Introduction
The New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) has established a tradition of excellence as a training and research institution that dates back to the mid Twentieth Century.
In 2005, the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (LAPSI) and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (SCPSI) merged into one organization under new bylaws to form the Center. From its inception, The Training School has been dedicated to the study and exploration of the entire spectrum of psychoanalytic theory and practice. NCP's educational principles are based upon the conviction that psychoanalysis as originated by Sigmund Freud and further developed by subsequent psychoanalytic innovators is an ever-evolving science.
The Center is affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association as well as the International Psychoanalytic Association-a testimony to its high educational standards. Clinical associates are encouraged to participate in these organizations which allow for national and international educational experiences.
The Center is a non-profit organization recognized as an institution of learning under the statutes of the State of California and approved under California Education Code 94900 and/or 94915 Article 9.5, to award both a Doctor of Philosophy Degree and Doctor of Psychology Degree in Psychoanalysis. The Center also provides a Certificate of Completion for those who complete all requirements, with the exception of the writing of a doctoral thesis, including participating in the Colloquium.
Educational Philosophy
While beginning on the firm foundation of a historical and critical review of the works of Sigmund Freud, NCP encourages clinical associates to approach their studies with a spirit of disciplined yet flexible intellectual inquiry.
While beginning on the firm foundation of a historical and critical review of the works of Sigmund Freud, NCP encourages clinical associates to approach their studies with a spirit of disciplined yet flexible intellectual inquiry. No single theory or technical approach is presented as an idealized talisman guaranteed to secure full psychoanalytic understanding or competence.
NCP's aim is to produce graduate psychoanalysts who will regard their learning experience as merely the first phase of a life-long career devoted to receptivity toward and critical examination of new and existing developments in this growing field. To this end, an attitude of critical inquiry, coupled with experience in clear scientific writing, reaches its culmination in a graduation thesis leading to the award of a Doctor of Philosophy degree or a Doctor of Psychology degree in Psychoanalysis.
Educational Aims
The Center and the Community
In addition to its primary purpose of training Clinical Associates to become skilled practitioners of psychoanalysis as well as contributors to the corpus of psychoanalytic knowledge, the Center sponsors: a low-fee Psychoanalytic clinic; an extensive psychoanalytic library open to investigators and students in the community; an Extension Division which offers a wide variety of psychoanalytic meetings, seminars and courses for mental health professionals; and a program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for mental health professionals motivated to enhance their theoretical knowledge about psychodynamic theory and treatment.
In addition to its primary purpose of training Clinical Associates to become skilled practitioners of psychoanalysis as well as contributors to the corpus of psychoanalytic knowledge, the Center sponsors: a low-fee Psychoanalytic clinic; an extensive psychoanalytic library open to investigators and students in the community; an Extension Division which offers a wide variety of psychoanalytic meetings, seminars and courses for mental health professionals; and a program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for mental health professionals motivated to enhance their theoretical knowledge about psychodynamic theory and treatment.
NCP is noted throughout the country for its training of qualified academicians in the field psychoanalysis to enhance research in their field of scholarship with the important additional dimension of psychoanalytic understanding.