The academic program consists of courses in

Personality Development Through the Life Cycle

Psychodynamic Concepts & Theories of Therapy

Clinical technique courses on phases of the process ranging from evaluation and treatment planning to termination (and including crisis and medication issues)

Psychopathology

Personality Development

Infancy and the early years, including recent developments in infant research

Latency and Adolescence

Adulthood

Psychodynamic Concepts and Theories

Exploration of psychodynamic concepts

Theory and process of therapy, including contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives (e.g., ego psychology, object relations theory, self psychology, intersubjectivity, & relational theory) as applied to psychodynamic psychotherapy

Dreams

Clinical Technique

Core technique courses:

1. Evaluation and treatment planning
2. Opening phase
3. Middle phase
4. Termination

Management of crisis and medication issues

Full Class Case Conference courses involving class discussion of case material brought by a participant

Psychopathology

Personality disorders and character problems

Narcissistic issues

Borderline conditions

Trauma and dissociative disorders

Anxiety and affective disorders

Depression and mania

Obsessive-compulsive and hysterical disorders

Sexuality & Gender