Educational courses, supervised clinical practice, personal analysis, and a publishable paper.
Through the Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program, we encourage the development of a community of clinicians and scholars. This rigorous 4-year program fosters adept clinician-scholars through three interrelated components of training: courses, supervision, and personal analysis.
Our cohorts learn and grow together, with a goal of experiencing a mutual opening and reflective deepening that leads to a richer understanding of the theoretical and clinical process.
Your mentors will support you in your individualized growth with a self psychological touch, enabling you to find your own voice as a psychoanalytic professional.
Class Format:
Classes are hybrid and take place live online via Zoom.
For candidates and instructors in the New York City area, in consultation with the candidates, instructors and administrators, the class may take place in the instructors office while including the Zoom participants.
Sessions are not recorded/are not available on demand.
Requirements to Graduate:
Applicants are required to be licensed mental health professionals, i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. In special instances, professionals with scholarly achievement in allied fields are also considered for admission and will receive a letter of attendance upon satisfactory completion of the program.
Applicants must submit an online application form on or before June 30th for admission for the following academic year.
Applicants are asked to submit transcripts of all graduate work, proof of professional liability insurance, the current analyst’s vita (if applicable), and three letters of recommendation.
There is a $60.00 non refundable application fee which must be submitted along with the online application form. The application fee is payable by Zelle or wire transfer.
After all application materials have been received, applicants will receive interviews with the Coordinator of Admissions and two members of the Coordinating Committee of the training program.
Prospective students can apply to the Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program through the online application form below.
Please contact the IPSS registrar: ipssny@ipssny.org
Tuition is $500.00 per course (tuition fees might vary based on the size of the class).
Tuition is paid per trimester.
An annual registration fee of $250.00 is required to cover administrative costs.
When all courses are completed, the candidate will not be charged this registration fee during the time that he or she is completing their final paper. At the time of graduation, the candidate must pay a final fee of $300.00.
Supervisory/educational consultant fees are $75.00 and are paid directly to the supervisor/educational consultant. Candidates arrange for and pay the cost of their personal psychoanalysis.
There is a $60.00 non refundable application fee which must be submitted along with the online application form. The application fee is payable by Zelle or wire transfer.
Classes take place live online via Zoom. Sessions are not recorded/are not available on demand.
Through IPSS, candidates will learn from experienced instructors specializing in the subject matter they are teaching.
Our curriculum provides candidates with a foundation in Self Psychology and our distinctive version of Intersubjective Self Psychology, in addition to applications of Infant Research, Theories of Intersubjective Systems Thinking, and Systems of Pathological Accommodation.
These areas of knowledge represent the theoretical writings and clinical applications of our founding faculty members, expanded upon by current faculty. Other courses include sequences in Freud and the Freudian tradition, Object Relations, and Interpersonal and Relational Theory.
In the first two years, candidates focus on an in-depth study of the broad range of perspectives in psychoanalysis. In the following two years, candidates are encouraged to think comparatively, to play with how theories can be integrated and to study how theory can be applied clinically. Additionally, in the final year courses are offered on partiuclar topics such as Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race/Culture Studies, Substance Use, Eating Disorders and Trauma.
During the program, candidates are required to see three patients 3x a week and receive 200 hours of supervision with three different supervisors. 160 of those hours must be devoted to their clinical experiences, and 40 hours can be spent discussing other cases. We assist candidates in finding and developing their clinical cases.
Candidates are encouraged to begin supervision with an IPSS-trained supervisor to provide them with a basis in our intersubjective approach. This mentorship helps bridge the didactic training with the clinical application.
Candidates can elect to work with qualified supervisors from the training faculty at IPSS or they may elect to work with a qualified supervisor of their choice. A qualified supervisor must have completed a certificate psychoanalytic training program and must have five years of experience post completion of their program.
Candidates who are studying remotely from out of New York State receive supervisory consultations on their 3x week cases (termed “educational consultation”), designed to meet both licensing and program requirements.
Working at the intensive 3x-a-week frequency is an eye opening experience, bringing concepts like the intersubjective matrix and transference countertransference alive, and deepening candidates’ analytic perspective. No matter what the frequency of any case, we know from experience at IPSS that all clinical work can be expanded and deepened as a result of the training process.
We require candidates to complete 300 hours of 3x a week psychoanalysis with a qualified analyst*. This personal analysis takes place over a 2-3 year period in concurrence with courses and clinical supervision so candidates can derive the integrative benefit.
This personal analysis is invaluable, enhancing each candidate’s ability to reflect upon and work through issues impacting learning, integrating theory, and clinical experience, or any other emergent dimensions of experience during the training.
This reflective process is essential, ongoing, and never ending. It is a cornerstone of intersubjective work, right up there with empathy.
*To be qualified, the analyst must be a graduate from a psychoanalytic institute and have 5 years of experience after the completion of their analytic training.
As a final requirement for graduation, candidates must produce a psychoanalytic paper of publishable quality on any topic (or topics) of their choice, with the support of our faculty. Candidates are provided 4 sessions with their advisor during 3-4 years for which IPSS pays $125/session. If more time is needed, candidates must arrange for payment with their advisors individually.
Typically, candidates choose and develop their paper during the third and fourth years of training. Candidates select a mentor from amongst our faculty, who provides guidance throughout this creative process.
Through writing, candidates can define and articulate their distinctive voice, illuminating potential areas of contribution in their subsequent career. It is an opportunity to bring together the insights and interests developed across the program’s four years of training.
While this challenge may seem daunting at first, it is often a culminating, integrative process for candidates.
