Prelude to Training

This 16-session program is designed to meet the needs of psychiatry residents, graduate students, and early-career clinicians interested in learning about practice and treatment approaches in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The seminars, taught by PANY faculty, have a practical focus, providing participants with an opportunity to hear and discuss clinical material. Most sessions are structured around a key clinical or theoretical concept, including psychodynamic approaches to specialized topics, and may include optional readings. Participants may request a letter of completion upon meeting the requirements at the conclusion of the Prelude program.

The program includes the option of arranging, at no additional cost, two private mentoring sessions with a psychodynamic clinician to help explore your path as a professional in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work, and mental health.

One component of the Prelude to Training program is a 6-week seminar series in the Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (click here for more information). This course also may be taken as a stand-alone option; click below for more information.
 

Download a 2024-25 Prelude to Training Schedule (.pdf) 

Saturday mornings, 16 sessions, 11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Location:  Prelude to Training seminars will occur in a mixture of virtual and hybrid locations. All Prelude sessions will be offered with a virtual Zoom option. Refreshments (coffee and bagels) will be offered if attendees choose to come in-person.

Virtual events will be held via Zoom Videoconference.

In-person events will be held at One Park Avenue (at 33rd Street), 8th Floor, convenient to the 6 Train (33rd Street station).

Within these sixteen weeks there is a six-week course on psychodynamic theory and technique. Additional topics have included clinical case presentations, psychodynamic approaches to couples therapy, child treatment, substance abuse, and psychosis, as well as the use of dreams, and addressing technology and money in the treatment setting.

  

Download a 2024-25 Prelude to Training Schedule (.pdf)

The program is open to clinicians of all levels of background and experience. One need not be licensed to practice, but study or practice in the mental health field is required. Space is limited to 24 people.

Series program fees as follows:

$580 - Mental Health Professionals

$465 - Non-NYU Psychiatry residents

$325 - Graduate Students in Mental Health (e.g. Social Work / Psychology / Mental Health Counseling / Nurse Practitioners) 

Residents and Fellows in the NYU Department of Psychiatry may attend at no charge.

Click the "Apply Now" button above for registration and payment via credit card.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Application deadline is September 1.

Seats are limited; early application is encouraged. 

 

To apply, complete this online registration form.

Prelude to Training seminars will occur in a mixture of virtual, hybrid and in-person locations.

Virtual events will be held via Zoom Videoconference.

In-person events will be held at One Park Avenue (at 33rd Street), 8th Floor, convenient to the 6 Train (33rd Street station).

ACCME Accreditation Statement

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 American Psychoanalytic Association and Psychoanalytic Association of New York. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per event. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support. 

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.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P0064.

Psychoanalytic Association of New York is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0304.