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The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) is an organization of psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic societies, founded in 1992 to represent the interests of psychoanalysts belonging to independent component societies of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) in the United States. Membership in CIPS is open to all IPA-accredited societies in the United States, and to all members of the IPA who are not affiliated with CIPS through membership in a CIPS component society.
CIPS Election
Vote for President-elect and Secretary-elect
The 2008 CIPS election has begun. Cast your ballot today.

President-elect
LEIGH TOBIAS, PHD, FIPA

I am very pleased to be nominated for the office of President-elect of CIPS and am happy to accept the nomination. I have been reviewing my involvement, and what I might bring to this office.
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Secretary-Elect
RANDI E. WIRTH, PHD, FIPA

It is with great pride that I accept the nomination for the office of Secretary-elect of CIPS.
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Conference
EPF-NAPsaC Clinical Conference
Amsterdam July 24-27, 2008

The 10th EPF-NAPsaC Clinical Conference will take place from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th July 2008 in Amsterdam. This event is jointly sponsored by the North American Psychoanalytic Confederation (NAPsaC) and the European Psychoanalytic Federation (EPF), and is to be hosted by the Dutch Psychoanalytical Society.

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Call for Papers
The 46th IPA Congress
Chicago, Wednesday, July 29 to Saturday, August 1, 2009

Theme: Psychoanalytic Practice: Convergences and Divergences Across Psychoanalytic Cultures

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President's Report
President's Interim Report – FIPA
December 2007 – In recent months, the CIPS board has been developing plans for a variety of exciting and challenging projects, projects that will significantly advance our organizational mission. Among these projects are the promotion of the FIPA credential as a marketing tool... Read more.
President's Annual Report
September 2007 – This June, I concluded my second year as CIPS president. In accordance with our bylaws, I am distributing the following report on our activities, accomplishments, and organizational agenda... Read more.
CIPS Societies
The CIPS board has voted to join more than forty other health care professional associations and consumer groups as "friends of the court" by signing on to an amicus brief supporting Dr. Harold Eist and the protection of privacy rights against demands for unlimited access to patient records by state regulatory boards.

CIPS president Fredric Perlman presented the CIPS position on psychoanalytic education at the Future of Psychoanalytic Education conference on December 2, 2006.
The CIPS Intramural Education and Research Committee is planning two study groups open to all our members, including graduate analysts and candidates.
Read about open positions at CIPS