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Causes: Education, Graduate & Professional Schools
Mission: The mission of the organization is to train mental health professionals in psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic methods, through the provision of an accredited educational program to train psychoanalysts, the provision of other multi-year courses to train mental health professionals in psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic techniques, the provision of other educational opportunities to mental health professionals, and the maintenace of a psychoanalytic-focused library.
Programs: Library: the institute maintains the frederic t. Kapp memorial library containing over 3,500 volumes of psychoanalytic- and psychotherapeutic-related writings, journals, and research. The library is staffed by a degreed librarian, and serves over 100 members, including faculty, candidates, and students of the institute.
education: full academic-year courses were provided for two psychoanalyst training programs (analytic training program and child analytic training program) and two training programs for mental health professionals (advanced psychotherapy program, and child and adolescent psychotherapy program), serving 21 candidates and students during the year. During the year previous graduates participated in courses designed to maintain the skills learned in the advanced psychotherapy program and the child and adolescent psychotherapy program.
lectures, seminars, & workshops: the institute undertakes the sponsorship and presentation of various lectures, multisession study groups, seminars, workshops, and other events throughout the year to provide further expertise and opportunities for professional growth to members, candidates, students, prospective candidates and students, and mental health professionals throughout the region. During the year, the institute sponsored 16 such events.
education grants: grants to candidates or students to help defray tuition cost at the institute. Research grants: grants to faculty who are working on various research projects within the discipline. Travel grants: grants to faculty and/or candidates to help defray travel cost related to furthering psychoanalytic training or experience. Treatment grants: grants to faculty and/or candidates to assist in the payment for treatment of certain cases. Member services: cost to communicate and interact with members, and provide services including maintaining national affiliation and awarding ces and cmes earned.