The Four-Year Program in Psychoanalysis

PPSC offers high-quality psychoanalytic training that provides candidates with broad exposure to the history of psychoanalytic thought, while at same time providing a treatment and supervision experience that promotes the highest degree of personal maturity on the part of the graduate analyst. Like our Three-Year Program, the Four-Year Program consists of courses in contemporary Freudian, modern analytic, object relations, interpersonal, relational, intersubjective and self psychological schools of thought.  Additionally, in the fourth year of the program, advanced integrative seminars and advanced special electives further deepen the candidates' learning. We believe that psychoanalysis continues to be a rich and thorough technique by which to achieve the amelioration of mental health symptoms and the attainment of self-knowledge with which individuals can live vital and productive lives.

Certificate Requirements*^

Because of the ambitious proposal of psychoanalysis, the requirements for graduation are rigorous.

• Four years of course work (See Curriculum)
• 405 hours of personal analysis, including one year of three times / week, and two years of twice / week
• 45 hours prior to admission
• 360 hours of supervision at 2x/week
• 810 Clinical control case hours
• Clinical Case Presentation and Paper

*These requirements represent minimum standards.  Exact requirements may differ based on review by the candidates' advisors and the PPSC Training Committee.

^Graduates of the Three-Year Program may apply their course work, supervision and analysis credits toward these requirements.

Admissions Policy

PPSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its admissions and educational policies. PPSC reserves the right to make reasonable changes in policy, procedure or curriculum in the interest of meeting the needs of students and maintaining the standards of training. If a change is made, students will be given adequate notice or opportunity to address the change. 

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