Psychoanalytic Training for Residents
Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute's internationally-acclaimed training program allows many different sorts of professionals with differing degrees of interest to study the theory and clinical methods of psychoanalysis. The EUPI curriculum offers additional opportunities to learn more about psychoanalytic ideas and techniques and offers training to become trained as a psychoanalyst or psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
Our Core Program allows qualified professionals or those on a professional track (psychiatry residents, graduate student in Ph.D programs, or those pursuing social work or counseling degrees) to take two years of the seminars required of analytic candidates, but without requiring either that one be in treatment oneself or that one see clinical patients. Candidates in the Core Program have the option of continuing on to take the rest of the four year curriculum as Core Candidates. Certificates of completion are offered for the two-year and four-year programs. Some candidates choose to enrolling in one of our clinical training programs to become a psychoanalyst or psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
The training program in Adult Psychoanalysis, which prepares one to become a graduate analyst, is open to all mental health clinicians with a doctoral degree or the equivalent, to social workers and counselors, and to scholars in fields in which a knowledge of psychoanalysis is an asset. The program requires four years of didactic seminars, as well as the performance of supervised analyses and undergoing a personal analysis. Those with an interest may declare this at the outset, or may switch into this program from the Core Program at any time if accepted for admission. Residents interested in becoming a psychoanalyst typically enroll in the didactic portion of the training during residency and can begin early psychoanalytic case work. Psychiatry trainees can expect their Adult Psychoanalysis training to extend several years beyond completion of residency. Opportunities also exist for Child Psychoanalysis training.
Our training program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is closely related to the Adult Psychoanalytic Program, and most seminars and case conferences in fact overlap. However, this training program requires three years of classes, and a lower number of supervised cases at lower frequencies (usually 2-3 times per week) than the Training Program in Adult Psychoanalysis. Candidates are also required to be in a personal therapy of 2-3 times per week, parallel to the therapy they are training to deliver. Residents can begin didactic and case work during residency. Residents can have psychotherapy cases that count toward their residency psychotherapy training requirements and also count toward their Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy case requirements at the same time. Most psychoanalytic psychotherapy candidates complete four years of didactic training (fourth year optional) and supervised cases may take up to 3-4 years to complete. Completion of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program would typically require at least one year beyond the completion of residency.
Dr. Andrea Crowell, the director of the Outpatient Psychotherapy Training Program for residents is also a graduate of the EUPI Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, is a member of the EUPI faculty, and works closely with EUPI to support the developmental and logistical needs of residents who are pursuing additional psychoanalytic training.