About us
The association was founded in 2002 when a group of specialists inspired by the European psychoanalytic tradition decided to create a space for in-depth education and practice in Ukraine. Since then, we have conducted dozens of programs, hundreds of consultations, and built a strong professional community. We bring together psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, researchers, and teachers who strive for a deeper understanding of the human psyche and uphold the ethical standards of the global psychoanalytic tradition.
On February 19, 2009, by decision of the ECP Board, the Ukrainian Psychoanalytic Association became a branch organization (national representative) of the European Confederation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies (headquartered in Vienna, Austria).
In September 2010, at the ECP General Assembly in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis was proclaimed the National Representative of the European Confederation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies in Ukraine and now bears the name UAP-ECP-Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis (UAP) is an independent professional organization that has been working on the development of psychoanalytic education, practice, and research in Ukraine for over 25 years.
Vision
The Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis aims to institutionalize, avoiding the closedness, casteism, and sectarianism that turn psychoanalysis into closed sacred knowledge, accessible only to a small group of people.
The Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis promotes developments and research on current psychotherapeutic, socio-psychological and socio-economic problems, conducts broad public
Mission
The mission of the UAP is the revival and development of psychoanalysis in Ukraine, the creation of a professional community of psychoanalysts, the development and dissemination of psychoanalytic and psychological culture and knowledge, and the provision of psychological and psychoanalytic assistance to the population of Ukraine.
Values
In their work, our specialists are guided by a special psychoanalytic ethic. This means an individual approach and recognition of the uniqueness and peculiarities of each person. The work takes place in conditions of strict confidentiality and involves partnership, responsibility and constant development. The role of the psychoanalyst is to recognize the “truth” of the subject and his deep desire.
At UAP, we maintain an atmosphere of maximum cooperation, mutual support, and development. For everyone who seeks help, we select a specialist who best meets the person’s individual needs.
The Association ensures that each of our professionals is constantly developing, which is why we conduct various educational projects aimed at improving our skills, as well as supervision and intervention groups that help professionals in their daily work. We also offer projects that help novice professionals “enter” the profession.
Manifesto
Psychoanalysis is an individual path, unique to each person. However, this path can only be found and used within the clear framework of a psychoanalytic clinic.
In the modern world, psychoanalysis allows the subject to resist the deadly effects of globalization processes in all spheres of life and activity, to survive in the conditions of a consumer society, where the desires of the subject are leveled. Following Freud, psychoanalysis can be called the path of truth, the truth of the subject. And to go this way, an appropriate psychoanalytic environment is needed. That is why UAP specialists adhere to the principles of psychoanalytic ethics and follow the rules of the “three R”: Read, Research, Reinvent. This path is possible only if the psychoanalytic community follows the psychoanalytic principles that are at the heart of psychoanalytic practice.
Psychoanalysis is a time-tested, most complete system of knowledge about the deep motives of human behavior and about mental processes. Psychoanalytic work obliges psychoanalysts to engage in their development and improve their knowledge throughout their lives. Therefore, we stand on the positions of high-quality psychoanalytic training and in-depth study of the texts of Freud and his followers.
Psychoanalysis is a research method that originated in the psychoanalytic clinic and is based on psychoanalytic theory. However, the psychoanalytic method has gone far beyond psychotherapy, it is not limited to the clinic and is used in various fields of science, art and modern life in general. It is impossible to imagine modernity without psychoanalysis, which is implicated in many areas of human life.
Our Association as an association of psychoanalysts is based on the principles of:
– Psychoanalysis is, first of all, a special ethical position, which consists in recognizing the radical otherness of the other, supporting the subject in his uniqueness and unrepeatability. And the role of the analyst is to find the truth of the subject, to recognize his desire, and not to remove the symptoms that disturb him or “bring him to normal.”
– Psychoanalysis insists on the singularity of the subject in the turbulent sea of modern life. It is about the recognition by the subject of his way of being in a world that has no relation to general ideas. The subject of psychoanalysis is not a passive object of this or that technique. He is an active participant in the process.
– The subject of psychoanalysis is more than just a person. Following Lacan’s thought, we mean the speaking subject, the split subject, the subject of the unconscious, the subject of relationships.
– Clinic and theory are inseparable from each other. We consider it necessary to return to psychoanalytic theory again and again in order to protect the basis of psychoanalytic thought from modern distorting and simplifying interpretations.
– To protect the boundaries of psychoanalysis from modern psychological, psychotherapeutic theories based on psychoanalytic thought. The ethics of psychoanalysis do not take sides with “good” or “evil”. Therefore, the analyst’s desire cannot be a desire to help, cure, correct, etc.
– Our activities are aimed at preserving psychoanalysis as a theory, a practical method, and a cultural phenomenon.
Activity
The All-Ukrainian public organization “Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalysis” was founded in 2002 with the aim of reviving psychoanalysis in our country. It is a voluntary, independent public organization, whose activities are aimed at:
- development and institutionalization of psychoanalysis in Ukraine;
- development and dissemination of psychoanalytic and psychological culture and knowledge in Ukraine;
- creation of a professional community of psychoanalysts;
- development and dissemination of psychoanalytic and psychological culture and knowledge in the professional community of psychoanalysts;
- satisfaction and protection of the legitimate social, economic, professional, creative, spiritual, age-related and other general interests of its members.
Main areas of activity
We combine theory, practice, and research for the comprehensive development of psychoanalysis in Ukraine. Below are the key areas of our work, which form a holistic ecosystem of the UAP professional community.
Educational programs
Psychoanalytic practice
Scientific work
International cooperation
Structure
PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
CONTROL AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Committees
ETHICS COMMITTEE
CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Uvarova Svіtlana
Dyakiv Iryna
Mylotvorska Viktoriia
Tatarian Anush-Lilit
Chebotar Inna
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Psychoanalysis today
Today, psychoanalysis is not only a therapeutic practice, but also an interdisciplinary science that combines psychology, medicine, philosophy, and cultural studies.