The Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society
Introduction
The NPS Institute offers training for individuals wishing to become IPA-certified psychoanalysts and continuing study for psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists. NPS follows the British Object Relations School of psychoanalysis, studying classical and contemporary theoreticians and clinicians including the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud: Melanie Klein, Hanna Segal, Donald Winnicott, Donald Meltzer, Wilfred Bion, Betty Joseph, Ronald […] Continue Reading
Psychoanalytic Training
Psychoanalytic training at NPS is a challenging, remarkable, and often life changing experience for mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and so on) who have previously achieved licensure, have an established practice, and accrued clinical experience. To read more about psychoanalytic training and the value of becoming an analyst from […] Continue Reading
NPS Graduates and Their Graduation Paper Titles
Dana Blue – In the Twilight Room: On Extended Silence and the Cultivation of Triangular Space Sue Neell Carlson – Whose hate is it? Encountering emotional turbulence in the crosscurrents of projective identification and countertransference experience Jeffrey L Eaton – The Obstructive Object Judy K Eekhoff – Somatic Counter-transference as Evidence of Adhesive Identification in […] Continue Reading
For Candidates
NPS Progression Handbook NPS Progression Handbook [.pdf Document] Guidelines for Writing Reports Initiating a Control Case [.pdf Document] Writing an Initial Report [.pdf Document] Six Month Report [.pdf Document] Final Summary Report [.pdf Document] Reporting Forms Control Case Suitability/Candidate Readiness [.pdf Document] Report of Control Case Supervision Commencing [.pdf Document] Candidate’s Six-Month Report of Supervision […] Continue Reading
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training
Click here to register for: Following the Unconscious: Clinical Applications of British Object Relations Theory [.pdf Document] Please join the NPS email list to stay informed about upcoming events and psychoanalytic psychotherapy training.