CINCINNATI PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE

ADVANCED PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM

PURPOSE

In today's mental health environment, determining and providing appropriate, meaningful focused psychotherapy services requires the highest level of assessment and treatment skills.

The Advanced Psychotherapy Program (APP) of the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute prepares students to meet these challenges in the belief that an in-depth understanding of unconscious phenomena is necessary for all modes of therapeutic endeavor. It offers qualified mental health practitioners the opportunity to deepen and expand their skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, focal therapy, and advanced clinical assessment. 

APP is preparing to enroll its eighth class of students for the two-year academic program beginning in September 2007. Inquiries and applications can be submitted via e-mail using the form below.   

PREREQUISITES

Qualified applicants are mental health professionals in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, and counseling. In addition to being actively involved in the practice of their profession, applicants are required to have:

PRIVILEGES

APP students receive free membership in the Institute's Kapp Memorial Library. They are given advance notice of various Institute activities and are invited to participate in clinical seminars and topical workshops with Institute faculty and visiting teachers. Students also have the opportunity to purchase half-price tickets to certain Psychoanalysis, Literature, & the Arts events. Upon graduation, participants are eligible to participate in Clinical Case Conferences sponsored by the APP Alumni (APPA).

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COMMUTERS

In recent years an increasing number of students come from throughout the tri-state area, from Columbus, Dayton, and Oxford in Ohio, Indianapolis and Bloomington in Indiana, and from Lexington and Louisville in Kentucky. Every effort is made to schedule classes and other activities in a manner respectful of the additional effort commuting requires.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

CPI is a provider of Continuing Education Credits for counselors, social workers, psychologists, and physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this continuing medical education activity on an hour for hour basis in Category 1 of the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

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TUITION

Annual tuition is $2,500.00 payable in four installments of $625.00 each on the first of September, November, February, and April. Other arrangements may be made, if necessary, after discussion with the Administrator. Tuition payments must be up-to-date to qualify for continuing education credit and to participate in periodic special workshops and other events. Other Fees: Supervision from CPI faculty is available to APP students at a special rate of $50.00 per hour. This fee is paid directly to the supervisor.

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CURRICULUM: A THREE-TIER PROGRAM OF STUDY

The curriculum makes a genuine effort to integrate the multiple perspectives present in the contemporary theory of psychoanalysis. Didactic seminars in theory and technique and one clinical conference are conducted weekly throughout two academic semesters for 32 weeks per year, beginning the second week in September and continuing through the second week of June with a break in December. Classes are held on Fridays for 3½ hours (112 hours per year).

Didactic Seminars: Didactic seminars in both years of study explore multiple aspects of human development, psychopathology, and treatment.

Theory: the first year theory seminar focuses in depth on the four primary models of the mind in which intrapsychic processes that shape behavior and symptoms are seen as resulting from interactive bio-psychosocial factors. The second year theory courses review development from a psychoanalytic perspective and then discuss commonly presenting psychopathologies as they represent failures or conflicts in development.

Technique: the first year technique seminar focuses on essential elements of the clinical encounter, engagement, assessment, frame and boundaries, formulation, transference, countertransference, enactment, interpretation, working through, and termination. The second year technique seminar consists of four specialized courses: treatment of traumatic states; curative factors and processes; brief focal psychotherapy; and multi-modal treatments.

Clinical Experience & Supervision: The Clinical Conference in both years gives participants the opportunity to apply their course work to their own cases in small group presentations to senior CPI faculty members. Participants are required to carry a minimum of three clinical cases in intensive psychotherapy throughout the program, and to meet weekly for individual supervision with faculty of the Institute. Supervisory assignments are made by the APP Director with the participant's input. Cases for supervision are selected in consultation with the supervisor from the participant's current case load.

Personal Psychotherapy: A central tenet of the APP is the belief that self-awareness and self-monitoring are critical elements of effective clinical practice. Therefore, each student is advised that engaging in personal psychotherapy is an integral component of becoming an effective psychotherapist.

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A P P L I C A T I O N  
(We recommend you apply as early  as possible since class size will be limited.)  

ADMISSIONS

Letters of Reference: Two letters of reference from sources of your choice are required for acceptance. They should be mailed to the address below along with a notion that you have previously sent the above application to the office via electronic mail. 

Personal Interviews: Personal interviews are required for acceptance into the program. We will send you a schedule upon receipt of your application.

Submit two (2) copies of the completed application form; 2 copies each of your resume, present licensure and/or certification, malpractice insurance, and case report*; and a non-refundable $100 application fee to:

 Marcia Kaplan, M.D.  
APP Program Director  
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute  
3001 Highland Avenue  Cincinnati, Ohio 45219-2315