On Licensing PsychoanalystsWith the passage of a law in NY State that establishes the licensing of psychoanalysts, and with movement toward similar laws taking place in various other states, questions about the formal status of the profession: how credentials are established, what the standards of training should be, who should decide such matters, etc., are once again in the air. Now that there is a new political and social meaning to be given to the term "psychoanalyst" as an independent licensed profession, it would seem that even those who practice psychoanalysis under the rubric of their own licensed profession, such as the majority of the members of Division 39, must take account of the changing status that their profession will have in the public sphere.
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