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ONE YEAR PROGRAM IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

For further information call the Manhattan Institute at (212) 422-1221.

The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program offers the beginning clinician a practice-oriented introduction to psychoanalytic approaches to clinical work, with an emphasis on the interpersonal/relational model. Students will explore the contributions of psychoanalytic theory in conceptualizing the patient's difficulties and in creating a therapeutic process with the patient. The year-long program is divided into three trimesters, with a theory course and a clinical course each trimester.

Students in the one-year program are also encouraged to attend the various colloquia and clinical meetings sponsored by the Institute. These meetings are open to the entire professional community and provide a congenial forum for lively discussion and for the exchange of ideas between and among the esteemed presenters, candidates, analysts and guests.

ADMISSION

The program is open to licensed mental health professionals with a Masters degree or higher.

Applicants submit a written application, two letters of recommendation, and undergraduate and graduate transcripts. All applicants will be interviewed by Institute representatives.

Applicants are required to carry their own professional liability insurance.

There is a $25 non-refundable application fee. Further information and application forms can be requested by calling (212) 422-1221.

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TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Students will complete the academic courses, attend 30 hours of individual supervision, and follow a patient in treatment throughout the academic year. Students are expected to provide their own patients for supervision. These may be drawn either from the student's private practice, or from a variety of institutional settings. Additional patients may be provided through the Institute's clinical services, subject to availability.

While students are not required to be in psychotherapy, it is strongly recommended. The Institute offers low fee psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with selected faculty and graduates.

A student who chooses to do three times weekly psychoanalysis with an accredited analyst may use these hours toward the fulfillment of treatment requirements in the Analytic Training Program if s/he elects to continue training. Classes are held in faculty members' private offices on Thursday evenings, from 6:30 to 10:00 PM. The academic year runs from September to June. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the program.

FEES

The fee for courses is $2,200.00, with supervision included. Psychotherapy fees are negotiated with the therapist. The Institute maintains a list of office space available for part time rental on terms negotiated with the person offering the space.

THE CLINICAL SEQUENCE

1. The Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Beginnings
Naomi Cutner, LCSW

The course will focus on the beginning of treatment, exploring the process of engaging a patient in therapy. How does the therapist establish a frame for the work, assess the patient, create a sense of safety, listen for the patient's anxiety, resistances, and relationship themes? How does the therapist move from the patient's initial concrete concerns to encouraging a sense of psychological curiosity in the patient?

2. The Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Elaborations
Sandra Green, LCSW

The course will focus on ways the therapist and patient enrich the treatment process by attending to transference and countertransference themes, by exploring the patient's nonverbal communications, by understanding mutual enactments, by discussing dreams.

3. The Psychotherapeutic Relationship: Group Supervision
Stefan Zicht, Psy.D.

The course will be structured around student concerns arising out of their clinical work and their efforts to define a professional identity. Some relevant questions are: What is curative in therapy? What is the relevance of diagnosis? How does the therapist's theoretical orientation, personal treatment and supervision affect his work?

THE THEORY SEQUENCE

1. From One-Person to Two-Person Psychology
John Turtz, Ph.D.

The course will explore how the development of early interpersonal theory began to transform the understanding of key concepts in classical theory--unconscious process, motivation, development, internal structure, transference, countertransference, neutrality, anonymity.

2. The Interpersonal / Relational Model
Edward G. Mandelbaum, LCSW.

The course will focus on contemporary articulations of interpersonal and relational models, exploring how they conceptualize the person and the therapeutic process.

3. Comparative Issues
Steven Kirschner, C.S.W.

The course will focus on how the object relations, self psychology, and attachment theory approaches compare and contrast with contemporary interpersonal practice.