REQUIRED
CLINICAL TRAINING
Each candidate is required to undergo personal psychoanalysis as a means of attaining freedom from personality factors which would interfere with the ability to conduct psychoanalytic treatment. This analysis must be undertaken with an approved training analyst of the Institute. Arrangements for analysis must be made by the candidate upon acceptance by the Institute and should begin no later than October 1st of the first academic year of candidacy. The Training Analysis must be at the rate of at least 3 sessions per week for the first 300 hours. Because personal analysis is an integral part of training it is expected that the candidate will remain in analysis for the duration of his or her training. Under very special circumstances the Training Committee may permit a candidate to terminate his or her analysis prior to completion of training. Under no circumstances may the length of the analysis be less than 300 hours during the period of training. In order to preserve the integrity of the analysis, the candidate’s analyst is expressly excluded from participation in any administrative decisions regarding his/her analysand.
Clinical work with four patients, each of whom is seen at least three times weekly, under the direction of at least three supervising analysts of the Institute for a minimum of 200 supervision hours total, is required. This requirement must be met prior to June 1 of the year of graduation. Each supervisor must be seen for a minimum of 40 hours, but not more than 80 hours, if credit is to be given. A different patient should be presented to each supervisor. Fees for psychoanalytic supervision are to be arranged between the candidate and the supervising analyst. Fees are not to exceed $60 per session. The
first psychoanalytic case will be referred by the Psychoanalytic
Service of the Clinical Services. This patient must be seen for
a minimum of 240 hours and supervised weekly during that period
by a supervising analyst. Barring extraordinary circumstances, the
candidate will carry the analysis to completion. If the treatment
extends beyond the 240 hours, the therapist will transfer the patient
to his/her private practice. Treatment will be at least three times
a week for the first two years, and as frequently thereafter as
necessary. (Additional patients for supervision are the responsibility
of the candidate. Patients may be acquired from the Psychoanalytic
Service when available, although these will be referred to the candidate’s
private practice from the start.) A prerequisite for undertaking
psychoanalysis under supervision is approval by the Director of
Training. Prior to requesting approval, the candidate must have
completed one trimester of course work and be in personal psychoanalysis.
Each candidate is required to do a minimum of 120 hours of psychotherapy in the Clinical Services. The requirement can be met by individual psychotherapy (adult or child), special modalities of therapy (group, family, conjoint), or participation in a clinical project. The psychotherapy requirement provides candidates with the opportunity to apply psychoanalytic knowledge to a different form of treatment. The psychotherapy requirement therefore requires familiarity with psychoanalysis and should be undertaken in the latter part of training. The psychotherapy requirement may not begin prior to the middle of the third year of training. This work will be supervised weekly, at no charge, by a supervisor assigned by the Clinic. This requirement must be met prior to June 1 of the year of graduation. Some
candidates may do additional psychotherapy as part of the Clinic
Fellowship. If the candidate wants to transfer a psychotherapy patient
to psychoanalytic treatment, he or she must find a new supervising
analyst for the analytic treatment. The psychotherapy supervisor
may not continue as the psychoanalytic supervisor. |
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