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GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
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Three-Year Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Track
One/Two-Year Non-Clinical Track |
About the Course
The three-year Graduate Programme in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is the flagship programme of the Institute of Psychotherapy and has a tripartite structure of Theory, Clinical Work and Personal Therapy. Anyone who wishes to be certified as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist by the Institute has to do the three year course work in Psychoanalytic Theory, be in Personal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with a psychotherapist assigned by the Institute, and in the Clinical Series do the necessary course work which involves practical training and psychotherapy with patients under supervision. Only those students who have been in personal therapy for a reasonable period of time are allowed to take clinical cases following feedback from the personal psychotherapist and the academic committee. MD Psychiatry residents would be exempted from some of the clinical course work.
The Institute also offers a Non-Clinical track that would be of interest to anyone with curiosity about human nature and one�s own self. The candidates enrolled for this track will get to attend all the lectures and seminars except those that involve clinical work. Thus, they would be exempted from both personal therapy and the clinical series [except for some of the lectures on psychotherapeutic practice].
Course Content
The Graduate Programme involves Theoretical Coursework, Clinical Work and Personal Analysis. The Theory is organized into following three concurrently running modules:
Psychoanalytic Theory Series
Clinical Series
Foundations, Research and Integration Series
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Psychoanalytic Theory Series
The psychoanalytic theory module gives the students a thorough grounding in classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory. The first year syllabus focuses on the exposition of classical psychoanalytic theory and the historical development of these ideas. The subsequent years covers the later developments in the field of psychoanalysis under different schools, and students are given an integrated view of the field so that they can draw upon these ideas in their clinical practice.
Clinical Series
The first year clinical module begins with classes on psychiatric diagnostics and hands-on experience in Psychiatric Interviewing, Mental Status Examination, and Diagnosis in a psychiatric clinic, followed by introductory lectures on psychoanalytic psychotherapy. From the second year onwards there are advanced lectures on the practice and technique of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Only those students who have already been in therapy for a reasonable period of time are allowed to take in patients for psychotherapy under supervision. This is done strictly on the basis of the feedback obtained from the academic committee that includes the personal psychotherapist of the student.
Foundations, Research and Integration Series
The focus of this module is on the foundations of psychoanalysis for which the necessary grounding in philosophy [assuming the student has no exposure] and neurobiology [assuming the student has elementary knowledge of biology] is provided. This prepares the student to take the more advanced courses in the conceptual foundations of research and research strategies in psychoanalysis. The objective of this module is to equip the student with critical research skills, to develop an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective of psychoanalysis, cognitive science and biology, and to enable those seriously inclined to make an informed choice of methods in their own research pursuits in psychoanalysis. Among the objectives of this series is the idea of developing a pool of potential researches who would actively participate in psychoanalytic research that IOP intends to undertake within the next couple of years. Thus, this course would be of great help to those planning to do their MPhil or PhD.
Personal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Personal psychotherapy is mandatory for the students in the clinical track and it has a two-fold purpose � it is the best way a student can understand and learn the psychoanalytic therapeutic process, and it helps resolve the student�s own personal issues that invariably come in the way of his or her own clinical work with patients. If it is found after the three-year period that there are too many unresolved psychological issues that might come in the way of the student�s independent clinical work, then he or she is offered a non-clinical track certification by the Institute.
