Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Year: Bridge to Psychoanalytic Training

Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Year - Bridge to Psychoanalytic Training - is a one-year 25-week course for licensed mental health professionals encompassing didactic material and clinical case discussions. The aim is to develop the understanding and clinical skills needed to practice intensive psychotherapy, further knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and technique, and offer a bridge to psychoanalytic training.

The course will help students deepen treatment to at least twice weekly, allowing an immersive experience highlighting the transference and countertransference elements in psychoanalytic therapy.

The deadline to enroll for the 2023-24 cohort has passed and new applications are not currently being accepted. We welcome you to stay in touch through our newsletter for more information and updates.

Designed for graduates of psychodynamic psychotherapy and analytic fellowship programs, *licensed mental health clinicians with at least two years of psychodynamic therapy experience, and candidates admitted to the PANY Psychoanalytic Training Program who need an additional preparatory year.

*or in advanced clinical training with psychotherapy supervision

Duration: 33 Hours total - 25 Classes - October 2023 through June 2024

Time Frame: Saturdays, 11:30AM - 12:50PM

Start Date: October 21, 2023

Location and Learning Format: The course is a mix of ten in person classes, and fifteen virtual classes. The class schedule and designation of class dates as either in person or virtual will be announced prior to course start date. In person classes will take place at 1 Park Avenue. 

Curriculum: The syllabus includes readings on deepening treatment and distinguishing between supportive and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Clinical case presentations focus on resistance, transference and countertransference in intensive psychotherapy. Classes will address contemporary issues in psychoanalysis relevant to diverse patients seen in community settings and in private practice.

Early Admissions Process: A Pathway to Pany’s Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program:

Candidates enrolled in the program are welcome to apply for early admission to the Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program. Acceptance into the psychoanalytic program would afford the candidate a case development supervisor and faculty advisor, in line with other psychoanalytic candidates.

• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
  
  
• All applicants are subject to one interview with PANY Faculty for admission to program.
  
  
• Click here for enrollment page.

Joel Gold MD, PANY Faculty
Jacqueline Schachter, PhD, PANY Faculty
Michael Sobel MD, PANY Faculty
Guillermo Valdes MD, PANY Faculty

• Application Fee: $125 (Non-Refundable). If accepted, will be applied to Course Fee
• Course Fee: $1,200
   
• Payment made through enrollment form. Click here for enrollment page.
  
  
• Credit Card, Zelle, and Paypal accepted.

• CME; SOCIAL WORK & PSYCHOLOGY CE CREDITS AVAILABLE
• This course is eligible for 29 continuing education units. 
• Learners must attend all 29 hours to be eligible for credit.

ACCME Accreditation Statement for Joint Providership
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and Psychoanalytic Association of New York (PANY). The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1 credit per classroom hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Psychoanalytic Association New York, affiliated with NYU Langone Health is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0124. 

Psychoanalytic Association of New York (affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0112.

• Learners will be able to apply psychoanalytic theory into their practice.
• Learners will obtain clinical skills necessary for the application of intensive psychotherapy.
• Learners will implement clinical skills to deepen treatment to at least twice weekly.