National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis

What National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis does

The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), founded in 1948 by Theodor Reik in New York City, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit psychoanalytic training institute, professional association, and clinical services provider. It serves three principal customer groups: (1) training candidates pursuing the multi-year psychoanalytic training program or the one-year PPLC certificate, including international students via the SEVIS F-1 visa pathway; (2) New York City adults seeking affordable psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the Theodor Reik Clinical Center (TRCC), operating since 1948/1949; and (3) licensed mental health practitioners (social workers, psychologists, psychoanalysts, marriage and family therapists) who participate in NYSED-approved continuing education programs.

The organization's core assets include a three-part training model (32 twelve-week courses + 9 six-week courses, a minimum of 450 hours of personal psychoanalysis, and a minimum of 1,000 clinical hours with 300+ supervision hours), the bimonthly peer-reviewed journal The Psychoanalytic Review (founded 1913, the first psychoanalytic journal in the United States), the Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center (launched 2003, providing neuropsychoanalytically informed psychotherapy to brain-injured patients), and the Douglas Maxwell Library (2,500+ volumes). The technology stack supporting delivery is conventional and lightweight: Zoom for live classes and webinars, Jotform for applications and RSVPs, Constant Contact for email marketing, and Guilford Publications plus PEP-WEB for journal distribution. No public or partner-facing API exists.

NPAP's revenue model is diversified across seven streams with no single dominant line: training program tuition (e.g., PPLC $3,500 one-year; $150 annual registration; $75 application fee), membership dues ($380–$760 annually), sliding-scale therapy fees at TRCC, NYSED-approved continuing education program fees, journal subscriptions (U.S. institutions $864; individuals $108), hourly and day-rate space rentals at the Greenwich Village headquarters, and tax-deductible donations/legacy gifts (the Theodor Reik Legacy Society has 31 Charter Members pledging over $573,000). Pricing is publicly disclosed but no revenue figures are published; the organization is privately held with no parent company.

Name

National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis

Legal name

The Training Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis

Website

https://npap.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NPAP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit psychoanalytic training institute founded in 1948 in NYC, offering multi-year training programs, affordable psychotherapy via the Theodor Reik Clinical Center, NYSED-approved continuing education, and The Psychoanalytic Review journal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Program Tuition: Tuition charged to candidates enrolled in the psychoanalytic training program and the one-year PPLC certificate program (PPLC: $3,500 for the complete one-year program; individual courses $700; workshops $100; $150 yearly registration fee; $75 non-refundable application fee). Recurring across multi-year candidate journeys (7–18 years).
2. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues paid to the Training Institute of NPAP; $380 per membership category, with Training Members paying an additional $380 ($760 total); Senior/Exempt members (80+) may opt-in at $380 or opt-out at $0; dues due by January 1 and no later than February 1.
3. Therapy and Psychoanalysis Service Fees: Sliding-scale fees for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis services delivered through the Theodor Reik Clinical Center (TRCC), which has served the NYC community since 1949; tailored to individual financial situation with flexible scheduling including evenings and weekends.
4. Continuing Education Program Fees: CE contact hours offered to licensed social workers, psychoanalysts, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists at approved rates; recognized by NYSED as an approved provider (#SW-0139, #P-0010, #PSY-0137, #MFT-0093).
5. Journal Subscriptions and Publication: Annual subscriptions to The Psychoanalytic Review (ISSN 0033-2836) priced at U.S. Institutions $864, Canada and Foreign Institutions $909, Individuals $108 (Canada/foreign add $35); subscriptions included in NPAP member/student dues.
6. Space Rentals: Hourly and day-rate rentals of treatment rooms and the Sy Coopersmith Lecture Room to licensed therapists, workshops, and weekend events; flexible month-to-month commitments, available Mondays and Thursdays 8am–9pm and weekends 9am–4pm.
7. Donations and Bequests: Tax-deductible charitable contributions to NPAP (501(c)(3), Federal Tax ID 13-5656340), including one-time gifts, recurring monthly contributions, Theodor Reik Clinical Center fund, 75th Anniversary Fund, Building Fund, Hardship/Good Trouble/Lou Berkowitz scholarships, and the Theodor Reik Legacy Society (31 charter members pledging over $573,000).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) is a nonprofit psychoanalytic training institute and clinical center founded in 1948 that delivers multi-theoretical psychoanalytic training (a multi-year program plus a one-year PPLC certificate), affordable sliding-scale psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the Theodor Reik Clinical Center, NYSED-approved continuing education for licensed mental health professionals, peer-reviewed publication of The Psychoanalytic Review, the Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center for brain-injured patients, and professional membership services — anchored at its Greenwich Village headquarters at 40 West 13th Street, New York, and complemented by library, space rental, and donation programs.

