Analytic Training Programs Child Analytic Training Program (CATP)
Child Analytic Training Program (CATP)Child Analytic Training Program (CATP) provides post-graduate training in child analysis for professionals who already have state licenses in a mental health field, e.g., DO, LCSW, LPCC, MD, PhD, PsyD. The training program includes three concurrent components focusing on work with children: 1) personal training analysis, 2) supervised treatment of three psychoanalytic patients, and 3) a curriculum of study. The educational aim of a personal training analysis is to free candidates from attitudes which could interfere with their psychoanalytic competence as well as to provide a firsthand experience of the dynamic unconscious, resistances and transference. Supervision of cases with a CPI faculty member helps candidates learn the psychoanalytic method. Through weekly supervision sessions, candidates observe how they integrate their personal analysis with the didactic and clinical work. The process assists in the development of each candidate’s unique capacity to do analytic work. The two year curriculum offers an in-depth understanding of psychological development through the life cycle as well as psychopathologies particular to children. Child analysts must work with parents as well as children, so courses are also designed to develop clinical competency in aspects of treatment involving working with parents. Classes are scheduled from September to May on a trimester system for a total of 30 weeks per year. Classes meet five hours per week. This course of study includes the opportunity for candidates to participate in local seminars led by nationally known scholars. |