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Consists of:
Didactic Analysis;
Four years of seminars;
Preceptorship Seminar;
Three years of a Continuous Case Conference while in supervision.
An intensive experience in conducting supervised psychoanalyses with at least one case nearing or completing a termination phase prior to graduation from the training program.
Further details are outlined
in the Training Program Manual.
The purpose of the Progression
and Graduation Committee is two fold. It reviews the progress of candidates to
ensure that appropriate standards of training are being met. In addition, it acts
in whatever way possible to identify problems in candidate progression and to
be helpful to the candidate in working out these problems.
Caliber of work in seminars;
Caliber of work in supervision;
Quality of reports during the course of the work;
Interviews with the Dean of Students. These are both to be helpful to the candidate and also to help the Committee understand other factors in the candidate's progress.
At any point in his/her progress, a candidate may request that he/she be considered for progression to the next step. The usual route for such requests is to the Chair of the Progression Committee. More commonly, supervisors suggest that the Committee consider the candidate for third case, unsupervised work, graduation, etc.
Pre-Seminar
Candidate:
The preliminary period of the personal psychoanalysis before the candidate is
authorized to attend courses. The pre-seminar candidate must have begun analysis
with a training analyst of this institute before starting courses.
Candidate:
From the time courses are begun until the candidate is authorized to begin
supervised clinical work, at which time he or she is eligible to become an affiliate
member.
Affiliate Member: From the beginning of supervised clinical work, the candidate is eligible to become an affiliate member of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and Society.
Upon acceptance for
training, all candidates are eligible for membership in the Candidates' Association.
Special meetings are held throughout the year that focus on issues of interest
to the candidates or clinical presentations to visiting speakers and faculty.
In addition, the Candidates' Association serves as a link with candidates from
other institutes and with the Candidates' Association of the American Psychoanalytic
Association.
One of the main functions
of the Candidates' Association is to provide an organized channel for feedback
from the candidate group to the faculty as well as from the faculty to the candidates.
Upon graduation from
an affiliate institute, such as SFPI, the analyst may apply for certification
by the APsaA. Similar to certification in other fields, such as psychiatry,
internal medicine, etc., it serves as an examination, a national review (rather
than a review by the organization directly responsible for the applicant's training)
in order to demonstrate competence in conducting a psychoanalysis.
