Administrators’ Online Manual

Welcome to the Administrators’ Online Manual. In this section, you’ll find candidate forms, continuing education information, applications and other pertinent APsA administrative information. Please note that this section is still under construction and changes will be noted below.

The Council of Executive Directors (COED) (formerly the Association of Administrators (AoA)) is comprised of the professional administrative staff of APsA’s approved training institutes, centers, and affiliate societies. The COED usually meets on the Monday and/or Tuesday of each biannual APsA meeting and provides an invaluable network of support.

All the information you need for APsA can be found in this administrators’ online manual. Please contact Debbie Steinke Wardell, your staff liaison, with any questions.

Important Council of Executive Directors (COED)

Contact Information:

COED Chair
Darcy Schatz
312-897-1403
childanalysis65@gmail.com

COED Vice-Chair
Ashlyn Ernst
215-235-2345
aernst@philanalysis.org

COED Treasurer
Denise Wagner
303-724-2666
denisewagner@denverpsychoanalyitc.org

COED Secretary
Lindsey Stevens
503-229-0175
lindseystevens@oregonpsychoanalytic.org

COED Staff Liaison
Debbie Steinke Wardell
Education and Membership Services Director
212-752-0450 | 347-519-5206

Connect to your COED/AoA Community – email to:

APSA-administrators@connectedcommunity.org

Section 1: Forms for Submission to National Office

Candidate Information Forms – Under Construction (all forms will be updated soon)

Clinical Psychoanalytic Graduates, click here to enter new grads or submit: Psychoanalyst Graduation Form (Clinical) PDF
Non-Clinical/Academic Psychoanalytic Grads, click here to enter new grads or submit: Graduation Form (Academic/Non-Clinical) PDF
Psychotherapy Training Program Graduates, click here to enter new grads
New Candidates Form (Clinical)
New Academic/Non-Clinical Candidates Form
Dropped/Resigned Form
Address Change Form

General Notification Forms – Under Construction (all forms will be updated soon)

Death Notification
Notification of Expelled Member
Changes in Directors (formerly Councilors), Local Officers & Representatives, email Tina Faison
Request link to the APsA’s website, email Scott Dillon
New TA/SA Appointments: Please notify the National Office of newly appointed Training Analysts, Supervising Analysts and Child/Adolescent Supervising Analysts, email Bronwyn Zevallos
Local Institute/Society Events Notification for APsA website: To include your local events, please complete this google form: forms.gle/b9Gx3JipfhT1XuJq5

Membership Forms & Other Opportunities for Candidates & Trainees

Candidate Psychoanalyst-In-Training Membership Application (for analytic candidates)
Candidate Assistance Fund Application (due April 28)
Travel Scholarship Opportunities for Candidates & Psychotherapy Trainees – see Meeting Preliminary Program (For in-person meetings only not available for virtual)
Tuition Support for Academics (offered in fall and spring)
Tuition Support for Social Workers in Training

Section 2: APsA General Reference

Administrators Connected Community – APsA Connects provides a valuable forum to exchange ideas. Visit http://connect.apsa.org. Please contact Scott Dillon if you experience any problems sending/receiving emails.
To post, send an email to: APSA-administrators@connectedcommunity.org
APsA National Office Staff List
By-Laws of the American Psychoanalytic Association
DPE – Department of Psychoanalytic Education Information & Resources
Dues Structure
Mailing Label Purchase Form
Principles and Standards of Ethics
Standards and Principles for Psychoanalytic Education

Membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association has recently (as of February 2023) expanded and now includes psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, academics, researchers and others – all whose work is profoundly informed by psychoanalytic theory and values. Policies and procedures are now being developed and changes will be implemented in phases. During this period of implementation, we thank you for your patience as we prepare for this new and exciting membership expansion. contact Debbie Steinke Wardell with any questions.

IPA/IPSO

Miscellaneous

PEP – Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing

Section 3: CME/Joint Providership Forms

Click here (Currently being updated)

Section 4: APsA Affiliate Branding

Affiliate identity branding consists of the APsA logo coupled with the words “An Affiliate of… or Approved Training Institute of…” These logos are available to societies, institutes, centers, and study groups for use on any of their printed material or websites. If you would like to use an APsA affiliate logo, please contact Tom Newman.

Sample logo:

Archives: Historical Training Documents

(Documents are for local reference purposes only and no longer need to be submitted to the National Office)

Archives: Access to AoA Statistics Grid

Click this link to open the AoA Statistics Grid as a Google Docs Spreadsheet. No Google account required.

Updating the AOA Statistics Grid

Follow the above link to the document
Fill in the requested information under each column – or update the information already entered
Indicate the date of your update
SAVE the document and then close it

Adding a New Question to the Grid

Follow the above link to the document
Add a column on the right side of the Grid (but to the left of the date/updated column)
Send an email to APSA-administrators@connectedcommunity.org telling us you’ve added a question, asking us to provide the answer in the new column

Section 1C: Membership & Other Opportunities for Candidates/Trainees

APsA Membership Forms

Psychoanalyst-In-Training Membership Application (for analytic candidates)
Psychotherapist-In-Training Membership Application (for psychotherapy trainees)
Academic/Researcher-In-Training Membership Application (for candidates enrolled in non-clinical/academic training program or research training program)
Note: To join IPSO, the Psychoanalyst-In-Training needs to join APsA

Opportunities for Candidates & Trainees:

Travel Scholarship Opportunities for Psychoanalysts-In-Training and Psychotherapists-In-Training – Announced in the Meeting’s Preliminary Program (For in-person meetings only not available for virtual, limited number available)
Candidate Assistance Fund Application (due April 28)
Tuition Support for Academics (offered in fall and spring)
Tuition Support for Social Workers in Training (due May 1)

Important Council of Executive Directors (COED)

Contact Information:

Connect to your COED/AoA Community – email to:

APsA Membership Forms

Opportunities for Candidates & Trainees:

APsA Publications

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The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA)

The American Psychoanalyst (TAP)

The Candidate Connection

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