Who and What is AAP?

The Association for The Advancement of Psychosynthesis was officially formed in Au-gust of 1995. It is the first psychosynthesis professional association on the North Ameri-can continent. AAP is incorporated as a non-profit, tax exempt organization in the United States. It is run by its members and invites active participation of all who wish to become involved. The organization is directed cooperatively by a steering committee in which committee members serve for a three-year term and new members are elected annually. The steering committee, with representatives from throughout the continent, meets monthly with a phone conference.

The steering committee presently includes: Jan Kuniholm, Sharon Mandt, Janet Messer, Edwin Miller, Roberta Nelson, John Parks, Karen Pesavento, Carla Peterson, Eileen Stephens and Hedwig Weiler. For more on our steering committee, click here.

Our board of advisors are renowned professionals in the fields of psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology. They include: Robert Anderson, Molly Young Brown, James Bugental, Jack Canfield, Martha Crampton, Eva D. Fugitt, Donald Keys, Robert L. Moore, Andre Pare, Rachel Naomi Remen, Jacqueline Small, Frances Vaughan, Ann Weiser, John Weiser, Anne Yeomans, and Thomas Yeomans.

The association's current membership is about two hundred people, with more signing on daily.

What is Psychosynthesis?
The History of Roberto Assagioli

Our Mission Statement

AAP is dedicated to furthering the discipline of psychosynthesis in North America and internationally as a means of facilitating conscious evolution and interconnectedness.

The Association is committed to embodying and promoting wholeness through practicing fairness and openness, mindfulness and creative intelligence, diversity, honesty, compassion, spiritual awareness and development, and individual and group responsibility for the enhancement of all life.

In carrying out its mission and in furtherance of its values, the Association will strive to:

  • Conduct programs, workshops and conferences.
  • Provide networking opportunities among its members.
  • Engender high standards of psychosynthesis training and practice.
  • Advocate on behalf of the field of psychosynthesis.
  • Publish a newsletter and journal.

The association is run by the volunteer efforts and contributions of its members. We welcome your involvement in AAP and hope you will join us as a member today!

AAP is a U.S. 501(c)(3) corporation, and any donation to our organization is tax deductible for U.S. Income Tax purposes.

AAP is committed to taking psychosynthesis and its healing perspective out into the world in an active way to support the evolution of our planet towards greater wholeness, health and well-being. We ask our members to do the same.


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