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Psychoanalytic Education, Training, and Therapy

Opening new doors in understanding the underpinnings of emotional disorders while offering a unique and comprehensive approach to psychoanalytic technique.

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WEATHER ALERT: CMPS AND BGSP-NY WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2026 [SCHOOL STATUS FOLLOWS THE NYC DOE]
Applications Now Being Accepted for Fall 2026. 

Education

Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies

TRAINING TO BE A PSYCHOANALYST

CMPS is a New York State Licensure Qualifying Institute. The Center's program in psychoanalysis has three training levels: Matriculation,  Certificate Candidacy, and Research Candidacy. We offer a range of education and training programs including a Masters of Arts in Psychoanalysis through the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis-New York (formerly the New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis).

Training and Education

Therapy

Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies

TALKING HELPS

The Consultation and Referral Service is the clinical division of CMPS. We offer affordable short- and long-term therapy for a wide range of life challenges including relationships, job stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, serious illness, and life transitions. We are an inclusive clinical setting where people of all life circumstances are welcome.

Consultation and Referral

CMPS & BGSP-NY Open Houses

Join us for an informational session, led by a faculty member and student, about the programs of study offered at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis-New York, forrmerly the New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. [Click here for our Master's program webpage].

Spring 2026 TBA 

CMPS: Sat, Nov 15, 11:00 AM Sign Up Now

BGSP-NY: Sat, Nov 15, 1:00 PM Sign Up Now

For more information about the program and to have your questions answered by an admissions advisor, click here. 
All Events

Events and
Public Courses

Book Event: Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy

 Friday, January 30, 2026  |  7:00–8:30 PM

Alumni Association Event Open to the General Public

Juliane Maxwald, LP, will discuss her forthcoming book, Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality (Routledge, 2025) [Read more]

Psychoanalysis and Identity Formation in Fashion (Online Course)

February 4 through April 15, 2026  |  Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM (Eastern)

[15 CE Credits for Psycoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

This course will explore identity formation in fashion and style expression in the context of relationship to early caregivers, focusing on reaction formations, the development of the superego, the mirror stage, and the skin ego. [Read more]

Instructor: Golzar Selbe Naghshineh

The Psychoanalytic Frame (Online Course)

February 19 through May 7, 2026  |  Thursdays, 5:30 – 7:00 PM (Eastern)

[15 CE Credits for Psycoanalysts, Psychologists, and Social Workers]

This course will examine the elements of the psychoanalytic frame – the ground rules that make treatment possible – and examine how the frame is created in the initial sessions, including establishing the contract, the frequency, the hour, and the fee, and addressing regulation of stimulation and use of the couch.  [Read more]

Instructor: Lexa Roséan