MISSION
The Clinical Certificate Program offers a comprehensive introduction to psychodynamic therapy. This program aims to deepen and expand participant's understanding of key theoretical concepts such as: transference, countertransference, the holding environment, container/contained, projective identification, enactment, and the therapist's use of self. These concepts will be applied to work with diverse populations in the consulting room as well as in nontraditional settings. Several complementary psychodynamic theories such as Object Relations, Relational, Ego, and Self Psychology will be explored.

The program is designed for all levels of clinicians and is relevant to practitioners working in a variety of agency settings as well as those in private practice. Focus is primarily, but not exclusively, on clinical interventions with individual adult clients. Practitioners working with children and teens will find the course relevant.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Participants in this certificate program: 1) explore the therapeutic process from several complementary psychodynamic frameworks including Object Relations, Intersubjectivity, Ego, and Relational Theories; 2) use these and other theories to formulate strategies for assessment and intervention; and 3) discuss how to meaningfully integrate psychodynamic theory and techniques into one's own practice.