Product overview

National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) operates as a multi-product professional association and training institute in New York City rather than a single unified software product. Its portfolio centers on the Theodor Reik Clinical Center (TRCC) affordable therapy clinic and its therapist directory, the multi-year NPAP Psychoanalytic Training Program (with its Already-Licensed and License-Qualifying tracks) and the related One-Year PPLC Certificate Program, the bimonthly peer-reviewed journal The Psychoanalytic Review, and the Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center for brain-injured patients; these are complemented by supporting offerings including the Douglas Maxwell Library, the Faculty Directory, the searchable Member Directory, the Membership Program with dues categories, the live-online Continuing Education (CE) Program, flexible Space Rentals at the Greenwich Village building, the Donation and Theodor Reik Legacy Society program, and the public Events/Open House series — all delivered primarily in person at 40 West 13th Street with remote components (Zoom classes and webinars) and online form workflows (Jotform applications and Constant Contact email subscriptions).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Theodor Reik Clinical Center (TRCC): NPAP's affordable psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis clinical center serving the New York City community since 1948/1949, founded by Sigmund Freud's student Theodor Reik.
• The Psychoanalytic Review
• Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center (ELNCSC)
• The Douglas Maxwell Library
• Practice-based Psychodynamic Learning Center (PPLC)

Products and services

• Theodor Reik Clinical Center (TRCC) Affordable psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis clinic serving adults in the New York City area since 1948/1949, with confidential therapist matching, flexible in-person sessions at the Greenwich Village center, virtual sessions, sliding-scale fees, and psychiatric referrals for medication management.
• NPAP Psychoanalytic Training Program Rigorous multi-year psychoanalytic training program following the traditional three-part model of coursework (32 twelve-week courses + 9 six-week courses), personal psychoanalysis (minimum 450 hours), and supervised clinical experience (minimum 1,000 clinical hours + 300 supervision hours), offered via two tracks (Already-Licensed and License-Qualifying) and preparing candidates for the New York State License in Psychoanalysis (L.P.).
• One-Year PPLC Certificate Program (Practice-based Psychodynamic Learning Center) One-year certificate program for licensed master's-level social workers, creative arts therapists, psychiatric nurses, marriage and family counselors, psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists that combines five courses, three supervision experiences, and three workshops (taught live at NPAP and broadcast via Zoom) to integrate psychodynamic therapy into clinical practice; total program fee $3,500 plus a $150 annual registration fee.
• Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center (ELNCSC) Founded in 2003 and the first clinical group in NYC to provide neuropsychoanalytically informed psychotherapy to patients with focal brain damage; offers clinical work, monthly ELNCSC Reading and Study Group, curriculum electives in neurophysiology and neuropsychoanalysis, and research publications in the Neuropsychoanalysis journal and British Journal of Psychotherapy.
• The Psychoanalytic Review Peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1913 by William Alanson White and Smith Ely Jelliffe — the first psychoanalytic journal in the United States and the oldest continuously published psychoanalytic journal in the world; published bimonthly (ISSN 0033-2836) with special issues, distributed through Guilford Publications (current issues and 2001 onward) and PEP-WEB (1913 onward), and operating with editorial policies independent of NPAP.
• The Douglas Maxwell Library On-site library housing over 2,500 books and periodicals, including subscriptions to several psychoanalytic journals and all volumes of The Psychoanalytic Review, with a searchable online catalog that can be viewed in-house or via the Online NPAP Library Database.
• NPAP Membership Program Professional membership association founded by Theodor Reik and dedicated to advancing psychoanalysis as both a science and a profession; membership tiers include Members, Training Members ($380–$760 dues), Senior Members (age 80+), Honorary Members, and Special Members, with a subscription to The Psychoanalytic Review included for members and students.
• NPAP Continuing Education (CE) Program Live online (Zoom) and in-person continuing education program for licensed social workers, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and marriage and family therapists, recognized by the New York State Education Department (provider #SW-0139, #P-0010, #PSY-0137, #MFT-0093) and featuring the 2026 Summer CE series and annual Open House events.
• NPAP Space Rentals Flexible hourly office rentals and day/weekend event rentals of NPAP's modern treatment rooms and Sy Coopersmith Lecture Room at 40 West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, with high-speed WiFi, a full kitchen, gender-neutral bathrooms, and access available Mondays/Thursdays 8 am – 9 pm and weekends 9 am – 4 pm.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average graduate completes training in 10 years (range 7–18 years)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, moderate and minor.

