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Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University
of the State of New York
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies
Sixteen West Tenth Street, New York, NY 10011-8707
Bulletin 2021-2022Contents
CMPS Board of Trustees and Administration 2
About Modern Psychoanalysis 3
History of the Center 3
CMPS General Information 6
Admission Procedures 7
General Information for Enrolled Students 7
Schedule of Fees 9
Scholarships 10
Grievance Procedures 10
Modern Psychoanalysis 11
CMPS Training Program Requirements 12
Level 1: Matriculation 12
Level 2: Certificate Candidacy 13
Level 3: Research Candidacy 13
Requirements for Graduation 14
CMPS Course Descriptions 15
CMPS Curriculum Requirements 24
CMPS One-Year Program 25
CMPS Distance Learning 26
Graduates of CMPS 26-29
Faculty 30-31
Application 33-34
Calendar 2021-2022 Inside Back Cover
Copyright © 2021 by the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. No part of this bulletin may be
reproduced without the permission of CMPS.A New York State Licensure-Qualifying Institute
Dedicated to Training Since 1971
BULLETIN 2021-2022
Chartered by the Board of Regents
The University of the State of New York
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Training Center and Consultation and
Administrative Offices Referral Service
16 West Tenth Street 16 West Tenth Street
New York, NY 10011 New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 260-7050 Phone: (212) 228-6036
Fax: (212) 228-6410 Fax: (212) 228-6410
Email: cmps@cmps.edu Email: talkinghelps@cmps.edu
Web: cmps.edu Web: cmps.edu/therapyCenter for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies
Board of Trustees Faye Newsome, Chair Philip Kaplan
Patricia Billotti Gabriela Kohen
Ernest Brod Theodore Laquercia
Jennifer Coonce Janice Montague
Bernie Cornick Alexei Schacht
Mimi G. Crowell Sam Schacht
William Crowell Dolores Welber
Board of Administrative Directors
Mimi G. Crowell President
Ellen Barz Consultation and Referral Service, Clinical Services
Laura Covino Library Services
Barbara D’Amato Distance Learning
Stephen Guttman Registrar
William Hurst Extension Division
Nicole Kirman Research
Theodore Laquercia Special Projects and Development
Charlotte Melnik Liaison to Students
Angela Musolino Consultation and Referral Service, Administration
Phyllis Rauch Educational Advisement Liaison
Rory Rothman Admissions, Faculty Library Liaison
Richard Sacks Professional Events
Sara Sheftel Curator of Hyman Spotnitz Archives
Marc Tallent Communications
Program Coordinator
Amy Althoff Fundraising
Staff
Kabir de Leeuw Assistant to the President
Debra Lee Administrative Assistant
Wei Sen Chen Bookkeeper
Sam Dash Managing Editor, Modern Psychoanalysis
2About Modern Psychoanalysis
M
odern psychoanalysis
builds on the theoretical framework
and clinical approach of Sigmund
Freud, who defined psychoanalysis
and the effective use of emotional
interchanges between analyst and
analysand as an important clinical
tool, and (4) use of variations
as any line of investigation that takes in technique as necessary to aid
transference and resistance as the in the understanding of patient
starting point of its work. It is the dynamics and to resolve resistance to
name given by Hyman Spotnitz to personality maturation.
describe a body of developments
in the theory of technique in
order to apply the psychoanalytic History of the Center
method to the treatment of certain
disorders previously thought to In December 1970, the following
be untreatable by that method. It analysts and friends of psychoanalysis
has been found to be applicable met to establish the Center for
to all types of emotional illness Modern Psychoanalytic Studies:
including neuroses, psychoses, Evelyn Abrams, Dorothy Bloch, Ethel
borderline conditions, depression, Goldwater Clevans, Mark E. Clevans,
and character disorders. The findings Irene Kesten, Jacob Kesten, William
of modern psychoanalysis have Kirman, Evelyn J. Liegner, Leonard
contributed new insights into both Liegner, Shirley B. Love, Sidney I.
the dynamics of emotional illnesses Love, Benjamin D. Margolis, Deborah
and the mechanisms through which Margolis, Cyril Z. Meadow, Phyllis
the analytic process cures these W. Meadow, Benjamin Nelson, Marie
conditions. Coleman Nelson, Joan Ormont,
Louis Ormont, Leslie Rosenthal,
These theories of the treatment of and Harold Stern. The institute was
emotional illness include (1) ways chartered in 1971 by the State of New
that each patient processes destructive York Department of Education.
impulsivity in the analytic setting,
(2) transference repetition including Early in 1971 the Board of Trustees
not only experiences from the named Hyman Spotnitz as Honorary
oedipal stage of development but President in recognition of his
also from the first two years of life pioneering efforts in the development
as well as the prenatal period, (3) of modern psychoanalysis and for
the systematic utilization of patient- his dedication and commitment to
induced countertransference feelings the training of psychoanalysts. The
3Center continues to acknowledge The Center Continues to
Dr. Spotnitz’s contributions as the Advance the Stated Purposes
major foundation of the Center’s of its Charter:
philosophy and approach to
psychoanalytic training. 1) Establishment of a
In 1971, the following people Psychoanalytic Training Institute
were appointed senior associates: The Center’s training program
Gertrude Aull, Arnold Bernstein, continues to develop its innovative
Harold L. Davis, Gerald M. Fishbein, and unique approach to
Betty Gabriel, Mary L. Gottesfeld, psychoanalytic training.
Stanley Hayden, Dennis Horvath, Lia
Knoepfmacher, Etta Kolodney, Ethel 2) Development of Standards for
Lawton, Fanny Milstein, Doris Pfeffer, Psychoanalytic Education
Avivah Sayres, and Murray
Under the guidance of Phyllis W.
H. Sherman.
Meadow, the Center, in cooperation
Under the direction of Phyllis W. with other psychoanalytic training
Meadow, the Center developed into institutes, founded the Society of
a leading psychoanalytic training Modern Psychoanalysts.
institute. The training program
The Center is active in establishing
reflects the efforts of many modern
and clarifying standards of modern
psychoanalytic educators. Prominent
among these were Ethel Goldwater psychoanalytic education.
