The China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA) Tour of a Lifetime

ABSTRACT

The China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA) sponsors an annual tour of China for CAPA teachers, supervisors and therapists, their friends and family members, mental health professionals, and other people interested in China and mental health. The purpose of the tour is to form a deeper connection between CAPA members and the Chinese mental health professionals they teach and treat online. The highlights of the tour are the graduation ceremonies in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai and the opportunity to see the joy on the faces of the motivated Chinese mental health professionals who have graduated from their CAPA programs of study. The author shares his memories of the 2017 CAPA tour he took with his wife and 13 other CAPA fellow travelers.

Acknowledgment

A briefer version of this paper appeared in the Spring 2018 (Volume 63, Number 1) issue of the Forum of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

¹ Erika Schmidt, MSW, Training and Supervising Analyst and Child/Adolescent Analyst Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute for Psychoanalysis, President of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute 2013–present.

² Arthur Nielsen, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Faculty: The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, The Family Institute at Northwestern University.

³ Harlene Goldschmidt, Ph.D., Training analyst, supervisor, instructor at Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of NJ, Certified in medical Qi gong. Director of Mind/Body health at New Jersey Dance Theater ensemble.

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Gerald P. Perman

Gerald P. Perman, M.D., is a psychiatrist in the full-time private practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy in Washington, D.C. Dr. Perman is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University Medical Center and (application pending) Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Perman is President of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.