The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies

What The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies does

The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) is a US nonprofit professional membership organization founded in 1992 to represent psychoanalysts belonging to independent component societies of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) in the United States. Its institutional members comprise seven societies and study groups: Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS), Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS), Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI), Psychoanalytic Center of California (PCC), Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), and Vermont Psychoanalytic Study Group (VPSG). The organization provides continuing-education videoconferences, an APA- and NY-state-approved CE program via PTI-CFS, a BCPsa board certification pathway, public Find an Analyst and Find a Clinic directories, and a seasonal NewsBriefs newsletter. Its scholarly flagship is the CIPS Book Series, a peer-reviewed publication launched in 2010 in partnership with Routledge Press, which expanded in 2020 to include society-based volumes.

CIPS's core technology stack is modest: a WordPress-based website (managed by Turn Lab) functioning as an e-commerce and event-registration platform with Authorize.net payment processing, plus a public member roster and directory. There are no proprietary AI/ML systems, mobile applications, or APIs; the organization is operationally a small central office led by an administrator under volunteer officer governance (President Gloria Demby, LCSW; Vice-President Sandra Wilder-Padilla, PhD, BCPsa; Treasurer Susan F. Light, MS, LCSW). Revenue is generated through annual membership dues ($75 direct, $35 candidate), per-event registration fees ($50-$120), one-time certification and application fees ($50-$200), and ancillary book-related activity routed through Routledge. CIPS does not raise venture or institutional capital and is not a technology product company; its economic model is that of a small professional association.

Name

The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies

Legal name

Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies

Website

https://cipsusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) is a US nonprofit founded in 1992 representing seven independent IPA-affiliated psychoanalytic societies, providing continuing education, board certification, scholarly publishing, and public analyst directories for mental health professionals.

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Psychoanalytic professional membership
• Continuing education seminars
• Board certification psychoanalysis
• Professional society federation
• Mental health professional services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees for direct members and members of component societies. Direct member renewal is $75.00 annually.
2. Event Registration and Videoconferences: Fees for continuing education videoconferences and events. Member fees range from $50-$120 per event; Candidate/Student fees range from $35-$75.
3. Certification Fees: Board Certification application fee of $200.00; BCPsa Certificate $50.00; Graduate Analyst Application and Training Analyst Payment fees.
4. Book Series Publishing: The CIPS Book Series, published in partnership with Routledge Press, provides publishing opportunities for members. The series was launched in 2010 to promote the intellectual life of the CIPS community.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) is a nonprofit professional membership organization that unites independent psychoanalytic societies across the United States as a constituent component society of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). It delivers member services including annual membership categories, board certification, continuing-education videoconferences, a multi-volume book publishing series, and the NewsBriefs newsletter, while serving as a federated voice for member societies.

Product overview

The Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) is a professional membership organization for psychoanalysts, not a technology product company. Its offerings center on professional development services including Videoconferences (live online CE webinars), the CIPS Book Series (Routledge-published psychoanalytic publications), Board Certification, Membership, and public Find an Analyst/Clinic directories. NewsBriefs serves as the organization's community newsletter. These services are delivered through its website as an e-commerce platform for registrations, renewals, and educational content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIPS Membership

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Routledge PresscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIPS Book Series is published in partnership with Routledge Press. Criteria for publication are established by both CIPS and Routledge. Books in the series focus on 'the boundaries of psychoanalysis' and are approximately 200-250 pages. All submissions are peer-reviewed.
• Fountain HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFountain House, a New York City-based organization founded in 1948 that provides an environment where artists living with mental illness can express their creative visions and exhibit their work. Fountain House generously negotiated the use of artwork from their community to enrich the CIPS website design.
• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIPS represents the interests of psychoanalysts belonging to independent component societies of the IPA in the United States. Membership in CIPS is open to all IPA-accredited societies and study groups in the United States and to all IPA members not affiliated through a CIPS component society.
• Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. CFS is a component society of IPA and co-sponsors CIPS videoconferences, such as the 'Viewing Art Through a Psychoanalytic Lens' event.
• Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. IPTAR is a component society of IPA.
• Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. LAISPS is a component society of IPA.
• Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. NPSI is a component society of IPA based in the Seattle area.
• Psychoanalytic Center of California (PCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. PCC is a component society of IPA based in Los Angeles, relocated in December 2022 to Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services campus.
• Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. PINC is a component society of IPA based in San Francisco. It has a Community Psychoanalysis Track.
• Vermont Psychoanalytic Study Group (VPSG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of seven CIPS member organizations. VPSG is a study group that voted to re-join CIPS in September 2021 after a thoughtful process of reflection about their current interests and direction.
• PTI-CFS (Psychoanalytic Training Institute - Contemporary Freudian Society)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of CIPS videoconferences and is recognized by NYS Education Department as approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#0087), licensed psychoanalysts (#P-0021), and licensed psychologists (#PSY-0017). APA-approved sponsor for psychologists.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Social Workers: The largest US professional organization for social workers, providing CE, advocacy, and credentialing. CIPS provides NY-state-approved CE for social workers through PTI-CFS, positioning NASW as a broader incumbent in the same CE ecosystem.
• American Psychological Association: The largest US professional organization for psychologists. APA provides CE accreditation, publishing, and certification across the full psychology spectrum; CIPS operates in a narrow subset of this professional landscape through its APA-approved CE sponsorship relationship.
• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): The international parent body of which CIPS member societies are component members. IPA operates globally and sets the accreditation standards that determine CIPS's addressable membership base, making it the structural incumbent above CIPS in the professional hierarchy.

Direct peers

• William Alanson White Institute: A New York-based psychoanalytic institute offering training, CE, and clinical services. Comparable to CIPS's component societies (e.g., IPTAR) in mission and offerings, and represents the type of institute that CIPS aggregates at the confederation level.
• International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: A membership organization for relational psychoanalysts offering conferences, publications, and training. Represents a parallel psychoanalytic sub-specialty membership model comparable to CIPS's confederation of independent societies.
• American Psychoanalytic Association: The largest US psychoanalytic professional membership organization. APsaA is the most direct peer to CIPS, serving a parallel constituency of US psychoanalysts with overlapping CE, certification, and publishing programs, but representing institute-based rather than independent societies.
• New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: One of the oldest psychoanalytic institutes in the US, providing training, clinical services, and continuing education. Functions as a peer to CIPS's component institutes in New York and serves a similar psychoanalytic professional audience.

Others

• Fountain House: A NYC-based mental health community organization with which CIPS has a documented partnership (providing artwork for the CIPS website). Operates an adjacent mission in the mental health ecosystem but is not a direct competitor.
• American Board of Professional Psychology: Umbrella organization for specialty psychology board certifications. Comparable to CIPS's BCPsa board certification program in function — credentialing mental health practitioners — though operating at much larger scale across multiple psychology specialties.
• Routledge (Taylor & Francis): Academic publisher and CIPS's strategic book series partner since 2010. Relevant as a publishing infrastructure peer/partner rather than a direct competitor, but indicative of the academic publishing ecosystem in which CIPS participates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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