Clinical Training

IPI offers a range of clinical training options for those who wish to practice from a psychodynamic perspective.  Clinicians may focus on in-depth or short-term treatments with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents in varied treatment settings.  Our programs provide didactic instruction on classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory and technique combined with clinical applications to facilitate the development of clinical skills and dynamic understanding.

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Object Relations Theory and Practice

The Two-Year Certificate Program in Object Relations Theory and Practice located in the Washington D.C area, provides a concentrated immersion in object relations theory and practice.

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Infant Observation

The Infant observation program focuses on early child development, primary relationships, primitive anxieties, defenses and implications for child and adult psychotherapy later in life.

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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program (PPP)

The Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program is the IPI's only advanced certificate program in individual adult psychotherapy which can be completed via distance learning.

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Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT)

Four-year psychoanalytic training program, online and in-person including seminars, case presentations, group affective learning.

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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Consultation Program

Consultation and supervision skills: online course includes readings, discussions, case examples, individual and group supervision settings, CE credits, and integration of the learning using the group affective model.

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Combined Child Training

A two-year program in either child psychotherapy or child psychoanalysis, this program combines weekly videoconferencing seminars with twice yearly conferences, featuring presenters invested in child work.

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Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy

This program is geared for licensed IPI’s Two-year Object Relations Theory and Practice program graduates (or the equivalent) who desire advanced training in couple treatment.

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Looking for weekend conferences?

Many of IPI's training opportunities are available to participants who can't enroll in one of the full training programs. Students are welcome to come to one, or several, of the events at a level of participation that suits you.

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IPI Distance Learning

Distance Learning

Online Options: Single Session, Semester Courses, Videoconferences

Distance Learning (Sept 17, 2021 - May 6, 2022)

2021-2022 Master Speaker Videoconference Series—TRAUMA: From Childhood Abuse to Tsunamis, War & the Holocaust

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Distance Learning (Sept 29, 2021 - May 11, 2022)

Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy: Special Topics in Theory, Technique & Practice

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Distance Learning (Jan 14-May 13, 2022)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PPP) Videoconference

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Special Topics

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Distance Learning (Oct 2022 - April 2023)

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Everyday Terms

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Certificate Program (starting Oct 7, 2022)

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Consultation Program

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Distance Learning (Sept 17, 2021 - July 22, 2022)

Infant Observation

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Distance Learning One Day: Sept 10, 2022

Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy One-day Course

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IPI In-person Conferences

In-Person Conferences

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Weekend Conferences

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Overseas Programs

Overseas Program

China Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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