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If you are interested in advanced
training, the Institute is offering the following programs beginning
in September:
A Four Year
Part-Time Training Program in Psychoanalysis
A Three Year
Part-Time Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
A Two Year Group
Therapy Training Program
A One Year Couples
Therapy Training Program
A One Year Basic
Concepts in Psychotherapy Program
A Two Year
Program in the Supervision of the Psychotherapeutic Process
Continuing
Education Courses
Training Institute Individual Programs
Director: Anna Keefe, Ph.D.
The training Institute offers three integrated training programs:
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A One Year Program in Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy
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A Three Year Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
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A Four Year Program in Psychoanalysis
Each program is integrated with the program that follows it. The
Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy program may be taken on a non-matriculated
or matriculated basis. The programs in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
and Psychoanalysis may only be taken on a matriculated basis.
Introduction
The one year Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy program may be
taken on a matriculated or non-matriculated basis. Non-matriculated
students will take the academic classes and the group supervision,
but they do not see patients nor are they required to be in personal
analysis. Non-matriculated students pay a tuition of $1,200 plus
a registration fee of $100. For these students this program may
be an excellent way of continuing their professional education,
of partially meeting the requirements for a "P" or "R"
number, and a way of assessing their interest in further analytic
training.
Matriculated students, in addition to taking the academic classes
and group supervision, will see up to 8 patient hours at the T.I.C.C.,
they will have one hour of individual supervision per week and must
be in personal analysis when they begin seeing patients. In exchange
for the clinical hours donated to the T.I.C.C., matriculated students
do not pay for supervision or tuition (Training Institute Fellowship
System). These students do pay an annual registration fee of $100
and, of course, pay for their own personal analysis. Students who
begin training as non-matriculated students, may apply for matriculation
by January of their first year. If they are accepted the prorated
balance of their tuition will be waived. At this point they will
also have to meet the additional requirement of a matriculated student
as described above.
Students completing the Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy program
in a non-matriculated status will receive a Letter of Completion
at the end of the academic year.
Students completing the Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy program
with a matriculated status, as long as they have been accepted into
matriculation no later than February 1st, will be given credit for
the first year of the three year program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
The following fall they will begin the second year of training in
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Students who successfully meet the various requirements of the
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program will graduate at the end of
their third year. At that time T.I.C.C. patients may continue to
see the graduate at the graduate's private office on a fee for service
basis.
Students interested in applying to the Program in Psychoanalysis
should advise the Director of Training in January of their third
year. If they are accepted in the Program in Psychoanalysis and
meet the program requirements their T.I.C.C. patients will be transferred
to them as private patients after graduation. In general students
in the Program in Psychoanalysis should plan to move to their own
private office for their final two years of training.
Supervision: In addition to the Group Supervision that is an integral
part of the first year, students who are matriculated into the Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy Program will have one individual hour of supervision
per week during their first year. In the second and third year of
the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program and the fourth and fifth
year of the Psychoanalysis program students will have two intensive
supervisory sessions per week, one of overall supervision and one
of intensive supervision/analytic control. A minimum of 30 months
of supervision as specified is required for graduation in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy and 50 months for graduation in Psychoanalysis. Overall
supervision is individual supervision which covers the student's
entire case load. Its purpose is to oversee the student's total
clinical performance and the handling of administrative responsibilities.
Intensive supervision (analytic control) is individual supervision
which is focused on one, or, at most, a few selected cases. First
year supervisors are assigned. Thereafter they are selected by the
student in accordance with the Training Institute's guidelines.
Personal Analysis Requirement:
Personal Analysis must be with an analyst who meets the standards
of the Training Institute. Students seeking admission who wish to
receive credit for prior analytic treatment will need to verify
both the credentials of the analyst and the number and frequency
of sessions.
Clinical Experience: there is no clinical experience requirement
for non-matriculated students in the Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy
Program.
The clinical experience requirement for matriculated students in
the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program is eight patient hours
per week which may begin as early as September of their first year,
but not later than February of that academic year. As many patients
as possible should be seen twice a week during training. The clinical
experience requirement for the Psychoanalysis program is also eight
patient hours per week with as many patients as possible being seen
three times per week.
The student must make eight patient hours per week available to
the T.I.C.C. during training. They may, however, see their T.I.C.C.
patients in their private office with the permission of the Director
of Clinical Services.
Comprehensive Exam: There is a comprehensive exam at the
end of the second academic year. This exam is a feedback and assessment
device for both the Institute and the student.
Case Presentation: There is a final case presentation required
in both the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis program.
The specific requirements vary depending on the program. More information
is available in the Case Presentation guideline.
Certificate:
Students successfully completing the Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy
Program will receive a Letter of Completion from the Training Institute.
Students successfully completing the requirements of the Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy Program will receive a Certificate in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy.
Students successfully completing the requirements of the Psychoanalysis
Program will receive a Certificate in Psychoanalysis.
