admission procedures

Upon request, the Registrar will send an admission application, which can also be found at the back of the bulletin. CMPS welcomes candidates without regard to race, sex, color, age, or national origin. The CMPS admission policy enables individuals from a wide range of backgrounds to explore the suitability of their individual abilities and goals to the psychoanalytic profession. A Master’s degree is required for an admission interview. Applications for admission are returned to the Registrar’s office accompanied by the $50 application fee and a personal statement explaining the applicant’s interest in training as a psychoanalyst. Applicants arrange to have official transcripts of previous academic work and two letters of recommendation sent to the Center's Registrar. When the application, personal statement, letters of recommendation, and transcripts have been received, admission interviews may be scheduled.

Applications and transcripts may be received throughout the year. The Center admits new applicants for its Fall and Spring Semesters. Applicants who have had previous psychoanalytic training may request an equivalency evaluation of their coursework at the time of their admission interview. An equivalency request form is available for this purpose. Students who are accepted for training are expected to be in an approved individual analysis by their first semester of training.

Training Analysis

Training Analysis, PT 7 During the entire period of Center training, students are required to be in individual psychoanalysis with an approved training analyst. Completion of 450 sessions of analysis is required for graduation. Three hundred sessions must be in an approved individual analysis. The remaining 150 sessions may be approved group analysis. Students who have been in individual or group psychoanalysis prior to acceptance in the Center's program may, at the time of the admissions interview, request that some of their previous analytic hours be credited toward meeting graduation requirements.

Attendance and Grades

The Center uses a grading system of High Pass (HP), Pass (P), Low Pass (LP), Incomplete (INC), and No Credit (NC). Because participation in class process is required, courses must be repeated if there are more than two absences. Students who are absent for more than two class meetings during a semester receive a grade of No Credit (NC). An Incomplete (INC) indicates that the student has not met the instructor's requirements. An Incomplete (INC) may be changed to Pass (P) if the requirements are completed within a time specified by the instructor. Students must submit a change of grade form signed by the instructor to the Registrar.

The Center's training year is divided into Fall and Spring semesters of fifteen weeks each. Classes meet weekly for one hour and forty minutes. Spring semester supervisions, PT 111 and PT 211, are
extended beyond the academic year for four additional sessions that meet during the months of June and July.

Program Advisement
New students are given advisors who are available throughout the semester for consultation. They keep abreast of the student’s progress and help the student to select appropriate courses. Registration is discussed with and approved by the advisor each semester.

Full-time Status
Registration for a program of at least four courses, or three courses and a case supervision, maintains full-time status. Students taking one or two courses are considered part-time students.

Leave of Absence
Enrolled students who do not register for a semester, but who wish to maintain their matriculation status, write a letter requesting a leave of absence to the Director of Advisement indicating why they are electing to take a leave. They then submit the semester registration form to the Center office with the registration fee. An advisement interview may be asked of students who maintain matriculation for more than two consecutive semesters.