The New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists Te Rōpū Whakaora Hinengaro (NZAP) is a professional associations for psychotherapists in New Zealand.
History The college was established in 1947 at a meeting in Christchurch by Maurice Bevan-Brown, as a way to promote psychoanalysis as a way to address New Zealand's high rate of admissions to mental hospitals. In the following year, the association helped establish the first university course in psychological medicine and psychotherapy in New Zealand, held at Canterbury University College.
See also Therapeutic assessment Institutional psychotherapy Center for Deployment Psychology
References
Further reading Manchester, Ruth; Manchester, Brian (1996). Notes towards a history: a chronology of the first fifty years, 1947-1997. New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists. OCLC 154671679. Carson, Rhona; Farrell, Mary; Manning, Sean (2008). A history of a decade, 1997-2006: completing a chronology of the first sixty years, 1947-2006. New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists. OCLC 228814785.
External links Official Website