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Year I
Psychoanalysis A-Z and Historical Overview of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Theory Series I
Introduction to Core Psychoanalytic Concepts
Classical Freudian Theory I: Metapsychology
Classical Freudian Theory II: Psychopathology
Classic Case Studies: Freud�s Exposition and Modern Re-evaluation
The Rebels and their Cause: Dissenters and Innovators
Introduction to Kleinian Psychoanalysis
Clinical Series I
Psychiatric Diagnostics and DSM-IV- TR
Reclaiming the Lost in Translation: Psychiatric vs Psychoanalytic Diagnostics
Basics of Neurology and Psychopharmacological Therapeutics
The Uses of Psychotherapy: Introduction to the Psychoanalytic Therapeutic Process
The Abuse of Psychotherapy: the Therapeutically Battered Patient and the Ethical Therapist
Foundations, Research and Integration Series I
Philosophical Foundations of Psychoanalysis - I [Greek to Kant/Schopenhauer]
Biological Foundations of Psychoanalysis: Evolutionary Theory and Neurobiology
Philosophy of Science [Bacon to Deborah Mayo�s New Experimentalism]
Critiques of Psychoanalysis: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Integration and Convergence of Philosophy, Psychoanalysis/Psychology and Neuroscience
Years II and III
Psychoanalytic Theory Series II & III
The American Tradition: Ego Psychology and Self-Psychology
The Kleinian Tradition
The British Independent Tradition
Contemporary Freudian Theory
The French Tradition
Indian Psychoanalysis: Themes and Variations
Clinical Series II & III
Psychoanalytic Technique: Introductory and Advanced
Psychotherapeutic Practice: Introductory and Advanced
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Case Formulation
Continuous Case Conference & Group Supervisions
Foundations, Research and Integration Series II & III
Philosophical Foundations of Psychoanalysis - II [Hegelian to Contemporary Philosophy]
The Hermeneutic and Post-modern turn in Psychoanalysis
Theory Construction and Research Strategies in Psychoanalysis
Conceptual, Empirical and Experimental Research in Psychoanalysis
Integration of the Psychoanalytic Schools
Neuropsychoanalysis: Convergence of Psychoanalysis, Neurobiology and Cognitive Science
Integration of Psychoanalytic and Psychiatric Therapeutic Approaches
Common to All: Years I, II & III
In-house Didactic Vertical Days and Seminar Series
Seminars on Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory
Seminars on Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapeutic Practice
Seminars on Applied Psychoanalysis: Religion, Culture and Society
Seminars on Research Methods in Psychoanalysis
Guest Lectures and Seminars
The institute also conducts seminars and lectures by visiting and guest faculty for which pre-seminar primers are conducted when required
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Pedagogy
The students are given a thorough grounding in psychoanalytic theory. This involves reading the psychoanalytic pioneers in the original. Extensive use is made of explicatory papers from peer-reviewed journals, published case studies, and selections from books by psychoanalysts, and other clinical examples. Hence, the command of English expected of the student is much higher than that required for a normal university course. The clinical cases would also be supplemented by psychoanalysis of movies [Psychoanalytic Movie Club], selections from fiction, and contemporary issues of society. While some of the topics are covered in regular lectures, a few would be covered in intensive vertical days and seminars conducted from time to time. Besides the didactic classes, students are expected to present papers in the classroom from time to time, which allows for a more active learning on part of the student.
IOP has a well-stocked library of books on psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, psychoanalytic journals, audio and video cassettes, and CD-Roms.
Evaluation and Certification Criteria
Besides the coursework, the student will be evaluated on demonstrated analytic competence and maturity in supervised clinical work and he/she should have achieved the capacity for independent psychotherapeutic work before certification can be awarded.
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80% attendance |
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Ongoing classroom assessment and annual assessments |
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Successful completion of the final assignment involving independent library work |
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Completion of personal psychotherapy |
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Successful termination of a minimum of two psychotherapy cases under supervision
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Eligibility and Admission Criteria
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Clinical Track
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MA Psychology, MSW, MD Psychiatry Residents, and those enrolled in MA Psychology or Final Year BA Psychology Programmes.
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Graduates in any other discipline with an aptitude for psychology and potential to be psychoanalytic psychotherapists would be considered for admission after an extended interview.
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Non-Clinical Track
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Graduates in any discipline.
