Seventy years after G. Stanley Hall, the founder of the American Psychological Association invited Sigmund Freud, Sandor Ferenczi, Carl Jung and Ernest Jones to the Clark University, the Division of Psychoanalysis was established as a structure within the American Psychology Association. In the seventeen subsequent years, the Division of Psychoanalysis has grown to almost 4,000 members and affiliates (students and international affiliates). The Division represents within the broad field of psychology, professionals who identify themselves as having a major commitment to the study, practice and development of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL REGISTER ONLINE NOW FOR CHICAGO 2010 SPRING MEETING	More >>
Early Career Professionals Attention Early Career Professionals and Graduate Students: The 2010 Division 39 Spring Meeting will be held in Chicago with the theme, “Wild Analysis: Then (1920) and Now (2010).” Exciting new opportunities for early career participants are available.	More >>
SPOTLIGHT Division 39 Publications Batya R. Monder, MSW, BCD From the April 2009 issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology (Volume 26, Number 2), I have chosen to spotlight Henry Seiden’s evocative and beautifully written paper, “On the Longing for Home.” I am a fan of Seiden’s poetry column in Psychologist-Psychoanalyst and of his own poetry. The same economy of language that fuels his poems is apparent in this creatively structured article—a “series of narratives in a kind of theme and variations." Enter the SPOTLIGHT area in the Publications area for the full article.	More >>
From the President: More of the Same President Barack Obama won his campaign for the White House on the promise of change. I am beginning the presidency of Division 39 with a very different message—more of the same. The voters in our national election chose new leadership in Washington to provide our nation with a different direction at a time of severe political and financial crisis. In contrast, our Division is thriving and fulfilling its commitments to our members. It has benefited for many years from the shared vision and dedicated service of its officers, board members, and committee members. In particular, the Division has had the good fortune to have Nancy McWilliams at the helm for the past two years. Her devotion to the profession of psychoanalysis and our Division is matched only by her unflagging energy, sound political vision, and generous spirit. She has set a remarkable standard for leadership that I hope to emulate. In keeping with Nancy’s thoughtful and enlightening remarks to Division members in previous issues of this newsletter, I would like to use this column to enumerate the accomplishments that have marked our Division over the past decade and tell you how I hope to continue to provide you with more of the same.	More >>
ONLINE REGISTRATION for San Antonio '09 Spring Mtg Click Here to Register ONLINE Now for the San Antonio '09 Spring Mtg	More >>
PEP WEB ARCHIVE SUBSCRIPTION NOW AVAILABLE TO DIVISION 39 MEMBERS! You have probably received an email from Nancy McWilliams, President of Division 39, explaining how and why the Division has created a special arrangement for its members to gain cheap access to the PEP Archive at http://www.pep-web.org READ ON FOR INSTRUCTIONS	More >>
PEP WEB ReSubscription Reminder Members who have subscribed to the PEP WEB need to resubscribe at the end of their subscription year. Here's how to renew your subscription:	More >>
APsaA Fellowship Program The American Psychoanalytic Association founded its Fellowship Program as part of an initiative to provide outstanding early-career psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and academics, the future educators and leaders in their fields, additional knowledge of psychoanalysis. Click here for a link to the APsaA site	More >>
Empirical Studies in Psychoanalysis A Link to the APSA Web Site Empirical Studies in Psychoanalysis	More >>
Division 39/APA Press Book Prize Division 39 and APA Press are delighted to announce the second annual prize for a first book by a psychoanalytic author. The winner receives a $1000 cash prize, a certificate of recogntion, and guarantee of publication by the APA press.	More >>
Order Recordings of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting Conference Recordings, CDs and MP3s, of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting are available for purchase via the Resorceful Recordings web site. Click Here to Order Recordings of the 2008 NYC Spring Meeting Conference	More >>
PsycScans Now Online PsycSCAN: Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Abstracts is now available electronically (and only electronically) through PsychSCANS--APA's electronic database resource. To access PsycScans/Psychoanalysis,log into the APA.org web site and follow the links under Your Subscriptions on the home page. For more detailed instructions, turn to the Publications Committee area of this web site, where you will find a pdf document.	More >>
Division 39/APsaA Collaboration "The Enduring Significance of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice," a powerpoint presentation created by Greg Lowder, in collaboration with Nancy McWilliams, James Hansell, and the Board of Directors of Division 39. Division 39 offers a teaching resource that covers empirical research substantiating psychoanalytic theories and treatments. Download a PDF Version of the Power Point Presentation Click here to connect to APsaA Web Site APsaA Fellowship Web Site	More >>
Outreach Project Highlight: SOFAR Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists DIVISION 39 SOFAR Project Highlighted in APA Monitor	More >>
Task Force on Basic Human Rights The Task Force on Basic Human Rights was appointed just prior to the 2006 Spring Conference by David Ramirez, President of the Division. It has the following members: Neil Altman, chair; Marilyn Jacobs, Frank Summers, Laurel Bass Wagner, Nancy McWilliams (ex-officio), and Jaine Darwin. Important Documents Related to the Task Force	More >>
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual Reviewed in The New York Times See the Link in the New Events Box on this Home Page A number of Division 39 members - Sidney Blatt, Jaine Darwin, Abby Herzig, Marvin Hurvich, Bertram Karon, Nancy McWilliams, Herbert Schlesinger, Jonathan Shedler, Howard Shevrin, George Stricker, Joel Weinberger, Drew Westen and others - have contributed to the development of a new diagnostic manual intended to compensate for many of the limitations of the DSM. Edited by Stanley Greenspan and sponsored by Division 39, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, the National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, and the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, the manual will be available sometime this spring. Royalties will go into a fund to support psychoanalytic research. There follows an article on the project that appeared recently in the New York Times:	More >>
New Outreach Companion Web Site Division of Psychoanalysis Outreach Companion Web Site The Division is pleased to establish a companion website at http://www.div39outreach.org that  will highlight the outreach activities of our members.  The new site will be linked to the exisiting Division website at http://www.division39.org.	More >>
Newsletter Information Psychologist-Psychoanalyst The Psychologist-Psychoanalyst is an official publication of the Division of Psychoanalysis. It is published four times a year and contains general articles of interest to the membership as well as reports from officers, committees, sections and local chapters of the Division.	More >>