Application for Board Recertification

It is easy to apply for Board Recertification in Psychoanalysis through our online certification program on the CIPS website (www.cipsusa.org). If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Board Certification Administrator, Diana Daimwood, at admin@cipsusa.org.

Application for Board Recertification (2025)
Name
Name
First
Last
Address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal

Experience Since Certification

Since certification, how many cases have you devoted to the practice of formal psychoanalysis, conducted at a minimum of 3-5 cases per week?

Teaching

Since certification, please describe your experience teaching psychoanalytic theory or psychoanalytic practice technique.

Positions in Your Society or Other Analytic Organizations

Have you chaired a committee, been president, vice president, secretary, or a representative on a board of your Society, and/or other psychoanalytic organizations as well as the IPA since your last certification?

Letters of Reference

Please read the instructions below carefully.
  • The Recertification application requires two letters of reference from colleagues and one letter from your Society/Institute President.
  • The Society/Institute President’s letter must address your good standing in the Society/Institute and your participation in its functioning.

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To the Applicant:

Please ask two experienced psychoanalysts who know your work to complete these letters of reference. These may be colleagues, supervisors, or consultants and may be from any IPA institute, which currently includes APsA as well. However, each individual submitting a letter of reference on your behalf must have five years of postgraduate psychoanalytic experience, be certified in psychoanalysis or be eligible for board certification. You may meet with one or both colleagues to discuss your work and the letters of reference.

Please copy and send the link below to your references so they can upload their letters directly using the Letters of Reference Submission Form:
https://www.cipsusa.org/letters-of-reference

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To the Analyst providing a reference:

A colleague has requested that you provide a letter of reference in support of his or her application for The CIPS Board Certification in Psychoanalysis. Letters of reference include a short questionnaire of 27 items as well as space for additional comments about the applicant and his or her work. When you have completed the letter of reference, please upload it to the CIPS website using the Letters of Reference Submission Form link provided by the applicant.

Click here to download the questionnaire

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To the Society/Institute President:

A member of your Society/Institute has applied for certification through the CIPS Board of Certification Process. In order to complete his or her application, we need a letter from you attesting to his or her status as an active member of your society/institute who is currently in good standing with no record of ethical violations. When you have completed the letter of reference, please upload it to the CIPS website using the Letters of Reference Submission Form link provided by the applicant.

Click here to download the letter template

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Important:
CIPS does not accept paper submissions or emailed letters. All reference letters must be submitted exclusively through the upload link above. Letters submitted through this form are securely stored in our database and received directly by the CIPS Administrator.

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