A Community for Education and Professional Membership

The Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (MPSI) is a vibrant and growing community for psychoanalysis in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.  MPSI is a not-for-profit educational organization, providing a variety of training and educational opportunities in the field of psychoanalysis for members, varied professionals as well as the interested general public.

MPSI is comprised of two divisions – the Society, a member organization of clinicians and professionals interested in psychoanalytic principles, and the Institute, which provides psychoanalytic training.

The Society

The Society is a constituent society of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Members are clinicians and professionals who share a common enthusiasm for furthering the understanding and application of psychoanalytic concepts to the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and, as it applies, to related professions that enrich lives across culture and society. 

MPS Executive Committee

President: Elizabeth Bohun

President Elect: Kim Rorie

Past President: Juliann Miller

Secretary: Karen Deane Johnson

Treasurer: Josh Meendering

Programs and Events Committee Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Bohun and Molly Nicholson

PPTP Chair: Julie Sihilling

Outreach Chair: Juliann Miller

Membership Chair: Karen Deane Johnson

MPI Representative: Hal Steiger

MPSI Psychotherapy Center Representative: Hal Steiger

Member-at-Large:  Bennett Jones

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program Committee

Chair: Julie Sihilling

Victoria Kohl

Elizabeth Wittenberg

Jen Brown

Rafael Cohen

Patricia Holdahl

Tamesin Dyas

Program and Events Committee

Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Bohun and Molly Nicholson

Bennett Jones

Ann Person

Outreach Committee

Chair:  Juliann Miller

Natalie Taber

Rafael Cohen

Josh Meendering

The Institute

An institute of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the MPI is dedicated to training future psychoanalysts. It offers an opportunity for clinicians to expand and deepen their professional skills based on psychoanalytic perspectives.

MPI Education Committee

Chair: Hal Steiger

Secretary: Bev Caruso

Treasurer: open

Progression Chair: Joan Lentz

Curriculum Chair: Elizabeth Wittenberg

Candidate Representative: Tamarind Knutson

Members at Large: Deb Boughton, Jeanne Bailey, Steve Clarke, David Stagner, Virginia McDermott, Mike Moore

MPSI does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed,  gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.