Center Mission and Bylaws

Our Vision

Openness to exploring the mind in all its depth and complexity fosters healing, growth, and the attainment of full potential for individuals, families, and society.

Our Mission

To realize this vision through psychoanalysis as a clinical approach, a mode of investigation, and a widely applicable and evolving way of understanding human experience.

Our Objectives

The Center pursues its mission by training psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically informed psychotherapists. It also supports people who share this mission through:

• Teaching and research
• Interdisciplinary study
• Community outreach
• The provision of affordable services

Who We Are

The Washington Center for Psychoanalysis is a diverse, collegial affiliation of clinicians and members of the broader community united by dedication to its shared mission.

Bylaws

The Center’s bylaws establish the framework for its governance and organizational operations.