Requirements for the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Program include personal analysis, supervision, academic course
work, clinical internship, community practicum, case presentation
and state certification or license in medicine, nursing, psychology
or social work.
In addition to the requirements listed above, students must demonstrate
that they possess both the personal and professional integrity to
practice as independent practitioners.
Academic Courses
Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy Program (Non-matriculated Students)
and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (First Year) (Matriculated
Students)
Thursday evenings 36 sessions - 12 session trimester format
1 - 85 minute course per evening, and Group Supervision
6:00 - 7:25 p.m.
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Basic Concepts in Psychoanalytic Views of Development - 8 sessions
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The Critical Early Years - 4 sessions
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Basic Concepts in Psychoanalytically-Oriented Treatment - 6
sessions
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Early Phase of Analytic Therapy - 6 sessions
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Basic Concepts in Psychoanalytic Assessment - 6 sessions
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Clinical Signs, Symptoms and the Use of Dreams in the Assessment
process - 6 sessions
7:35 - 9:00 p.m.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
Second Year: 36 sessions, 12 session trimester format (Mondays)
1 - 85 minute course per evening and Clinical Case Seminar
6:00 - 7:25 p.m.
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Transference and Resistance - 12 sessions
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Personality Development in Infancy - 4 sessions
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Personality Development in the Pre-Oedipal Phase - 8 sessions
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Diagnosis and Psychopathology - 6 sessions
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Dreams - 6 sessions
7:35 - 9:00 p.m.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
Third Year: 36 sessions, 12 session trimester format (Wednesdays)
1 - 85 minute course per evening and Clinical Case seminar
6:00 - 7:25 p.m.
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Countertransference - 12 sessions
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Personality Development in the Oedipal Phase - 8 sessions
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Personality Development in Adolescence and Adulthood - 4 sessions
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Dreams - 6 sessions
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Working Through and Termination - 6 sessions
7:35 - 9:00 p.m.
Psychoanalysis Program
Fourth Year: 36 sessions
1 - 85 minute seminar per week
Group Therapy Program
Couples Therapy Program
Director: Albert J. Brok, Ph.D., C.G.P.
Associate Director: Madeline Berley, M.S.W.
Director of Clinical Services: John F. Scroope, M.S.W.
Overview
The Group and Couples Therapy Department offers training in various
modalities of group and couples therapy to professionals certified/licensed
in social work, psychology, nursing or medicine. Group training,
which normally takes two years, leads to a certificate in group
therapy. Couples therapy training normally takes one year and leads
to a certificate in couples therapy.
A two year specialty program in the supervision of group therapy
is open to graduates of qualified group therapy programs and can
lead to a certificate and appointment as a supervisor in the Group
Department. In addition, students who are advanced professionals
but are not certified/licensed in social work, psychology, psychiatric
nursing or psychiatry are qualified to receive a certificate of
attendance.
Our courses emphasize the significance of a psychodynamic understanding
of group interaction, the importance of appropriate diagnosis for
successful group treatment, the use of the therapist's self, the
value of combined therapy and the selective use of group modalities
tailored to specific treatment situations.
Special aspects of the program include exposure to leading practitioners
and the opportunity to do individual tutorial work with a faculty
member. There are special workshops and seminars throughout the
year and the Group Department also sponsors an annual two-day conference
for mental health professionals in which our students participate.
In addition, a one-day annual conference on couples therapy is sponsored
by the department as well as special courses and seminars.
The curriculum consists of seminars, courses, supervision, tutorials
and workshops, any of which may be taken individually and credited
towards the number of "course units" required for certification.
Courses meet on Tuesday evenings and may also be available at alternative
times during the week in New York City and Westchester.
An application for admission to the Group and Couples Therapy Program
may be obtained by contacting the Training Institute.
Specialty Areas Within the Group Department
In addition to core psychodynamically oriented group courses, students
may choose from an array of specialized focused seminars in such
areas as: Adolescent Group work, Couples Treatment, Short-term focused
groups, ACOA and other specialty groups.
Supervision of the Psychotherapeutic
Process
Director: Maureen Sennott, M.S.W.
The Institute offers a two-year program in the supervision of the
therapeutic process.
Eligibility. This program is designed for those who are
already psychoanalysts or qualified psychoanalytically-oriented
psychotherapists.
Purpose. To provide specific training in supervision. The
training one receives in becoming a psychoanalyst does not address
the teaching function specific to supervision. As a supervisor,
one's responsibility becomes the growth and development of the therapist
in training.
Program Requirements:
- Supervisory Seminar: Participation on Thursday mornings, 8:30
to 10:00 a.m. from September through May for two years. Focus:
Readings on the principles and techniques of supervision will
be understood in terms of their practical application to one's
actual work with supervisees. Areas of focus will include the
teaching function, teaching techniques, management of supervisees'
transferences to the supervisor, dealing with administrative issues
and contributing to the supervisees' growth through the resolution
of countertransference problems.