Clevans, who played a significant
3) Promotion and Advancement of
role in the introduction of modern
psychoanalytic process teaching to Psychoanalysis
the faculty, and Yonata Feldman, The Center presents lectures,
who helped structure the supervisory seminars, conferences, and
relationship and the communication workshops in which distinguished
between student and faculty through psychoanalysts introduce the latest
the log. developments
In 1972, the Center was provisionally in psychoanalytic theory and
chartered by the Board of Regents of technique to the professional
The University of the State of New community.
York to offer a training program in
psychoanalysis as the Manhattan 4) Maintenance of a Center for
Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychoanalytic Research
Studies. This charter became absolute From the Center’s inception,
on March 21, 1978, and the name
candidates and faculty have engaged
was changed to the Center for
in psychoanalytically oriented
Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. The
research projects. The research
Center was approved by the State of
New York as a licensure-qualifying department has encouraged and
institute in 2006. assits students in the development
of psychoanalytic papers ranging
4in focus from practical problems 6) Development of Advanced
experienced in patient treatment to Programs of Study in
broad theoretical issues. Psychoanalysis
The Center’s founders, faculty,
5) Publication of Modern
and graduates have assisted in the
Psychoanalytic Writing and Research
development of other modern
Early in its history the Center psychoanalytic training institutes.
developed a program to encourage Faculty members frequently accept
psychoanalytic writing. The Center’s invitations from other training
journal, Modern Psychoanalysis, has facilities in the mental health field
been published semiannually since and related academic programs to
1976. It is available in print in provide consultation on curriculum
libraries and by subscription, and is development and institute teaching
available electronically through the methods.
Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
database. Since that time the journal 7) Faculty Development
has been published semi-annually, An ongoing faculty developments
and its list of subscribers continues to program includes courses and
grow nationally and internationally. seminars throughout the year.
The program has also led to the Workshops and seminars are
publication by faculty, students, and designed to keep the faculty current
graduates of a steady stream of books with development in psychoanalytic
and articles that represent valuable theory and technique, promoting
contributions to the literature of excellence in teaching and
psychoanalysis. supervision.
5Center for Modern
Psychoanalytic Studies
General Information
Location Research Library
The CMPS administrative office, The Center’s library has a catalogued
library, classrooms, research collection of psychoanalytic books,
department, and the editorial office journals, reprints, and reference
of the Center’s journal, Modern publications for the research and
Psychoanalysis, are located at 16 West training needs of Center students.
10th Street, New York, NY 10011. Course reading lists and required
The office is open from reading materials are kept on reserve,
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday and internet access to psychoanalytic
through Friday. The Center’s databases is provided.
Consultation and Referral Service,
also located at the same address, is Consultation and Referral
open Monday through Thursday Service
from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Friday The Center’s Consultation and
from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Referral Service is an integral part
of the training program. It affords
Faculty students approved for Certificate
Psychoanalytic faculty and Candidacy and Research Candidacy
supervisors are certified and licensed the opportunity to gain clinical
psychoanalysts. The Center’s experience under faculty supervision.
approach to teaching combines Individuals and families considering
emotional and cognitive learning. treatment can call the Consultation
and Referral Service between 9:00
Accreditation A.M. and 9:00 P.M., Monday through
The Center was chartered by the Thursday, and Friday 9:00 A.M.
Board of Regents of the University to 8:00 P.M. to schedule an initial
of the State of New York in July 1972 interview. Therapy fees fall within
and is recognized by New York State Consultation and Referral Service
as a licensure-qualifying institute. guidelines and are decided by mutual
It is a founding member of the agreement between therapist and
Society of Modern Psychoanalysts patient. Fellows are responsible for
and a founding member of the the direction of the Consultation
National Association for the and Referral Service, and they meet
Advancement of Psychoanalysis. regularly with students.
CMPS is accredited by the American
Board for Accreditation in
Psychoanalysis.
6Continuing Education the applicant’s interest in training,
CMPS, through its Extension official transcripts of previous
Division, offers seminars, lectures, academic work, and two letters
and workshops to professionals of recommendation. When the
and the general public, many for application is complete, admission
continuing education (CE) credit. interviews are scheduled.
CMPS also offers the one-semester Applications and transcripts are
Introduction to Modern accepted throughout the year,
Psychoanalysis (15 CE credits) and and students may be admitted in
the One-Year Program in Modern either the fall or spring semester.
Psychoanalysis (60 CE credits). Applicants who have had previous
(See p. 25.) psychoanalytic training may
request an equivalency evaluation
CMPS is recognized by the New
of their coursework at the time
York State Education Department’s
of their admission interview; an
State Board for Mental Health
equivalency request form is available
Practitioners as an approved provider
for this purpose. Equivalency credit
of continuing education for licensed
may be granted for a maximum of
psychoanalysts, by the New York
four courses. Students accepted for
State Education Department’s State
training who are not already in an
Board for Social Work as an approved
approved individual psychoanalysis
provider of continuing education
are expected to begin early in their
for social workers, and by the New
first semester.
York State Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) as General Information for
an approved provider of continuing Enrolled Students
education for credentialed alcoholism
and substance abuse counselors PT 7 Training Analysis
(CASACs). All students are required, at
minimum, to be in a once-a-
week individual psychoanalysis
Admission Procedures
with an approved training
Upon request, the Registrar will analyst throughout their training.
send an admission application, also Completion of 300 sessions of
found at the back of this bulletin. analysis is required for graduation;
CMPS welcomes candidates without 250 sessions must be in an approved
regard to race, color, religion, gender, individual analysis, and the
sexual orientation, gender identity remaining 50 sessions may be in an
or expression, veteran status, age, approved group analysis.
genetics, disability, or national Students who have been in
origin. The CMPS admission policy individual or group psychoanalysis
encourages individuals from a wide prior to acceptance in the Center’s
range of backgrounds to explore program may, at the time of their
psychoanalytic training. admissions interviews, request
A master’s degree is required for that 50 of their previous analytic
admission. Applications require hours be credited toward meeting
a personal statement explaining graduation requirements.
