ABSTRACT
The model of analysis, supervision, and clinical seminars by the same psychoanalyst had become increasingly at odds with International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) standards, and the British Society, in consultation with a number of Australian psychoanalysts, approached the IPA to take responsibility for training in Australia. The committee and the Australian group worked towards Provisional Society status, which involved broadening the training arrangements and developing a Constitution. The Sponsoring Committee appointed a Training Committee in Australia (TCIA), responsible for training and answerable through them to the IPA. It argued that the committee should include a member of the British Society, as there had been a long association between the two societies. Simultaneously, the Australian Psychoanalytical Society (APAS) began a drive to extend the availability of psychoanalytic training in Australia and New Zealand, as it had neither spread outside the original three branches nor grown in comparison with other societies.