- Supervisors' Meetings: Attendance at meetings where the progress
of candidates is discussed. There are approximately eight meetings
per year which are held on Thursday mornings from 10:00 until
11:00 a.m.
- A final paper which focuses on a particular area of interest
related to the supervisory process.
The goal of these requirements is to provide the opportunity for
the integration of theory and practice. We hope to promote the development
of the supervisory style and the development of practical teaching
techniques.
Certification. A certificate in Supervision of the Psychotherapeutic
Process will be awarded to students who satisfactorily complete
the program.
Psychotherapy with
the Generations of the Holocaust and Related Traumas
Co Directors: Albert J. Brok, Ph.D., Eva Fogelman, Ph.D.
In 1984 the Training Institute, in cooperation with the International
Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, began a program
to train mental health professionals and other interested persons
in counseling with Holocaust Survivors and the second generation.
In order to meet the changing needs of mental health professionals,
group leaders, and interested lay persons, the format has evolved
into the current program in Psychotherapy with the Generations of
the Holocaust and Related Groups.
The program co-sponsors, with Child Development Research, the annual
Milton Kestenberg Memorial Lecture on psychological issues related
to the generations of the Holocaust and other traumatized populations.
In addition, it periodically sponsors workshops, seminars, brief
courses, and treatment supervision groups for mental health professionals,
people with special interests in this area and the general public.
Some past presentations have included Morality and Altruistic
Behavior: Issues in Being Kind, Just and Responsible: Children of
Holocaust Survivors in the 1990s; and Memory and Healing
for the Post-Holocaust Generation.
Further information on this year's programs may be obtained by
writing to Howard Kogan, C.S.W., Director of Training in c/o the
Institute.
Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy
Program
The Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy Program is a one year program
designed to meet the needs of the recent graduate, professionals
who would like a survey of contemporary psychodynamic concepts,
understanding, and techniques, and those who are assessing their
interest and motivation before entering a more intensive analytic
training program.
The program features seven courses that are psychodynamic in concept,
practical and clinically focused. It also offers on-going group
supervision over the entire year that will give students an opportunity
to discuss their own cases.
This program may meet professional standards for Continuing Education
Credits and supervisory hour requirements. Please check with your
professional organization or governing authority.
All courses will meet from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Group supervision will meet the same evening from 7:35 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. The program meets from September through May.
An application for admission to the Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy
Program may be obtained by contacting the Training Institute. Application
fee is $25.
A Certificate in Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy will be awarded
to students who successfully complete the program.
Communication
Disorders and Adult Learning Disabilities Program
Director: Robert D. Broad, Ph.D.
In response to the need for clinical facilities in the metropolitan
area devoted to the assessment and treatment of communication disorders
and adult learning disabilities the Training Institute for Mental
Health has established special services and a training program related
to this segment of our patient population.
We will be serving those with functional communication disorders
that range from dysfluent speech (stuttering) and voice disorders
to those who feel they lack effective communication skills. In the
area of adult learning disabilities, the range of individuals seen
would cover those with learning problems which have a neuropsychological
etiology with related characterological issues to those who exhibit
learning blocks, underachievement, difficulties in career advancement
and attention deficit disorders.
In addition to mental health services for people with communication
disorders and learning disabilities, i,e., counseling, psychotherapy,
psychoanalysis and group therapy, the Institute can also provide
referrals for pharmacological evaluation. Those individuals who
would like education therapy for a specific lag of a particular
learning skill, e.g. reading comprehension, can also be seen by
an educational therapist at the Training Institute.
Training in this specialized area is offered to interested candidates
in our psychoanalytic training programs through a series of workshops.
These are focused on sensitizing the candidate to the diagnostic
and etiological complexities of these problems as well as the various
therapeutic approaches which have been found helpful to these patients.
Continuing Education Department
Director: Sandra Parness, LCSW
The Continuing Education Department of the Training Institute offers
a variety of one-day workshops and on-going courses to physicians,
psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, guidance and
rehabilitation counselors, teachers, clergy and related mental health
professionals.
Workshops are designed to explore various treatment modalities
and therapeutic techniques and to assist the practitioners' efforts
to keep current with new developments in the field of mental health.
Past workshops have included Psychopharmacology, Working with
the Difficult Patient, Couples Therapy: The Search for Intimacy,
Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives in the Treatment of Depression,
Treatment Issues in Psychotherapy with the Elderly, Treatment of
the Borderline Personality, and Psychotherapy with Latency
Age Children.
The workshop faculty is drawn from a variety of specializations
and reflect differing schools of treatment.
The yearly program of workshops is sent to our mailing list and
upon request.
For further information about any other aspect of our training
programs contact the training institute and request our full bulletin
of training programs. You can also email us at: TrainingInstMH@aol.com.
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