7Calendar Program Advisement
The Center’s training year is divided Each new student is assigned
into fall and spring semesters and an advisor who is available for
summer and winter terms for consultation throughout the
supervision and research. Fall student’s time at Level 1 (see p. 12).
semester PT 611(12) sections meet Students meet with their advisors
four times during January. Spring before each semester to discuss
semester PT 611(12) sections meet course selections and all aspects of
eight times over the summer. their training. At Level 2 and Level 3
PT211i, PT 311, and PT 411 (see pp. 13-14), the student’s Fellow
supervisions also meet during the serves as academic advisor.
summer and winter terms.
Full-time Status
Grades Registration for at least four
The Center uses a grading system of courses, or three courses and a case
Pass (P), Low Pass (LP), Incomplete supervision, maintains full-time
(INC), and No Credit (NC). Students status. Students taking one or two
who are absent for more than two courses are considered part-time
class meetings during a semester students.
receive a grade of No Credit (NC).
Leave of Absence
PASS. Granted to students who Enrolled students who do not
complete course requirements register for a semester, but who wish
satisfactorily, according to stated to maintain their matriculation
criteria for evaluation. status, write a letter requesting a
LOW PASS. Given when students leave of absence to the Director of
have minimally completed course Advisement indicating why they are
requirements and advisement is electing to take a leave. They then
needed. register to maintain matriculation
for the semester and pay the
INCOMPLETE. Given when students
registration fee. An advisement
are on track to pass the course,
interview may be asked of students
pending completion of the
who maintain matriculation for
requirements. If course requirements
more than two consecutive
are not met within 30 days of the last
semesters.
class meeting, a grade of Incomplete
will be changed to No Credit.
Student Transcripts
NO CREDIT. Given when students
do not fulfill course requirements. For an official transcript of CMPS
Students must repeat the course and coursework, students submit
fulfill its requirements in order to a signed request to the Center
receive credit. Registrar including the name and
address of the transcript recipient.
Students no longer enrolled inform
the Registrar of their last semester
of attendance. A fifteen dollar fee is
required.
8Semester Schedule of Fees
Admission application and interviews ................................................................ $50
Registration/Matriculation maintenance, per semester .................................. $100
Each course (unless otherwise noted) ............................................................... $750
PT 490 Consultation and Referral Service lab fee: First two semesters .......... $475
PT 490 Consultation and Referral Service lab fee: Succeeding semesters ...... $525
PT 7 Personal analysis, per half year, approximately ..................................... $2200
PT 611(12) (To meet 30 minutes per student; 90 minutes if 3 students......... $450
PT 611(8) .............................................................................................................. $300
PT 611(4) .............................................................................................................. $150
PT 211i, per session, privately arranged .............................................................. $60
PT 311 Supervision of Referral Service Cases, per half year, approximately . $1100
PT 411 Supervision of Control Case, per half year, approximately ............... $1100
PT 2612 Advanced Case Practicum ................................................................... $400
PT 527 Research Supervision ............................................................................. $750
CS 101 Seminar in Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect ........ $25
Research Reading Fee (for Research Candidates in their last semester) ......... $390
Official transcript of student record ..................................................................... $15
Graduation fee ..................................................................................................... $100
Refund Policy Work/Study Program
Approved drop before the first class The Center offers a number of Work/
meeting: 100% refund. Approved Study internships for full-time
drop before the second class candidates. Students who desire
meeting: 75% refund. Dropping tuition assistance and are available
a course after the second course for 4-8 hours per week during the
meeting: No refund. semester can apply for a Work/
Study internship. Areas available are:
Tuition Payment Plan Consultation and Referral Service,
The Center assists students to meet library, office and journal work, and
tuition expenses with a tuition computer assistance. Candidates
payment plan. Tuition may be can be awarded up to 50% tuition
divided into two or three payments remission, depending on the skill
during a semester. Contact the necessary to fulfill the Work/Study
Registrar for details. requirements. Information about the
application procedures for the Work/
Study internship may be obtained by
contacting the Registrar.
9Scholarships requests to the CMPS Alumni
Association Scholarship Committee,
Social Justice Scholarship
c/o the Center office, by July 30th for
To address the effects of
the fall semester and December 15th
intergenerational trauma,
for the spring semester.
discrimination, exclusion, and
violence that are the legacy of slavery
and systemic racism, the Center Grievance Procedures
for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies CMPS is committed to resolving
offers the Social Justice Scholarship, grievances collegially. The grievance
which provides free tuition and is limited to those actions that
reduced-fee analysis and supervision have injured the aggrieved
for the duration of the program. student; it is first addressed in
Black applicants may submit an informal discussion between the
application for the scholarship, immediate parties to the dispute.
which is included as part of the If this discussion fails to produce
CMPS application for admission. a satisfactory resolution, the
The Evelyn J. and Leonard M. aggrieved student seeks the advice
Liegner Scholarship and assistance of his or her advisor,
The Evelyn J. and Leonard M. Liegner another member of the faculty, or
Scholarship, in memory of these two the President. If following such
founders of CMPS, longtime faculty consultation and assistance the
members, and dedicated supporters matter remains unresolved, the
of modern psychoanalytic training, aggrieved student may write a
provides a $2000 grant to help petition fully describing the nature
defray tuition. Current CMPS and grounds of the grievance
students are invited to apply. Letters and request that the Director of
of application should describe Educational Advisement review
one’s motivations for studying the disputed matter. The Director
psychoanalysis, professional goals, of Educational Advisement reviews
and financial need, and should have the dispute in a manner deemed
a CV attached. They should be sent appropriate to the case and reports
to Faye Newsome at any recommendations to the parties.
newsome65@aol.com. An aggrieved student may request
a further review by the Grievance
Ethel Goldwater Clevans Committee, which includes three
Scholarship faculty members and a student
The Alumni Association of the representative agreed upon by
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic both parties. Full cooperation
Studies administers the scholarship with the committee is expected
honoring the memory of Ethel of all members of the academic
Goldwater Clevans to assist community. Upon completing its
Certificate Candidates who are in review, the committee reports its
financial need and have difficulty recommendations to the President,
meeting their tuition. Candidates whose decision is final.
wishing to apply should address
10Suspension or Dismissal Modern Psychoanalysis,
CMPS reserves the right, through the Journal of CMPS
accepted procedures and designated Modern Psychoanalysis, the journal
committees, to suspend or dismiss of CMPS, publishes research
any student for failure to maintain and clinical papers addressing
a satisfactory academic record or the full range of emotional
for unacceptable personal behavior. disorders. It provides a forum for
the dissemination of theoretical
Please refer to the Student Handbook
developments and innovative
for the school’s Code of Conduct, treatment approaches. Articles
grievance procedures, and policy on come from within the modern
academic standing. psychoanalytic community as well
as from other schools of thought;
Consultation and Referral scholarship from related fields is
Service Administrative also included.
