The objectives of SPS are consonant with those of Division 39 and in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the American Psychological Association.

The purposes are:

• to broaden and enhance scientific and professional interest in the
  contributions of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy as a method of scientific inquiry and a theoretical model;
  
  
• to encourage and support educational programs and research having to do with the discipline of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic
  psychotherapy and its application to the public welfare;
  
  
• to promote psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy within the mental health and related health communities, and to assist with informing the public of current applications through the exchange of scientific ideas, meetings, and publications;
  
  
• such other purposes as the organization may, from time to time, elect to pursue for the benefit of its members.