The Advanced Training Program in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy has been organized by the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in order to provide an innovative course of study for enhancing knowledge and skills of mental health practitioners. Qualified clinicians from the various mental health fields are welcome to apply. Psychiatric residents must have completed their first hear of residency training.
Applicants complete a form and are interviewed by two members of the faculty.
At a ceremony honoring the graduates, each will be awarded a certificate verifying satisfactory completion of the requirements of the Advanced Training Program in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Since its inception in 1990 the Program has graduated eighty students, many of whom have lauded their experience as having taught them a superior way to look at and work with their patients. The objective is to provide students with a sophisticated educational experience at the cutting edge of current thinking and to expose them to significant issues of psychoanalytic clinical technique and theory for the purpose of increasing psychotherapeutic acumen. Efforts are made to complement and interdigitate clinical and theoretical seminars with each other. Important objectives are to demonstrate the unique characteristics of each therapeutic encounter and the need to tailor and fashion therapy to meet specific psychological needs of the patient.