National Learning Opportunities and affiliations

Clinical Training Opportunities offered by The International Psychotherapy Institute;
For a full introduction to all of the IPI programs please visit www.theipi.org
IPI offers a range of clinical training options for those who wish to practice from a psychodynamic perspective. Clinicians may focus on in-depth or short-term treatments with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents in varied treatment settings. Our programs provide didactic instruction on classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory and technique combined with clinical applications to facilitate the development of clinical skills and dynamic understanding.
Certificate Programs
Distance LearningPrograms
In-Person Conferences
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
A post-graduate program in contemporary psychodynamic theory and therapeutic technique designed to develop clinical competency in working with patients from an object relations/intersubjective approach. GET THE DETAILS
Infant Observation
The Infant observation program focuses on early child development, primary relationships, primitive anxieties, defenses and implications for child & adult psychotherapy. The program meets online via video conference.
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Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT) A four-year psychoanalytic training, online and in-person. ACPEinc accredited certificate program – seminars, case presentations, group affective learning. GET THE DETAILS

Object Relations Theory and Practice The Two-Year Certificate Program in Object Relations Theory and Practice located in the Washington D.C area, provides a concentrated immersion in object relations theory and therapy. GET THE DETAILS
Clinical Consultants in Psychotherapy Psychodynamic consultation and supervision skills: online course includes readings, discussions, case examples, individual and group supervision settings, CE credits, and integration of the learning using the group affective model. GET THE DETAILS
Combined Child Training A two-year program in either child psychotherapy or child psychoanalysis, this program combines weekly videoconferencing seminars with twice yearly in-person conferences, featuring presenters invested in child work. GET THE DETAILS
Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy This program is geared for 2-year Object Relations Theory and Practice program graduates (or the equivalent) who desire advanced training in couple treatment. GET THE DETAILS
Looking for weekend conferences?
Many of IPI's training opportunities are available to participants who can't enroll in one of the full training programs. Students are welcome to come to one, or several, of the events at a level of participation that suits you. MORE INFO
DISTANCE LEARNING ONLINE OPTION: PROGRAM AND SINGLE SEMESTER COURSES VIDEO CONFERENCE Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE “The Therapeutic Frame” Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Didactic
Videoconference
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE Foundations of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy Videoconference
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE Infant Observation
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE 2019-2020 Master Speaker Videoconference Series: LOVE IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE Clinical Consultants in Psychotherapy
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Everyday Terms
DETAILS VIDEO CONFERENCE Introduction to Psychodynamic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
DETAILS DISTANCE LEARNING Clinical Consultants in Psychoanalysis: Developing Skills in Psychoanalytic Supervision
DETAILS DISTANCE LEARNING Clinical Consultants in Psychotherapy: Techniques of Psychodynamic Supervision
DETAILS DISTANCE LEARNING Introduction to Psychoanalysis & the Psychoanalytic Process
DETAILS IN-PERSON CONFERENCES LEARN AND SHARE TOGETHER WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES IN-PERSON Weekend Conferences
DETAILS IN-PERSON Summer Institute
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