APsA Governance – American Psychoanalytic Association

APsA Governance

In this section you will find information and documents that are specific to APsA’s governance.

APsA Bylaws

Governance Documents

Click on the below links to access the desired documents.

Elections

Clinical and Academic Members are eligible to vote in APsA elections. Community Members do not have voting privileges.

Voting members must be in good standing (paid their annual dues) 30 days prior to the opening of the polls to be eligible to vote. Members who have not paid their dues prior to December 1st are ineligible to vote in an APsA election the following January or prior to May 1st for June elections.

> APsA’s Election Guidelines

Institute Requirements & Review Committee (IRRC)

The APsA Institute Requirements & Review Committee (IRRC) is tasked with presenting for your review any proposed changes to the Standards and Principles for Psychoanalytic Education.

This page will be updated when a change to the Standards and Principles for Psychoanalytic Education need to be presented to the membership and the Board of Directors.

Per the bylaws, the IRRC proposes policies and procedures and these are circulated to the members for comment over a period of at least 30 days. At its next meeting following the 30-day comment period, the Board of Directors shall take action on the comments from members of the Association. Such policies and procedures shall then be approved by 60% of the Directors present and voting at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

> APsA’s Election Guidelines

APsA Publications

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The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA)

The American Psychoanalyst (TAP)

Psychotherapist Newsletter

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