Fellowships The Hyman Spotnitz Archives
The Consultation and Referral In 2010, the family of Hyman
Service offers fellowships to Center Spotnitz donated his papers to
graduates who have demonstrated CMPS. The Spotnitz Archives
excellence in clinical skills. include materials from his years of
Fellows are trained to work in an medical study in Berlin, his research
administrative supervisory role with in neurology and psychiatry in
Consultation and Referral Service New York, and his research and
therapists while being prepared for writings in individual and group
psychoanalysis. The papers are
psychoanalytic supervision and
available for research according
teaching. Appointments are to the provisions in the donation
for two years. agreement. Researchers submit a
Graduates interested in this program Registration and Use of Access form
may apply in writing to the Director which may be downloaded from the
of Clinical Services. CMPS Library website. Completed
forms are submitted to the CMPS
Librarian. Approval is granted upon
review by the Spotnitz Archives
Committee. The Spotnitz Archives
provides a Finding Aid which may be
accessed through the CMPS Library's
website.
The Alumni Association
The CMPS Alumni Association was founded in 1976 to support the
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and to further the professional
and scientific interests of its members. Membership is open to CMPS graduates.
The Association carries out these goals through lecture series and other events.
It also funds and administers the Ethel Goldwater Clevans Scholarship.
11CMPS Training Program Requirements
Course of Study LEVEL 1:
Courses are designed to give Matriculation
students extensive exposure to the Level 1 provides academic preparation
fundamentals of psychoanalysis for clinical training through core
as a theory of the mind, as a courses in the fundamentals of
therapeutic method, and as a psychoanalysis.
scientific research tool. Courses are These courses introduce the
offered in developmental theory, student to the history and scientific
the history of psychoanalysis, basic background of psychoanalysis,
psychoanalytic theory, research the development of its language,
methods, and clinical studies. The drive and object relations theories,
program encompasses the general developmental theories, and
field and the relationship among revisions to Freudian theory
various psychoanalytic schools of developed between 1895 and the
thought. Training begins with core present. Courses in human sciences
courses offering mastery of broad and research introduce the student
issues in human development, to other approaches to human
motivation, and psychopathology. motivation. Level 1 students may
Advanced courses focus on specific enroll in a full- or part-time program.
concepts of psychoanalytic theory, Before registering each semester, they
research, and techniques. Students meet with their academic advisor
are also required to satisfactorily to determine what courses to take.
complete CS 101, Seminar in For example, a first-semester full-
Identifying and Reporting Child time student would enroll in four or
Abuse and Neglect, offered every five courses—one in each of these
spring semester. categories: Human Development,
Theory, History, Research, and Pre-
Levels of Training Clinical Studies.
The Center’s program in It is recommended that students plan
psychoanalysis has three training to take two human development
levels: Level 1, Matriculation, courses, two history courses, four
includes pre-clinical coursework; theory courses, and the first two
Level 2, Certificate Candidacy, research courses so that by the end
provides advanced coursework and of the second year they will have
the clinical internship at the completed the core courses required
Consultation and Referral Service; for the Certificate Candidacy
and Level 3, Research Candidacy, level. Psychoanalytic training is
continues the clinical internship more meaningful when students
and encompasses the writing of the participate concurrently in theory,
final paper. development, history, and research
courses.
12LEVEL 2: with larger caseloads receive
additional supervision by arranging
Certificate Candidacy an additional PT 311 or by enrolling
Admission to Certificate Candidacy in PT 611 Small Group Supervision
requires completion of all Level 1 of Referral Service Cases
courses, a minimum of 100 hours of (Supplemental). The Fellow ensures
approved training analysis, and that the amount of supervision
application for Certificate Candidacy. received matches the size of the
(See p. 24.) After a minimum of candidate's caseload. All candidates
100 hours of approved training working with patients at the
analysis, successful completion Consultation and Referral Service are
of the prerequisite coursework, in an approved individual weekly
a student in good standing is eligible analysis.
to apply for Certificate Candidacy.
Students approved for Certificate
Candidacy are eligible to begin LEVEL 3:
supervised clinical training at the Research Candidacy
CMPS Consultation and Referral
Service in conjunction with relevant Certifcate candidates who have made
coursework. a successful presentation of cases to
the Faculty Council, have completed
Level 2 students meet with Fellows all Level 1 and Level 2 coursework,
weekly to give an ongoing account of and have had at least 25 hours of
the progress of their cases and to PT 411 Control Analysis register
discuss administrative procedures every semester until graduation for
and academic requirements. All PT 527 Research Supervision and
Consultation and Referral Service PT 2612 Advanced Case Practicum.
cases are in approved weekly clinical Candidates submit a 3-to-5-page
supervisions, starting with PT 211i description of an area of research
Beginning Individual Supervision of interest to the Research Committee.
Consultation and Referral Service When this is approved, the student
Cases. Procedures for beginning begins the final project. Research is
PT 311 Individual Supervision conducted under the guidance of the
of Consultation and Referral Research Supervisor in PT 527 until
Service Cases and readiness for completion of the final project. The
beginning PT 411 Control Analysis case selected for research is studied
of a Consultation and Referral in PT 411 Control Analysis. The
Service Case are discussed with the control analyst supervises the case
candidate’s Fellow. PT 211i, and verifes the clinical data in the
PT 311, and PT 411 are taken with final written research project.
different supervisors. Candidates
13Requirements for 6) A case presentation before the
Faculty demonstrating the ability
Graduation* to recognize and resolve resistances
and an understanding of psychic
Certificate in Psychoanalysis processes. Students who have a
1) An approved training analysis minimum of 25 hours and one year
consisting of at least 300 sessions, of of PT 411 and who have completed
which 50 may be group analysis. all coursework are eligible to make
this presentation.
