Welcome to the Administrators’ Online Manual. In this section, you’ll find candidate forms, continuing education information, applications and other pertinent APsaA administrative information.

The Association of Administrators (AoA) is comprised of the professional administrative staff of APsaA’s approved training institutes, centers, and affiliate societies. The AoA meets on the Tuesday of each biannual APsaA meeting and provides an invaluable network of support. All the information you need can be found in the administrators’ online manual. Please contact Debbie Steinke, your staff liaison, if you have questions.

Important AoA Contact Information:

AOA Acting Chair/Secretary
Anne Rodems
203-562-2103
arodems@wneip.org

AOA Vice-Chair
Mary Vuyk
513-961-8886 x2
mkroegervuyk@3001.us

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

AoA Staff Liaison
Debbie Steinke Wardell
Manager, Education and Membership Services
212-752-0450 x26

Connect to your AoA Community – email to: APSA-administrators@connectedcommunity.org

Section 1: Forms for Submission to National Office

Candidate Information Forms 

• Graduation Form (Clinical) PDF – or to enter Clinical Grads online, click here.
• Graduation Form (Academic/Non-Clinical) PDF – or to enter Non-Clinical Graduations online, click here.
• New Candidates Form (Clinical)
• New Academic/Non-Clinical Candidates Form
• Dropped/Resigned Form
• Address Change Form

General Notification Forms

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

Membership Forms & Other Opportunities for Candidates

• Candidate Membership Application (for analytic candidates)
• Candidate Assistance Fund Application (due April 29)
• Travel Scholarship Opportunities for Candidates  – see Meeting Preliminary Program (For in-person meetings only not available for virtual)
• Tuition Support for Academics (offered in fall and spring)
• Academic Associate Application (for non-clinical training graduates)

Annual Report

To be announced.

Section 2: APsaA General Reference

• Administrators Connected Community – APsaA Connects provides a valuable forum to exchange ideas. Visit http://connect.apsa.org. Please contact Brian Canty if you experience any problems sending/receiving emails.
• To post, send an email to: APSA-administrators@connectedcommunity.org
• APsaA National Office Staff List
• By-Laws of the American Psychoanalytic Association
• DPE – Department of Psychoanalytic Education Information & Resources
• Dues Structure 
• Mailing Label PurchaseForm
• Principles and Standards of Ethics
• Standards and Principles for Psychoanalytic Education (rv. 2021)

APsaA Associates  – Categories of affiliation (not membership) are available for Psychotherapists, Students, Residents, Educators and Researchers.  Visit www.apsa.org/associate-programs for an overview or contact Debbie Steinke Wardell.

• Psychotherapist Associates & Psychotherapist Associate Trainees  (please distribute to your psychotherapy trainees)
• Student/Resident Associates 
• Educator Associates
• Research Associates

Miscellaneous 

• PEP – Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
• Instructions for Administrator’s Access to IPA Website Members’ Section.

Section 3: CME/Joint Providership Forms

Click here

Section 4: General Reference: Historical Training Documents

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

• CORST Policies Governing Waiver of Standards
• COPAP Policies Governing Waiver of Standards
• COPAP Supplemental Guide
• Training & Supervising Analyst Appointment Forms
  • Adult Procedures & Adult CV Application
  • Adult Geographic Rule Application
  • Child Procedures & Child CV Form
  • Geographic Rule Child CV Form
  • Waiver of the Requirement for a Training Analyst as the Personal Analyst
• COI Site Visit Guide
• Certification Information

Section 5: APsaA Affiliate Branding

Affiliate identity branding consists of the APsaA logo coupled with the words “An Affiliate 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 APsaA affiliate logo, please contact Claire Meyerhoff.

Sample logo:

Section 6: 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

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

Adding a New Question to the Grid

1. Follow the above link to the document
2. Add a column on the right side of the Grid (but to the left of the date/updated column)
3. 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