Clinical Psychology

Psychoanalytic Psychology Concentration

Purpose

The Psychoanalytic Psychology Concentration is designed to meet the need for education and training in assessment, intervention and supervision within a broad psychoanalytic model.  The curriculum provides a firm grounding in major theoretical paradigms with special attention to those which are current and emerging.

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Consideration

• Graduates of the Psychoanalytic Concentration will be prepared to work effectively within a psychoanalytic framework and begin postdoctoral training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis.
• Issues of difference and diversity (e.g. race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, social class) will be addressed throughout the Concentration’s curriculum.

Course Requirements

The Psychoanalytic Psychology concentration requires the satisfactory completion of the
Psy.D in Clinical Psychology program semester credit hour, Professionalization Group, Comprehensive Examination, five Clinical Competency tasks, and internship requirements listed under “Program Requirements” earlier in this section. Students in this concentration are required to fill the electives requirements portion of the program with the following courses:

Basic Intervention Elective Requirement —Students Are Required to Take the Following:

• PP8040 Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy - 3 credits
• Basic Intervention Elective Requirement - 3 credits

Advanced Intervention Elective Requirement — Students Are Required to Take the Following:

• PP8032 Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Supervision - 3 credits
• Advanced Intervention Elective Requirement - 3 credits

Diversity/Professional Practice/General Elective Requirements

One or more additional courses from the list below, for a total of three credit hours will satisfy either of the Diversity Elective requirement, General Elective requirement, or Professional Practice Elective requirement. The course requirement will only be met when it is taught by a psychoanalytically-oriented faculty member. Please consult with the coordinator of the Psychoanalytic Psychology concentration for a list of appropriate courses prior to registration.

Diversity/Professional Practice/General Elective Requirement — Students Choose Three Credits of the Following:

PP8043 Psychoanalysis & Diversity - 3 credits PP7330 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology - 3 credits
PP 8401 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy - 3 credits
PP7374 Assessment: Advanced Rorschach - 3 credits
PP7600 The Counter transference Experience - 1.5 credits
PP8661 Eating Disorders - 1.5 credits
PP8662 Addictive Disorders - 1.5 credits
PP8671 Clinical Use of Dreams - 3 credits
PP8677 Mourning and Loss - 3 credits
PP8060 Group Psychotherapy - 3 credits
PP8717 Psychology of Gender - 3 credits
Diversity/Professional Practice/General Elective Requirements - 3 credits

Clinical Training:

Practicum and Practicum Seminar

An essential aspect of professional education and development is supervised practice in clinical intervention. Students are required to engage in two, year-long practicum experiences. Students should choose training sites at a variety of mental health facilities where licensed clinical psychologists who are psychoanalytically-oriented conduct supervision. Students must take the Diagnostic and Psychotherapy Seminars concurrent with practicum, and should take these with a Psychoanalytically-oriented faculty member. The primary focus of these seminars is clinical study using taped material from the students’ practicum. The seminar faculty serves as role models for integration of practice and theory in psychoanalytic psychology.

Internships

Students in the Psychoanalytic Psychology concentration are encouraged to choose an internship that will provide supervision in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Clinical Research Project

Students in this concentration investigate a topic related to psychoanalytic psychology and aim to choose a chair and/or committee members with psychoanalytic orientations.

Personal Psychotherapy & Extracurricular Programs

The psychoanalytic faculty strongly encourages students to participate in their own individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis as an important aspect of students’ personal and professional development. Faculty will make appropriate referrals at the student’s request.

Additionally, students are urged to join local psychoanalytic professional organizations (e.g., Chicago Association of Psychoanalytic Psychology [CAPP]) and/or participate in their programming. Further, students in the concentration should consider submitting applications for the various psychoanalytic mentorship/fellowship programs in the Chicago area (e.g., Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis [CCP] or the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis).

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Core Faculty	Adjunct Faculty
Scott Pytluk, Ph.D., Coordinator	Mary Connors, Ph.D., ABPP
Kathy Goggin, Psy.D.
Mark Kiel, Psy.D.
Myra Lawrence, Psy.D.
Peter Reiner, Ph.D
Neal Rubin, Ph.D.
Andy Suth, Ph.D.
Court Tisdale, Ph.D.
Kaveh Zamanian, Ph.D.

***PLEASE CONTACT CONCENTRATION COORDINATOR at spytluk@argosy.edu or 312-777-7693 with questions.