THE CMPS ONE-YEAR PROGRAM is designed to enrich the work of clinical practitioners and professionals in various disciplines by introducing them to modern psychoanalytic principles, theories, and techniques. In this course of study you can expect to enhance your therapeutic skills, generate new insights about yourself and your work, and to develop more effective ways of interacting with your clientele. Classes focus on case material and emphasize the application of a psychodynamically informed approach. Both experiential process and more traditional teaching methods are used to promote learning. Students progress through the program as a group. Two consecutive evening classes are taught weekly each semester. A certificate of completion will be awarded.

CLASSES MEET MONDAYS 6:00-9:10pm with a 10-minute break.

Fall 2011 Semester: October 3rd to December 12th.

Spring 2012 Semester: February 6th to April 30th. Tuition per semester is $1,000.

Participants are invited to CMPS events where they can meet certificate program students and faculty members for an informal exchange of ideas.

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COURSEWORK

Semester One

THE MATURATIONAL PROCESS

• Differentiating the self from the other in clinical settings and in everyday life
• Recognizing how knowing this helps us to understand our patients
• Understanding the significance of fixations and regressions in the psychosexual stages

TRANSFERENCE AND RESISTANCE

• Understanding the function of resistance
• Using observation for making inferences and interventions
• Recognizing transference and its implications

Semester Two

ANALYTIC LISTENING

• Listening to the unconscious level of verbal and nonverbal communications
• Understanding symbolic communication, dreams, slips of the tongue, etc.

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

• Recognizing countertransference/using induced feelings
• Distinguishing between subjective and objective countertransference
• Resolving countertransference resistances

There is a $50 non-refundable application fee.