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Psychoanalytic Track
Along with its involvement in teaching and supervising
in the NYU residency program, the Institute offers a special track
combining psychiatric and psychoanalytic education for residents
who know early on in their careers that they wish to become psychoanalysts.
Interested residents are encouraged to apply to the Institute in
their second year or later. The candidate's personal psychoanalysis
usually begins in the PGY2 year. During the PGY3 year, residents
are eligible to start formal classes in the Institute, and continue
to be supervised in their outpatient work by analysts. Depending
on the progress of the individual candidate, some residents are
able to begin their first supervised analytic case during their
PGY4 year, seeing this patient in their clinic office until the
completion of their residency training.
Residents who have pursued the psychoanalytic track have often felt
that it not only offers them an opportunity to get an earlier start
on their psychoanalytic education, but also significantly enhances
their psychiatric training through simultaneous immersion in analytic
thinking and in their own personal analysis. Residents who are interested
in getting more exposure to psychoanalytic thinking can craft individual
programs, such as a reading tutorial at the end of their second
year. The Institute works closely with the NYU residency administration
to support residents' increased exposure to psychoanalytic theory
and technique.
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