A Synergistic Approach to Psychoanalytic Training
Through the Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program, we encourage the development of a community of clinicians and scholars. This rigorous 4-year program fosters adept clinician-scholars through three interrelated components of training: courses, supervision, and personal analysis.
Our cohorts learn and grow together, with a goal of experiencing a mutual opening and reflective deepening that leads to a richer understanding of the theoretical and clinical process.
Your mentors will support you in your individualized growth with a self psychological touch, enabling you to find your own voice as a psychoanalytic professional.
Class Format:
Classes are hybrid and take place live online via Zoom.
For candidates and instructors in the New York City area, in consultation with the candidates, instructors and administrators, the class may take place in the instructors office while including the Zoom participants.
Sessions are not recorded/are not available on demand.
Requirements to Graduate:
Eligibility for Admission
Applicants are required to be licensed mental health professionals, i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. In special instances, professionals with scholarly achievement in allied fields are also considered for admission and will receive a letter of attendance upon satisfactory completion of the program.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit an online application form on or before June 30th for admission for the following academic year.
Applicants are asked to submit transcripts of all graduate work, proof of professional liability insurance, the current analyst’s vita (if applicable), and three letters of recommendation.
There is a $60.00 non refundable application fee which must be submitted along with the online application form. The application fee is payable by Zelle or wire transfer.
After all application materials have been received, applicants will receive interviews with the Coordinator of Admissions and two members of the Coordinating Committee of the training program.
Application Form
Prospective students can apply to the Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program through the online application form below.
Questions?
Please contact the IPSS registrar: ipssny@ipssny.org
Tuition is $500.00 per course (tuition fees might vary based on the size of the class).
Tuition is paid per trimester.
An annual registration fee of $250.00 is required to cover administrative costs.
When all courses are completed, the candidate will not be charged this registration fee during the time that he or she is completing their final paper. At the time of graduation, the candidate must pay a final fee of $300.00.
Supervisory/educational consultant fees are $75.00 and are paid directly to the supervisor/educational consultant. Candidates arrange for and pay the cost of their personal psychoanalysis.
There is a $60.00 non refundable application fee which must be submitted along with the online application form. The application fee is payable by Zelle or wire transfer.
Class Schedule & Location
Classes take place live online via Zoom. Sessions are not recorded/are not available on demand.
Curriculum
Through IPSS, candidates will learn from experienced instructors specializing in the subject matter they are teaching.
Our curriculum provides candidates with a foundation in Self Psychology and our distinctive version of Intersubjective Self Psychology, in addition to applications of Infant Research, Theories of Intersubjective Systems Thinking, and Systems of Pathological Accommodation.
These areas of knowledge represent the theoretical writings and clinical applications of our founding faculty members, expanded upon by current faculty. Other courses include sequences in Freud and the Freudian tradition, Object Relations, and Interpersonal and Relational Theory.
In the first two years, candidates focus on an in-depth study of the broad range of perspectives in psychoanalysis. In the following two years, candidates are encouraged to think comparatively, to play with how theories can be integrated and to study how theory can be applied clinically. Additionally, in the final year courses are offered on partiuclar topics such as Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race/Culture Studies, Substance Use, Eating Disorders and Trauma.
During the program, candidates are required to see three patients 3x a week and receive 200 hours of supervision with three different supervisors. 160 of those hours must be devoted to their clinical experiences, and 40 hours can be spent discussing other cases. We assist candidates in finding and developing their clinical cases.
Candidates are encouraged to begin supervision with an IPSS-trained supervisor to provide them with a basis in our intersubjective approach. This mentorship helps bridge the didactic training with the clinical application.
Candidates can elect to work with qualified supervisors from the training faculty at IPSS or they may elect to work with a qualified supervisor of their choice. A qualified supervisor must have completed a certificate psychoanalytic training program and must have five years of experience post completion of their program.
Candidates who are studying remotely from out of New York State receive supervisory consultations on their 3x week cases (termed “educational consultation”), designed to meet both licensing and program requirements.
Working at the intensive 3x-a-week frequency is an eye opening experience, bringing concepts like the intersubjective matrix and transference countertransference alive, and deepening candidates’ analytic perspective. No matter what the frequency of any case, we know from experience at IPSS that all clinical work can be expanded and deepened as a result of the training process.
We require candidates to complete 300 hours of 3x a week psychoanalysis with a qualified analyst*. This personal analysis takes place over a 2-3 year period in concurrence with courses and clinical supervision so candidates can derive the integrative benefit.
This personal analysis is invaluable, enhancing each candidate’s ability to reflect upon and work through issues impacting learning, integrating theory, and clinical experience, or any other emergent dimensions of experience during the training.
This reflective process is essential, ongoing, and never ending. It is a cornerstone of intersubjective work, right up there with empathy.
*To be qualified, the analyst must be a graduate from a psychoanalytic institute and have 5 years of experience after the completion of their analytic training.
As a final requirement for graduation, candidates must produce a psychoanalytic paper of publishable quality on any topic (or topics) of their choice, with the support of our faculty. Candidates are provided 4 sessions with their advisor during 3-4 years for which IPSS pays $125/session. If more time is needed, candidates must arrange for payment with their advisors individually.
Typically, candidates choose and develop their paper during the third and fourth years of training. Candidates select a mentor from amongst our faculty, who provides guidance throughout this creative process.
Through writing, candidates can define and articulate their distinctive voice, illuminating potential areas of contribution in their subsequent career. It is an opportunity to bring together the insights and interests developed across the program’s four years of training.
While this challenge may seem daunting at first, it is often a culminating, integrative process for candidates.
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