requirements for graduation

Certificate in Psychoanalysis

1) An approved training analysis consisting of at least 450 sessions, of which 150 may be group analysis.

2) Satisfactory completion of the Fieldwork Placement Program;

3) Satisfactory completion of required course work;

4) Treatment of a minimum of three Consultation and Referral Service cases, under supervision, demonstrating an understanding of resistance, transference and countertransference; recommendation of Fellow.

5) Satisfactory completion of supervision requirements: PT 111, PT 211, PT 311, and PT 411. One hundred fifty sessions of supervision is the minimum requirement, of which at least 50 sessions each must be in PT 311, Supervision of Consultation and Referral Service Cases, and PT 411, Control Analysis. PT 311 and PT 411 require different supervisors.

6) A case presentation before the Faculty demonstrating the ability to recognize and resolve resistances and an understanding of the dynamics of psychic processes. Students who have a minimum of 25 hours of PT 411 and who have completed all coursework are eligible to make this presentation.

7) Satisfactory presentation of a research paper, written in the final stage of training, which demonstrates both an ability to apply fundamental research principles in a case study and an understanding of motivational forces and their role in the psychic structure.

8) Satisfactory presentation of the treatment of the control case before the faculty.

9) Satisfactory completion of CS 101, Seminar in Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.

*Requirements for graduation are subject to change.