The LAISPS Diversities Fund

LAISPS is thrilled to announce the fundraising season for our Diversities Fund. This scholarship will support psychoanalytically-oriented clinicians from underrepresented populations to deepen their practices. Your support will create opportunities for these mental health professionals to participate in one day seminars, the year-long PPP program, the year-long Altered States program, and our 4-year training program.

Additional Information

At a time when social context and issues of diversity are consistently challenging the psychoanalytic community, LAISPS is responding in the way we always have. Our proud tradition of expanding the reach of psychoanalytic practice compels us to make more space for clinicians historically marginalized due to their race, gender, sexuality, and class. Only by growing and diversifying our community will LAISPS continue to thrive, move forward, and remain among the most prestigious psychoanalytic institutes on the West Coast.

Lanning Melville, Psy.D., LCSW, BCD will match donations up to five times of any contributions through this season. If you are able to donate say, $100, your gift will be matched and will bring in $600 for the fund.

We are seeking to raise $40,000 between September 22, 2024 and June 30, 2025. Your generous contribution will play a critical role in ensuring that this endowment can provide scholarships for years to come, transforming the careers of diverse candidates, their patients, and the psychoanalytic community at large.