The San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute provides two psychoanalytic training programs for qualified mental health clinicians. One includes comprehensive education and clinical training in adult psychoanalysis and in child and adolescent analysis, as well as a non-clinical psychoanalytic academic program. The other offers education and advanced clinical training in adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy and in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
As a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, SDPSI is accredited by the California Medical Association and the California Psychological Association. This institution has received approval to operate from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Bureau. The Bureau has determined that this institution’s operational plan satisfies the minimum standards listed in Education Code section 94915(b).
Psychoanalytic Training Program
The San Diego Psychoanalytic Society & Institute ("SDPSI") provides training programs for the comprehensive education and clinical training in adult psychoanalysis, and in child & adolescent psychoanalysis. There is also an Academic Associate Program for the scholastic study of psychoanalysis that does not include clinical training.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
The San Diego Psychoanalytic Society & Institute ("SDPSI") announces our two-year Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program for clinicians who want to acquire expertise in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. This training investigates the mind, as viewed from the perspectives of current psychoanalytic theories of normal and pathological development and function.
SDPSI Fellowship
SDPSI announces a new one-year Fellowship for mental health clinicians and students who are interested in psychoanalytic thinking and its application to clinical work. The fellowship includes personal mentorship, monthly seminars, and free admission to SDPSI public events. Spaces are limited. To apply, please send a CV and letter of interest to Michelle at sdpsi.michelle@gmail.com. The deadline to submit application materials is August 31, 2010.
Pre-Matriculation Program
The “Early Admission/Pre-Matriculation Program” is for clinicians or students who are committed to psychoanalytic training and have completed an admissions process, but who are not yet able or qualified to begin the full training program. This program consists of monthly seminars and clinical supervision, for one or more years, in preparation for analytic training.