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 Foundations of Psychoanalysis 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: Peter Lessem, Director of Foundations of Psychoanalysis Program: 917-254-3475 or peterlessem@aol.com
To register, please contact the IPSS registrar: email ipssny@ipssny.org or call 917-727-3340