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| Admission: |
Suitability as evidenced in the Application Form
Written Test [based on the reading material to be provided on application]
Interview
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The screening process assesses both the aptitude and potential of the prospective students, and hence past academic performance would not be a significant factor. But the students are expected to have a good command of English, fluency in spoken English is not as important as excellence in reading comprehension. Since life experience and the emotional maturity that comes from it is an essential quality the Institute is looking for, mature candidates and those considering a mid-life entry into or change of profession, even those who completed their formal education years back, are strongly advised to apply; the Institute will give you ample opportunity to regain your academic touch.
Time Commitment
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Three years plus an optional one year for clinical practice and advanced seminars for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
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| Lectures: |
At least 4 hours, twice a week.
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Students in the clinical track will have to spare about four to five hours per week for personal analysis, in addition to some extra hours during the first year for clinical training in psychiatric clinics and hospitals. From the second year onwards the number of hours to be devoted at the Institute increases substantially with the clinical work and supervisions.
Financial Commitment
Clinical Track
Course Fees:
(including seminars and guest lectures) |
Rs 17,000 per annum [increases marginally in the subsequent years]
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| Personal Psychotherapy: |
Rs 3,000 to 3,500 per month approximately
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| Reading Material: |
Provided at cost
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Monthly two-day seminars by a training and control psychoanalyst from Mumbai, approximately Rs 2,500 per month
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| Stipend from Second Year: |
Students are paid a stipend for their clinical work from the second year of the programme, 25% of the patient fee in the first year, which could increase to 50% in the final year if the number of supervisions required decreases.
Note: Only those students who are found suitable, as evidenced in their own therapy and academic feedback, are allowed to do psychotherapeutic work with patients.
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Non-Clinical Track
Course Fees:
(including seminars and guest lectures) |
Rs 17,000 per annum [increases marginally in the subsequent years]
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| Reading Material: |
Provided at cost
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Career Prospects and Recognition
The Institute of Psychotherapy is not affiliated to any formal University set-up, but the contemporary curriculum and the rigorous training provided helps the student acquire the necessary professional skills to set-up a private practice or to take up work in a psychiatric set-up, hospital or a mental health organization. The students in the Clinical Track, on fulfilling the necessary internal criteria, are recommended by the Institute to be made the affiliates of the Indian Psychoanalytic Society, the Indian Chapter of the International Psychoanalytical Association. The experience at the Institute gives the student intensive exposure to the field of psychoanalysis for him/her to seriously consider working towards full-fledged membership of the International Psychoanalytical Association and Indian Psychoanalytic Society to become a psychoanalyst. Thus, IOP also serves as a feeder institute for the psychoanalytic movement within the country. Since there is no chartered body within the country that issues certification for psychotherapy, the students would be free to practice psychotherapy with the professional skills acquired here. Yet the Institute expects its clinical students to complete their Masters in Psychology before they graduate, and encourages those who have already done their Masters to enroll for their PhD. Though the certification of the Institute of Psychotherapy is not recognized by any University within the country for higher studies, the certificates and transcripts issued are taken seriously by the admission committees of Western Universities. Thus, the courses of the Institute definitely add value to anyone aspiring to study for a higher degree in a Western University as is evident from the career path taken by some of our alumni.
Alumni
Of the alumni of the Institute with a Psychology background, while some have gone on to practice in psychiatric hospitals and clinics, and one is working with a school as a counsellor, others have opted for higher education abroad. These include a PhD in Psychoanalytic Psychology from Adelphi University of New York, a PhD from the Institute for Health Research-University of Lancaster, an MSc in Developmental Psychoanalytic Psychology from the Anna Freud Centre-University College London, and another doing her PsyD at Bristol University after working for the NHS as a psychotherapist in London. One of our alumni is practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Kenya.
Three psychiatrists have graduated from this Institute as psychoanalytic psychotherapists and psychotherapy forms a major part of their psychiatric practice. One of our alumni is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, where he also runs a Freud Study Group, and another has started and heads the Psychoanalysis Unit in the Psychiatry Department of Max Group of Hospitals, Delhi, is a Faculty at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, Delhi University, and a member and India representative of the International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization section of the International Psychoanalytic Association.
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