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<< Back TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS 1. General Theoretical Training: Attendance and completion of at least 200 university or post-university
hours of clinical courses and seminars with case presentations from the whole
range of psychic pathology: neuroses, psychoses, borderline. The following
types of classes and seminars can be considered general training hours:
psychiatry, clinical psychology (medical), psychopathology, psychological
techniques/tests of clinical investigation, psychotherapy, psychiatric
semiology, psychosomatics, etc. 2. Specialized Theoretical
Training: Completion of 200 hours of classes and seminars organized by FROPP or IPA
Study Group, in the fields of theory and technique of psychoanalytic
psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. 3. Training/Supervising
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist: A psychotherapist certified by RAPP to provide training and supervision
of psychoanalytic psychotherapies, and to be a member of RAPP Professional
Committee 4. Personal Training Psychotherapy: At least 4 years, of 3 sessions per week, individual psychoanalytic
psychotherapy with a RAPP training/supervising psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
5. Individual Clinical Supervision: Two individual supervisions of two psychoanalytic psychotherapy cases.
The patients must be seen at least 2 times per week in one case, and 3 times
a week in the second. Each case must be supervised , once a week, for a
duration of at least two years, by two different RAPP certified
training/supervising psychoanalytic psychotherapists. 6. Group Clinical Supervision: (2-hour case presentation & discussion) Clinical group discussions conducted during monthly RAPP meetings. It
is required that: · At least two training/supervising psychoanalytic psychotherapists are
present during case presentations; · The psychotherapist-in-training presents cases from his clinical
practice periodically and, · Attends each year a minimum of 7 out of 11 monthly RAPP meetings. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ARPP PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE BYLAWS 1.
Members of the Committee Members are all ARPP active members at the level
of supervisors/trainers. 2. Leadership The
Committee is led by a president, whose term is 2 years, elected by majority
vote by the Committee members 3.
Committee attributions Writes, proposes to the General Assembly, and
enforces the following: - The bylaws of the Professional Committee - The criteria for admission and
enrollment in the ARPP - The criteria for certification in
psychoanalytic psychotherapy ` - The ethics code for the profession of
psychoanalytic psychotherapy based on the criteria for admission, training,
evaluation, professional certification, and ethical norms approved by the
General Assembly ; - Establishes
the program(s) of continuing education for the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy,
as well as a list of qualified instructors, personal psychotherapists,
trainers and supervisors - Proposes
the professional activities of the ARPP. 4. Committee activities - The Committee meets monthly, and, in case of need,
in special sessions, at the request of at least 2 members - The Committee decisions are adopted by a
majority vote and are recorded in minutes which shall be recorded in the
Activity Log - The
Committee meeting will be announced at least 15 days prior to the meeting
date - A
quorum of ½+1 of members is necessary for the meeting to take place; voting
(including by electronic means) is mandatory for all Committee members, with
the exception of the personal therapist if the matter regards the professional
status of the therapist’s analysand - All
Committee members must have at their disposal the complete file needed for
reaching a decision (i.e., files containing CVs, evaluation reports, case
presentations, etc.) -
Deviations from any of the requirements of the current bylaws will render the
Committee’s decision null and void 5.
Committee responsibilities -
Establishment of norms for certification of ARPP members - Review
of application documents for admission to the ARPP, in accordance with the certification
requirements - The annual review of supervision/evaluation
reports of ARPP members under supervision, so as to provide trainees with
feedback on their progress ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CRITERIA FOR ENROLLING AS A
MEMBER IN THE ARPP The
candidates for membership must meet the following minimal requirements: - Diploma and licensure in: Psychology, Medicine, Social Work,
Sociology, Pedagogy, Special Education or Philosophy. - 200 hours of general theoretical training - A minimum of 150 sessions of personal analysis or
personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy with one of the ARPP trainers or with a
member of the Study Group - The majority vote by the Committee after preliminary
interviews with Committee members (excluding the personal analyst) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY 1.
Certifications for practice under supervision Minimal
Requirements a) Meeting the requirements for admission
to the ARPP b)
Initiation/continuation
of specialty theoretical training recognized by the ARPP. c) Personal
interview by 2 members of the Committee, followed by discussion of the
application by the entire Committee Certification for
practice under supervision recquires a periodic re-evaluation of the
therapist, based on the supervisor’s report. The certification
will be valid for 2 calendar years, and will be renewed periodically, to
ensure the continuity of didactic training and of supervision, until such
time as the trainee can be
recognized as an independent practitioner. An interruption of
more than 2 years in theoretical instruction or in supervision will result in
loss of certification as a therapist in supervision; however, the candidate
can retain association membership without certification. The candidate must resume
training in order to be re-certified. 2. Certification
for independent practice Basic
recquirements: a)
Completion
of the training therapy. b)
Completion
of the 2 individually supervised clinical cases. c)
Participation in at
least 50 hours of group supervision d)
200
hours of specialty didactic training; these hours must be distinct
from those of general theoretical training. e)
At least 5 years of clinical practice, with
at least 2000 hours of individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Certification for independent practice can be obtainded upon
presentation of 2 cases of psychoanalytic psychotherapy (at least
twice/week), in front of 2 members of the Commitee of the ARPP (excluding
personal therapists or supervisors of the candidate in training). The application file must contain current supervisory reports, as
well as the reports of the the 2 members of the ARPP Professional Commitee
who heard the case presentations. 3. Certification as training
psychotherapist/supervisor Basic Requirements: a) Practice of psychoanalytic
psychotherapy for at least 5 years after certification for independent practice
and with at least 7000 sessions of individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy. b) Involvement in
scientific/training activities regarding psychoanalytic psychotherapy and
psychoanalysis; c) Active participation in the
inter-supervision group; d) A presentation to the Professional
Committee of a case of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in independent practice
of at least 2 years duration. Certification as training and
supervising psychotherapist is awarded by the Professional Committee of the
ARPP, following a candidate interview, by a simple majority vote of the
Committee members. Any infraction regarding any topic of the current
bylaws will render the
Committee’s decision null and void ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
RAPP PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
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