About the VAPP

The Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists Inc (VAPP) is an association of  psychoanalytic psychotherapists all of whom have had specialist training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

The Association is a member of The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australasia (PPAA).

 

Office Bearers

PRESIDENT Jacqueline Adler

SECRETARY Rosalie Birkin

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Rosalie Birkin

 

Brief Statement of Purpose

The primary purpose of the VAPP is to foster the clinical practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

The VAPP provides support and a forum for ethical practice and professional development of its members.

It admits to membership those from a range of professions who have acquired post-graduate qualifications and training and experience in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the standard set by the Association.

Members observe a Code Of Ethics in their work with patients and colleagues.

The Association conducts its own multi-year professional Training Programme in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with adults.

The VAPP is an incorporated not for profit association.

The Glen Nevis Clinic (for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy) offers low cost psychoanaltic psychotherapy to those who could not otherwise afford such a therapy.  The clinic operates from the VAPP building in Richmond.

The Association values and maintains links with other psychoanalytic organisations, and encourages a mutually respectful exchange of ideas.

A full Statement of Purpose  is available from the Association office.

Diversity Statement

The VAPP is committed to providing a welcoming and enriching environment to all Practitioners entering its Training Program, or entering the Association from external professional arenas. The VAPP accepts that it contains a diverse community of Practitioners with a common interest in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. The VAPP is dedicated to ensuring respect for these differences at all times and wishes to ensure that no Practitioner will be discriminated against on the basis of Gender, Age, Race, Religion or Sexual orientation.

The acceptance of individuals into the VAPP (Association) is on the basis of prescribed professional competencies, where there is a demonstrated level of skills, knowledge and awareness. All individuals are expected to adhere to a Code of Ethics which provides guidelines forethical clinical practice

The Code of Ethics and pre-requisites for entry into the VAPP are available on this Website.

VAPP Members

	Jacqueline Adler
	Rhonda Attwood
	Josephine Beatson
	Jeanette Beaufoy
	Adam Becker
	Rosalie Birkin
	Tim Blashki
	June Blenkhorn
	Julia Blum
	Jill Blyth
	Dana Branda Pawlaczyk
	Christine Brett Vickers
	Ann Cebon
	Danny Chable
	Rosslyn Chandler
	Janet Chauvel
	Anne Chynoweth
	Alison Clayton
	Zeeva Cohen
	Paul Coombe
	Helga Coulter
	Di Cronin
	Suzanne Dean
	Robert Elston
	Britt Farrance
	Wayne Featherstone
	Bridget Fitzgerald
	Joan Fordyce
	Paul Foulkes
	Gaeyle Fullerton
	Rachel Goldberg
	Daniela Gavrilova
	Jennifer Greenway
	Marilyn Gross
	Sandra Hacker
	Paul Hammond
	Elisabeth Hanscombe
	Edwin Harari
	Jenny Harvey
	Conrad Hauser
	Moira Healy
	Peter Heffernan
	Christine Hill
	Jenny Howard
	Gabby Howse
	Michelle Hurst
	Anne Jeffs

	Peter Joiner
	Michael Jonas
	Anne Kantor
	Marie Karamesinis
	Eugen Koh
	Fiona Lacy
	Marion Lustig
	Neil Maizels
	Salvatore Martino
	Dana Maude
	Priscilla Maxwell
	Amelia Mitchell
	Tania Nahum
	Chili Naparstek
	Pamela Nathan
	Harry Nazikian
	Denis O’Loughlin
	Susan Oliver
	Anna Rappoport
	Leonardo Rodriguez
	Silvia A. Rodriguez
	Nicci Rossel
	Maria-Ines Rotmiler de Zentner
	Antoinette Ryan
	Helena Rymer
	Pauline Schokman
	Allan Shafer
	Shirley Shiff
	Jan C. Smith
	Margaret Stoneham
	David Sturrock
	Bruce Tonge
	Kathy Troup
	Catherine Tutton
	Paul Valent
	Renata Volich Eisenbruch
	Prue Walker
	Laurie West
	Felicity Whitworth
	Faye Wilson
	Oscar Zentner