This program introduces students to the evolution of object relations theory, psychotherapeutic technique, and the work of the American and the British theorists, S. Freud, Melanie Klein, D.W. Winnicott and R.D. Fairbairn, as well as contemporary object relations practitioners such as Otto Kernberg, Arnold Modell, Jeffrey Seinfeld and Susan Kavaler-Adler.

This program consists of Group Supervision and Courses; each counts as one class. Group Supervision takes place from 6:15-7:30 pm, and classes take place from 8-9:15 pm.

Students in this program take the same classes as the first year candidates in the Four Year Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. However, there are no requirements for supervision, case presentation or personal analysis—although participants are invited to present clinical examples of their work throughout the year.

The One Year Program students will receive academic credit for their coursework, which they can transfer to the Four Year Program—should they choose to apply.

For an application, please contact the Object Relations Institute at 212.268.8638, email: news@orinyc.org or download a copy by clicking here.

The application deadline is July 1.

Program Duration: 30 weeks or 3 trimesters that start in September and end in June.

Class Times: Thursday evenings 6:15-9:15 pm
6:15-7:30 pm: Group Supervision (Analyst as Instrument)
8:00-9:15 pm: Courses that take place at instructors’ offices in New York City.

Fees: Tuition is $800 per trimester (or $2,400 for the program).

Program Contact Person:
Audrey Ashendorf, LCSW
Chair of Admissions
212.684.2097
admissions@orinyc.org

Program Curriculum

Trimester I: Introduction to Object Relations Technique of Psychotherapy

Trimester II: Freud and Object Relations Theory

Trimester III: Introduction to British Object Relations Theorists

*Group Supervision/Analyst as Instrument - all three semesters