• American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis (ABAP)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerABAP provides national accreditation for NPAP's psychoanalytic training program. NPAP Training Institute is a member of ABAP, and the ABAP logo is displayed alongside NPAP's other affiliations on the website. ABAP accreditation is one of NPAP's marquee credentials, signaling institutional legitimacy in independent (non-medical) psychoanalytic education.
• National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAAP is one of NPAP's three primary affiliations. NPAP Training Institute is a member of NAAP, and NAAP-certified analysts (NCPsyA) include NPAP faculty such as Paul C. Cooper and Douglas F. Maxwell. The NAAP logo is featured on NPAP's website.
• International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFPE is one of NPAP's three primary affiliations, and the IFPE logo is displayed on NPAP's website. The federation connects NPAP to the broader international psychoanalytic education community.
• Guilford PublicationscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGuilford Publications handles print and online publication, distribution, and subscription fulfillment for The Psychoanalytic Review (ISSN 0033-2836). Subscriptions: U.S. Institutions $864; Canada/Foreign Institutions $909; Individuals $108; phone 1-800-365-7006; New York office at 370 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1200.
• Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP / PEP-WEB)coreTechnology or IntegrationPEP hosts nearly all volumes of The Psychoanalytic Review from 1913 up to the last three years for PEP-WEB subscribers. The Review archive section on pep-web.org is referenced as a discovery channel for special issues and back issues.
• Neuropsychoanalysis FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Maggie Zellner serves as the Executive Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation in New York City, an organization closely allied with NPAP's neuropsychoanalytic education. Both Zellner and Edlow are faculty and senior members of NPAP, and present NPAP's neuropsychoanalysis programming.
• International Neuropsychoanalysis SocietymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Mary Edlow is a Clinical Fellow of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society. NPAP members have attended annual International Neuropsychoanalytic Association Congresses since 2002 in cities including New York, Rome, Montreal, Brussels, South Africa, Puerto Rico, and Trieste, and have presented papers at the congresses.
• Mark Solms (consultant)moderateOthersFrom 2003 to 2020, Dr. Mark Solms supervised the Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center (ELNCSC), providing neuropsychoanalytic treatment to brain-injured patients. Solms' supervision supported an underserved population and shaped NPAP's neuropsychoanalytic clinical model.
• Otto Kernberg (TFP Seminar)minorOthersNPAP faculty member Dr. Todd Anderson trained with Otto Kernberg's Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) seminar in 2024–2025, focusing on advanced, manualized treatment for severe personality disorders. NPAP leverages this external expertise to inform its curriculum and faculty capabilities.
• Therapist Digital Marketing (TDM)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTDM is credited on NPAP's website as a 'Digital Marketing for Therapists' partner, suggesting a referral/marketing relationship aimed at driving traffic to therapists on the platform.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYPSI): Direct competitor operating a psychoanalytic training institute, clinical center, and continuing education programs in New York City; serves overlapping candidate and patient populations with comparable licensure pathways.
• William Alanson White Institute: NYC-based psychoanalytic training institute offering multi-year training, clinical services, and CE; competes with NPAP for candidates, faculty, and patients in the same geography and theoretical pluralism.
• Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: University-affiliated psychoanalytic training and research center in NYC; competing source of L.P.-preparing training with similar tripartite model (coursework, personal analysis, supervised cases).
• Institute for Psychoanalytic Education (IPE) affiliated with NYU: NYC-based psychoanalytic training program offering courses and supervision; competes for candidates pursuing psychoanalytic credentials in the New York market.
• Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PGCMH): NYC mental health training institute offering psychoanalytic psychotherapy programs, clinical services, and CE; comparable mission of training mental-health practitioners through psychodynamic curricula.

Emerging players

• Ackerman Institute for the Family: NYC-based training institute focused on family and relational therapy; partial overlap with NPAP's relational and psychodynamic training, and competes for licensed clinician CE.

Regional players

• Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: Northeast psychoanalytic training institute with similar tripartite training model and clinical services; operates in a different metro but serves overlapping theoretical and licensure ecosystem.
• Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis: Midwest psychoanalytic training institute offering certification, clinical services, and continuing education; comparable academic structure to NPAP outside the NYC market.

Broad incumbents

• American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA): National professional association representing psychoanalysts; broader scope than NPAP but overlapping in training standards, CE offerings, and member constituency.
• International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA): Global umbrella organization for psychoanalytic training and practice; while not a direct training competitor, it sets standards and accredits institutes comparable to NPAP.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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