CAPA in China

ABSTRACT

This is the story of the self-organized alumni association called “CAPA in China (CIC),” voluntarily formed by graduates and students of the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance. It presents a picture of the new generation of Chinese psychodynamic psychotherapists who are building a home for themselves and for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in China by their continuous striving for professionalism and identity.

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Notes

¹ Please refer to paper written by Dr. Elise Snyder.

² CAPA graduate Qizhuang Jiang and his colleagues in Chengdu established Sichuan He Guang Clinical Psychology Institute in 2016. The Institute provides several psychodynamic psychotherapy programs in Chinese. Another four CAPA graduates, namely, Tong Ba, Binbin Li, Maranda Sze, and Xijie Yang, established Mind in Mind Education and Counseling in Beijing in 2012 to hold Observational Studies Program, also using Chinese as teaching language. The program is accredited by Washington School of Psychiatry.

³ The Chinese Psychological Society Clinical Psychology Registry System is currently the only system in China that certifies clinicians based on parameters such as number of clinical hours, number of supervision hours, educational qualification and ethical practice. Its code of ethics has also been adopted by CAPA and CIC.

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Notes on contributors

Maranda Yee Tak Sze

Maranda Yee Tak Sze, Ph.D., completed CAPA basic, advanced and supervision training in 2014. She is now a distance psychoanalytic candidate with Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. She has a private practice in Shenzhen, China. She is the secretary of CIC.

Wendy Cuiqin Wen

Wendy Cuiqin Wen, MSc, completed CAPA basic, advanced and supervision training in 2014. She is now a distance psychoanalytic candidate with Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. She has a private practice in Shanghai, China. She is the chairperson of CIC.