Psychoanalytic study groups in Southern California date back to the 1920s, some in association with the California Psychoanalytic Society, based in San Francisco, later the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (LAPSI) became independent around 1946, and then split into two organizations in the early 1950s, one retaining the original name and one eventually becoming the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and Society (SCPIS). Both institutes had members who were interested in the ideas of Melanie Klein, her immediate students and interlocutors, and the related British Object Relations school of psychoanalysis; however, these ideas were increasingly controversial within institutes affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association and led to splits among psychoanalytic societies in several American cities."Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute." International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Encyclopedia.com. Accessed: 31 Aug. 2019 .
