Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia was founded on October 27, 1937 as the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society, to promote the study and teaching of psychoanalysis. On May 7, 1939, the Society was accepted as a Constituent Society by the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Founding members included O. Spurgeon English, M.D. , Sidney Geoffrey Biddle, M.D., LeRoy M.A. Maeder, M.D., George W. Smeltz, M.D., and Robert Waelder, M.D.
In 1949, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society split into two factions,the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis and the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and Society. This split lasted 50 years.
PCOP is currently housed in the historic Rockland Mansion in East Fairmount Park.
PCOP offers training in foundational psychoanalytic thought, branching into training paths in psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and child psychoanalysis.
Associated figures
- Salman Akhtar
- Margaret Mahler
- Selma Kramer
- O. Spurgeon English
- Gerald H.J. Pearson
- Jonathan M. Raines
- Aaron Beck
- Robert Waelder