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

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Rikki Ricard, MFA, MA, FIPA, (President of the Board)

Address: 1130 32nd Avenue South
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Zip: 98144
Phone: 206 612-1061
Email: rikkir@comcast.net



Specialty/Practice Description

Rikki Ricard is an IPA certified psychoanalyst working with adults, couples, and adolescents. She is a Washington State certified supervisor offering supervision toward licensure as well as consultation for clinicians interested in a British object relations perspective. Rikki regularly teaches for NPSI, SPSI, and COR. She was past president of COR and has served on the Board for NPSI in the past as well. Rikki will be the Chair of EBOR 2016, "The Feeling Mind and Lived Experience," having both chaired and been on the committee for numerous EBOR's in the past.

Rikki Ricard is presently serving as NPSI's President of the Board of Directors; 2023-2025.






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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2800 First Avenue, Suite 303
Seattle, WA 98121

Tel: 206.930.2886

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