Notes from the President

James L. Fosshage

I am very pleased to announce that IAPSP has had an extraordinary first year. The only international professional membership association dedicated to the development and dissemination of Self Psychological ideas, IAPSP currently has over 430 members and continues to grow.

Featured accomplishments include:

1. a stimulating 28th Annual International Conference on The Psychology of the Self, held in Baltimore, Maryland, October 20-23, 2005, that featured contemporary developments and trends in Self Psychology;
2. the inclusion of all past volumes of Progress in Self Psychology in the PEP CD ROM Archives;
3. the launching of our new quarterly journal under a new name, the International Journal for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, which will be included in the PEP CD ROM Archives;
4. the establishment of the IAPSP Membership Roster, listing all of our members alphabetically and geographically, available to all professionals for referrals and networking; and
5. the expansion of our interactive eJournal, on-line activities that include an international chat room, seminars and reading groups.
6. The establishment of a welcoming committee at our annual conferences where senior professionals are assign to "newcomers" to introduce them to others;
7. initiation of a major effort to make IAPSP indeed an international association - for example, plans are in the making for our annual conference in October or November of 2008 to be held outside North America; and panel papers at our conferences will be available for purchase in the following languages, thus far: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish (professionals have volunteered to translate the papers).
8. The establishment of an IAPSP Committee to Promote Membership: chairs in each city, region or country will appoint a subcommittee to reach out in a major membership drive. If you are interested in participating, look below at the Committee member list and contact your chair.

We thank you for your contributions to IAPSP. We hope that you will encourage your friends to join as well.

I welcome your suggestions for IAPSP (fosshage@psychoanalysis.net).

My fellow officers, Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D., Treasurer, Estelle Shane, Ph.D., Secretary, and Paul Ornstein, M.D., Past President, join me in sending you our warmest wishes,

James Fosshage, Ph.D.
President

IAPSP Committee to Promote Membership

James Fosshage, Ph.D., co-chair
Joseph Lichtenberg, M.D., co-chair	Washington
Renato Barauna, M.D.	Brazil
Doris Brothers, Ph.D.	New York
Peter Buirski, Ph.D.	Colorado, Oklahoma
Yavuz Erten, M.A.	Istanbul
Andrea Harms, Ph.D., Psy. D.	Austria
Josy Fisch, M.D.	Switzerland
Jill Gardner, Ph.D.	Chicago
Hans-Peter Hartmann, M.D.	Germany
Sandra Hershberg, M.D.	Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia
Sigmund Karterud, M.D., Ph.D.	Norway
Sandra Kiersky, Ph.D.	New Mexico
Alan Kindler, M.D.	Toronto
Steven Knoblauch, Ph.D.	New York
Amanda Kottler, M.A.	South Africa
Steven Knoblauch, Ph.D.	New York
Marilyn Metzl, Ph.D.	Kansas
Carol Munschauer, Ph.D.	Buffalo, New York
Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D.	Italy
Susanna Nebbiosi, Ph.D.	Italy
Tessa Philips, M.A.	Australia
Judith Pickles, Ph.D., Psy.D.	California
Annette Richard, Ph.D.	Montreal
Ramon Riera, M.D.	Spain
Dorienne Sorter, Ph.D.	New York
Henry Szor, M.D.	Israel
Judith Teicholz, Ph.D.	Boston
Rosemary Tredgold, BA, ANZAP	New Zealand

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