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Brookline, MA 02445

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• The fellowship program is designed for mental health providers interested in deepening their understanding of psychoanalytic psychology. Using a contemporary, comparative approach, the fellowship will explore a variety of models of the treatment process (Classical, Object Relations, Self Psychology and Relational), with equal attention to theory and its clinical application. The fellowship aims to enrich participants’ understanding of human nature and to promote a more vital and effective clinical practice. Case presentations by fellows and faculty will be used to further elucidate and animate theoretical concepts and models as they are applied in discussion of clinical issues and psychotherapy process.

• Course work is based on a two-part seminar, didactic and clinical. The seminar will meet on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. at Amherst College. The first half of each meeting will consist of a lecture and discussion of readings. The second half will concern the integration of theory with clinical material. There will be four terms, with a total of nineteen sessions, including a final review and reflection. The number of participants in the program will be limited, in order to enhance seminar participation.

• Referrals for individual case consultation will be available on request. Each fellow will have an individual academic MIP PGFP-West advisor, available to meet upon request.

• First Term:
The Radical Nature of Freud’s Thought and Its Evolution in Classical Theory and Ego Psychology

Faculty: Joel Rosen, M.D., Ira Sharkey, IAAP, LMHC
Dates: November 6, 13, 20, 27; December 4

• Second Term:
Winnicott, Klein and Object Relations: Alternative Visions of the Mind and How They Shape the Treatment Process
Faculty: Edmund P. DeLaCour, Ph.D., ABPP
Dates: January 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26

• Third Term:
Self Psychology: From Kohut to Contemporary Perspectives
Faculty: Theodore Ellenhorn, Ph.D.
Dates: March 5, 12, 19, 26

• Fourth Term:
Contemporary Relational Theory: How Current Theorists Are Influencing the Practice of Psychotherapy

Faculty: David Levit, Ph.D., ABPP
Margaret Babbott, Ph.D.
Dates: April 2, 9, 23, 30

• Overview and Reflection
All faculty
Date: May 7

Click here to read about the Fellowship WEST Faculty

Learning Objectives:

1) Recognize how a wide range of psychoanalytic models can be integrated with and enhance many forms of psychotherapy.

2) Understand how psychoanalytic thinking continues to change radically over time while retaining certain core perspectives on the mind and therapeutic process.

3) Learn to address the therapeutic situation with your own patients using different psychoanalytic views of the therapeutic relationship.

Continuing Education:

Psychologists: The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MIP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers: The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) offers continuing education to social workers and secures credits through The Continuing Education Collaborative operated by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

Physicians: For information about CME contact MIP at 617-469-2777

Tuition and Application:

Fellowship Program: $800 ($400 in the fall and spring)

Tuition includes membership in MIP. Click here to read about the benefits of membership.

To apply please submit 2 copies of the following:
• A current curriculum vitae
• A statement of Interest- Please describe your interest in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and what you hope to gain from the fellowship program.
• Two current letters of reference from supervisors or colleagues.

A check for $25. payable to the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. This fee is non-refundable.

Mail applications to:

MIP PGFP-WEST

288 Washington St. #343

Brookline, MA 02445

The deadline for submitting a completed application is July 10.