At a time when psychoanalysis is under siege, NAAP continues to bring together the different psychoanalytic schools, to extend our clinical awareness through stimulating workshops and exciting conferences, and to work for the establishment of psychoanalysis as a recognized separate profession. Louis Ormont is a psychologist and psychoanalyst who has specialized in group therapy for thirty years. A founder of the Center for the Advancement of Group Studies, Dr. Ormont is the author of The Talking Cure and other books. He is a graduate of NPAP and received his doctorate from Columbia University. We can't divide one source of therapeutic endeavors from another.
All therapeutic interventions have to supplement each other to reach the desired end.
Therapeutic effectiveness in the future will consist of a combination of approaches with the patient in mind at all times. Robert Ellenbogen is currently a member of the Board of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis. He is Executive Director of the Alfred Adler Institute. He was President of NAAP from 1982 to 1983 and also served as a Board of Trustees member for 25 years. Service to NAAP should be considered public service.