TheAssociation for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (AAP) is aprofessional organization created to advance methods ofpsychotherapy among members of the medical profession and to familiarize members with progress in the field.[1] Organized in 1939, Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy publishes the quarterlyAmerican Journal of Psychotherapy.[citation needed]
Their 1954 annual meeting was the site of an emerging debate betweenHarry Benjamin and AAP co-founderEmil Gutheil over the causes and treatment oftranssexualism, with Gutheil advocating an environmental cause and therapy to dissuade pursuit of medical options.[2][3]
In 2001 the organization subsumed theJournal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research into its journal. The organization is currently based at theAlbert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, New York.[citation needed]
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