The LAISPS Referral Service
The Referral Service of The Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies connects people seeking psychoanalytically informed treatment with candidates in psychoanalytic training. Candidates are licensed mental health professionals who are supervised by training analysts at LAISPS. Fees for treatment are negotiated with respect to the patient’s ability to pay.
Additional Information
Psychoanalysis is a specialized and intensive form of therapy that may be the treatment of choice for persons seeking to modify painful or unsatisfying patterns of behavior and emotional experience. Psychoanalysis creates a specialized forum in which a person may examine their relationships, conflicts and barriers to change. Inasmuch as these maladaptive patterns are often longstanding and resistant to change, analysis typically involves 4 or 5 sessions per week, continuing over a period of time.
The Referral Service also offers psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The treatment requires fewer sessions per week but often is of a similar duration as psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy are not appropriate for everyone, and not all applicants will be referred for treatment. There is a $30 fee for the evaluative consultation.
Looking for further information?
Applicants and referring colleagues are encouraged to call the LAISPS office at 310-440-0333 or email us at referral@laisps.org