THE PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER OF CALIFORNIA



  Outline of Courses

Core Curriculum (Certification in Adult Psychoanalysis, Certificate in Research Psycholanalysis)

First Year

    101 Infant Observation I
    102 Infant Observation II
    103 Infant Observation III
    104 Sigmund Freud I
    105 Sigmund Freud II
    106 Signmund Freud III

Second Year

    201 Melanie Klein I
    202 Melanie Klein II
    203 Psychoanalytic Technique I
    204 Infant/Child/Adolescent Analysis
    205 The Independent School
    206 American Psychoanalysis

Third Year

    301 Contemporary Kleinians and Wilfred Bion I
    302 Wilfred Bion II
    303 Clinical Case Seminar I
    304 Clinical Case Seminar II
    305 Clinical Case Seminar III
    306 Borderline & Psychosis

Fourth Year

    401 Perversions and Psychosomatics
    402 Trauma and Narcissism
    403 Clinical Case Seminar IV
    404 Clinical Case Seminar V
    405 Clinical Case Seminar VI
    406 Psychoanalytic Technique II

Post Seminar Electives (As Arranged)

    E-501 Current Literature
    E-502-506 Infant/Child/Adolescent Analysis
    E-507 Clinical Case Seminar VII
    E-508 Advanced Technique
    Psychoanalytic Technique III
    E-509 Wilfred Bion III
    E-510 French Psychoanalysis
    E-511 Critical Studies

    (Others as Arranged)


Doctorate in Psychoanalysis (.2 PhD.) Program

First Year

    101 Infant Observation I
    102 Infant Observation II
    103 Infant Observation III
    104 Sigmund Freud I
    105 Sigmund Freud II
    106 Signmund Freud III

Second Year

    201 Melanie Klein I
    202 Melanie Klein II
    203 Psychoanalytic Technique I
    204 Infant/Child/Adolescent Analysis
    205 The Independent School
    206 American Psychoanalysis

Third Year

    301 Contemporary Kleinians and Wilfred Bion I
    302 Wilfred Bion II
    303 Clinical Case Seminar I
    304 Clinical Case Seminar II
    305 Clinical Case Seminar III
    306 Borderline & Psychosis

Fourth Year -- (Core)

    401 Perversions and Psychosomatics
    402 Trauma and Narcissism
    403 Clinical Case Seminar IV
    404 Clinical Case Seminar V
    405 Clinical Case Seminar VI
    406 Psychoanalytic Technique II

Research Courses

    R-601 Research Methodology I (2 units)
    R-602 Research Methodology II (2 units)
    R-603 Research Methodology III (2 units)

Dissertation Writing

    R-604 Dissertation Proposal Writing (3 units)
    R-605 Dissertation Writing (5 units)
    R-606 Dissertation Writing (5 units)
    R-607 Dissertation Writing (5 units)


Certificate in Infant/Child/Adolescent Psychoanalysis

First Year -- (Core)

    101 Infant Observation I
    102 Infant Observation II
    103 Infant Observation III
    104 Sigmund Freud I
    105 Sigmund Freud II
    106 Signmund Freud III

Second Year -- (Core)

    201 Melanie Klein I
    202 Melanie Klein II
    203 Psychoanalytic Technique I
    204 Infant/Child/Adolescent Analysis
    205 The Independent School
    206 American Psychoanalysis

Third Year -- (Core)

    301 Contemporary Kleinians and Wilfred Bion I
    302 Wilfred Bion II
    303 Clinical Case Seminar I
    304 Clinical Case Seminar II
    305 Clinical Case Seminar III
    306 Borderline & Psychosis

Fourth Year -- (Core)

    401 Perversions and Psychosomatics
    402 Trauma and Narcissism
    403 Clinical Case Seminar IV
    404 Clinical Case Seminar V
    405 Clinical Case Seminar VI
    406 Psychoanalytic Technique II

Infant/Child/Adolescent Curriculum (Additional 20 Units)

    I/C/A 701 Infant Observation IV
    I/C/A 702 Infant Observation V
    I/C/A 703 Infant Observation VI
    I/C/A 704 Infant/Child/ Adolescent Technique
    I/C/A 705 Developmental Sequence and
         Psychopathology I (Pre-birth to Puberty)
    I/C/A 706 Developmental Sequence and
         Psychopathology II (Pre-birth to Puberty)
    I/C/A 707 Developmental Sequence and
         Psychopathology III (Adolescence)
    I/C/A 708 Infant/Child/Adolescent Clinical Case Seminar I
    I/C/A 709 Infant/Child/Adolescent Clinical Case Seminar II
    I/C/A 710 Advanced Infant/Child/ Adolescent Technique


Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Fall Courses

P 101 The Unique Patient-Therapist
Relationship and the Frame
- 10 sessions

P 102 Unconscious Phantasy: Understanding
the Internal World of the Patient -- 10 sessions

P 107 Small Group Supervision -- 5 sessions

Winter Courses

P103 Transference and
Counter-transference -- 10 session

P 104 Dreams and the internal World -- 10 sessions

P 108 Small Group Supervision -- 5 sessions

P 104 Dreams and the Internal World -- 10 sessions

P 108 Small Group Supervision -- 5 sessions
Spring Courses

P 105 States of Mind and Body: Neurotic,
Psychotic, Infantile and Adult -- 10 sessions

P106 The Capacity to Tolerate Emotional
Experience -- 10 sessions

P 109 Small Group Supervision -- 5 sessions


The Psychoanalytic Center of California
11110 Ohio Ave, Suite 106
Los Angeles, Ca. 90025
Phone: (310) 478-4347
Fax: (310) 996-0237