, the National Institute for Mental Health, the Menninger Foundation, and academic centers like Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University.
The organization's origins trace to mid-20th century developments when figures like Sandor Ferenczi, Karen Horney, Otto Rank, Melanie Klein, and Donald Winnicott influenced reforms in psychoanalytic training and governance, alongside institutional shifts at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, the Psychoanalytic Center of California, and the International Psychoanalytic Association. Debates involving leaders such as Franz Alexander, Ernest Jones, John Bowlby, Anna Freud and controversies echoing the Freud–Jung split contributed to formation of boards emphasizing standardized certification, paralleling initiatives at the American Medical Association and accreditation movements inspired by the American Board of Medical Specialties and practices at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Governance mirrors models used by the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, and nonprofit structures like the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, with an elected board, executive officers, committees, and bylaws aligned with precedents from the Federal Trade Commission oversight of professional practice and by analogy to stewardship at the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution. Leadership positions have been held by clinicians who participated in collaborations with hospitals such as Bellevue Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and universities including University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles, and Boston University.
Training pathways reflect influences from training programs at the Menninger Clinic, the Institute of Psychoanalysis (London), the British Psychoanalytic Society, the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, and academic departments at Princeton University, Stanford University, and University of Michigan. Certification criteria incorporate supervised casework, didactic seminars, and oral examinations similar to procedures used by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Professional Psychology, with assessments conducted by examiners who have contributed to journals like The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, and Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Membership categories parallel those in bodies such as the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, and regional institutes including the Philadelphia Association and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, while fellowship recognition mirrors honors conferred by organizations like the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the MacArthur Fellows Program. Notable fellows and members have engaged with scholars and clinicians associated with Jacques Lacan, Wilhelm Reich, Franz Alexander, Erik Erikson, and Heinz Kohut.
Ethical frameworks align with codes promulgated by the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and international norms set by the International Psychoanalytical Association, informed by medico-legal precedents from the Supreme Court of the United States, policy discussions involving the Department of Health and Human Services, and standards echoed in documents from the World Health Organization. Professional conduct, confidentiality, and boundaries are guided by case law, hospital policies at institutions like Mount Sinai Hospital and Cleveland Clinic, and standards used by specialty boards including the American Board of Medical Specialties.
The Board and Academy participates in and endorses scholarship published in periodicals such as The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, American Journal of Psychiatry, and interdisciplinary outlets tied to Nature, Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and university presses at Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. Research topics intersect with work by investigators at the National Institutes of Health, collaborations with centers like the Anna Freud Centre, and cross-disciplinary studies referencing theorists such as Donald Winnicott, Melanie Klein, John Bowlby, Heinz Kohut, and Jonathan Lear.
Collaborations and dialogues occur with the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, the British Psychoanalytic Council, the European Psychoanalytic Federation, and regional institutes including the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, and the Toronto Institute for Psychoanalysis, as well as with academic departments at Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, and University College London, reflecting historical exchanges among figures like Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Jacques Lacan.
Category:Psychoanalysis organizations