German Psychoanalytic Association
The German Psychoanalytical Association (DPV) e. V. is dedicated to the training and research of the psychoanalysis founded by Sigmund Freud . It was founded in June 1950 as a spin-off from the German Psychoanalytical Society (DPG) by Carl Müller-Braunschweig and five other psychoanalysts. In 1951 the DPV in Amsterdam was unanimously recognized by the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPV) as the German branch of the IPV.
The Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute was for many years the center of the embodiments of the DPV. It was renamed the Karl Abraham Institute after its founder, Karl Abraham, in order to continue the tradition of the Berlin Institute before 1925. In 1959, the Sigmund Freud Institute was founded in Frankfurt am Main as a training center for the DPV under Alexander Mitscherlich . This was followed by the establishment of 12 further training institutions.
In 1977 the DPV applied to the international congress of the IPA to host the 1981 congress in Berlin. The rejection of this application led to a process of reflection regarding the involvement of German analysts during the Nazi era. In 1985 the DPV hosted the 34th IPV Congress in Hamburg. An accompanying exhibition showed documents on psychoanalysis in the Third Reich and reconstructed the destruction of psychoanalytic institutions and the murder of psychoanalysts during the time of National Socialism and the period marked by contradictions since its foundation. With the theme: "Remembering, repeating and working through in psychoanalysis and culture today", the 45th congress of the IPA took place again in Berlin in 2007 after 85 years with great international participation and allowed a unique psychoanalytic examination of the consequences of National Socialism and Holocaust.
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Training institutes
There are currently 14 DPV institutes in Germany.
- Berlin 1950: Berlin Psychoanalytical Institute (BPI) e. V. Karl Abraham Institute
- Hamburg 1959: Psychoanalytische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hamburg (PAH) e. V. Michael Balint Institute
- Hessen 1964: Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy eV (IPP) Giessen
- Baden-Württemberg 1965: Psychoanalytical Seminar Freiburg (PSF) e. V.
- Baden-Württemberg 1968: Ulm Psychoanalytical-Psychotherapeutic Institute (UPPI) e. V.
- Baden-Württemberg 1969: Institute for Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Stuttgart / Tübingen (IfP) e. V.
- North Rhine-Westphalia 1970: Psychoanalytical Working Group Cologne-Düsseldorf (PSA) e. V.
- Bavaria 1973: Psychoanalytical Working Group Munich (PAM) e. V.
- Bremen (since 1974 in the DPV): Bremer Psychoanalytische Vereinigung (BPV) e. V.
- Hessen 1977: Alexander Mitscherlich Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Kassel (AMI) e. V.
- Baden-Württemberg 1990: Psychoanalytical Institute Heidelberg / Karlsruhe e. V.
- Hessen 1995: Frankfurter Psychoanalytisches Institut (FPI) e. V.
- Rhineland-Palatinate 2002: Mainz Psychoanalytical Institute (mpi)
- Saxony 1990: Saxon Institute for Psychoanalysis eV (SPP)
The Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt am Main, founded in 1959, has been a public law foundation since 1995, devoted exclusively to research. The training function was taken over by the Frankfurt Psychoanalytical Institute, which was founded in the same year.