Notes from the President
James Fosshage, PhD
March 19, 2005
With great pleasure I announce that we have recently passed our
initial goal of 200 members of the International Association for
Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP) and anticipate continued growth
in membership.
We will soon hold elections (via email) for 5 new members to the
International Council, the governing board of IAPSP. There are no
geographic restrictions on these five members and self-nominations are
acceptable. At the moment we are in the final stages of assessing how
many additional seats on the Council will be available due to abdication
of a few seats by some of the emeritus members. These seats will be
opened for elections, but must be filled by persons who come from the
same Region. Currently the United States and Canada are divided into
the Eastern, Mid-Western and Western Regions. The International Region
includes all other countries. There are 17 representatives to the
International Council from each of the four Regions. All elected
representatives will be elected for 3-year terms and can be re-elected.
Jill Gardner, Ph.D. is the Chair of the Representatives Election
Committee and will be contacting by email all of our members in the near
future.
In an attempt to bring some orderly functioning to address the many
needs of IAPSP, I have formed a number of Committees. The Committees,
thus far, are as follows:
- International Communication and Relations Committee
Chair of Non-English Speaking Countries:
Ronald Bodansky, Ph.D.
Committee Members:
Erwin Bartosch, Ph.D.
Josy Fisch, M.D.
Andrea Harms, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Hans-Peter Hartmann, M.D.
Iris Hilke, M.A.
Sigmund Karterued, M.D., Ph.D.
Wolfgang Milch, M.D.
Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D.
Franco Paparo, M.D., Ph.D.
Paulo Sauberman, M.D.
Chair of English Speaking Countries (except U.S.):
Gary Rodin, M.D.
Committee Members:
Alan Kindler, M.D.
Samuel Izenberg, M.D.
Russell Meares, M.D.
Tessa Philips, M.A.
Henry Szor, M.D.
Rosemary Tredgold, B.A., ANZAP
- Election Committee for Representatives
Chair: Jill Gardner, Ph.D.
- Election Committee for Officers of International Council
Chair: Frank Lachmann, Ph.D.
- Liason Committee to Organizations
Chair: Philip Ringstrom , Ph.D., Psy.D.
- Liason to Professional Conference Management (PCMI) for Conference Sites
and Facilities
Chair: Joseph Lichtenberg, M.D.
- Conference Program Committee
Host Co-Chairs and One Representative from Each Other Regional Division
Other Committees will be formed. In the meantime I welcome your
suggestions and interests.
We are all quite excited to have at last an international association
that brings together those many persons interested in self psychology to
create a strong affiliation and to foster the development and
dissemination of self psychological ideas.
I wish to remind you that, as a member, you are listed on the
IAPSP Membership Roster located on the IAPSP website
(www.psychologyoftheself.com) for purposes of networking and
referrals. The Roster is searchable alphabetically and by
geographic location.
As a member, you receive a Member Identification Number which
provides you access to this IAPSP Newletter, to a variety of online
activities, including an interactive online eJournal, reduced-fee
writers' workshops, seminars and reading groups, a
one-year subscription to the International Journal of
Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (note our new journal title),
discounted fees for the Annual Conference, discounts to the
Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series and journals by Analytic Press
(1.800.926.6579), and a 20% member discount on all psychoanalytic
books by Mental Health Resources (1.877.647.0202 or email at
mhr@ulster.net). IAPSP provides valuable avenues for affiliation,
participation and networking with colleagues.
Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D., Treasurer, and Estelle Shane, Ph.D.,
Secretary, join me in welcoming your participation.
Best regards,
James Fosshage, Ph.D., President
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