Enhance Your Understanding of the Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PPTP) follows a structure of three classes per trimester, including case conferences. This two-year training sequence offers clinicians and non-clinicians an opportunity to immerse themselves in psychoanalytic theory in order to orient their practice towards working with the unconscious. Students will learn to:

• Listen at multiple levels simultaneously for conscious and unconscious material 

• Track recurring themes and patterns in the patient’s narratives

• Understand and identify how the past is alive in the present moment

• Work with transference and countertransference within the therapeutic relationship

• Explore how questions of gender, sexuality, race, culture, and politics impact our work

• Learn about clinical theory and practice from different perspectives, including:

• • Attachment theory

  • Ego Psychology

  • Object Relations

  • Relational Psychoanalysis

  • The work of Wilfred Bion

  • The work of Jacques Lacan

The PPTP is an excellent opportunity for professionals and graduate students within the fields of psychiatry, social work, psychology, marriage and family, and counseling to deepen and enrich their therapeutic knowledge and skills.

PROGRAM TRACKS

Certificate: Requires completion all of the course requirements for years one and two. 60 hours of supervision as well as fulfill attendance requirements.  Note that supervision requirement does not have to be completed within the two years, but a certificate will not be issued until the supervision paperwork is submitted.

Non-certificate: Requires completion of all course requirements for years one and two as well as fulfilling attendance requirements.

Eligibility 

To be eligible for the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, you must:

• Be enrolled in or have completed a post-graduate degree program in a mental health field such as psychology, social work, or counseling.
• Be licensed or eligible for licensure as an MD, LP, LGSW, LCSW, LICSW, LMFT, LPC, or LPCC

A personal in-depth psychotherapy of more than once a week is highly recommended although it is not required to obtain the certificate. While it is not necessary to have a private practice, it is necessary to be working in some clinical capacity so that you are able to bring your own clinical experiences and dilemmas to the classes and to the case conferences. After completing the admissions application, you will be notified of acceptance and the starting date of classes.

See this page for more details on dates for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.  

Application

A student who has completed the first year of PPTP may go on to take second year courses a la carte, or one at a time. This is to encourage students to complete the second year over time, if doing it in one year is not possible. We do not offer a la carte as an option to incoming or first year students. Please inquire at least two weeks before the start date of the trimester you wish to take classes. Space may be limited and is typically only offered to individuals who finished Year 1.  Email admin@mpsi.info to discuss your request.

Application details

Please submit all the following materials with the application:

• A completed application form, including letters of recommendation as detailed on the application form
• Copy of license to practice (if available)
• Copy of current malpractice insurance (if self-insured)
• A written statement which explains why you are interested in participating in this program, and what your  experience is with psychoanalytic psychotherapy

An optional interview, by phone or in person, may also be conducted. You will be notified of acceptance and the starting date of classes in early August.

Faculty

PPTP faculty are members of practicing psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in private practice with extensive experience in Teaching, Theory, Supervision, and Consultation.

Course examples:

Please note that course offering may vary slightly from year to year

• Losing Knowledge: The Importance of not Understanding
• Evolving Psychoanalytic Concepts
• Attachment Theory
• Trauma Through the Eyes of Addiction: What Psychoanalytic Thought Has to Say
  
• Psychoanalytic Technique
• Object Relations Surface to Depth or Depth to Surface: Introduction to American Ego & Kleinian Theory
  
• Introduction to Bion, alternating with Case Conference (Part 1) 
• Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Gender, Race, Sexuality & Culture (Part 1) 
• Psychotic Thought Process 
• Introduction to Bion, alternating with Case Conference (Part 2)
• Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Gender, Race, Sexuality & Culture (Part 2)
• Dreams
• Termination
• Relational Psychoanalysis

CEU Credit

12.5 CEU are available for each individual trimester class completed.

Tuition

Tuition for the 2024-2025 year is $2700 for three 10-week trimesters. (3 classes per trimester).  Tuition is payable in one or three payments. 

60 hours of individual case consultation is required if pursuing the certificate track. Case consultation is $75 per session. This cost is NOT included in tuition. A list of consultants is available upon request and the supervision hours do not need to be completed in the two years. Certificate is issued upon completion and submission of supervision hours.

Time 

Classes are held every Friday from 12:15 pm – 4:30 pm.

Time Commitment

Students can expect 2 hours of reading/prep work each week. Case preparation for case conference will take a little longer. For case conference classes, each student usually presents a case once or twice a trimester.

Contact Information

If you have questions or would like more information about the program, please contact Michelle Meehan at michelle@aurorapsych.com.

 

If you have questions, please email Heidi Holste at admin@mpsi.info.