MISSION & HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE
The purposes for which the Institute is organized are to study, teach, promote, and advance psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy (hereinafter referred to as "psychotherapy"); to establish and maintain standards for the teaching of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy and the training of psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychotherapists; to foster the integration of psychoanalysis with the sciences, the arts, and other disciplines; to encourage research and teaching in all fields having to do with the knowledge and welfare of humanity and the human condition; to establish and operate libraries and museums; and to do and perform all acts and things reasonably incident to the foregoing purposes. Training in psychoanalysis, approved by The American Psychoanalytic Association, has been available to residents of the Houston-Galveston area since 1964. Until 1974, however, it was necessary for candidates in this area to travel to New Orleans for most classes and at least some of their supervisory experience. Founded in 1974 as a geographical extension of the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute, the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic School embarked on a full curriculum in psychoanalysis. The program was developed with the assistance and guidance of the faculty of the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute. In the Spring of 1976, the school applied to The American Psychoanalytic Association for approval as a provisional institute. This approval was granted by the national organization in May 1976. At the May 1979 annual meeting of The American Psychoanalytic Association the program was accorded full status as The Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute. As of July 1979 a Certificate of Approval was granted by the Texas Workforce Commission. The Child Development Center, founded in 1987, is sponsored by The Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute with the mission of improving the educational development and the emotional health of children. This is achieved by using psychodynamic and psychoanalytic principles in our therapeutic school (The Harris School), in professional consultations with educators and parents through our outreach and teacher training (The Outreach/Teacher Consultant Program), in evaluation of children (The CDC Clinic), and in training and research in child development (The Professional Training Programs). In September 1994 the two-year psychotherapy training program with adults was begun. A child/adolescent psychodynamic psychotherapy training program was begun in September 1999. The Institute enjoys a close working relationship with the departments of psychiatry of the three local medical schools — Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) and The University of Texas Health Science Center in Galveston and in Houston — as well as those in Austin and in San Antonio.