Supervision
The fee for the weekly individual supervision is agreed upon by the supervisor and student. Tuition for the other three weekly components below (#s 2, 3, and 4) is $40 per meeting, with approximately 30 meetings each year. These charges are in addition to the course tuition of $2175.
- Weekly Individual Supervision - minimum of 110 sessions over the three years.
- Introductory Technique Seminar: In their first year, students will bring notes from their initial sessions with new patients to this seminar. The seminar will explore the various issues involved in beginning a treatment, starting with the initial phone call. Concerns include: ascertaining why the patient has come for therapy, appraising treatment options, establishing boundaries, sensing initial anxieties about treatment, attending to the interactional processes in the here-and-now, developing a therapeutic sensibility, and setting fees and conditions. In addition, the seminar will review sessions from the television series “In Treatment,” using that material as a basis for discussing therapeutic options in the clinical moment.
Faculty: Dr. Alberto Pieczanski - Infant-Mother Observation: During the student’s second year in the program, the student will observe a mother and her infant in their home for an hour each week. These visits will be discussed in an ongoing group, led by an experienced mother-infant observation supervisor. This group will meet each week prior to the regular classes throughout the year. Observing babies and their mothers/family members over a long period of time means that we have an opportunity to perceive patterns in the making. Observers come to apprehend how relationships are developed and how we become part of each other’s world and to recognize the persistence of infantile patterns of behavior in later life. This is an unique opportunity to enhance our clinical skills when working with adults, children and families.
Faculty: Dr. Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski and Ms. Sharon Alperovitz - Work Discussion Seminar: In their third year, students bring detailed studies of their work with a patient to a seminar conducted along the lines of the Infant-Mother Observation. The aim of the seminar is to sharpen perceptions of verbal and non-verbal communications and to closely study the moment-to-moment interactions between patient and therapist. This group will meet each week prior to the regular classes throughout the year.
Faculty: Ms. Sharon Alperovitz and Dr. Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski
Completion & Post Graduate Standing
Graduates of the program receive a certificate of completion and may join the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Clinical Case Presentations
Four times each year students, graduates, and faculty convene for dinner and discuss a clinical case presentation, given by a student, graduate, or faculty member of the Program. Continuing Education credits will be provided for these presentations.
