PSICOANALITICA ARGENTINA - ASOCIACION

Name

PSICOANALITICA ARGENTINA - ASOCIACION

Legal name

Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina

Website

https://apa.org.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina (APA) is a non-profit psychoanalytic professional association that delivers structured psychoanalytic training through the Instituto de Psicoanálisis Ángel Garma, provides clinical orientation services to the community through Centro Racker, conducts scientific research via its Scientific Department, and disseminates psychoanalytic knowledge through publishing operations including APA Editorial, Revista de Psicoanálisis, and La Época APA Online. The association also operates a digital library (Biblioteca Prof. Willy Baranger) and an online learning platform (Campus Virtual) to support its educational and clinical mission.

Product overview

PSICOANALITICA ARGENTINA - ASOCIACION (APA) is a psychoanalytic professional association operating as a multi-platform organization offering psychoanalytic education, clinical services, publishing, and digital resources. The core offerings include the Instituto de Psicoanálisis Ángel Garma for training psychoanalysts, the Centro Racker for guidance and mental health support, and APA Editorial with its Revista de Psicoanálisis for academic publishing. These are supported by digital infrastructure including Biblioteca Digital, APAPsiBase database, Campus Virtual for e-learning, and La Época APA Online publication platform. Additional specialized offerings include the Doctoral program with USAL, Centro de Estudios Psicoanalíticos Dr. José Bleger, and OUT Art publications. The organization also maintains a Tienda for course materials and recordings, forming an integrated psychoanalytic institution serving both members and the broader mental health community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Instituto de Psicoanálisis Ángel Garma: Training institute for psychoanalytic candidates
• Centro Racker
• APA Editorial
• Biblioteca Prof. Willy Baranger
• Revista de Psicoanálisis
• La Época APA Online

Products and services

• Instituto de Psicoanálisis Ángel Garma — Psychoanalytic Training Program
• Centro Racker — Clinical Orientation Services
• Doctorado USAL – APA (Joint Doctoral Program)
• Centro de Estudios Psicoanalíticos Dr. José Bleger
• Revista de Psicoanálisis (Academic Journal)
• APA Editorial (Publishing House)
• La Época / APA Online (Online Publication Platform)
• Campus Virtual (E-Learning Platform)
• Biblioteca Digital Prof. Willy Baranger (Digital Library)
• Tienda APA (Online Store)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Universidad Salvado (USAL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Doctorado USAL – APA: Collaborative doctoral program offering joint academic credentials in psychoanalysis. This partnership combines university academic infrastructure with APA's specialized psychoanalytic expertise, providing candidates with university-accredited doctoral training in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
• Centro de Estudios Psicoanalíticos Dr. José BlegercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaborative educational center dedicated to psychoanalytic studies named after Dr. José Bleger. The center offers courses and theoretical-clinical activities, functioning as an extension of APA's educational mission focused on deepening understanding of psychoanalytic practice and theory.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Deutsche Psychoanalytische Vereinigung (DPV): German national psychoanalytic association affiliated with the IPA. Operates a directly comparable training, publication, and member services model, and represents what a more mature European APA-equivalent looks like.
• British Psychoanalytical Society (BPA): UK national psychoanalytic society with training institute, library, and academic journal (International Journal of Psychoanalysis). Direct structural peer with the same integrated training-research-publishing model that APA operates in Argentina.
• American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA): US national psychoanalytic membership and training organization. Operates a directly comparable model: member training institutes, accredited programs, peer-reviewed journal (Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association), and national symposia — mirroring APA's structure in the US context.
• Société Psychanalytique de Paris (SPP): Founding French psychoanalytic society, historically a key node in the IPA-affiliated network. Closely comparable mission and structure to APA: training institute, scientific activities, member services, and publishing — but with deeper European reach.

Broad incumbents

• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): Global umbrella federation of psychoanalytic societies. Direct structural peer — APA is a member society and the IPA coordinates training standards, congresses, and publications across the international psychoanalytic community, much as APA does within Argentina.
• American Psychological Association (APA-US): Much larger US-based professional association for psychology broadly (note: distinct from Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina despite shared "APA" acronym). Useful as a scale comparable: shows the structural ceiling and digital sophistication (journals, PsycINFO, PsycNET) of a mature, diversified professional psychology association — a north star for what APA could scale into.
• Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies of Latin America (FEPAL): Regional IPA federation covering Latin American psychoanalytic societies. APA is a member; FEPAL sets regional training standards and convenes congresses, functioning as a regional scale-up of APA's national coordination role.

Regional players

• Sociedade Psicanalítica de São Paulo (SPPA): Brazilian psychoanalytic society based in São Paulo. Direct regional peer operating a similar training, research, and publication model in the same Latin American / Lusophone market context, and competing for the same cross-border Spanish/Portuguese-speaking candidate pool.
• Asociación Psicoanalítica de Madrid: Madrid-based member of the Spanish psychoanalytic federation. Direct regional peer with shared language, training approach, and IPA affiliation — useful comparable for APA's Spanish-language publishing and candidate recruitment strategy.

Emerging players

• Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP): Digital archive and search platform for psychoanalytic literature used by societies, institutes, and individual researchers worldwide. Adjacent/emerging player whose digital content infrastructure directly competes with APA's Biblioteca Prof. Willy Baranger as the canonical online research tool for the field.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsvDLhskAYb4YeobuGjpzVA/featured
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• Instagraminstagram.com/asociacionpsicoanaliticaarg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/psicoanalitica-argentina---asociacion

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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