About LAISPS
A Vibrant, Supportive Home for Psychoanalytic Professionals
Open-minded, Independent, & Inclusive
LAISPS offers its members, candidates and affiliates a supportive professional community with opportunities for intellectual stimulation, networking and lasting personal relationships. Our community collaborates on training and educational courses and events, promoting personal and professional growth, with increasing responsibility encouraged at every level.
LAISPS is committed to furthering the mental health and economic well-being of its local community, and to that end, we provide community outreach programs that offer psychological services to help with social problems and the psychological needs of the community at large.
LAISPS Affiliations
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International Psychoanalytical Association
The IPA, founded by Freud, Adler, Ferenczi, and Jung in 1910, is the world's primary accrediting and regulatory body for psychoanalysis, ensuring the highest standards of training and practice, with LAISPS becoming a full component in 1995.
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The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Society
CIPS, established in 1992, represents psychoanalysts and societies belonging to independent component societies of the IPA in the US, and is open to IPA-accredited societies in the US and IPA members without a CIPS component society membership.
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The Accreditation Council for Psychoanalytic Education, Inc.
ACPEinc., established in 2001, is a not-for-profit accrediting agency that assesses how well psychoanalytic education institutions implement the Standards of Psychoanalytic Education in light of their unique theory and training tradition, promoting common educational standards, encouraging conversation among diverse schools and supporting external parity with other academic and health care disciplines.
Community Outreach
LAISPS is committed to community outreach and offers mental health professionals at all levels an opportunity to participate in our analytic community, providing community outreach programs that offer psychological services to help with social problems and the psychological needs of the community at large, furthering the mental health and economic well-being of its local community.
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.
Join the LAISPS Student Society and take the first step towards a fulfilling career in psychoanalysis or psychodynamic psychotherapy. Our program is designed for graduate psychology students and associates who want to explore and connect with experienced clinicians in the field. With our specialized training and many years of experience, we offer mentorship, intellectual dialogue, and support to help you develop your unique voice as a clinician.
The Affiliate Society offers psychotherapists and other interested professionals an opportunity to deepen their understanding of psychoanalysis in an informal setting and to participate in special events and activities at LAISPS. Membership offers an opportunity for licensed clinicians to learn from members of LAISPS and like-minded colleagues, share clinical issues, and engage in professional networking.
Community and Society Relations
The Community and Society Relations Committee is dedicated to broadening our reach by connecting our members to training centers and schools in the community to guest lecture, supervise and introduce the next generation to psychoanalysis. If your program is looking for speakers or supervisors, please contact us at: comrelations@laisps.org