Fellowship in Psychoanalysis

The Institute offers a one-year Fellowship to introduce clinically-immersed professionals to psychoanalytic work and to PANY, and to supplement their education with a clinically relevant psychoanalytic viewpoint. Classes are held monthly on Tuesday evenings throughout the academic year. Each fellow is also assigned a mentor who is a member of the PANY faculty and who meets with the fellow on an individualized basis to personally tailor the fellowship experience to the fellow’s needs and interests. Fellows may go on to apply to the psychodynamic psychotherapy program or to the psychoanalytic program.

Fellows attend monthly Tuesday evening seminars taught by PANY faculty scheduled throughout the academic year.

The Fellowship program format will include seminars conducted both in-person and virtually.

The centerpiece of the program is a mentoring relationship with a practicing psychoanalyst from the PANY faculty. These meetings afford an opportunity for Fellows to become more acquainted with psychoanalytic theory, practice, and areas of special interest. Meetings take place monthly in the analyst’s private office at a time arranged by the analyst and Fellow. Most mentors are located in Manhattan, but mentor assignments on occasion may be arranged in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester, and northern New Jersey. At least eight monthly mentorship meetings are required to be awarded the Certificate of Completion of the PANY Fellowship.

Fellows are encouraged to attend PANY events throughout the year, as well as the scientific meetings organized by the PANY Graduate Society Committee. CME credit for PANY scientific meetings is available. Alumni of the Fellowship program are invited to maintain an ongoing relationship with PANY through additional educational events.

Applications are reviewed and acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. The awarding of the Fellowship is a highly competitive process. A member of the Fellowship Committee will speak with each applicant to explore his or her interests and the ability to benefit from the Fellowship Program.

Please note the Fellowship does not include a supervised clinical component or directly help prepare for licensure, and there is no salary or stipend for Fellows.

Applicants who are selected will be awarded the Fellowship in Psychoanalysis and will receive documentation of the award upon successful completion of the program (see above for a description of requirements).

For additional information, contact the office at 646-754-4870 or the program chair, Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R, at 917-496-6806 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

We welcome your application!

Application and $150 application fee, and accompanying materials are due June 1.

If you do not receive a phone call or email that we have received your application within 2 weeks of submission, please contact the PANY office at 646-754-4870.

Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your application.