Welcome to mappsych.org, official website of the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP).

MAPP was founded in Boston in 1983 as the local chapter of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. With approximately 300 members, MAPP has become a professional home to mental health clinicians in the Boston area and throughout Massachusetts who share an interest in psychoanalytic theory, practice, and research.

Do you have an interest in learning more about psychoanalytic theory, practice, and research? You do not have to be an analyst in order to join! Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health counselors, and nurses are all welcome, as are graduate students, clinical trainees, and licensed health professionals of all mental health disciplines.

What MAPP Provides

• Multiple speakers and workshops throughout the year that create a forum for lively scholarly and clinical exchange
• A place to discuss professional concerns and issues
• A vehicle for clinicians to improve their level of training and skill
• Valuable opportunities for building a sense of community with other clinicians in the field

The full range of MAPP activities includes: evening lectures, half and full-day workshops, informal works-in-progress presentations, supervision and study groups, regional networking lunches, special programs for local graduate students.

Our programs are theoretically stimulating and clinically relevant, focusing on issues of current interest in contemporary psychoanalysis. Recent local and out-of-town speakers have included: Lew Aron, Jessica Benjamin, Dan Buie, Steven Cooper, Darlene Ehrenberg, Virginia Goldner, Irwin Hoffman, Lynne Layton, Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Owen Renik, Roy Schafer, and many others.

Member Benefits

• The MAPP Newsletter. Community news and discussion of current issues impacting the MAPP community, reports on recent MAPP events, movies reviewed from a psychoanalytic perspective, book reviews, updates on members' professional work, and classifieds.
• Regular mailings on upcoming programs.
• Continuing Education Credit and free admission to all programs.
• Only $25 registration fee for courses (waived for sustaining members).
• Access to the Membership Directory
• Access to the Members' Area of the website
• Opportunities to connect with other members through participating in peer supervision and study groups and on committees.
• Be a part of a professional community, share your clinical work, and affiliate in a collegial and informal setting.

Graduate Students and Trainees also Receive:

• Substantially reduced membership
• Student oriented programs
• Exposure to the larger psychoanalytic mental health community in the Boston area.