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The
Training Insitute for Mental Health is chartered by
the Board of Regents of the University of the State
of New York for the purpose of offering training in
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy to psychiatrists, psychiatric
nurses, psychologists and social workers. Training is
also offered in basic concepts of psychotherapy, group
and couples therapy, and the supervision of the psychotherapeutic
process. In addition, continuing education courses are
offered to mental health professionals.
For
more information, please select one of the categories
below.
If
you would like to discuss our Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
and Psychoanalysis Training Programs further,
please contact Kathleen Quinn, Director of Admissions,
at 212-627-8181 Ext 316, or by email at traininginstmh@aol.com.
To discuss our Couples Training Program
further, please contact Dr Albert Brok at 212-580-3086,
or by email at abriver@aol.com.
To discuss our Group Training Program
further, please contact Dr. George Lynn at 212-627-8181
Ext 388.
Tuition,
Fees, Fellowship
There
is a $50 application fee for all programs.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and
Psychoanalysis Training Programs
Fellowship Students
The
Training Institute offers a clinical fellowship to all
matriculated students.
Fellowship
students pay a yearly Registration and Library Fee of
$200, but do not pay tuition or supervisory fees.
The
fellowship requires that the student devote eight hours
per week to the treatment of Sarah A. Meehan Center
patients.
The
clinical fellowship will be renewed annually for students
in good standing and will extend over the first three
years of training. For students accepted in the program
in Psychoanalysis the fellowship will be extended to
the fourth year as well.
Students
who successfully complete the Certificate in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy will continue working with their patients
on a fee for service basis in accordance with the Training
Institute policy at that time. Students who successfully
complete the Certificate in Psychoanalysis will be allowed
to transfer their patients to their private practice.
Non-fellowship
students
Non-fellowship
students will not be assigned patients, but instead
will be required to maintain a private practice in psychoanalytic
psychotherapy. The practice must offer the student a
clinical experience which is the equivalent qualitatively
and quantitatively of the fellowship student's experience.
The private practice of each student applying to the
non-fellowship program will be evaluated individually.
The
non-fellowship student is required to pay a yearly registration
and library fee of $200, and an all inclusive tuition
fee which covers required supervision and course work.
Non-Fellowship
Fees:
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (three
years)
First year: $3,000
Second, Third Years: $4,200/per year
Psychoanalysis
Program (fourth year)
Fourth Year: $4,200/per year
Post-Fellowship
or Non-Fellowship Students who have completed their
coursework but have not graduated are required to pay
a Maintenance of Matriculation Fee of $300/year. They
are also required to pay $1,200 per year for overall
supervision. Intensive supervision is arranged for separately
and paid directly to the supervisor at the preset fee
of $25/session.
Graduation
Fee: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy $75; Psychoanalysis
$75
Both
tuition and supervisory fees may be paid in monthly
installments (September 1 to June 1).
The
cost of personal analysis is the responsibility of the
student.
Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy Program
This is a one year didactic program which provides course
work for students seeking to enhance their knowledge
base.
Tuition:
$1,500 payable in two installments of $750 in October
and January.
Student Fee: $150/year
Group
and Couples Therapy Program Fees (Matriculated Students)
Tuition: $1,200/year
Student Fee: $150/year
Graduation Fee: $75
Fees
for group supervision are paid separately and are arranged
through the director of the department. The cost of
personal group analysis is not covered by the above
fees and is paid directly by the student to his/her
group analyst.
A
fellowship program is available for a limited number
of matriculated couple therapy program students.
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Click
here to download an application.
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
Two Year Couples Therapy Training Program
A
One Year Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy Program
A
Two Year Program in the Supervision of the Psychotherapeutic
Process
Training
Institute Individual Programs
Director:
Lee Kramer, LCSW
Associate Director of Training: Jason Kurtz, MA,
LCSW
The
training Institute offers three integrated training
programs:
-
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
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 Sarah A. Meehan Center, 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 Sarah
A. Meehan Center, matriculated students do not pay
for supervision or tuition (Training Institute Fellowship
System). These students do pay an annual registration
fee of $100 and 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 Sarah A.
Meehan Center 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 Sarah A. Meehan Center. 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 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 Sarah A. Meehan Center. during training.
They may, however, see their Sarah A. Meehan Center
patients in their private office with the permission
of the Director of Clinical Services.
Comprehensive
Exam: There is a comprehensive exam that is
administered in the third 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 the fourth year 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 and
First Year of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
Thursday
Evenings 36 sessions
One 85-minute course per evening, and Group Supervision
6:00
- 7:25 P.M.
7:30
- 9:00 P.M.
Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy Program
Second Year: Monday Evenings 36 Sessions
One 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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Ego
Psychology - 6 Sessions
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Diagnosis
and Psychopathology - 6 Sessions
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Object
Relations - 6 Sessions
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Psychoanalytic
Theory of Dreams - 6 Sessions
7:30
- 9:00 P.M.
- Clinical
Case Seminar - 36 sessions
Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy Program
Third Year: Wednesday Evenings 36 sessions
One 85-minute course per evening, and Clinical Case
Seminar
6:00
- 7:25 P.M.
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Countertransference
- 10 sessions
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Introduction
to Self Psychology and Attachment Theory - 9 sessions
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Introduction
to Relational Psychoanalysis - 5 sessions
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Psychoanalytic
Theory of Dreams - 6 sessions
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Trauma
- 6 sessions
7:30
- 9:00 P.M.
Psychoanalysis
Program
Fourth Year: Monday Evenings 36 sessions
One 85-minute course per evening, and Clinical Case
Seminar
6:00 - 7:25 P.M.
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Borderline
Conditions in the Adult Years - 6 sessions
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Relational
Psychoanalysis: Theory and Techniques - 6 sessions
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Psychoanalytic
Theory and Women's Development - 6 sessions
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Advanced
Dream Analysis - 6 sessions
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Advanced
Treatment Techniques with Special Populations -
6 sessions
-
Cultural
Factors in Psychoanalysis - 6 sessions
7:30
- 9:00 P.M.
- Clinical
Case Seminar - 36 session
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Group
Therapy Program
Couples Therapy Program
Director:
Albert J. Brok, PhD, CGP
Assistant Director: Madaleine Berley, MSW
Assistant Director of Group Therapy: George L. Lynn,
Psy D
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 two years 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.
To
obtain an application for admission to either our Group
or Couples Therapy Program, please click
here.
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.
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Supervision
of the Psychotherapeutic Process
Director:
Joel Beck, PhD, LCSW
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
- 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 - 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.
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