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.
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