The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis offers two certificate-granting training programs in psychodynamic psychotherapy:

The PTP, organized around coursework and 60 hours of individual case consultation, is designed to improve clinical skills and to demonstrate the usefulness of applying contemporary psychoanalytic thinking to a wide range of clinical, teaching, and consultative situations.

Course work (see link at the bottom of this page)
In the Theory segment, PTP students are introduced to the philosophy of theory making. From Freud onward, the major models of the mind, including the topographic, structural, object relations, self-psychologic, and intersubjective, are examined.

The Development track looks at development from infancy to adulthood. It focuses on the development of self in relation to the object, superego development, the development of masculinity and femininity, and the development sexual of object choice.

The Technique sequence focuses on making a developmental diagnosis, a treatment plan and contract, understanding empathy and the therapeutic alliance, working with ego strengths, weaknesses, and defenses, learning transference and countertransference manifestations, and appreciating the usefulness of enactments. Specific technical considerations explored may include working with trauma, deficit disorders, severe regressions, focused short-term therapy, indications for and implications of consultation for psychopharmacology, and the terminations.
In, the two-year Case Conference where ongoing clinical material is presented, the emphasis is on making psychodynamic formulations and developing a sense of the transference and countertransference elements, as well as understanding and fostering the therapeutic process.

Clinical Consultation
Each student has individualized consults with one or two faculty members to integrate the course work with the student’s clinical work. A final project (a case write up in the adult PTP and a case presentation to a faculty panel in the CAP-PTP), at the end of the second academic year, enables the student to integrate the clinical and didactic learning experiences.

Applications and Admissions
Applicants are expected to have some familiarity with basic psychoanalytic terminology and principles and to have had a personal psychodynamic psychotherapy. Applicants must have prior experience as a licensed, practicing psychotherapist, and professional liability insurance.
Application should be made before March 31st , preceding the beginning of classes. Prospective students are encouraged to make application as early as possible. To request an application, please contact the Institute/Society office at 303-724-2666, or click here to download an application (link).

Adult (PTP) or Child & Adolescent (CAP PTP) Program Fees: 2007-2008
Application fee: $ 75.00
Annual Tuition: $2,800.00
Copying fee: $ 200.00 (per year, non-refundable)
Consultations: $ 60.00 (per session)

Helpful links:
Download Application to Adult Psychotherapy Program from "forms" page
Download Application to Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Program from "forms" page
Download Registration form for Graduate Seminar from "forms" page
See a recent course schedule (06-07 year schedule) (Current year)
See 2006-2007 course descriptions  and 2007-2008 descriptions to date will be published soon.