2) Satisfactory completion of
required coursework (see p. 24). 7) Satisfactory presentation of
a research paper, written in the
3) Recommendation of Fellow. final stage of training, which
demonstrates both an ability
4) A minimum of 1500 hours of to apply fundamental research
supervised clinical treatment of cases principles in a case study and an
at the Consultation and Referral understanding of motivational
Service, of which at least 750 hours forces and their role in the psychic
are direct contact hours. A maximum structure.
of 125 hours of conducting group
analysis may be counted toward the 8) Satisfactory presentation of the
750 direct contact hours. treatment of the control case before
the faculty.
5) Satisfactory completion of
supervision requirements: PT 211i, 9.) Satisfactory completion of CS
PT 311, and PT 411. Two hundred 101, Seminar in Identifying and
sessions of supervision with Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.
three different supervisors is the
minimum requirement: 50 hours * Requirements for graduation are
of PT 211i Beginning Supervision subject to change.
of Consultation and Referral
Service Cases with one supervisor
(other than the PT 311 and PT
411 supervisors), a minimum of
50 hours of PT 311 Supervision of
Consultation and Referral Service
Cases with one supervisor (other
than the PT 211i and PT 411
supervisors), and a minimum of 50
hours of PT 411 Control Analysis
with one supervisor (other than the
PT 211i and PT 311 supervisors).
The 50 hours (minimum) spent in
PT 411 is exclusively focused on the
control case.
14CMPS Course Descriptions
The semester calendar and schedule of classes are accessible via the Blackbaud
student portal; they are also available online at www.cmps.edu.
PT 7 Individual Psychoanalysis PT 139 Psychoanalysis, Culture,
All students are, at minimum, and Society
in a once-a-week individual Psychoanalysis can help to
psychoanalysis with an approved illuminate the unconscious
training analyst throughout structures of culture and the ways in
their training. (See graduation which language and culture frame
requirements.) Documentation of human experience. This course
analytic hours must be provided examines the interface between
every semester. psychic and social reality and
the latent processes of culture as
PT 8 Group Analysis expressed in gender, politics, race,
Fifty sessions of an approved group and class. In addition, it focuses
analysis may be applied toward on the ways in which culture and
requirements for graduation. society impact psychoanalytic theory
and practice, using a sociocultural
lens to scrutinize historical and
contemporary conceptualizations
of the etiology and treatment of
psychotic mental disorders.
I. Theories of Human
Development: The
PT 140 Sociocultural
Maturation Process Influences on Maturation and
Psychopathology
This group of courses offers
This course explores the effects of
students an opportunity to
the social world on the individual,
learn how repetition unfolds
including how sociocultural
in psychoanalysis. Maturation
experiences and affiliations shape
courses investigate normal and
personality. The effects that family,
pathological development, as well
ethnicity, gender, culture, and race
as theories of regression, using case
have on identity development and
studies cases to illuminate stages
psychopathology are examined.
in the developmental process.
The course includes a weekly lab
Neurophysiological sequences
component in a setting chosen by
are related to the vicissitudes
of instinctual life as they affect the student.
emotional development.
15PT 141 Human Development: PT 143 Latency
How the Mind Unfolds, Part 1 This course explores the external
This course explores the and internal transformations in
constitutional and environmental the latency-age child, especially
factors that contribute to maturation regarding management of the
in the preoedipal period, including libidinal and aggressive drives,
early conflict states, symbiosis, the altered role of fantasy, and a
omnipotence, envy, oral and widening range of defenses.
anal eroticism, with emphasis
on the roles of the constructive
and destructive drives. Aspects of PT 144 Adolescence
character structure rooted in this This course explores the psychic
period are examined in order to turmoil of adolescence, including
study normal and pathological conflicts concerning the
development. libidinal and aggressive drives,
transformations in object relations,
and the reemergence of early issues
PT 142 Human Development:
within the framework of greater
How the Mind Unfolds, Part 2
biological and cognitive maturity.
The emotional dynamics of the
child in the oedipal stage are
explored. Children in this age PT 147 Adulthood
group struggle with beginning This course identifies the central
transformationsof the destructive developmental tasks and conflicts
drive and its influence on character, typical of the stages of adulthood.
including oppositional syndromes Young adults struggle with pregenital
and defenses that develop to deal and genital aims, the repetition of
with aggressive impulses. The incestuous longings, and the fear
course examines early somatization of intimacy. Middle-aged and older
struggles as well as the role of adults face new realities: limitations
fantasy and screen memories in of possibility, physical and sexual
maturation. It looks at specific forms changes, the departure of children,
of the Oedipus complex within the marital readjustments, and the
family romance. approach of death. Also examined
are early conflicts that reemerge
in adulthood, and transference,
countertransference, and resistance
issues in the treatment of aging
patients.
16II. PSYCHOANALYTIC PT 152 Character Studies in
Literature
THEORY Using characters from literature, the
student gains an understanding of
This area of study gives students severe character pathology.
a broad foundation in classical
and contemporary theories of
psychoanalysis.
PT 154a Comparative
Psychoanalysis, Part 1 ,
and PT 154b Comparative
PT 150 Concepts of Group Psychoanalysis, Part 2
Psychoanalysis Major trends in psychoanalytic
This course considers the thought, including ego
phenomenology of the setting, the psychology, object relations, self
handling of resistances, and the role psychology, relational and modern
of management of impulses in group psychoanalysis, and Lacanian
interactions as they pertain to the theory are studied. These two
modern psychoanalytic treatment of courses explore the similarities
groups, families, and couples. and differences in their concepts
of drive, object, self, transference,
countertransference, and resistance.
PT 151a Basic Psychoanalytic
Theory, Part 1 PT 155 Dream, Fantasy, and
Core psychoanalytic concepts are Symbolic Communication
defined, as are the central issues This course acquaints students
on which psychoanalysts have with the wish-fulfillment theory
found a common base. Changes in of dreams and with the language
structure from the preverbal to the of the unconscious. Myths, fairy
verbal period of life are studied; tales, creative works, dreams, and
the expression of drives, their role symptoms are studied to discover
in character formation, and the how primary-process thinking is
implications of the pleasure principle expressed through symbolism,
and the repetition compulsion for displacement, condensation,
behavior are considered. association, and visual imagery.
