The Bulgarian Group for Development of the Psychoanalytical Practice

has been formed several years ago as an informal organization of psychiatrists, psychologists, and practicing psychotherapists, dedicated to promote psychoanalytic ideas and to establish a basis for the proper training of analysts. Among many other activities of this group, relations have been established with the Han Groen Prakken Psychoanalytic Institute for Eastern Europe, The European Psychoanalytical Federation and trough these institutions with The International Psychoanalytic Association. There is a continuous collaboration with the Paris Psychoanalytical Society (especially Dr. Lucas who has been coming couple of times each year for a seminar and supervision of cases); Special agreement for ongoing psychoanalytic seminars and supervissions has been worked out with the Italian Psychoanalytical Society.
Theoretical seminars with working therapists (on the topics of narcissism, Oedipus complex, depression and hysteria, inner and outer reality) have been held among the members of the group. Individual and group supervisions are available for members. There are also some additional activities, as publishing and editing of psychoanalytical literature (books by Freud, Klein, Winnicott and others has been published with the active participation of members of the GDPP). Among the academic activities we should mention the MA program in Clinical Psychology, based on the psychoanalytic perspective that has been established in the New Bulgarian University since year 2000. Created by the members of GDPP.

The Group for Development of Psychoanalytic Practice consists of some 20 members. The general committee includes: Emilia Alexieva (Assoc. Prof.,Ph.D), Daniela Alexieva (MD), Krasimir Taouchanov (Clin.Psych.,Psychoanalyst), Nikola Atanassov (Assoc. Prof.,Ph.D), Dimo Stanchev (MD), Roumiana Krumova (MPsych.)