About Us

OPC History Timeline

1965
Oregon Study Group was created.
 
1981
Accepted by the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) as a formal study group
 
1994
Accepted by APsA as the Oregon Psychoanalytic Society (OPS)
 
1995
Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute (OPI) was established as a new training resource with the support of APsA and the sponsorship of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.
 
2000
Continuing Education (CE) program began.
 
2003
OPS and OPI merged with the Oregon Psychoanalytic Foundation to form the current Oregon Psychoanalytic Center (OPC) non-profit organization.
 
2005
OPI was granted status as a provisional institute.
 
2007
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (PPP), OPC's two-year didactic program, began.
 
2010
OPI became a self-sustaining APsA institute.
 
2019
Growing Community and Psychoanalysis (GCAP) program began as a pilot and is now a sustainable OPI program.
 
2023
OPC's educational programs – OPI, PPP, CE and GCAP – have grown steadfastly with expanding local faculty, visiting faculty from all around the country, diverse candidate and student groups, devoted volunteers, and a dedicated staff.
 
Future
OPC strives to continue creating a scholarly climate emphasizing diverse analytic approaches, open inquiry, and developing new understandings about effective, inspiring, and meaningful psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.