Curriculum

Although the academic requirements of the program can be completed in four years by taking an average course load of 2 courses per semester, WSI allows candidates to go at their own pace with regard to time and course load.


The following curriculum is subject to change at the discretion of WSI

 

Basic Level Courses

Year One

100 Principles of Psychoanalytic Treatment

101 Psychoanalytic Theory I: Basic Writings of Freud

102 Psychoanalytic Theory II: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory

103 Psychopathology I

S104 Psychopathology II: Severe Mental Illness

 


Matriculation Level Courses


Year Two

200-201 Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Development: From Infancy to Adulthood

202-203 Psychoanalytic Assessment and Treatment

204 Object Relations Theories

205 Transference-Countertransference

S206 Ethical Issues in Psychoanalytic Practice

 

Year Three

305 Continuous Case Seminar I

207 Psychoanalytic Research

306 Continuous Case Seminar II

502 Dream Interpretation

 

Year Four

300-301 Theory and Technique of Psychoanalytic Treatment: I

302-303 Theory and Technique of Psychoanalytic Treatment: II

304 Case Presentation

 

Additional Academic Requirements

of the Psychoanalytic Training Program:

C600 Clinical Conference

C308 Child Abuse & Maltreatment: Recognition & Reporting