IPTAR Bulletin - Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

THE IPTAR TRAINING INSTITUTE
A Contemporary Approach to Psychoanalytic Training
Our educational premise at IPTAR is that a psychoanalytic education is the
basis for all therapeutic endeavors, providing an understanding of human
character as well as a framework for comprehending the inter-relationships
among human development, psychopathology, and the technique of treatment.
Psychoanalytic understanding not only prepares an individual to conduct
psychoanalysis, it also constitutes a basis for conducting psychoanalytic
psychotherapy. A psychoanalytic foundation enables a therapist to choose
the appropriate treatment modality and maximize an individual’s potential
for growth.
IPTAR’s training program comprises the three components of traditional psychoanalytic
education:an intensive curriculum of courses and seminars on theory and
technique, a personal training analysis, and supervised psychoanalytic practice.
WHO MAY APPLY
IPTAR is an interdisciplinary Institute offering training to those in the mental
health professions who have at least a Master’s Degree in their field of professional
training and are either licensed or enrolled in a program leading to
licensure.
IPTAR is also committed to offering training to qualified individuals with
backgrounds in the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts. These
individuals must have at least a Master’s Degree and should first apply to
IPTAR’s Respecialization Program (see page 38). Once having completed the
Respecialization program, individuals are invited to apply to the New York
State License Eligible Program in Psychoanalysis.
NEWYORK STATE LICENSE ELIGIBLE
PROGRAM IN PSYCHOANALYSIS
IPTAR offers an additional pathway towards becoming a psychoanalyst. IPTAR
has always had a tradition of training individuals who are interested in psychoanalysis
even if they do not have a mental health background.All individuals
who have at least a Master’s Degree in another academic field may study
at IPTAR and complete the NewYork State License Eligible Program in Psychoanalysis.
Coursework for this program includes IPTAR’s Adult Psychoanalytic
Program with additional courses in Child Abuse Identification, Research
in Psychotherapy,and Ethics. Upon completion of the NewYork State License
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SECTION I
Eligible Program, individuals sit for the state examination in psychoanalysis,
and upon passing the exam become licensed as a Psychoanalyst (LP).
SEVIS PROGRAM
In April of 2008, IPTAR was granted permission by the United States (U.S.)
government to train non-immigrant foreign students. IPTAR established this
program in response to requests from students and therapists in foreign
countries who wished to obtain the kind of advanced training offered by
IPTAR but were unable to do so in their native country. We believe that the
presence of non-immigrant foreign students in our midst enhances our community's
knowledge and awareness of the world beyond our own borders,
and that non-immigrant foreign students would bring with them language
skills and cultural knowledge that would help us more effectively treat the
diverse community of patients encountered in the IPTAR Clinical Center and
its various community outreach programs,such as the On-Site School Program
and the Asylum-Seekers Treatment Program.
Citizens of foreign countries who wish to study at IPTAR should apply for
admission to the specific IPTAR program they are interested in. Non-immigrant
foreign students who are accepted by IPTAR will be issued an official U.S.
government form, the I-20, which they can then take to the U.S. Embassy or
consulate office in their own country in order to apply for an F-1 visa. It is the
F-1 visa that allows the student to legally enter the U.S. in order to pursue a
designated course of study.
Prospective students who desire more detailed information about acquiring an
F-1 visa to study at IPTAR should contact our office at 212-427-7070 or our Foreign
Student Advisor, Dr. Brett Gorkin, at 212-765-7961 or bdgpsych@aol.com.
THE CURRICULUM
The IPTAR curriculum embodies a contemporary Freudian perspective integrating
developments in British object relations theories, modern Kleinian
theory, attachment theory, and theories of the self. Its roots are in Freud’s
groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of the human psyche.
The following pages describe the IPTAR curriculum—a coordinated, four-year
sequence of courses. The courses are eight weeks in duration unless otherwise
specified. An additional group of elective seminars on current issues in psychoanalysis
is offered in the Beyond the Basic Curriculum program (see page 19).
In addition to the core curriculum,workshops and seminars on a wide variety of
clinical topics are offered by the IPTAR Clinical Center (ICC) (see pages 45-46),
and clinical-research seminars, in conjunction with ongoing research projects,
are offered in the IPTAR Program of Pre-Psychoanalytic Training (Intern-Externship)
(see pages 36-37).
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