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

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Mara Applebaum, MA, PhD, LMHC (Candidate Representative to Board)

Address: 3130 E. Madison St., #203B
City: Seattle
State: WA
Zip: 98112
Phone: 206.999.3266
Email: maraapplebaum@gmail.com
Website: http://www.maraapplebaum.com/
Years in Practice: 20


Specialty/Practice Description

I am a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in the Madison Valley neighborhood of Seattle. I have an undergraduate degree in journalism and worked as a writer and editor before getting my master’s in counseling at Bastyr University in 2003. I also completed a master’s (2005) and doctorate (2009) degree in mythology and depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. I am currently a candidate at Northwest Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. My clinical experience includes community mental health and inpatient psychiatric settings. I work with adolescents and adults in my general practice, with an emphasis in understanding one’s experience in order to better manage difficulty.

Applebaum, M. (2009). Daughters of Envy: Women and Maternal Betrayal (Doctoral dissertation). Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, California.




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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