Creighton Psychiatrist Elected to World Association of Psychoanalysis

Thomas Svolos, M.D., adjunct associate professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine at Creighton University Medical Center, was elected as a psychoanalyst and member of the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP). He is only the 11th U.S. psychoanalyst elected by WAP and the first member trained entirely in the United States.

Dr. Svolos serves as vice-chairman for education in the Department of Psychiatry, and director of the Division of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is also associate training director of the combined Creighton University Medical Center - University of Nebraska Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Training program. Dr. Svolos has published widely in the area of psychoanalysis and related fields, and is co-author of the forthcoming book, Masks of Personality. His work has also been translated into French and Portuguese.

The WAP is the largest and oldest professional organization for the promotion of Lacanian Psychoanalysis, which traces its lineage to the French School of Psychoanalysis founded in 1964 by the French psychiatrist, Jacques Lacan. There are currently more than 1,000 members of the WAP in Europe, North and South America, and Australia who work for progress in psychoanalysis and its role in today’s world.