The Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute offers a two year certificate course
in advanced psychotherapy. The distinctive organizing principle for the program
is its focus on the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Providing appropriate,
meaningful psychotherapy requires the highest level of assessment and treatment
skills.
Overview
The academic year is divided into two 16-week semesters. There are two didactic
seminars each Monday evening (from 7:00-8:15 and 8:30-9:45 p.m.) and bi-weekly case
conferences every other Thursday (from 7:00-8:30 p.m.). All classes are held at
SPSI. The classes and case conferences provide a supportive environment in which
to learn and grow as a therapist while allowing the student to form a peer group
of potentially lifelong professional relationships.
Supervision
It is recommended, though not required that each participant in the program have
weekly supervision on their psychotherapy cases. Times, locations, and fees of supervision
will be individually arranged. There is a list of faculty members who have agreed
to see CAPP students at a reduced fee of $60.00 per supervisory hour. The program
will assist the student in making arrangements for reduced fee supervision if requested.
Personal Psychotherapy
Only through struggling with one's inner problems and misfortune can one gain the
empathy required to relate therapeutically to others. It is recommended but not
required that each student in the program have, concurrently with the program, a
personal experience of psychoanalytic therapy or psychoanalysis in order to increase
the sensitivity of the student to the workings of unconscious forces in themselves
and begin to free him or herself from personality factors that might impede the
full development of one's psychotherapeutic capacities.
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