The IPSS 2016-17 1-Year Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program. Left to right: Rochelle Marshall, Paul Sireci, Anna Ginzburg, Amy C. Story, Shinya Nakatani, Martha Lee, Jeremy P. Ortman.

The IPSS 2016-17 One-Year Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program. Left to right: Rochelle Marshall, Paul Sireci, Anna Ginzburg, Amy C. Story, Shinya Nakatani, Martha Lee, Jeremy P. Ortman.


The One-Year Intensive Psychotherapy Program offers licensed clinicians training to deepen their psychotherapy practices using principles of psychoanalysis. At IPSS the study of subjectivity/subjectivities includes an investigation of the intrapsychic, the intersubjective and the socio-political realms. Courses focus on perspectives ranging from Freud and Kohut through Infant Research/Adult Treatment to Object Relations and American Relational Psychoanalytic theories. The year includes a study of interdisciplinary perspectives that influence psychoanalytic theory, including contemporary work on trauma, addictions and eating disorders. We conclude with an exploration of matters of self/other as defined by differences in gender, sexuality, race, class and culture. This year-long sequence is designed to expand each participant’s therapeutic repertoire and broaden the range of patients who can be reached.

Participants take 2 classes each week (Wednesday evenings, 7-9:15pm) over the course of 26 weeks. The series consists of one theory class followed by a clinical case seminar.

Course Schedule

Classes 1-4
Narcissism: Freud, Kohut and Beyond
Clinical Case Seminar 1

Classes 5-8
Theory of Self in Relation: Beebe and Lachman’s Perspective on Development,
Attachment Theory and Interactive Regulation
Clinical Case Seminar 1

Classes 9-12
Intersubjectivity Theory and Self Organization:
Stolorow, Atwood and Orange
Clinical Case Seminar 2

Classes 13-16
Intersubjectivity Theory and Comparative Relational Models from Phenomenological
Understanding to Practice
Clinical Case Seminar 2

Classes 17-20
Exploring Self Harm: Eating Disorders and Substance Use
Clinical Case Seminar 3

Classes 21-24
Culture’s Shaping of Subjectivity: Implications for Intersubjectivity Theory in Psychotherapy
Clinical Case Seminar

Location: All classes will meet in faculty offices.
Fees: Tuition for the entire sequence is $2,400.00.
20 hours of supervisory consultation are offered at $50 per session.

For Questions Contact: Deborah Sherman, BCDMT,LMHC, Director IPSS One-Year Program: 917-254-3475 or dmtdeb@yahoo.com

To register, please contact the IPSS registrar: email ipssny@ipssny.org or call 917-727-3340