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Report of the President of the EFPP for the Meeting of Delegates |
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Luxemburg, March
2003 |
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In this report, the President, Serge Frisch, transmitted us the present situation of the work achieved by the Executive Committee during the latest two years, both in the scientific and the political ambits, as well as the practical functioning of the EFPP.
The EFPP has developed and amplified with the incorporation of the former Soviet countries, but the President relieves that one of the pending themes is to obtain the balance in the representation of some countries.
The British model predominates over the one of the French and Germans who are underrepresented in the functions of responsibility and in the Congresses. The countries of Eastern Europe should also be represented at the Executive Committee.
One of the preoccupations is the future of psychoanalysis versus the fast therapies and the restricted budgets of the public services. It is necessary to prepare an active response: “In difficult times we have to keep our property”.
There is however, some hope. For example, the World Psychiatyric Association (WPA), will very lately orientate towards biology or conductist, at its latest congress has created a section about “Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry”.
The question of the legislation of psychotherapy seems to have lost effervescence, and in our group about the “Certificate”, it is difficult to come to an agreement.
The report focuses on three important themes:
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Ordinary Themes of the Executive Committee
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Progresses respect to the relations with other psychoanalytical organisations.
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Future changes in the Executive Committee.
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A. Ordinary Themes of the Executive Committee |
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There will be elections in each of the three sections. Each section chooses its representatives for the Executive Committee.
Cooptated Members
The members cooptated by the Executive Committee are chosen for a specific work and cannot remain longer than two periods of two years each.
María Eugenia Cid has taken in charge the relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in collaboration with Lydia Tischler, to prepare the 4th Section with Rudolf Balmer and the edition in Spanish of the monographies.
Olivier Nicolle has been charged with the investigation and development of scientific work in general.
Recent Congresses
September 2001, Caen
September 2002, Lausanne
October 2001, Prague
September 2002, Riga
Future Congresses
Stockholm, JulY 2003, three sections
Lisbon, September 2004, Group Section
2005, Adults
2006, Children and adolescents
Monographies
Six monographies have been published by Karnak Books.
The EFPP is very unsatisfied with the conditions of Karnak. Other proposals are being studied that are more profitable for the EFPP.
The Fourth Section
Pierre Benghozi initiated the idea four years ago:
 In Europe there is an increasing specialisation of psychoanalytic focussing about the problems of family and couple.
 Specific programmes of different information are created for groups, children and adolescents.
 The psychotherapists thus formed need to associate themselves.
The Executive Committee proposes the creation of the fourth Section, with the necessary modification of the Bylaws respect to this.
If this Fourth Section is approved, each section would vote two delegates as Members of the Committee, among which the President would be elected. The vacancy of a vocal provoked by this election would be covered by a new delegate of the same Section where the President comes from.
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
These countries need a special support in training.
At the Prague and Riga Congresses specific problems were dealt with. There are big differences in the developement of psychoanalysis in the health systems.
The "question" of the Certificate
Four years ago the representatives of the EFPP contacted the European Commission in order to define the possibility to establish some legislation about “psychotherapy”. The Commission communicated that each Member State would take their decisions, but that, if a group representing the professionals wanted to make proposals as to the training, this would possibly be taken into account.
The web page
Goes on working well.
Finances
The present treasurer informs that the economic situation will be sounded by the next booking year. We have to know that there is a yearly deficit of 3,000 £ between the apportations of the members and the costs. This deficit is amended by the incomes of some congresses.
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B. Progresses respect to the relations with other psychoanalytical organisations |
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EFPP i IPA
Since 1991 the president has been thinking that the collaboration between those two institutions is crucial for the future of psychoanalysis.
In 1991 both the EFPP and the EAP-Vienna were born simultaneously- that unite all the non psychoanalytic organisations. Including some “esoteric” ones. We have never collaborated with the EAP. The EFPP has defended an organisation that was clearly psychoanalytic.
Surprisingly, some psychoanalysts saw the creation of the EFPP with some fear. Gradually though, the situation has evolved to a major understanding between both parts. The proof is that the former president of the EPF (European Psychoanalytic Federation), Alain Gibeault, participated in the meeting of the delegates of 2001, being one of the first members of the EFPP, and that the present chairman of the IPA, Professor Daniel Wildlöcher will be at the meeting of 2003.
It is publicly known that D.Wildlöcher and collaborators have organised discussions about the relations of the IPA and "psychoanalytical associations" not affiliated to the IPA, of not only psychotherapists, but also lacanians, jungians, etc.
The next congress of the IPA in Toronto 2003 presents an eloquent title "Work on the borders". With this in mind, Wildlöcher and Gibeault propose to Serge Frisch to participate in a work group "Committee of Allied Professions" (APC) to think up to which point the IPA could pen its doors to the psychotherapists. In the same line, the APC has asked S.Frisch to organise two workshops about psychotherapy in Toronto. Another sign of the changing times is that the psychoanalytic psychotherapists will be allowed, without any additional formality to register at the Congress of the IPA in Toronto.
These evolutions represent an important progress and we hope that the discussions about these themes will be on the agenda again.
The proposals communicated to the IPA could be resumed in four points:
 Creation of an intermediate structure to promote the discussion of themes that involve both organisations.
 In the bylaws of the EFPP there is a category called “Related Organisations". It would be possible for the IPA, or its European branch, the EPF, to transform itseld into an organisation related with the EFPP and for the latter, to have a similar status respect to the IPA, if the bylaws of the latter foresee that.
 A delegate of the IPA or the EPF could be invited to the meetings of the Executive Comité of the EFPP. A reciprocal facility would be desirable, but should not be considered a condition.
 There is also a great quantity of clinical themes, of training and investigation that both organisations could profitably discuss together.
These are only a few simple ideas that do not cause any negative consequence if, for some motive or other, one of the involved parts would decide to withdraw from these conversations.
The EFPP and the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
Two years ago the contacts began. This magazine is ready to publish articles of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy and invites the members of the EFPP to forward articles.
The IJPA offers two pages a year, free, for communications of the EFPP and can include folders to the sendings that would reach the psychoanalists that are not members of the EFPP.
It offers also special conditions for subscription.
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C.
Future changes in the Executive Committee
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Serge Frisch was, from 1991 to 1997, the coordinator of the Adult section.
In 1997 he was elected president for four years, being reelected in 2001 for a second mandate, election he accepted at the condition of only remaining half a term, i.e. two years, to give place to the new generation.
The New President
The President is elected among the members of the Executive Committee.
In case of not presenting himself or herself any member to be President, the Committee has thought of looking for an adequate candidate among the present and past delegates.
The elected person is Siv Boalt-Boethius, Swedish delegate of the Section of Children and Adolescents from 1991 to 1999.
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Translation made by Carmen Largo, Delegate of Adults |
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