Directors of psychoanalytic training institutes face dilemmas around maintaining confidentiality in many domains. The confidentiality of candidates must be maintained, and yet we must learn about their minds in order to help them become better analysts. Candidates must present their clinical work, and yet we must protect their patients’ confidentiality. Principles of confidentiality can be taught, and yet breaches of confidentiality often arise from unconscious forces. This document attempts to address ways to protect the confidentiality of candidates and their patients at the various stages of psychoanalytic training. We would argue that these practices require an attitude of mindfulness, an awareness of competing needs, institutional structures designed to minimize exposure of applicants and members’ personal information, and a humility toward our unconscious drives to reveal secrets. For a comprehensive discussion of confidentiality in psychoanalytic practice as a whole, please see the 2018 IPA Report on Confidentiality. https://www.ipa.world/IPA_DOCS/Report%20of%20the%20IPA%20Confidentiality%20Committee%20(En glish).pdf
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