IPSO Mission:
IPSO was established to provide IPA candidates with an opportunity to come together to discuss issues of training, theory, and practice, as well as to offer a social context for candidates’ cross-cultural engagement.
We are committed to the belief that exposure to the pluralism and diversity of psychoanalytic traditions is an important part of a candidate’s well-rounded education.
By offering opportunities to recognize and explore both our similarities and differences, IPSO helps candidates to bridge and appreciate the diversity and richness of the many psychoanalytic traditions;
It provides the international width to complement the local depth.
- Participating in international congresses and scientific meetings
- Submitting original papers for consideration for the IPSO Writing Awards
- Presenting clinical and theoretical papers at IPSO Congresses, Study Days, Colloquiums, Regional Meetings and Webinars
- Presenting clinical material to senior analysts and colleagues at IPSO, EPF, APsaA and FEPAL Congresses
- Participating in the Visiting Candidate Programs, IPSO’s most culturally and scientifically immersive experience of studying in another Institute for 1 to 4 weeks
- Participating in the Cross Regional Study Groups, small online peer consultation groups on clinical material with members from Europe, North America and Latin America
- Receiving the IPSO Newsletter with up-to-date activities in your community and the world
- Becoming part of the IPSO Editorial Board, an opportunity to create editorial policy and review manuscripts prior to IPSO Congresses
- Joining the IPSO WhatsApp worldwide group of IPSO Representatives (if you are one) and engage in lively discussions with colleagues from around the world
- Being eligible to be appointed onto IPA Committees seeking IPSO candidate participation
- Subscribing to the International Journal of Psychoanalysis at a special rate for IPSO members
- Subscribing to Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing at a discounted rate for IPSO members
- Benefitting from a reduced registration fee for the biannual IPA Congress
- Becoming an IPSO Representative of your Institute
- Running for office on the IPSO Executive Committee
- Enjoying the intellectual and cultural diversity of the international psychoanalytic community
- Attending social functions at IPSO Congresses, Study Days, Colloquiums, Regional Meetings, and during IPSO programming at the EPF, APsaA and FEPAL Congresses
- Voicing one’s opinions on psychoanalytic training standards, raise issues about training in your society or region, and represent your group at a local and international level
- Most of all, forming lifelong personal and professional relationships around the world
To become an IPSO member you should be part of an Institute/Society part of IPA. The first step is to contact your local IPSO representative and inform that you want to join IPSO so that you can start your membership. It is the IPSO representative the responsible for gathering the list of IPSO member and collecting the dues for membership.
From 2020 the fee is 40€ or 40$ per year
To the IPA or to IPSO? The society should pay the fees into the IPSO bank account of their region whose details will be provided, and then send a full updated list of members with their email addresses along with a proof of payment to both the European IPSO Vice President, and to the IPSO Secretary.
The IPSO representatives articulate with their local institutes/societies.
There’s a reduction of 5 to 10 Euros for some countries following IPA’s policy of reduced membership fees for certain psychoanalytical societies. Every year this information is updated.
The funds collected around the world by IPSO are managed by the IPSO treasurer and used exclusively for a wide range of educational, cultural and scientific IPSO activities in the different regions.
