The European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy was founded in 1991 in London.
Brian Martindale, a British psychoanalyst was elected as the first President and he formed, together with colleagues from the UK and other countries from Europe the first Executive Committee. This Board had as most important task to write the first version of the constitution, something that demanded a lot of inspiration and transpiration.
The overall aim of the EFPP has, from the start, been to contribute significantly to the wellbeing of mental health among people living in Europe and to facilitate communication between psychoanalytic psychotherapists in different parts of Europe. The EFPP is concerned with extending the availability of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its applications in member countries, by promoting a European community network.
Read the whole text by Luc Moyson, Chair of the EFPP since 2007

Dear colleague,

The biannual Syros Summer Workshop on Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Studies, organised by the Hellenic Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and under the auspices of EFPP, started back in 1998 by John Tsiantis and Dimitris Anastasopoulos. In 2008 our 6th Syros Summer Workshop is going to celebrate 10 years of living tradition. During this time EFPP and IPA members, coming from all over Europe, have been joining the Workshop in the sunny Greek island of Syros. read more

Bridging Identities. Clinical Impact of Groups.

EFPP Group Section Conference, May 28-31, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

This Conference will be of interest to those who wish to take a fresh look at group work inspired by psychoanalytic and group-analytic understanding of group processes. As one of the foremost Central Europe capitals, Prague provides a unique experience for integrating group experiences from both former East and West Europe, from groups run within health care systems as well as in private practice. The clinical impact of social and cultural events on groups and vice versa will also be explored. The Conference will be linked with art exhibitions, multi-media presentations and other cultural events reflecting the mutual impact of psychological and cultural processes.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Prague!
First announcement

the EFPP chairman and the executive committee have been elected. read more...

look at some photos from the Delegates meeting read more...

The meetings in the Executive Committee take place regularly twice a year and generally in connection with EFPP conferences. This meeting was an arrangement by itself as there was no EFPP conference at this time. It was arranged in Dublin in order to meet Irish colleagues. In connection with this meeting, professor Paul Williams, who is also the editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP), gave a public lecture which was attended by 30 colleagues and other interested parties. Paul William’s inspirational clinical paper initiated an interesting and lively discussion.
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Report from the Workshop on Infant Observation

workshop 
December, 9th  to10 th 2005 
at Athens 

During the recent EFPP conferences, presentations and discussions on infant observation became an ongoing theme and led to the formation of a small group with the intention to take the issue further. An organising committee by Britta Blomberg (Sweden), Effie Layiou-Lignos (Greece), Anne Holländer (Denmark), Miriam Rosenthal (Israel) - delegates of the Child and Adolescent section of EFPP- was formed to set up the First EFPP Infant Observation Workshop. It was advertised on the EFPP-website and also through direct e-mail to all delegates within the EFPP, who were asked to spread information about the event in their countries and sections.
The Workshop took place in Athens, 9-10 December 2005. Effie Layiou-Lignos from the Hellenic Association for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, was the local organiser.
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The latest Psychoanalytic Controversy between between Paul Israel and Robert Michels, on the topic of research in psychoanalysis, is now available for discussion. The position papers are available to read at the link http://www.ijpa.org/discussion.htm

Online Author Submissions Now Accepted Via Internet

News from IJP  

Dear Colleague

The Editors-in-Chief are pleased to announce a new web-based editorial management system for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. As of March 31st 2005, authors will be able to submit their papers online to IJP directly from the journal's website (www.ijpa.org). Online submission will run alongside the present system of submission by email or by hard copy in the mail, although the preferred method is online.

The new system offers a number of benefits to authors, reviewers and editorial staff. Overall it will make the editorial process, from submission of paper to final editorial decision, quicker and more efficient. Further details can be found on the attached document (please feel free to copy and distribute this to your colleagues).

I hope you will use online submission for your next paper to IJP and that you will encourage your colleagues to do the same.

Kind regards

Alison Gridley Editorial Administrator IJP, Byron House, 112a Shirland Road, London, W9 2EQ, UK