Child/Adolescent Analysis
Candidates and graduates of this and other approved Institutes who wish to specialize in the psychoanalysis of children and adolescents may enter the Child/Adolescent program of the Institute. A background of formal training in child psychiatry or child psychology is desirable, but not required. In some instances, additional experience with children will be recommended and this may be obtained at one of the approved child training programs in the area. A candidate may apply for child analytic training at any time after the first trimester of the first year in the adult program.
CURRICULUM
Advanced Child/Adolescent Clinical Conference
Advanced Child/Adolescent candidates who have completed the basic adult curriculum explore specific clinical issues arising out of their work with children and adolescents. The issues will be decided by the participants in collaboration with the instructors. In addition to utilizing relevant literature, the course will provide an opportunity for close scrutiny of the moment-to moment interaction in the psychoanalysis of the child and adolescent patient. Requirement: a current child/adolescent case in analysis.
Psychopathology of Childhood
Discusses the development of neurosis in childhood, as well as other psychiatric problems such as childhood psychoses, psychosomatic disorders, learning disorders, school phobias, and enuresis. Focuses on understanding the nature of these disorders and on the process of differential diagnosis.
Literature of Child/Adolescent Analysis
Explores the current literature of child/adolescent analysis organized around topics selected by the participants.
Theory and Technique of Child/Adolescent Analysis
Examines the clinical principles and theories of psychoanalysis as they are utilized in work with children. Explores the analytic process, those technical elements that further the process and those that interfere with its development. An understanding of the theories of object relations, maturation and development, and conflict-based structure formation is an essential requirement for analytic work and is a prerequisite for beginning this course. All participants must currently have a child in analysis before beginning this seminar.
" I've enjoyed my first year. My classmates are collegial, my instructors and supervisors are interested in my education and helping me develop my career, and I've found the curriculum to be inclusive and broad-ranging. The institute and instructors are genuinely interested, I feel, in candidates' concerns and I think quite responsive to concerns and comments regarding instruction as well as with administrative matters. " -Blair Bunting, M.D.
