Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis

The following studies are required of the Child Analysis trainees:

Supervised Analyses of at least three children, one of latency age, the others to include a preschool and an adolescent boy or girl. Children of both sexes are to be included in the supervised experience, and one case is to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion prior to graduation.

Supervision: One hundred and fifty hours of supervision are required for certification in child and adolescent psychoanalysis, sixty hours of which shall be obtained through weekly supervision of the first case. Thereafter, the supervisors and trainee will arrange the frequency of the supervision, depending upon the complexities of the particular child analysis and the trainee’s progress. Each trainee shall work with at least two difference supervisors.

The clinical progress of the trainee is followed in regular meetings of the Committee on Child Analysis, for which supervisors prepare written reports.

Case Reports: For each case an initial report should be submitted six months after the analysis has begun; a progress report should be submitted every six months thereafter, and a final report or summary note should be submitted within three months after the termination of the case. The Committee on Child Analysis may elect to alter the frequency or nature of reports for pedagogical reasons in individual cases.

Seminars: A four-year program of seminars is required for trainees in child analysis. When a trainee is accepted for the program in the course of the four year period, special arrangements will be made for tutorial experience so that newly accepted trainees can enter the sequence at any year. Although the content of the courses and seminars may vary according to the needs of the candidates and the interests of the instructors, the seminars will provide instruction in all relevant aspects of child development and psychopathology and in the theory and techniques of child analysis.

Prerequisites

One year of full-time child training in a recognized center is required for consideration of application to the Child Analysis program. This experience must have been supplemented by supervised work with children in a variety of settings such as pediatric services, schools and day-care centers, or by further child training and subsequent clinical experience with children and adolescents. The aim of this requirement is that the child analyst trainee shall have gained considerable familiarity with the psychology, development and diagnosis of normal and pathological conditions of children.

At the time the applicant is considered for admission to the Child Analysis program, the applicant will discuss with a member of the Committee on Child Analysis the nature, range and adequacy of the applicant’s professional experience with children and adolescents.

Application

Graduate psychoanalysts or candidates in training at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute who wish to specialize in the psychoanalysis of children and adolescents are required to attend designated seminars and to carry out supervised analyses with children and adolescents. When an application for this training is approved by the Committee on Child Analysis, it is sent to the Education Committee for final action.

The Committee on Child Analysis favors early entrance into the Child Analysis Program. A candidate may apply for this training any time after completing 6 months to a year with his or her first supervised adult case. Training in child and adolescent analysis can then be commenced concurrently with training in the adult program.

Forms

Report of New Child Supervised Case

Child Case Report Cover Sheet

Terminated Child Case Form

Child Informed Consent Form

Standards for Education in Psychoanalysis; Education in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis: Please refer to the American Psychoanalytic Association website at www.apsa.org under ‘Training and Education Programs’.

For further information, contact the Administrative Office

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