Child Psychoanalytic Training Program Graduation Requirements

The decision to graduate a Candidate from the Child Psychoanalytic Training Program is based upon:

• The attainment of minimal numerical standards in accordance with the requirements of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
• Demonstration of clinical competence in conducting child and adolescent psychoanalyses
• The ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing about his/her psychoanalytic work.
• Mastery of psychoanalytic theories of development, psychopathology, and clinical process.

Training Case Requirements

A Candidate must work with a minimum of three cases to graduate, and:

• Both genders must be represented in the mix of cases
• One case must be an adolescent
• One case must be a latency-aged child
• The other case is preferably a prelatency child, but in some circumstances a second latency aged child or another adolescent is acceptable
• All cases must be credited. For a case to be credited the Candidate must have established an analytic process within the case and have a minimum of 50 hours with a consulting child analyst.
• One case must progress to a full and natural psychoanalytic termination. (We recommend that this case be a latency aged or adolescent child to conform with the certification requirements of the American Psychoanalytic Association, if the candidate is interested in pursuing certification.)

Didactic Classes and Case Conference Requirements

• Completion of the four-year sequential didactic classes and clinical case conferences in good standing