Academic Programs

Curriculum Overview

Comprehensive psychodynamic clinical education designed for excellence
Master's Degree
PhD Degree
Part-Time

PhD Degree · Part-Time

60 credit hours post-MSW over 4-6 years · Flexible for working professionals

Year 1 - Fall

CF 621
Developmental Theory I
CF 611
Psychodynamic Psychology I

Year 1 - Spring

CF 622
Developmental Theory II
CF 612
Psychodynamic Psychology II

Year 1 - Summer

CL 612
Perspectives on Trauma and Neuropsychology
CL 611
Clinical Process and Technique I: The Therapeutic Situation

Year 2 - Fall

CP 1
Clinical Practicum I
CL 601
Case Conference I
CF 711
Psychodynamic Psychology III: Freud

Year 2 - Spring

CL 602
Case Conference II
CF 712
Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Object Relations

Year 2 - Summer

CL 721
Beyond the Fifty Minute Hour
CL 712
Perspectives on Attachment, Loss and Grief

Year 3 - Fall

CP II
Clinical Practicum II
CL 701
Case Conference III
CF 812
Psychodynamic Psychology VI: Relational Theory

Year 3 - Spring

CL 702
Case Conference IV
CF 811
Psychodynamic Psychology V: Self Psychology

Year 3 - Summer

CF 821
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Difference I: Race, Racialization, and Social Class
CF 721
Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Year 4 - Fall

RM 602
Traditions of Inquiry in the Social Sciences I
CP III
Clinical Practicum III
CL 801
Case Conference V

Year 4 - Spring

RM 602
Traditions of Inquiry in the Social Sciences II
CL 802
Case Conference VI

Year 4 - Summer

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NO CLASSES SUMMER YEAR 4

Year 5 - Fall

RM 701
Research Methods I
CP IV
Clinical Practicum IV
CL 711
Clinical Process and Technique II: Therapeutic Attitude

Year 5 - Spring

RM 702
Research Methods II
CL 811
Clinical Process and Technique III: The Therapist’s Subjectivity

Year 5 - Summer

RM 801
Research Methods III

Year 6 - Fall

RM 802
Research Methods IV
CP V
Clinical Practicum V
CF 822
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Difference II: Gender and Sexuality

Year 6 - Spring

CL 813
Clinical Process and Technique IV: The Clinical Unconscious
CF 911
Psychodynamic Psychology VII: Capstone Theory
RM 901
Dissertation Seminar I

Year 6 - Summer

RM 902
Dissertation Seminar II

PhD - Advanced

ESRM 800
Advanced Research Seminar
Full-Time

PhD Degree · Full-Time

60 credit hours over 3 years · Intensive accelerated program

Year 1 - Fall

RM 601
Traditions of Inquiry in the Social Sciences I
CP I
Clinical Practicum I
CL 601
Case Conference I
CF 621
Developmental Theory I
CF 611
Psychodynamic Psychology I

Year 1 - Spring

RM 602
Traditions of Inquiry in the Social Sciences II
CL 602
Case Conference II
CF 622
Developmental Theory II
CF 612
Psychodynamic Psychology II

Year 1 - Summer

CL 721
Beyond the Fifty Minute Hour
CL 612
Perspectives on Trauma and Neuropsychology
CL 611
Clinical Process and Technique I: The Therapeutic Situation

Year 2 - Fall

RM 701
Research Methods I
CP II
Clinical Practicum II
CP III
Clinical Practicum III
CL 711
Clinical Process and Technique II: The Therapeutic Attitude
CL 701
Case Conference III
CF 711
Psychodynamic Psychology III: Freud

Year 2 - Spring

RM 702
Research Methods II
CL 702
Case Conference IV
CF
Psychodynamic Psychology V: Self Psychology
CF 712
Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Object Relations

Year 2 - Summer

RM 801
Research Methods III
CL 712
Perspectives on Attachment, Loss and Grief
CF 821
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Difference I: Race, Racialization, and Social Class

Year 3 - Fall

CP IV
Clinical Practicum IV
CP V
Clinical Practicum V
CL 811
Clinical Process and Technique III: The Therapist’s Subjectivity
CF 822
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Difference II: Gender & Sexuality
CF 812
Psychodynamic Psychology VI: Relational Theory

Year 3 - Spring

CL 813
Clinical Process and Technique IV: The Clinical Unconscious
CL 801
Case Conference V
CF 911
Psychodynamic Psychology VII: Capstone Theory
RM 901
Dissertation Seminar I

Year 3 - Summer

RM 902
Dissertation Seminar II
CL 802
Case Conference VI
CF 721
Psychoanalytic Social Theory

PHD ADVANCED

ESRM 800
Advanced Research Seminar