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image 1Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies___

Postgraduate Programs Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychotherapy

Plan of Study
This three-year program provides advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and families. The curriculum integrates psychoanalytic and neurodevelopmental perspectives, and is organized around three areas of concentration:

  • Theoretical perspectives on normal development and psychopathology
  • The therapeutic process
  • Psychotherapy with specific populations

Year One
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PST 974 Freudian Theory I: Contributions to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy PST 931 Development: Infancy, Toddlerhood and Preschool years
PST 933 Basic Processes in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy I PST 932 Psychotherapy with Preschool Children
PST 975 Freudian Theory II: Contributions to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy PST 934 Development: School-Age Children
PST 938 Basic Processes in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy IIĀ  PST 939 Case Seminar: School-Age Children


Year Two
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PST 943 Development Adolescence PST 941 Ego Psychology
PST 944 Psychotherapy with Adolescents PST 925 Psychotherapy with the Ego-Impaired Child
PST 948 Contributions of Melanie Klein, Modern Kleinians and Middle School to C&A Psychotherapy PST 940 Relational Approach to Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
PST 907 Case Seminar Object Relations Perspective PST 926 Work with Parents of Children and Adolescents in Psychotherapy


Year Two
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
PST 935 Family Therapy I: Family Systems: Theory & technique PST 971 Psychotherapy with Abused and Traumatized Children
PST 936 Family Therapy II: Using Family Systems Understanding in Work with C&A: Case Seminar PST 970 Elective I
PST 937 Family Therapy III: The family Life Cycle and Ethnic Diversity PST 973 Elective II
PST 947 Family Therapy IV PST 972 Elective III

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