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 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 and defenses, and the ways such learning can inform clinical technique with children and adults 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)

A distance learning psychoanalytic training program

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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Consultation Program

Online course aimed at honing the consultation and supervision skills of psychodynamic clinicians. The course includes discussions of readings and clinical case material conducted in individual and group supervision settings.

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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 and family 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

Open Enrollment Individual Psychotherapy Training

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PPP) Videoconference

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Open Enrollment Couple and Family Training

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

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Open Enrollment Videoconference Series

2023-2024 Master Speaker Series: The Erotic in Psychoanalysis

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Open Enrollment Introduction to Couple Therapy

Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy One-day Course

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Open Enrollment Basics of Psychodynamics

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Everyday Terms

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Special Event

Scharff Award Lecture

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Open Enrollment Guest Lectures

Special Topics

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IPI In-person Conferences

In-Person Conferences

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IPI Weekend Conferences

Weekend Conferences

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Overseas Programs

Overseas Program

China Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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