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.
[1] In Los Angeles, some members of both LAPSI and SCPIS found inspiration in the ideas of Klein and her associates.
[2] In 1987, PCC separated from CGI and became an independent training program, with approval from the California Medical Board.
[2] PCC has continued to be a significant focus of psychoanalytic training in Southern California, with an emphasis on Klein, Bion, and Object Relations, as well as personality disorders and traumas of early development.