2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 163 - Mental Health Practitioners › 8405 - Psychoanalysis.

§   8405.   Psychoanalysis.   1.   Definition   of   the  practice  of
psychoanalysis.  The practice of the  profession  of  psychoanalysis  is
defined as:
(a)  the  observation,  description, evaluation, and interpretation of
dynamic unconscious mental processes that contribute to the formation of
personality and behavior in order to identify  and  resolve  unconscious
psychic  problems which affect interpersonal relationships and emotional
development, to facilitate changes in personality and  behavior  through
the  use  of verbal and nonverbal cognitive and emotional communication,
and to develop adaptive functioning; and
(b) the use of assessment instruments and mental health counseling and
psychotherapy to identify, evaluate and treat dysfunctions and disorders
for purposes of providing appropriate psychoanalytic services.
2. Practice of psychoanalysis and use of  the  titles  "psychoanalyst"
and  "licensed  psychoanalyst".  Only  a person licensed or exempt under
this  article  shall  practice   psychoanalysis   or   use   the   title
"psychoanalyst".    Only  a person licensed under this article shall use
the title "licensed psychoanalyst" or any other designation  tending  to
imply that the person is licensed to practice psychoanalysis.
3.  Requirements  for a professional license. To qualify for a license
as a "licensed psychoanalyst", an applicant shall fulfill the  following
requirements:
(a) Application: File an application with the department;
(b)  Education:  Have  received  a  master's  degree  or higher from a
degree-granting program registered by the department or the  substantial
equivalent  and  have  completed  a  program  of study registered by the
department in a psychoanalytic  institute  chartered  by  the  board  of
regents  or  the substantial equivalent as determined by the department.
The program  of  study  in  a  psychoanalytic  institute  shall  include
coursework   substantially  equivalent  to  coursework  required  for  a
master's degree in a  health  or  mental  health  field  of  study.  The
coursework shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(i) personality development;
(ii) psychoanalytic theory of psychopathology;
(iii) psychoanalytic theory of psychodiagnosis;
(iv) sociocultural influence on growth and psychopathology;
(v) practice technique (including dreams and symbolic processes);
(vi) analysis of resistance, transference, and countertransference;
(vii) case seminars on clinical practice;
(viii) practice in psychopathology and psychodiagnosis;
(ix) professional ethics and psychoanalytic research methodology; and
(x)  a  minimum  of  three  hundred hours of personal analysis and one
hundred fifty hours of supervised analysis;
(c) Experience: Have completed a minimum of fifteen hundred  hours  of
supervised  clinical  practice  satisfactory  to  the  department and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Satisfactory  experience
obtained  in an entity operating under a waiver issued by the department
pursuant to section sixty-five hundred three-a  of  this  title  may  be
accepted  by  the  department,  notwithstanding that such experience may
have  been  obtained  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  such  section
sixty-five  hundred three-a and/or prior to the entity having obtained a
waiver. The department may, for good cause  shown,  accept  satisfactory
experience  that was obtained in a setting that would have been eligible
for a waiver but which has not obtained a waiver from the department  or
experience  that  was  obtained in good faith by the applicant under the
belief  that  appropriate  authorization  had  been  obtained  for   the
experience,  provided  that such experience meets all other requirements
for acceptable experience;
(d) Examination: Pass an examination in psychoanalysis satisfactory to
the department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(e) Age: Be at least twenty-one years of age;
(f)  Character:  Be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
department; and
(g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
registration period.