WCSPP - Supervisory Training

Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

WCSPP Offers professional treatment for adults, Adolescents, and children.
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Couples Training Program (One-Year)

The Couples Therapy Training Program is a one-year course of study which focuses on the theory and practice of couples therapy.  It integrates contemporary psychoanalytic thinking with systems theory from a clinical perspective.

ADMISSION

• PSYCHIATRY: M.D. from an accredited medical school, completion of one year of psychiatric residency plus ongoing residency while in training.
• PSYCHOLOGY: Ph.D. or Psy.D. in psychology from an accredited university or professional school. Eligibility for state licensure.
• SOCIAL WORK: Masters or doctoral degree from an accredited school of social work. Eligibility for state licensure.
• Other MENTAL HEALTH professionals are considered on an individual basis.
Admission is by application and interview.

REQUIREMENTS

• COURSE WORK: The one-year academic program is organized as a trimester system with one course per trimester. The course meets for one hour and twenty minutes for 11 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:20 PM. On the twelfth Tuesday of each trimester, candidates are expected to attend a Town Meeting where WCSPP candidates, graduates, and faculty assemble for discussion.
• FEES: There is an annual $50 registration fee for each academic year to cover administrative costs. Course tuition is $375 per course and the tuition is to be paid prior to the start of each trimester. If needed, individual payment plans can be arranged.

COUPLES PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM COURSES

•  FALL: Introduction to Couples Therapy – This course will focus on basic concepts in the treatment of couples as well as practical issues. Included will be the process of engaging the couple, setting the treatment frame and working with concurrent individual treatment. The assessment process will consider the couple’s degree of attachment/separation from the family of origin and the couple’s mutual ability to communicate and deal with differences.

• WINTER: Beginning the Couples Therapy – Looking through the Dual Lens of the Intrapsychic and the Systemic: This course will bring together psychoanalytic and family systems models that are helpful to beginning a couples therapy. Some of the topics we will explore are: how to enter the couple's world, how to assess the couple's attachment styles, how to understand how they have co-created their problems, how to evaluate the negative cycles of conflict and begin to de-escalate tensions, how to instill hope for change, how to stay on both of their sides, and how to deal with one's countertransference.

• SPRING: Special Topics – This course will focus on special topics related to couples therapy, including secrets, extramarital affairs, divorce, nontraditional families, sex therapy, infertility, substance abuse issues, and multicultural issues.