Psychoanalytic Association

The Psychoanalytic Association of WCSPP was formed for the purpose of fostering the development and interests of WCSPP. It is comprised of faculty, graduates, and candidates from the four year psychoanalytic training program who pay annual membership dues to the Association. Application for affiliate membership to the Association is also accepted from graduates of other accredited psychoanalytic training programs. The Association sponsors a range of professional activities including scientific meetings that are open to the public, and informal workshops throughout the year for members. Additionally, for members, the Association holds an annual weekend retreat organized around a professional theme. Together with WCSPP, the Association publishes a semi-annual newsletter. The Association has full membership in the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies. An annual directory lists all current members.

For the Public, the Association:

• Hosts several Scientific Meetings each year with the most noted speakers in the field,  presenting topics of major and contemporary interest.  There is no cost for attendance. Contact:  Jill Delaney.

• Offers speaker and workshop programs for educational and corporate institutions.Contact: Jill Delaney  

For Members, the Association:

• Sponsors Fireside Chats for anyone interested in using small group input to help them develop partly formulated or unfinished “works-in-progress” for publication and formal presentation. Contact: Aviva Gitlin 

• Provides Clinical Rounds for anyone wanting help in solving a clinical impasse, understanding a clinical dynamic and refining technique through the  use of  small group discussion and feedback. Contact: Ann Crane or Jane Kuniholm 

• Supports Into the Margins, a small group experience that aims to provide a collegial forum in which to explore and utilize the creative arts as venues for  influencing our clinical work Contact:  Ellen Singer or Barbara Messer 

• Organizes the Annual Retreat, a weekend conference held in a relaxed setting away from home that combines in-depth learning around a  psychoanalytic theme with opportunities for renewing collegial relationships and building new ones. Contact: Carol Mahlstedt

• Bloc subscriptions providing reduced rates to many popular journals in the field. Contact: Kate Washton  
   
• Offers a variety of Continuing Education events. Contact:  Sylvia Steinert or James Galloway.

• Membership Directory, the handiest of resources supplying information about each Association member for contacts and referrals. Contact:  Marc Diamond 

Annual dues entitle graduates of the four-year psychoanalytic program, candidates presently matriculating in the program and faculty, to full membership.  Applications for membership from graduates of other accredited psychoanalytic training programs are also accepted for review by the Board.

The Association is guided in its mission by its By-Laws and executive officers who are each elected for two year terms.  The Association’s partnership with the training center (WCSPP) is enhanced through its three liaisons, each elected for three year terms and participate with the Center’s Curriculum Committee, the Faculty Selection Committee and attend general Faculty Meetings. 

The Psychoanalytic Association maintains a strong collaborative relationship with the Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology  with co-liaison board representatives Contacts: Janice Curran and James Galloway and has full membership in the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies. Contact:  Connie dePinho

President	Janet Shimer
Past President:	Gail Wittkin Sasso
Secretary:	Nancy Bottger
Treasurer:	Joan Stern
Nominating Chair:	Vivian Sklar
Members-At-Large:	Ann Crane
	Debra Lilienfeld
	Janet Zuckerman
	Sylvia Steinert / Jim Galloway
Liaison to Candidates' Association:	Carol Mahlstadt &
	Irene Studwell
Liaisons to Faculty Committee:	Vera Stein
Liaison to Curriculum Committee:	Paula Feirstein
Liaisons to Faculty Selection Committee:	Aviva Gitlin
Candidates Association President:	Barbara Keefe / Kathy Mosca