Response to Burston and Nelson

The Future of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Authors

  • Andrew B. Klafter

Abstract

The debacle over Dr. Lara Sheehi has revealed painful fissures and polarizations in the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), and it remains to be seen whether our organization will survive. And if it does, it remains to be seen whether APsaA can still function as a viable professional organization for psychoanalysts and analytic psychotherapists. I fear that APsaA is transforming itself into a social justice organization, driven by progressive and woke politics, and sharply deviating from its historical mission to promote psychoanalytic education and support the professional work of psychoanalysts and analytic psychotherapists.

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Published

2023-10-24

How to Cite

Klafter, A. B. (2023). Response to Burston and Nelson: The Future of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Free Associations, (89). Retrieved from https://freeassociations.org.uk/FA_New/OJS/index.php/fa/article/view/461

Issue

No. 89 (2023)

Section

Forum on Social Justice and Psychoanalysis

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