The increasingly significant role being played by New Orleans in the field of advanced i training for pSychoanalysts was cited Wednesday night by one of the country's most noted authorities on psychoanalytic education.
Dr. Bertram D. Lewin of New | York, consultant on education for the American Psychoanalytic Association, was the principal speaker at a lecture meet-ng at the Roosevelt hotel commemorating the accreditation of the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute by the national association,
The meeting, sponsored by the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Society, was the first of a series of annual lectures planned by the society.
ONE OF 11 ACCREDITED The New Orleans Institute, which was formed in 1948, received its accreditation as an institute in May. Recognized as a training center in 1953, it gives particular emphasis to; psychoanalysis as distinguished from other forms of psychotherapy.
Dr, Lewin, a past president of the national organization and of the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, told the gathering that the New Orleans institute is one of the just 1" accredited institutes in the United States offering advanc training in psychoanalysis t physicians who are qualifie psychiatrists. Other institutes include three in New York, two in Los Angeles, two in Philadelphia and one each in Chicago, Pittsburgh Baltimore,New Haven, Washington, D. C, San Frariscisco Topeka, Cleveland and Boston SES DEDICATION, FAITH
"It is gratifying when a good institution with good teachers set up," he said, ''whether this be in a university setting or outside
independently." New Orleans' institute is one the 15 independent institutions in the country.
Dr. Lewin said the analytic educational world has great respect for the independent institutes because they were the institutes that set the standards for psychoanalytic education. He noted particulary independent institutes in London, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston and Chicago.
"They did it by dint of dedication and faith, when skies were darker, and they are historically responsible for the developments of the science and the organiza-; tion," he said.
'HAS WON ITS SPUES'
Outlining the position of education in psychoanalysis in this country today, Dr. Lewin said that there are 939 students (physicians with two years in the field of psychiatry) in 17 institutes and two training centers and that there were 116 graduates last year.
Noting the growth of the New Orleans institute during the past several years, Dr. Lewin commented that "an institute is accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association only after ordeals comparable to those of the days of chivalry; and one may justly say that the new institute has won its spurs.'1
In charge of the lecture meeting were Dr. H. W. Miles, director of the institute; Dr. W. C. Thompson, newly-elected president of the society; Dr. Irwin M. (Marcus, outgoing society president, "and Dr, David F.Freed-man, new secretary-treasurer of the society. PHOTO: New York psychoanalyst meets with local group. DISCUSSING NEW TRENDS in the field of psychoanalytic education are (from left) Dr. David F. Freedman, new secretary-treasurer of the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Society; Dr. Bertram* D, Lewin of New York, education consultant for the American psychoanalytic Association; Dr. Irwin M. Marcus, president of the society, and Dr. W. C. Thompson, newly-elected society president. Dr. Lewin was the principal speaker at a meeting sponsored by the society at the Roosevelt hotel.
