Responding to the Crisis in Haiti

As providers of mental health, the PPSC community is attuned to the trauma that Haitians are suffering as well as their family and friends here in the United States. PPSC endorses and has donated funds to Doctors Without Borders which you can donate to by clicking here. If you have suggestions of other organizations we can list here, please contact Benjamin Seaman.

Upcoming Events

COPAT Presents: Addiction, Psychoanalysis, and the Brain

April 24, 2010 - Brian Johnson and Steven Lee, respected speakers in the field of psychoanalysis and addictions, present their findings.

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Curriculum

PPSC's curriculum consists of a careful blend of orientations structured to impart theory and technique represented in the most important works of our analytic forefathers and foremothers in concert with contemporary and evolving psychoanalytic theory.  We offer two programs: a Four-Year Program  in Psychoanalysis and a Three-Year Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.  The coursework is the same for the first three years (6 semesters) while the personal analysis, control supervision, and clinical requirements differ.  The final year of the 4-Year program consists of courses that emphasize comparison and synthesis of all major orientations as well several specialized study courses and electives. 

FIRST YEAR

Listening Perspectives • Evolution of Psychoanalysis
Freud I • Freud II
Group Supervision I • Group Supervision II
Personality Development I • Personality Development II

SECOND YEAR

Object Relations •  Psychology
Group Supervision III • Group Supervision IV
Transference • Countertransference
Clinical Assessment I • Clinical Assessment II

THIRD YEAR

Self Psychology • Relational Theory
Dreams • Modern Psychoanalysis
Case Seminar I • Case Seminar II
Character Styles • Borderline Personality

FOURTH YEAR

Advanced Colloquium • Advanced Colloquium
Trauma • Addictions
Gender and Sexuality • Termination
Advanced Studies I•   Advanced Studies II