Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute

Psychotherapy Training Programs 

Advanced Psychotherapy Program

In today’s mental health environment, determining and providing appropriate, meaningful psychotherapy services requires the highest level of assessment and treatment skills. The two-year Advanced Psychotherapy Program (APP) prepares students to meet these challenges, offering mental health practitioners the opportunity to deepen and expand their skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, focal therapy, and advanced clinical assessment.  The program consists of two seminars, one in theory and one in technique, and a clinical case conference. Classes are held on Fridays through two academic semesters per year. The APP curriculum integrates the multiple perspectives present in contemporary psychoanalytic thought and models of practice.

Qualified applicants are mental health professionals in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, and counseling. Participants are expected to carry a minimum of three cases in intensive psychotherapy throughout the program, and to meet weekly for individual supervision with Institute faculty. Students are encouraged but not required to be currently engaged in, or to have previously completed, a personal intensive psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. All courses are accredited for continuing education credit. The annual tuition is $2,500.00

To join our APP class, download the application here. 

Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program

A psychodynamically informed approach to working with children and adolescents brings to bear an in-depth but flexible model for understanding a child's development, inner life, and interpersonal world. Providing appropriate psychotherapy services that meet the special challenges children present requires a multi-faceted theoretical and clinical base of knowledge. The Child Psychotherapy Program (CAPP) prepares students to meet these challenges, offering mental health practitioners the opportunity to deepen and broaden their skills in: individual psychodynamic psychotherapy with children; clinical assessment; and collaborative work with parents.The program consists of two clinical seminars and a child clinical conference. Classes are held on Fridays through (2) sixteen week academic semesters per year. The CAPP curriculum includes segments on normal child and adolescent development; models for understanding difficult or abnormal development; psychodynamically informed clinical technique with children of different ages and developmental levels; and hands-on clinical presentation and group discussion.

Qualified applicants are mental health professionals in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, and counseling. Participants are expected to meet weekly for individual supervision with Institute faculty. Students are encouraged but not required to be currently engaged in, or to have previously completed, a personal intensive psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. All courses are accredited for continuing education credit. The annual tuition is $2,500.

To join our CAPP class, download the application here.