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World Association of Psychoanalysis

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With 1,986 members worldwide, and more in affiliated groups, the WAP stands as the largest institutional structure dedicated to the training of psychoanalysts in the Lacanian orientation. It consists of seven fully-functioning Schools:

Four European schools which together form the EuroFédération de Psychanalyse:

  • The École de la cause freudienne, in France, founded in January 1981
  • The Scuola Lacaniana di Psicoanalisi del Campo Freudiano, in Italy, founded in May 2002
  • The Escuela Lacaniana de Psicoanálisis del Campo Freudiano, in Spain, founded in May 2000
  • The New Lacanian School, in various European countries and the US, founded in May 2003

Three American Schools which together form the Federación Americana de la Orientación Lacaniana:

  • The Escuela de la Orientación Lacaniana, in Argentina, founded in January 1992 alongside the WAP
  • The Escola Brasileira de Psicanalise, in Brazil, founded in April 1995
  • The Nueva Escuela Lacaniana; which includes Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Chile; founded in July 2000

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