Executive Committee

Douglas Maxwell, President and Chair

Pamela Armstrong-Manchester (Past President)

Lucinda Antrim

Pearl Appel

Jennifer Harper

Jessica Mitchell

Analyst-in-Training Committee

Mission

Analysts who are in training at any of the various institutes which are NAAP members meet to discuss issues relevant to training and practicing as psychoanalysts. The committee meets to discuss public seminars to enrich and enhance our understanding of the practice and life of the psychoanalyst. The committee is currently working on finding venues to create a "psychoanalytic salon" within the organization.

Brian Thornton, Chair

Salita Bryant (HFI)

Cenk Cokuslu (IEA)

Shirley Disu (ISMHP)

Susan Greenbaum (IPS)

Eric Hartman (PPSC)

Warren Holt (NPAP)

Elizabeth Lyngholm (Gestalt Associates)

Lynne McVeigh (WITPP)

Richard Reeve (CGJ-NY)

Lisa Shapiro (KPI)

Sophie Shin (PIP)

Fredrika Stjarne (CMPS)

Sandra van Hoecke (WSI)

Conference Committee

Mission

Presented by the World Organization and the Public Education Corporation of NAAP, the annual conference presents a major topic of psychoanalytic inquiry concerning the public community and does so through a representation of the major schools of psychoanalytic thought.

Patricia Bratt, Chair

Pamela Armstrong-Manchester

Rachel Laquercia

Mary Massaro

Josie Oppenheim

Margery Quackenbush

Maria Taveras

Annette Vaccaro

Continuing Education Committee

Mission

The Mission of the Continuing Education Committee is to provide NAAP members and members of the professional psychoanalytic community at large with seminars, workshops, and programs concerning educational, scientific, cultural, or artistic topics relevant to psychoanalysis that will advance the profession of psychoanalysis and promote the professional development of the individual. These include: 1) New theoretical and clinical perspectives as they develop in the field of psychoanalysis; 2) Research findings that validate or challenge psychoanalytic theory and practice; 3) Reviews, comparisons, and contrasts between classical psychoanalytic concepts and other existing or developing schools of thought; 4) Artistic and cultural developments relevant to psychoanalysis.

Aryeh Maidenbaum, Co-Chair

Natalie Riccio, Co-Chair

Michael Conforti

Brian Feldman

Dayle Kramer

Francis G. Slocumb

Ethics
Committee

Mission

NAAP maintains a code of psychoanalytic conduct of its members and investigates any questionable behavior of an analyst to ensure that the highest standards of practice are being maintained.

Eileen T. Kaufman, Chair

Christine Durbak

Michael Gerson

Dorothy Kurlander

Gerald Schoenewolf

Elliott Schuman

Finance
Committee

Mission

The Finance Committee ensures the proper and efficient financial operation of NAAP, its expenses, and budgets.

Pamela Armstrong-Manchester, Chair

Gradiva® Awards Committee

Mission

The Gradiva® Awards were inspired by Freud's DELUSIONS AND DREAMS IN JENSENS's GRADIVA (1907(1905)) in which he stated, "Creative writers are valuable allies and their evidence is to be prized highly, for they are apt to know a whole host of things between heaven and earth of which our philosophy has not yet let us dream" they draw upon sources which we have not yet opened up for science."

Recalling Freud's words, NAAP established the Gradiva® Awards to honor our "valuable allies," including poets, artists, producers, directors, publishers, etc., who have created works that advance Psychoanalysis. Each winner receives a handsome brass plaque etched with the image of Gradiva, which is based on a Pompeian relief similar to one that hung in Freud's office. An additional award plus a $500 scholarship is also given for the best student work that advances Psychoanalysis. The awards are presented at a ceremony during the annual NAAP conference in New York City.

Ronald O. Lieber, Chair

Janice N. Bronson

Ann Casement

Cynthia Poorbaugh

Mark Spergel

Jennifer Wade

Membership Committee

Martin Winn, Co-Chair

Ernest Wetzel, Co-Chair

Pamela Armstrong-Manchester

Paola Mieli

Membership Registration
Committee

Mission

The MRC admits for registration certified psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists who meet all NAAP standards. It develops and maintains the highest standards of training and experience for NAAP applicants. The committee's review process ensures that applicants have fulfilled NAAP training requirements as part of their institute's certification process. 

Jessica Mitchell, Chair