IRANIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (IPAA)

Greetings From Dr. Danesh Foroughi

To All Psychologists, Mental Health Providers, and Psychology Students

With outmost pleasure we announce that after years of tireless efforts by a small group of Iranian psychologists, finally, on June 10, 2005 IPAA was born and has been growing steadily ever since. We highly value your interest in joining the largest family of Iranian psychologists in the United States. I hope that together, we can promote health and reduce suffering for our community by advancing psychology as a means of public education and empowerment in relation to psychological and psychosocial maladies.

Association Report From Ali (Alan) A. Modarressi, Ph.D., M.S. Psychopharm.

To All Cohorts:

IPAA’s June meeting was held on June 1, 2008.  This monthly meeting, like the ones before that, was also held at our gracious host, Dr. Homa Mahmoudi’s home. Several new members were joined and the membership voted to change the meeting place in order to accommodate the increasing needs of our growing organization. Special thanks were extended to the IPAA cofounder Dr. Mahmoudi for her exemplary hospitality and ongoing support of IPAA since its inception. The details of the new location will be announced soon.

In our Continuing Education class, M. Javad Naficy, M.D., a psychiatrist who practices in Beverly Hills and Orange County, provided a lecture and video presentation of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Davanloo Technique. Dr. Naficy who has spent closer to thirty years of his life learning and mastering the techniques of ISTDP presented an interesting and educational class that was well received by the audience.

Several new changes are in progress as our Student Committee continues to grow, new Committees are to be formed, and plans are in place to enhance our website and to also add Science News and Online Referral Directory.

Our next meeting is set for July 20, 2008 at 11:30 A.M. at Camden House in Beverly Hills. Dr. Sepideh Zarinejad will conduct a CEU workshop on Play Therapy with Children, Object Relation Theory and Techniques that also includes a case presentation. As always, please, call me with any questions or comments.

Iranian Psychological Association of America (IPAA)
Tel: (310) 499-5622
Fax: (562) 861-6876
Email: alanmphd@earthlink.net