The Derner Institute offers two outstanding postdoctoral programs that provide working therapists with the theoretical, technical, and personal knowledge needed to pursue specialized professional practice at the highest level of effectiveness. The curriculum combines a broad case of theoretical courses, personal psychoanalysis of the student, and a minimum of 200 hours of supervised clinical psychotherapy practice.
All candidates treat three patients in psychoanalysis for at least two years.
This program provides practicing psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers with advanced knowledge in the literature, theory, practice, and issues of working with children and adolescents. Candidates entering this three-year program are expected to have a firm foundation in the theory of child development, and to undergo personal psychotherapy or psychoanalysis.