CFS Code of Ethics

The Ethics Committee (or the Committee hereafter) serves the Contemporary Freudian Society and the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the CFS (CFS or the Society and the Psychoanalytic Training Institute hereafter) and its members as well as the community in which its members have contact. Its purpose is defined by the following:

• To implement measures to ensure that all members maintain high ethical and professional standards in their practices and in activities related to the functioning of the Society/Psychoanalytic Training Institute.
• To provide consultation and assistance to any member of the Society/Psychoanalytic Training Institute regarding ethical concerns.
• To provide consultation and assistance to the public regarding ethical concerns relevant to the Society/Psychoanalytic Training Institute and its membership.
• To provide educational direction and activities related to ethics for training and continuing education for the membership.

The primary objective of the Ethics Committee is to establish and maintain an environment of professional ethics at the Society/Psychoanalytic Training Institute. The pursuit of the highest ethical goals is assumed to be inherent to the professional identity of all psychoanalysts.