Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse
Lacan was a member of the Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse (SPP)
which was a member body of the International Psycho-Analytical Association (IPA)
In 1953
after a disagreement about analytic practice methods
Lacan (and many of his colleagues) left the SPP to form (a new group)
the Société Française de Psychanalyse ('SFP) (French Psychoanalytic Society.