PT 151b Basic Psychoanalytic PT 156 Modern Psychoanalytic
Theory, Part 2 Theory of Technique
This course continues the study The course examines the modern
of major theoretical concepts in psychoanalyst’s approach to
psychoanalysis, focusing on human treatment. It focuses on recognizing
motivation, the nature of mind, and and resolving resistances and
the important forces in character discovering what leads to cure.
Students learn how verbal and
formation. Emphasis is on the
nonverbal interventions can be
interplay of the drives in specific
derived from the analysis of induced
character types and its implications
countertransference reactions and
for the psychoanalytic process and
used to foster, develop, and work
the nature of cure.
through narcissistic and object
transferences.
17PT 157 Transference and III. THE HISTORY OF
PT 158 Countertransference
PSYCHOANALYSIS
These courses provide an in-depth
study of the concepts of transference
and countertransference. The history, This sequence of courses traces the
development, and use of the terms origins and development of Freud’s
are studied from their beginnings to psychoanalytic theories, from their
the present. Clinical and theoretical beginnings to his last paper, in 1939.
literature is read to elucidate the
concepts and to give examples of
how they are used. Case material PT 161 History of Libido
contributed by class members will Theory in Freud
further illustrate theory and its Freud’s papers on human sexuality
application. and libido theory, from the
seduction theory to infantile
sexuality, the perversions,
PT 159 Unconscious Fantasy transference love, and the concept
Unconscious fantasy is studied as of Eros as a binding force, are
it is manifested in literature, myth, studied, with emphasis on Freud’s
scientific research, clinical material, understanding of the role of libido
and seemingly rational thought. in sexuality, civilization, and the
Readings explore the theoretical binding of destructive forces.
controversies surrounding this
concept.
PT 162 History of Drive
Theory in Freud
PT 160 Narcissism and
Aggression Freud’s later papers are studied: the
dual-drive theory and the repetition
The relationship between narcissism compulsion; the division of the
and aggression is studied in psyche into ego, id, and superego;
depth, with particular attention to the sources of anxiety; the effects
those disorders in which self-hate of innate destructiveness on the
predominates over self-love. The prospects for civilization; analysis
function of the narcissistic defense terminable and interminable;
is clarified, and treatment and Freud’s summing-up of the
techniques for working with state of psychoanalysis in 1939.
narcissistic disorders are discussed. The continuing influence of
these papers on contemporary
thought is examined in relation to
current treatment approaches and
contemporary understandings of the
role of destructive aggression.
18IV. PRE-CLINICAL
STUDIES PT 186 Beyond Psychosis:
Conflict and Defense in the
Neuroses and Character
In PT 181, students learn about the Disorders
physiological basis of mentation
This course deals with a range of
and emotion. PT 184 focuses on
pathologies likely to be encountered
the diagnosis of psychoses and
in patients at the Consultation
other severe mental disorders. In
and Referral Service and in private
PT 187, students learn to critically
practice.
observe serious mental disorders in
a wide variety of media and develop
psychoanalytic listening skills. PT 187a and PT 187b Critical
PT 186, a final diagnostic Observation and Psychoanalytic
course dealing with less severe Listening, Parts 1 and 2
pathologies, is taken before
advancing to Certificate Candidacy, Through fiction and documentary
where clinical studies focus on film, guest lectures, and readings
resistance, transference, and spanning clinical theory, case
countertransference issues. material, and film analysis, this
course will develop skills critical
to understanding patients—
PT 181 Somatic Factors: The including critical observation and
Biology of Mind and Behavior psychoanalytic listening. It will
Students learn the significance of supplement discussion of readings
chemical, organic, and physiological with a laboratory component
factors and their interaction consisting of visual and audio
in psychic functioning. The media focusing on primitive mental
course reviews brain anatomy functioning.
and development, genetics and
evolution of behavior, developments
in neuroscience, the mind/body
connection, and the effects of
chemical intervention in various
populations.
PT 184 Primitive Mental States
This course imparts a
psychodynamic understanding
of symptoms, core conflicts,
and characteristic defenses in
the psychotic, narcissistic, and
personality disorders.
19V. CLINICAL STUDIES PT 2612 Seminar in Clinical
Practice, Psychopathology, and
Psychodiagnosis III
The following clinical courses
require Certificate Candidacy and Prerequisite: Research Candidacy
Consultation and Referral Service As in PT 2610 and PT 2611, cases are
status. Either PT 2610 or PT 2611 presented and discussed, but with
is required every semester until a particular focus on the deeper
Research Candidacy is attained. aspects of unconscious motivation.
The course provides a setting for
advanced candidates to discuss and
PT 2610 Seminar in Clinical elucidate the psychodynamics of a
Practice, Psychopathology, and variety of cases in the middle and
Psychodiagnosis I later stages of treatment. Level 3
students register for PT 2612 every
This practicum focuses on issues that semester until graduation.
arise early in treatment, ranging from
concerns with establishing a contract
and dealing with treatment-destructive
resistances to the recognition of
characterological repetitions in both
patients and therapists that impede
progress.
PT 2611 Seminar in Clinical
Practice, Psychopathology, and
Psychodiagnosis II
This case seminar focuses on the
dynamics and treatment of ongoing
psychoanalytic cases.
20VI. RESEARCH PT 522 The Single-Case Study:
A Research Tool
The research curriculum guides This course provides both an
students from a survey of research overview of the single-case research
in the human sciences to an paper and a focus on identifying
understanding of specifically unconscious processes and making
psychoanalytic research methods. inferences about them. Methods
It further helps the candidate design, for selecting data that reveal and/
execute, and write a single-case or illustrate the dynamics operating
study. in the clinical setting are discussed,
along with consideration of how
PT 171 Systematic Investigations to select and review appropriate
and Ethics in the Human literature.
Sciences
This course provides students with PT 527 Research Supervision/
theoretical and practical knowledge Ethics
of research methodology. Students This course provides six 50-minute
examine what is basic to scientific sessions of individual work with
inquiry and study how the human a Research Supervisor, scheduled
sciences investigate psychodynamic approximately every two weeks
issues. Ethical issues that arise in during one semester at the mutual
conducting psychoanalytic research convenience of the Research
are discussed. Candidate and Research Supervisor.
