The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies (CMPS) is a psychoanalytic training institute founded in 1971, chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and recognized by NY State as a licensure-qualifying institute. Modern Psychoanalysis rests on the theoretical framework and clinical approach of Sigmund Freud and the innovative techniques of Hyman Spotnitz and Phyllis Meadow, whose insights expanded the repertoire of available interventions. Its cornerstone is emotional communication, the practice of which allows for the loosening of repetitive and rigid patterns of thinking and behavior in both individual and group work. These interventions have proven to be particularly helpful to clinicians in social work agencies, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, and community mental health centers. Others who find psychoanalytic thought valuable are psychologists, psychiatrists, educators and guidance counselors, nurses, students of the arts, and those engaged in business.

This program has been 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 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.

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COURSEWORK

Fall Semester

THE MATURATIONAL PROCESS

• Differentiating the self from the other in clinical settings
  and in everyday life
• 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

Spring Semester

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

ONE YEAR PROGRAM CLASSES MEET MONDAYS from 6:00 to 9:10pm with a ten minute break.

Fall semester: September 15 to December 8

Spring semester: February 2 to April 27.

Students progress through each program as a group.CMPS Certificate Faculty teach all courses • A certificate of completion is awarded at the end of each program. Fee for each program is $1000 per semester.

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

Participants who choose both programs will observe the value of having clients in individual and group treatment simultaneously.

There will be $50 non-refundable application fee.