The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program

This program provides a theoretical framework and practical approach to understanding human development. This is a postgraduate training program for graduate level professionals in a variety of disciplines. Participants will receive a foundation in the principles, theories, and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children and adolescents.

This program requires 11 online courses with 4 specialized tutorials. Candidates must complete 104 hours of supervision with an approved NJI supervisor, and 140 documented clinical hours working with children and adolescents. There is a final case presentation paper. This program provides participants with a completion certificate from NJI. Courses are taught online.

Every tutorial has 4 sessions, and each session meets for 75 minutes. Tutorials are taught and scheduled as individual sessions with the instructor. Candidates will pay $50.00 for every session to the tutorial instructor.

Curriculum

Fall – first year

  • #F101 – Basic Concepts of Psychoanalysis
  • #F102 – Psychoanalytic Theory of Early Development
  • #F103 – Case Seminar: Clinical Considerations

Spring – first year

  • #S104 – Introduction to Freud
  • #S105 – Developmental Theory: Latency to Adolescence
  • #S106 – Case Seminar: Clinical and Ethical Considerations

Spring – second year

  • #S204 – Countertransference
  • #S205 – Psychopathology II

Fall – second year

  • #F201 – Transference
  • #F202 – Psychopathology I
  • #F203 – Case Seminar: Initial Resistances

Tutorials

  • Tutorial I – Play Therapy
  • Tutorial II – Dreams
  • Tutorial III – Clinical Issues with Children and Adolescents
  • Tutorial IV – Case Formulation/Final paper

Tuition and Fees

  • Tuition per course is $400.00
  • Fall Semester Registration Fee is $115.00 (includes membership to Psychoanalytic Candidates Organization and Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing)
  • Spring Semester Registration Fee for Existing Candidates is $50.00
  • Supervision fees are directly negotiated directly with the Supervisor who must be approved by NJI. NJI will provide a list of flexible-fee supervisors. Supervision cannot exceed $125.00 per session.
  • Every tutorial has 4 sessions. Candidates will pay $50.00 for every session to the tutorial instructor.