Ethical issues in conducting a single-
PT 172 Psychoanalitic Research case study are considered.
and Ethics
Prerequisite: PT 171
This course introduces students to
a variety of research methodologies
that have been used to study
psychoanalytic questions.
Contemporary methodological
concepts are introduced and the
problems inherent in psychoanalytic
investigations involving clinical
material are explored. Students
learn how psychoanalytic methods
used to infer hidden meanings
behind irrational behaviors, beliefs,
perceptions, and emotions are
utilized in conducting research.
Ethical issues that arise in
conducting psychoanalytic research
are discussed.
21VII. CLINICAL PT 611 Small-Group
SUPERVISION Supervision of Referral Service
Cases (Supplemental)
Casework at the Consultation and (Upon advisement)
Referral Service is conducted under Prerequisite: Concurrent participation
supervision. Weekly supervision is in PT 311
required until graduation. The small-group setting allows
candidates to observe the
PT 211i Beginning Supervision supervisory process and gain
of Consultation and Referral experience with cases other than
Service Cases their own. Registration is limited to
(Privately arranged) groups of three.
Identifying and working with early
resistances in psychoanalytic treatment
is emphasized. A minimum of fifty
hours with one supervisor is required.
PT 311 Supervision of
Consultation and Referral
Service Cases
(Privately arranged)
Prerequisite: Fellow approval
Candidates present their Consultation
and Referral Service cases. Fifty hours PT 490 Consultation and
with one supervisor is required. After Referral Service Laboratory
completing 50 hours of supervision Prerequisite: Certificate Candidacy
with the PT 211i supervisor, the
All candidates working with patients
candidate begins PT 311.
meet weekly with their Fellow to
learn Consultation and Referral
PT 411 Control Analysis of a
Service procedures, receive academic
Consultation and Referral
advisement, and practice presenting
Service Case
cases. The Fellow monitors the
(Privately arranged)
candidate’s progress through the
Prerequisite: Fellow approval The
program and assesses the amount of
candidate presents one case to an
supervision the candidate needs.
approved control analyst, a minimum
of one hour for every four hours of
patient contact. In-depth study of
the single case focuses on resolution
of resistances and comprehensive
understanding of the patient’s
dynamics. A minimum of fifty hours
with one supervisor other than the
PT 211i and PT 311 supervisors is
required.
22Curriculum Requirements
Students discuss the appropriate sequence of courses with their Advisors/Fellows
Required courses appropriate for students at Level 1, Matriculation:
• PT 139 Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society (Elective, not required for CMPS students)
• PT 141 Human Development: How the Mind Unfolds, Part 1
• PT 142 Human Development: How the Mind Unfolds, Part 2
• PT 161 History of Libido Theory in Freud
• PT 162 History of Drive Theory in Freud
• PT 151a Basic Psychoanalytic Theory, Part 1
• PT 154a Comparative Psychoanalysis, Part 1
• PT 154b Comparative Psychoanalysis, Part 2
• PT 155 Dream, Fantasy, and Symbolic Communications
• PT 171 Systematic Investigations and Ethics in the Human Sciences
• PT 172 Clinical Investigations and Ethics in Psychoanalysis
• PT 181 Somatic Factors: The Biology of Mind and Behavior
• PT 184 Primitive Mental States
• PT 187a Critical Observation and Psychoanalytic Listening, Part 1
• PT 187b Critical Observation and Psychoanalytic Listening, Part 2
Required courses appropriate for Level 2, Certificate Candidacy:
(Admission to Certificate Candidacy requires completion of all of the above courses plus a minimum
of 100 hours of approved training analysis.)
• P T 140 Sociocultural Influences on Maturation and Psychopathology
• Any two of the following: PT 143 Latency or PT 144 Adolescence or PT 147 Adulthood
• PT 150 Concepts of Group Psychoanalysis
• PT 151b Basic Psychoanalytic Theory, Part 2
• PT 152 Character Studies in Literature
• PT 156 Modern Psychoanalytic Theory of Technique
• PT 157 Transference
• PT 158 Countertransference
• PT 159 Unconscious Fantasy
• PT 160 Narcissism and Aggression
• PT 186 Beyond Psychosis: Conflict and Defense in the Neuroses and Character Disorders
• P T 522 The Single Case Study: A Research Tool
Prerequisite: A minimum of one year at the Consultation and Referral Service
• PT 490 Consultation and Referral Service Lab (every semester until graduation)
• PT 2610 Seminar in Clinical Practice, Psychopathology, and Psychodiagnosis I
• PT 2611 Seminar in Clinical Practice, Psychopathology, and Psychodiagnosis II
Note: Four semesters total of PT 2610 or PT 2611 is the minimum requirement to complete
Level 2. All Level 2 candidates enroll in either PT 2610 or PT 2611 every semester until
Level 3 is attained.
• PT 211i Beginning Supervision of Referral Service Cases
Required: 50 sessions with one supervisor.
• PT 311 Supervision of Consultation and Referral Service Cases Prerequisite: Fellow approval.
Minimum requirement for graduation: 50 sessions with one supervisor.
• PT 411 Control Analysis of a Consultation and Referral Service Case Prerequisite: Fellow approval.
Minimum requirement for graduation: 50 sessions with one supervisor.
Courses required at Level 3, Research Candidacy, each semester until graduation:
(Students who have completed the above coursework and a minimum of 25 hours and one year of PT 411,
and who have made a clinical presentation to the faculty)
• PT 490 Consultation and Referral Service Lab
• PT 311 Advanced Supervision of Consultation and Referral Service Cases
• PT 411 Control Analysis of a Consultation and Referral Service Case
• PT 2612 Seminar in Clinical Practice, Psychopathology, and Psychodiagnosis III.
Research candidates enroll in PT 2612 every semester until graduation.
• PT 527 Research Supervision/Ethics
Taken at least once every semester until approval of the final paper.
NB: In accordance with New York State requirements for licensure in psychoanalysis, CMPS graduation
requirements include 45 clock hours of research.
• Students who completed Level 1 at CMPS have met this requirement.
• S tudents who completed PT 171 and PT 172 before transferring to CMPS meet this requirement by
taking PT 522 (30 clock hours) at Level 2 and a minimum of 15 clock hours of PT 527 (6 clock hours) at
Level 3.
