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The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training
and Research is pleased to offer a year-long program to two psychology
externs
who are interested in learning both the theory and technique of
psychoanalytic
practice, as well as methods of conducting psychoanalytic
research. The externs will work with individual
patients under supervision, attend classes taken by candidates at the
Center,
and participate in the Center’s Psychoanalytic Research Group. Our
externship begins July 1st
and ends June 30th each year and involves a commitment of 16-20
hours a week.
Clinical Placement
Externs will have the opportunity to
treat patients for 6 to
10 hours each week. They will work
collaboratively with the staff at the Intensive Outpatient Program of
the
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, a teaching site of the Columbia
University psychiatry
residency
program. Externs will treat patients
screened by this service on Mondays and Thursdays after 4.30 p.m. Externs
will work with individual patients and assist in running groups.
Two hours a week of clinical supervision will be offered to
each extern by licensed psychologists/psychoanalysts, all members of
the
faculty at Columbia’s
Center for
Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
Classes
To accommodate the busy schedules of
graduate students,
externs will be able to choose their four and a half hours of classes
per week
from a mix of those offered by day to our psychoanalytic candidates,
and by
night to our psychotherapy candidates. Day
classes meet Mondays from 11.00 a.m. -
3.00 p.m. and Thursdays from 1.15
p.m.- 3.00 p.m. Evening classes meet Mondays from 8.00 p.m.-9.30 p.m.
Classes include Freud’s Thinking and
Theorizing, Clinical Theory and Technique, Psychoanalytic Process, Working with Erotic and Sadomasochistic
Transferences, Concepts of Ego Psychology and Object Relations Theory,
Psychopathology, Child and Adolescent Development
among others. Classes
meet mostly at the new Psychiatric Institute building at 1051
Riverside Drive and some in the offices of
the
teaching faculty.
Research Seminar
Externs will have the opportunity of engaging with the
active research community at the Center. They
will participate in a research seminar that meets on
Tuesdays from 10.30 a.m.
-12 noon. Dr.
Steven Roose, Director of Research, will
co-ordinate their instruction and arrange collaborations.
The Center has many ongoing research
projects and access to patients, all of which can be a source of data
for
dissertations.
Other Learning Opportunities
The intellectually and clinically rich grand rounds of
the
Department of Psychiatry and the monthly
evening meetings of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine are
other ways
in which externs can learn and grow in our program. They
will be very welcome to attend both.
Externship Teaching and Supervising Faculty
Brenda Berger, Ph.D. Director
Richard Hersh, M.D. Associate
Director
Hilary Beattie, Ph.D. Senior
Supervisor
Alison Brown, Ph.D. Group
Supervisor
Edith Cooper, Ph.D. Admissions
Chair/Supervisor
Eric Fertuck, Ph.D. Research
Mentor
Wendy Katz, Ph.D. Curriculum
Chair/Supervisor
Barry Stern, Ph.D. Research
Mentor
Qualifications
This externship welcomes applicants who are advanced
students in APA accredited Clinical Psychology doctoral programs. They should be at least in their third year
of training at the time the externship begins.
To Apply
Please complete the application form
which includes letters
of recommendation and proof of your program’s malpractice coverage for
your
work as an extern. Attach also your
curriculum vitae and mail to:
Edith Cooper, Ph.D.
Externship
Admissions
Columbia Center
for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Box 63
1051 Riverside Drive
New York 10032
Application
Form
Externship
Brochure
Application Deadline: February 1, 2008.
Accepted candidates will be notified by February 15,
2008.
Applications will be
processed on a rolling basis. Therefore, early applications are
encouraged
since only two externs will be accepted.
Address
any additional questions to Dr. Brenda Berger
Phone: 212-410-0485
Email: bmbphd@aol.com
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