Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this
Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to licensure in
psychoanalysis, which meets the requirements of section
79-12.1 of this Title, the program
shall meet the requirements of this section.
(a) The program shall be offered by a
psychoanalytic institute chartered by the Board of Regents, or an institution
authorized by its charter or by authorization of the Board of Regents to confer
degrees in New York State. The program shall lead to a certificate of
completion, which shall be conferred upon students who successfully complete
the program.
(b) In order to be
admitted into the program, the program shall require the student to have
completed a master's or higher degree program in any field registered by the
department pursuant to this Part, or a substantially equivalent
program.
(c) The course of study
shall include coursework substantially equivalent to coursework required in a
master's degree program in a health or mental health field of study. The course
of study shall include a total of at least 1,350 clock hours of study,
distributed as set forth in this subdivision in the following four categories:
coursework, personal psychoanalysis, supervised analysis, and clinical
experience.
(1) Coursework. The program shall
include at least 45 clock hours of classroom instruction in each of the
following areas, totaling at least 405 clock hours of classroom instruction:
(i) personality development;
(ii) psychoanalytic theory of
psychopathology;
(iii)
psychoanalytic theory of psychodiagnosis;
(iv) sociocultural influence on growth and
psychopathology;
(v) practice
technique (including dreams and symbolic processes);
(vi) analysis of resistance, transference,
and countertransference;
(vii) case
seminars on clinical practice;
(viii) practice in psychopathology and
psychodiagnosis; and
(ix)
professional ethics and psychoanalytic research methodology.
(2) Personal psychoanalysis. The
program shall require the student to complete at least 300 clock hours of
personal psychoanalysis.
(3)
Supervised analysis. The program shall include at least 150 clock hours of
supervised analysis of the student's psychoanalytic cases. The supervised
analysis shall include:
(i) 50 clock hours of
individual supervision with one supervisor working on one case; and
(ii) at least 100 clock hours of individual
supervision with another supervisor working on one or more additional
cases.
(4) Clinical
experience. The program shall require the student to complete at least 300
clock hours of supervised clinical experience in the practice of
psychoanalysis, as defined in section
8405
(1) of the Education Law. The clinical
experience shall meet the requirements set forth in section
79-12.3 of this Title. In addition,
if the setting for the clinical experience is not within the institution
offering the program itself, a written contract or agreement shall be executed
between the institution and clinical facility which is designated to cooperate
in providing the clinical experience, which shall set forth the
responsibilities of each party, and shall be signed by the responsible officer
of each party.
