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“Since the invasion of the Nazi destroyed several of our institutions in Europe, it is a great comfort to learn that new ones are to spring up on the soil of America. My friend and pupil Ernst Simmel is about to build up a Psychoanalytic Institute at Los Angeles. I think he is the right man to achieve it.”
An Introduction to excellence
The New Center for Psychoanalysis
has an established tradition of excellence as a training and research institution
dating back to the mid-twentieth century. In the 1940's, analysts and trainees
from across Europe and the United States flocked to Los Angeles, specifically
to join this flourishing center of psychoanalytic thought.
Over the ensuing decades, Los Angeles became home to a host of eminent analysts,
and several vibrant psychoanalytic organizations emerged. A major milestone
was achieved in 2005 when the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
(LAPSI) and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and Society
(SCPIS) formed the New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP).
The New Center for Psychoanalysis is the only institute in Los Angeles affiliated
with both the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International
Psychoanalytic Association. Our members and students participate in national
and international organizations, promoting worldwide collaboration.
The New Center for Psychoanalysis is a not-for-profit organization recognized
as an institution of learning under the statutes of the State of California.