Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC

What Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC does

The Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC is a private nonprofit civil association (Asociación Civil) founded on March 8, 1963, in Mexico City, with Erich Fromm as honorary founder and lifelong director. It operates a single campus at Odontología No. 9, Copilco Universidad, adjacent to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), housed in a building originally constructed between 1959 and 1963 and comprehensively renovated between 2022 and 2025 with funding from the Fundación Espinosa Rugarcía, I.B.P. Its core offering is a five-semester Master's program in Psychoanalysis holding official recognition (RVOE SEP2005719, granted 2005-11-11) from the Secretaría de Educación Pública, complemented by a Doctoral program; both target professionals holding undergraduate degrees in psychology, medicine, pedagogy, sociology, and related disciplines.

IMPAC generates revenue through three primary streams: academic tuition from the Master's and Doctoral programs, clinical consultation fees at a minimum of $350 MXN per session delivered in-person or via video call at the on-site Clínica IMPAC, and one-time rentals of the 108-capacity Auditorio Aniceto Aramoni for external events. A small online store for books and merchandise adds incremental revenue. Supporting infrastructure includes the Biblioteca Erich Fromm (~5,000 physical volumes, Koha-managed catalog, Digitalia Hispánica and Open Library subscriptions) and recurring scientific events, conferences, and essay competitions. Technology is limited to mainstream web, social media, and video-call delivery; no AI/ML systems, APIs, or proprietary platforms are in evidence. The go-to-market motion is hybrid: event- and community-driven awareness for both students and the broader public, with a sales-led intake for clinical services and a formal application process (convocatoria) for academic programs.

Name

Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC

Legal name

Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis, A.C.

Website

https://impac.edu.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC is a Mexico City-based nonprofit psychoanalytic institute offering a SEP-recognized Master's program, doctoral training, low-cost clinical services, an event auditorium, and the Erich Fromm specialty library.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Clinical Consultation Fees: The clinic charges a minimum fee of $350 MXN per session for psychoanalytic treatment sessions offered to the general public. Services are available in-person and via video call.
2. Academic Tuition: Revenue is generated through tuition fees from the Master's and Doctoral programs in Psychoanalysis. The selection process is conducted via formal convocatoria (application call).
3. Auditorium Rental: The Aniceto Aramoni Auditorium is rented out for events, providing a revenue stream from external bookings. The space features professional audiovisual equipment and accommodates up to 108 people.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC is a nonprofit civil association that delivers graduate-level education in psychoanalysis through a SEP-recognized Master's program, provides low-cost psychoanalytic clinical care to adults, and operates the Biblioteca Erich Fromm library and the Aniceto Aramoni auditorium. Its offerings span professional training, supervised clinical practice, scholarly research support, and community-facing cultural and scientific events.

Product overview

The Instituto Mexicano de Psicoanálisis IMPAC is an educational and clinical institution offering a unified portfolio centered on psychoanalytic training and practice. The core offerings include a five-semester Master's program in Psychoanalysis (RVOE SEP2005719) and the Clínica IMPAC providing psychological services. Supporting services include the Auditorium Aniceto Aramoni for events and conferences, the Erich Fromm Library with approximately 5,000 volumes and digital database access, and an online store. The institution operates from its historic 1963 building near UNAM in Mexico City, with recent renovations completed between 2022-2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maestría en Psicoanálisis Five-semester Master's program in Psychoanalysis with areas of study in Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychoanalytic Technique Theory, Psychoanalytic Technique, Psychopathology, and Research and Didactics. Directed at professionals with bachelor's degrees in Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology, Social Work, Communication, Medicine, and related disciplines, leading to professional practice as psychoanalysts and clinical researchers.
• Clínica IMPAC - Atención Clínica Low-cost psychoanalytic clinical service for adults aged 18 and older experiencing emotional problems. Sessions are delivered in person and via video call Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00, with a minimum fee of $350 MXN per 50-minute session adjusted to patients' economic capacity. Intake is by phone or walk-in at the clinic within the IMPAC building.
• Auditorio Aniceto Aramoni
• Tienda en Línea IMPAC

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMPAC's Master's program in Psychoanalysis holds official recognition of validity (RVOE) from the SEP under agreement number 2005719, granted on November 11, 2005. SEP incorporation requirements have historically driven the maintenance and updating of the institute's library and journal subscriptions.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMPAC's original incorporation to UNAM influenced the development of its library and academic programs. The institute's headquarters building is located adjacent to UNAM's campus in Copilco Universidad.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• William Alanson White Institute: Erich Fromm was a member of the William Alanson White Institute (1943). Comparable as a psychotherapy and psychoanalytic training institute with an integrated clinic and library, and historically linked to Fromm's intellectual tradition in the same way IMPAC is.
• New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: U.S. IPA-affiliated institute offering psychoanalytic training, treatment, and a major library/archives. Comparable as a globally recognized psychoanalytic training and clinical institution, though much larger and with broader geographic reach than IMPAC.
• Asociación Psicoanalítica de Buenos Aires (APdeBA): One of the largest and oldest psychoanalytic training and clinical institutions in Latin America. Comparable as a regional incumbent offering graduate psychoanalytic training, clinical services, and library resources across a much larger scale than IMPAC.
• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): The global umbrella body for psychoanalytic training institutes. Comparable as the regulatory/accrediting network peer that defines training standards IMPAC-aligned institutes must meet, and against whose affiliated societies IMPAC and APM compete for international recognition.
• Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): IMPAC's headquarters sits adjacent to UNAM's campus, and UNAM's psychology faculty is the dominant domestic supplier of graduate psychology education in Mexico. Comparable as a large public institution competing for the same graduate applicants, while IMPAC differentiates on the psychoanalytic specialization and clinic-based training model.

Regional players

• Sociedade Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre (SPPA): A Brazilian IPA-affiliated psychoanalytic training and clinical institute. Comparable as a Latin American peer offering similar Master's-level psychoanalytic training and supervised clinical practice, but operating in a different national market.

Emerging players

• Asociación Mexicana de Alternativas en Psicología (AMAPSI): Mexican alternative-psychology training body. Comparable as a domestic peer competing for the same pool of Mexican graduate students in psychology and related disciplines who might otherwise pursue IMPAC's Master's program.

Direct peers

• Asociación Psicoanalítica Mexicana (APM): Long-established Mexican psychoanalytic training and clinical body affiliated with the IPA. Competes directly with IMPAC for graduate students pursuing psychoanalytic credentials and for clinical referral traffic in Mexico City.
• Centro Psicoanalítico de Madrid: Spanish-language psychoanalytic training institute comparable to IMPAC in mission (graduate training + clinical services + scientific events). Comparable peer in the broader Spanish-speaking psychoanalytic education ecosystem that IMPAC references as part of its regional influence.
• Sociedad Mexicana de Psicoanálisis: Founded in 1956 by physicians including Guillermo Dávila García and Alfonso Millán Maldonado — overlapping founders with IMPAC. It is the Mexican Psychoanalytic Society, the most direct historical and operational peer in Mexican psychoanalytic training and practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@impac_mx
• Facebookfacebook.com/institutomexicanodepsicoanalisis
• Instagraminstagram.com/ImpacMx
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-mexicano-de-psicoan-lisis

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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