About APAS

The Australian Psychoanalytical Association acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional owners of the land.

The Australian Psychoanalytical Society is a component organisation of the International Psychoanalytical Association and its official body for Psychoanalysis in Australia.

The Society is an incorporated association and functions according to its formally constituted rules, bye laws and procedures. The Society has an Executive Committee and a number of standing committees which ensure that standards of training, clinical and ethical practice meet the requirements for Component Society status within the IPA. The Society has Branches in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

There is a Scientific Committee, an Education Co-ordinating Committee, and an Ethics and Professional Standards Committee. Scientific life is also promoted by a Scholarship and Research Committee and a Publications Committee.

Mission Statement

We aim to advance the study of psychoanalysis, including:

(a)    the education, training and qualification of psychoanalysts, and

(b)    the promotion and development of psychoanalytic ideas in the community

For all general enquires please email enquiriesAPAS@psychoanalysis.asn.au , alternatively please click on the 'contact us' link below to send a message.

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