by Andy Harlem, Ph.D. 

PSYCHOANALYSIS AT CIIS: CORE FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Over the past twenty years or so, most graduate training programs have gradually turned their attention away from psychodynamic psychotherapy. While it continues to receive cursory attention in some quarters, most graduate schools now emphasize what Todd Essig terms “algorithmic” therapies. 

At CIIS, however, my colleagues and I have moved in the opposite direction. Our PsyD Program focuses on insight-oriented depth psychotherapy. Our mission is to provide clinical training that combines the principles of integral education with the clinical efficacy of contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy. Students in our program take courses on the philosophical foundations of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the therapeutic relationship, and the unconscious; they take course in gender and sexuality, in cultural psychology, in Eastern thought and in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Some of them travel to Sri Lanka to study Buddhism, ayurvedic medicine, and village life. Throughout the curriculum, we promote an ethos of open and holistic inquiry that emphasizes the centrality of relationships in people’s lives.  

Despite what you may have heard, interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy among graduate students remains very strong. Our program is in a growth phase. As such, we have begun a search for new faculty members. Both half-time (2-3 courses per academic year) and full-time appointments (4-5 courses per academic year) will be considered. Consider joining us.