BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

EDUCATION

Crunch and Brunch – MIP Members share food and conversation on 2 Sunday mornings a semester. Each Crunch and Brunch presenter is asked to share clinical work over the course of two meetings, roughly a month apart.

Mini Semester – Each winter during the break between semesters, MIP offers a number of short classes open to MIP members only. These classes may be 3 hours in length, or be a series of meetings over 6 weeks. Proposals are submitted in the summer, topics vary greatly.

Graduate Colloquium – Candidates in the 4-year program present their final projects before interested MIP members.

Informal small group meetings – Occasionally MIP members will host an informal gathering to showcase a visiting scholar’s work.

Evening Writer’s Forum

OTHER BENEFITS

MIP has 3 social gatherings a year, a fall party to welcome new candidates and start the year, a holiday party in the home of a member, and an end of year party and graduation.

Reduced rate for subscriptions in several professional journals

Quarterly newsletter “Narratives and Conversations”

Listing in the MIP directory of office locations and areas of specialization

Referral listserv

Emails announcing other important educational programs from other psychoanalytic groups in the Boston area

Opportunities to teach, speak, mentor or supervise

Committee participation

Colleagues!