The program investigates the mind from the perspective of current psychoanalytic theories. The roles of development, unconscious processes, and intra-psychic conflict in the formation of personality and psychopathology are explored. An important aim of the program is to integrate theory and technique, so that students have a deeper understanding of how to work with patients.
The core of the program is a series of seminars, taught by faculty members of PANY. Instructors are highly trained analysts with extensive clinical and professional experience.
In addition to academic study, training is enriched by ongoing case conferences and clinical psychotherapy supervision provided by PANY faculty. Patients are drawn from the clinical practices of students. Candidates are also required to be currently undergoing their own personal psychodynamic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis as an essential facet of their training. Successful completion of the program leads to a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
