Western Canada Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association

Established in Vancouver BC in 1996, a group of psychoanalytically oriented clinicians formed the WCPPA with the main objective of making psychoanalytic psychotherapy knowledge more available to interested professionals and the community at large in Western Canada.

Mental health, health, and human services professionals from all academic disciplines are welcome.

The WCPPA has as its main goals, the active support of the examination and discussion of a full variety of approaches to the theory and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the provision of opportunities for study through meetings on clinical topics, courses, forums, workshops and study groups.

The WCPPA promotes the growth of the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and maintains links with professionals and groups of complementary professionals in other geographical areas.

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