Supporting our members, offering outstanding psychoanalytic training to mental health professionals, and educating the general public about psychoanalysis since 1999.

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Christopher Keats, MD, FIPA (Emeritus)

Address: 1300 114th Avenue SE, Suite 210
City: Bellevue
State: Washington
Zip: 98004
Phone: 425 451 4761
Email: christopherjkeatsmd@yahoo.com

Specialty/Practice Description

Psychoanalysis.

My residency in psychiatry at the University of Rochester provided a background in biological psychiatry but also an introduction to psychoanalytic thinking, which I pursued in the Washington, DC area, as a staff member and later Director of Psychotherapy at Chestnut Lodge, a psychoanalytic hospital where I worked for more than 20 years. I received psychoanalytic training at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute in Washington, DC, and maintained a private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis there until moving, for family reasons, to the the Seattle area in 2014. I am currently on faculty and Supervising Analyst at SPSI and NPSI, and in private practice in Bellevue.

Publications Include:

Schizophrenia: Treatment Process and Outcome, co-authored with Thomas McGlashan, American Psychiatric Press, 1989.

Discussion of Roberto Quartesan’s Paper, Int J of Appl Psychoanal Studies, vol 2 No 2 97-102, 2005.

The Case of Mr. W: A Memoir. Psychiatry 72 (2), Summer 2009.






Our Mission

Our mission is to

  1. Deliver premier psychoanalytic education and training for individuals aspiring to become psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically informed psychotherapists, with a dedicated focus on British Object Relations theory, the work of Wilfred Bion, and contemporary Post-Bionian clinical practice;
  2. Foster the ongoing professional growth and development of our analyst members, candidates, and community members through rigorous scholarship, mentorship, and collegial exchange;
  3. Advance regional, national, and international understanding of mental life by contributing original thought and research to the evolving field of psychoanalysis; and
  4. Promote emotional health, creativity, and well-being for those we serve through the ethical and compassionate practice of psychoanalysis.


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