William Alanson White Institute
The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology (WAWI) was founded in 1943 as a non-profit institution for the postgraduate training of psychotherapists as the New York branch of the Washington School of Psychiatry and was given its current name in 1946. Its headquarters are in the Clara Thompson Building on the Upper West Side in New York City.
History and activities
The institute further developed psychoanalytic theory and practice in the 20th century in the sense of neo- psychoanalysis and broke away from the mainstream of American psychoanalysis , which the founders of the institute found too restrictive.
The founders of the institute include Clara Thompson , Erich Fromm , Harry Stack Sullivan , Frieda Fromm-Reichmann , David Rioch and Janet Rioch.
The curriculum covers the psychological, sociocultural and biological factors in human behavior. It is based on the contributions of Harry Stack Sullivan and Erich Fromm and their depth psychological research, which saw humans as social beings and their behavior as interpersonal relationships (interpersonal theory).
The WAWI offers training programs, further education and clinical services including conferences, lecture series and symposia and is the publisher of the international journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis .
Award
- In 2001 the institute received the first Psychoanalytic Community Clinic of the Year Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association for the high quality of psychotherapy given to people with depression , personality disorder , eating disorders and other psychological problems at a modest price .
literature
- Clara Thompson: The Psychoanalysis. Their creation and development. German first edition. Pan-Verlag, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-85999-011-X .
- Earl G. Witenberg (Ed.): Interpersonal Explorations in Psychoanalysis. New Directions in Theory and Practice. William Alanson White Institute, New York City 1973, ISBN 0-465-03385-7 .