There is a lot of solitude in the profession of an analytical psychologist or analyst. We sit one-on-one with the client, we come for individual supervisions. But it is very important to have a space where a psychologist feels like a team of like-minded people, feel the “strong shoulder” of colleagues, share his thoughts and be heard.

The history of the community begins in 2014.

Teachers and graduates of the basic retraining program in analytical psychology under the leadership of Madina Slutskaya initiated the creation of the community. It has become a platform for the development and formation of analytical psychologists.

The founding team was very small. Only a few people: Slutskaya M., Bashkatova E., Rezanova E., Kalinenko V., Sobol I., Grachev V., Kolodezh O., Blagoveshchenskaya M., Dementieva L., Kovalenko T., Zatelepina N., Trinko N., Ogareva E., Lomteva T., Shal L., Yutlandova E.

In 2016, M.N. Slutskaya was elected President of the PSAP, who in 2019 became the Honorary President of the PSAP.

Every year, people began to come to the society not only from the local center of Slutskaya M., but also those who graduated from other programs. In 2016, the number of members of the PSAP was 19 people, and in 2020 it was already 2 times more. The Society is open to cooperation and interaction with all those who share the statutory goals and objectives, who respect the mission of the PSAP.

Mission:

To promote the development of the theory and practice of analytical psychology in Russia and the acquaintance of the international Jungian community with domestic research in the field of analytical psychology.

Tasks:

• cooperation with the Institute of Analytical Psychology and Postgraduate Education (IAPiPDO) in the field of development of analytical psychology in Russia;
• assistance to the professional development of PSAP members through the expansion and deepening of knowledge on the theory and practice of analytical psychology, acquaintance with modern achievements in the field of Jungian analysis;
• promoting the use of analytical psychology methods in organizations providing psychotherapeutic, socio-psychological and medical assistance to the population;
• maintaining high professional standards and ethical norms in analytical psychology and their gradual bringing to the standards of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP);
• facilitating the organization of supervisory and intervisor groups;
• joint stimulation and support of interest and participation of PSAP members, students and staff of the IAPiPDO in solving research scientific and practical problems in the field of analytical psychology and Jungian analysis;
• joint cooperation with IAPiPDO with regional and international organizations;
• creation and conduct of training programs and organization of conferences and seminars on various problems of analytical psychology, including in cooperation with the Institute of Analytical Psychology and Analytical Psychology;
• cooperation with IAPiPDO in the field of publishing domestic and translated foreign literature on the development of the analytical (Jungian) psychological paradigm;
• Mental health education.

In 2019, the President of the PSAP, Lyudmila Dementieva, was elected, and in 2022 she was re-elected.