May be taken at any level: CS 101 Seminar in Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
23CMPS One-Year Program
This program offers a solid foundation in modern psychoanalytic theory and
technique. The four component courses are designed to be useful to practitioners
and non-practitioners alike. An introduction to psychological development, both
healthy and distorted, imparts an understanding of the rationale for psychoanalytic
treatment. Key aspects of the treatment process are studied from the perspectives
of patient and practitioner. Participants gain a sense of themselves as therapeutic
agents and begin to develop skills applicable in clinical and other life situations.
Classes are taught in a supportive, discussion-oriented format. Continuing
education credits are offered to social workers and psychoanalysts. Tuition for the
CMPS One-Year Program is $1,000 per semester, covering two courses each ten-
week semester.
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ED 100 The Maturation Process ED 102 Analytic Listening
This course explores the This course explores the art of
differentiation of self from other listening for evidence of unconscious
in clinical settings and in everyday processes in a patient’s verbal and
life. Students study the significance nonverbal communications.
of fixations and regressions in the
psychosexual stages. ED 103 Countertransference
This course explores how the
psychoanalyst recognizes
ED 101 Transference and
countertransference and uses
Resistance induced feelings to formulate
This course explores the function of
therapeutic interventions. Also
transference and resistance. Students
studied are the challenges of
learn how therapists recognize
distinguishing between subjective
transference and resistance, how they
and objective countertransference
make inferences about a patient’s
and of resolving counter-
psychodynamics by studying the
transference resistances.
transference and resistance, and how
they fashion interventions informed
by their understanding of the
transference and resistance.
Introduction to Modern Psychoanalysis
This popular one-semester course offers the fundamentals of modern
psychoanalytic theory and technique to those considering psycho-analytic
training. Topics include transference, resistance, contertransference, and
emotional communication. Open to clinicians and the public. Continuing
education credits are offered to social workers. Tuition for the ten-week course
is $500.
24CMPS Distance Learning
CMPS offers online distance learning for students from outside the New York
metropolitan area. It offers a two-year program designed to enrich the work of
clinical practitioners and professionals in various disciplines by introducing them
to modern psychoanalytic principles, theories, and techniques. Students enhance
their therapeutic skills, generate new insights about themselves and their work,
and develop more effective ways of interacting with their clients. Nonpractitioners
who would like to learn more about psychoanalysis are also welcome to participate.
Classes utilize case material to illustrate theory. Both experiential and traditional
teaching methods are used to promote learning. Fifteen continuing education
credits per semester are available for licensed psychoanalysts and social workers
who complete the course requirements. Tuition for each ten-week course is $500.
In addition to the four courses listed below, a variety of other courses is offered
every semester, including courses in psychoanalysis and the humanities and
psychoanalysis and current sociopolitical themes. Information about them is
accessible on the CMPS website, www.cmps.edu.
TWO-YEAR PROGRAM COURSES
ED 100 The Maturation Process ED 102 Analytic Listening
This course explores the This course explores the art of
differentiation of self from other listening for evidence of unconscious
in clinical settings and in everyday processes in a patient’s verbal and
life. Students study the significance nonverbal communications.
of fixations and regressions in the
psychosexual stages. ED 103 Countertransference
This course explores how the
ED 101 Transference and psychoanalyst recognizes
Resistance countertransference and uses
This course explores the function of induced feelings to formulate
transference and resistance. Students therapeutic interventions. Also
learn how therapists recognize studied are the challenges of
transference and resistance, how they distinguishing between subjective
make inferences about a patient’s and objective countertransference
psychodynamics by studying the and of resolving counter-
transference and resistance, and how transference resistances.
they fashion interventions informed
by their understanding of the
transference and resistance.
25Graduates of The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies
Mindi Adler ‘98† Richard Reuven Closter ‘97
Judith Akullian ‘83 Phyllis Cohen ‘80
Amy Althoff ‘17 Joshua Cohn ‘16
Lisa Álvarez ‘14 Jennifer Coonce ‘17
Pamela Armstrong-Manchester ‘94 Milena Cornick ‘06
*Ellen Barz ‘97 Mimi G. Crowell ‘80
Stanford Bazilian ‘78 Alice Curry ‘18
Phyllis Beck ‘87 *Barbara D’Amato ‘99
Linda Becker ‘96† Ernest D’Amato ‘97
David Belgray ‘81 Eleanor M. Davis ‘81
Robin Benjamin ‘06 Heidi DeRuiter '20
Alex Bernstein ‘85 Heather Dean-Drummond ‘16
June Bernstein ‘81 Hana Dimitstein-Ozeri ‘10
Mark Bernstein ‘05 Alfred Lane Donargo ‘90†
Rachel Bloch ‘93 Hans-Ulrich Dorn ‘85
Miriam Bloom ‘80 Christine Durbak ‘78
Susan R. Blumenson ‘87 Adeline Edelman ‘96†
Estelle Borowitz ‘77 Alina Enista ‘97
Patricia Bratt ‘77 Claire Ernsberger ‘79
Marsha Breitman ‘07 Rosemary Brauner Erwin ‘95†
Eileen Brennan ‘05 David Feazell ‘82
Carol Brod ‘84 Jane Marder Feazell ‘89
Susan Brook ‘82 Kenneth Feingold ‘10‡
Steven Brown ‘99 Helen Ferszt ‘94
Mark Buenzle ‘11 Susan F. Fleischer ‘94
Ruth Cashman ‘11 *Valerie R. Levinson Frankfeldt ‘89
Claudia Catania ‘00 *Gideon Freudenthal ‘91
Joan Cela ‘89 Richard Friedman ‘78
*Richard Cheney ‘95 Saundra Friedman ‘87
Judith F. Chusid ‘82 Nathan Fruchthandler ‘94†
Carol Citarella-Garvey ‘03 Nicholas Ganoudis ‘15
Marion Clement ‘85 Raúl García, ‘08
Janet G. Clogston ‘89 Paul Geltner ‘89
*The Miriam Berkman Spotnitz Award for Scholarly Excellence
†Recipient of the certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
‡Recipient of Award for Best Psychoanalytic Research Project
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