Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis

The Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis (SGPsa) is a Swiss scientific specialist society in the field of psychoanalysis . It was founded in 1919 and operates training centers in Basel, Bern, Zurich, Lausanne, Geneva and Lugano. The Psychoanalytical Seminar in Zurich split off from her in 1977 .

It belongs to the International Psychoanalytical Association .

President

• 1919–1928 Emil Oberholzer
• 1928–1961 Philipp Sarasin
• 1961–1967 Raymond de Saussure
• 1967-1970 Paul Parin
• 1970–1973 Michel Gressot
• 1973–1976 Fritz Meerwein
• 1976–1979 André Haynal
• around 1984 Peter Dreyfus
• around 1985/1987 Olivier Flournoy
• around 2000 Alexander Moser
• around 2004 Rosmarie Berna-Glantz
• around 2004/2007 Dieter Bürgin
• 2009–2012 Nicolas de Coulon
• since 2012 Renata Sgier

literature

• Alexander Moser: Switzerland. In: Peter Kutter (Ed.): Psychoanalysis International. A Guide to Psychoanalysis throughout the World. Vol. 1: Europe. Frommann-Holzboog 1992, ISBN 3-7728-1509-X , pp. 278-313.
• Hans H. Walser : Psychoanalysis in Switzerland. In: Dieter Eicke (ed.): The psychology of the 20th century. Vol. 2, Kindler, Zurich 1976, pp. 1192-1218.
• Kaspar Weber: From the beginnings of psychoanalysis in Bern. In: Bulletin of the Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis. No. 32, 1991, pp. 67-72.
• Thomas Kurz: La psychanalyse en Suisse, une histoire agitée. In: Le Coq-Héron . No. 218 (2014, no. 3), pp. 11-103 ( online ).

Web links

• Website of the Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis
• Information on the history of psychoanalysis in Switzerland , website of the Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis