Specialty Courses (4) | Theory Courses (4) | Practicum Requirements (3) |
SC1 - Psychoanalytic Approaches to Organizations, Leadership and Organizational Consultancy | PT1 - Introduction to Modern Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique - Part 1 | P1 - 18 Hours of approved supervised peer group case consultation |
SC2 - Leadership and Crisis-Modern Psychoanalytic Perspectives and Approaches | PT2 - Basic Writings of Freud | P2 - 18 Hours individual case supervision by an approved supervisor |
SC3 - Consulting and Facilitation Skills for Modern Psychoanalytic Consulting, Training, and Leadership with Groups and Organizations - Part 1 | PT3 - Ego Psychology and Object Relations | P3 - Capstone case report and professional development plan |
SC4 - Consulting and Facilitation Skills for Modern Psychoanalytic Consulting, Training, and Leadership with Groups and Organizations - Part 2 - Advanced | PT4 - The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique from Freud and Ferenczi to Spotnitz | |
Elective Courses (3) | ||
E1 - The Coaching Relationship: Modern Psychoanalytic Perspectives and Practice | E2 - Modern Psychoanalytic Coaching for Executive and Team Leadership | E3 - Clinical Perspectives on Freud’s Social Thought and Activism |
Theory
Provide an overview of the psychoanalytic study of organizations through classic texts and case examples
Learn about consulting interventions by reading case studies
Understand MA principles that relate to org culture change
Become familiar with common requests for consultation
Learn about the demands “adaptive stress” and “crisis” on organizational leaders
Learn about the “primary and secondary impact” of “adaptive stress” and the self-care needs among leaders and OD practitioners
Application
Apply “process consultation” methods and psychoanalytic concepts to standard consulting methodology
Connect theory to practice using case consultation
Apply key MA techniques in org settings (which ones?)
Countertransference considerations
Professional Identity Development
Help participants connect courses content with own career aspirations and pathways