So, you know how sometimes when you feel sad or worried, you might talk to someone about it to help you feel better? Well, there are special people called psychoanalysts who can help you with your feelings by talking with you for a really long time and trying to understand where those feelings come from.
The American Psychoanalytic Association is a group of these special people, and they work together to learn more about how to help people with their feelings. They have meetings and conferences where they talk about different ways to help people and share their ideas with each other.
So, just like how your teacher might go to a meeting to learn new ways to teach you and your friends, these psychoanalysts go to meetings to learn new ways to help people. And they want to make sure that everyone who needs help with their feelings can get it, so they also talk about how to make their help available to more people.