Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society -Curriculum

Curriculum

The curriculum is given in sequence over approximately 5 years.
The academic year is comprised of three terms from September through June.

Each teaching session lasts for approximately 90 minutes; generally there are two sessions in succession (e.g. 2-3:25; 3:35-5pm) per week.

The curriculum is under constant evaluation and revision. A current picture is as follows.

Year I

Process and Technique I
Analytic Seminar

Process and Technique II
Analytic Seminar

FREUD I
Analytic Seminar

Year III

History of the Development of Psychoanalytic Ideas

Analytic Seminar

Winnicott
Analytic Seminar

Bion
Analytic Seminar

Year II

FREUD II
Analytic Seminar

Klein I
Analytic Seminar

Klein II
Analytic Seminar

Year IV

PA Perspectives on Experience and Development I: Primitive Mental States
Analytic Seminar

PA Perspectives on Experience and Development II: Psychopathology:
Psychosis
Analytic Seminar

PA Perspectives on Experience and Development III: Psychopathology:
Borderline and Perversions
Analytic Seminar

Year V

Perspectives on Narcissism
Analytic Seminar

Contemporary Perspectives: Neurobiology and Development
Analytic Seminar

Elective
Analytic Seminar

Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society
Affiliated with the International Psychoanalytical Association
1711 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
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