The Dallas Foundation for Psychoanalysis, (the "Foundation") is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established to support the outreach, educational and scientific endeavors of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute (the "Institute"). The Institute, a fully accredited training facility of the American Psychoanalytic Association, is a regional center for psychoanalytic education. The Foundation seeks to develop community support through raising public awareness of the value of the psychoanalytic perspective. This perspective is essential to the treatment of mental illness and family disturbances, to raising and educating children, and to addressing society’s infirmities.

Psychoanalysis Today Often referred to as "the silent profession" because of the essential role of confidentiality in psychoanalytic treatment, psychoanalytic education has had a presence in North Texas for 15 years. Psychoanalysis is the evolving product of years of clinical experience, developmental and family research, continual theoretical revision, and input from biological and social sciences. While continuing to respect the central importance of the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences, contemporary psychoanalysis is open minded and appreciates the roles played by neurobiology, gender differences, formative relationships, learning differences, family functioning, society, culture and religion. The psychoanalytic perspective has a profound influence on individual, family and group therapy.

THE VALUE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS TO THE COMMUNITY

The Foundation provides a bridge between the Institute and our community. The faculty and candidates of the Institute donate their time and talents in the following ways:

Professional Education

• 2000+ hours annually of voluntary instruction
• Formal psychoanalytic training since 1984
• Two year didactic program, "Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychotherapy", assists mental health practitioners in refining psychotherapeutic skills
• "Models of the Mind" seminars of the Community Education Programs six week courses for social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists on a variety of important clinical issues
• Student Associate Program for students of the mental health professions and other graduate programs
• Teaching and supervision of UT Southwestern Medical Center students in the fields of psychiatry, child psychiatry and psychology.
• Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Consortium collaboration of DPI, Southern Methodist University and UT Southwestern Medical Center

Public Seminars

• "Parenting to Thirty and Beyond", Judith Viorst, April 1997
• Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Cinema, Glen Gabbard, M.D., March 1998
• "The Psychology of the Stock Market", Tom Sonn, M.D., March 1998
• The Pathology of Hatred, Robert Nemiroff, M.D., March 1999
• "Beyond Viagra", Gerald Melchiode, M.D. May 1999
• Roots of Violence Symposium, co-sponsored with Zero Tolerance for Violence
• Annual Founders Day Lectures of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Society
• Psychoanalytic Movie Seminars
• Speakers’ Forum Presentations to a variety of community groups

Volunteer Consultations and Activities

• Child and Family Guidance Center of Dallas
• Dallas County Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Dallas Family Magazine
• Dallas ISD, Youth and Family Centers
• Dallas Theater Center
• Highland Park ISD, Adult Education Program
• Jewish Family Services
• Mental Health Association of Dallas
• Mental Health Connection
• SMU, Religion and Anthropology
• The Vogel Alcove
• Zero Tolerance for Violence

Advisory Board

The community leaders comprising the Advisory Board, assist the Board of Directors in representing the Foundation to the community and raising public awareness of the psychoanalytic perspective.

Executive Director
Elizabeth Buchanan, M.B.A.

Friends of Psychoanalysis

The Friends Group aids in the mission of the Foundation and assists with the events and programs.

For more information:

Elizabeth Buchanan, Executive Director
The Dallas Foundation for Psychoanalysis
660 Preston Forest Center, pmb #300
Dallas, Texas 75230
(214) 566-5083

elizabeth.buchanan@sbcglobal.net