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    1-YEAR PSYCHOANALYTICALLY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

  • 1-YEAR PSYCHOANALYTICALLY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM The 1-Year Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychotherapy Certificate Program provides a foundation of the principles, theories, and techniques of psychoanalysis. This course will enable the participants to identify and utilize the four major clinical concepts of psychoanalysis: unconscious process, transference, resistance, and countertransference. More
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NJI Organization

Founded in 1972

2011

Board of Trustees

Jack Debrot, LCSW, BCD, PsyA
Chair, Board of Trustees

Janice Victor, LCSW, PsyA
Treasurer

(Position Open)
Parliamentarian (nonvoting)

Lynn Siepser, LCSW, NCPsyA
Chair, Membership Organization

Marlene Colonno, LCSW
PACO Representative (nonvoting)

Cynthia Sabella
Business Administrator, Advisory Member (nonvoting)

Howard C. Cutler, LCSW, NCPsyA
Clinic Director

Jaime Elias, LCSW, PSY.A
Chair of the Training Committee

Community Members

Peter Norgren
Jerry Eisenberg
Bruce Prince

Executive Board

The role of the Executive Board is to oversee the daily operations of NJI, its programs, and the clinic, in accordance with the stated by-laws of The New Jersey Institute and The Clinic of NJI, and make regular reports and recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

Janice Victor, LCSW, PsyA
Chair, Executive Board

Jaime Elias, LCSW, Psy.A
Chair, Candidate Training Committee

Harriet Diamond, LCSW, NCPsy.A
Representative, Publicity and Publications Committee

Howard Cutler, LCSW, NCPsyA
Clinic Director

Harriet Diamond, LCSW, PsyA
Co-Chair, Group Psychotherapy Program

Co-chair: Richard Alperin, DSW

Susan Goldman, LCSW, PsyA
Co-Chair, Fall Conference and Events Committee; Chair, Nominating Committee

Jodi Kosofsky, MA, LP, NCPsyA
Chair, Candidate Recruitment Committee

Linda Levy, Ph.D., PsyA
Chair, Standards and Ethics

Marcy Rosen, PsyD
Chair, Faculty and Curriculum Committee

Lynn Siepser, LCSW, NCPsyA
Chair, Membership Organization

Jodi Kosofsky, MA, LP, NCPsy.A
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Studies Program

Sylvia Teitelbaum, LCSW, BCD-P
Director, Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process Program

Judy Wimpfheimer, LCSW, NCPsyA
Co-Chair, Fall Conference and Events

Psychoanalytic Candidates Organization Representatives (PACO)
Janet Browner, LCSW, NJI Candidate
Marlene Colonno, LCSW, NJI Advanced Candidate

Training Committee

The Training Committee participates in all evaluative procedures from admissions to candidate certification. The function of this committee is to organize, implement, and coordinate the annual evaluation process of all candidates in order to ascertain whether candidates are meeting the educational and personal analytic requirements in order to complete the training program at NJI.

Chaired by Jaime Elias, LCSW, Psy.A
Cindy Eisenberg, LCSW, PsyA
William Herron, Ph.D.
Harriet Diamond, LCSW, NCPsy.A
Jodi Kosofsky, MA, LP, NCPsyA
Lorraine Spiegel Schumacher, PsyD, NCPsyA, LP
Marcy Rosen, LCSW, PsyD
Sylvia Teitelbaum, MSW, BCD-P

Membership Organization

Lynn Siepser, LCSW, NCPsyA

Special Events Committee

Chair, Howard C. Cutler, LCSW, NCPsy.A

Co-Chair: Cynthia Sabella, Business Administrator

Psychoanalytic Candidates Organization

Marlene Colonno, LCSW
Janet Browner, LCSW

Business Administrator

Cynthia Sabella

  • 1-Year Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Studies Certificate Program
  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
  • Certified Psychoanalytic Program (5 years)

  • 1-Year Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Studies Certificate Program

    The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Studies Program will provide a theoretical framework and practical approach to understanding human development which will enhance clinical skills. Participants will increase their knowledge of how the mind of the child unfolds through patterns of behavior, attachment styles, regression, repetition, fixation, and the development of personality. Untangling the web of conflict between parent and child will be explored through the lens of developmental milestones. Join us on our journey. More

  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
    (3 years)

    This program has been designed to enrich the work of clinical practitioners and professionals in various disciplines by introducing them to psychoanalytic principles, theories, and techniques. By understanding the concepts of transference and resistance, the candidate will be able to work with a wide variety of patients and acquire the skills to develop a better theoretical framework and a practical approach for an effective clinical practice. More

  • Certified Psychoanalytic Program (5 years)

    This program is the first formal psychoanalytic training program for nonmedical professionals in the State of New Jersey to be accredited by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, Inc. (NAAP). Its purpose is to graduate skilled psychoanalysts who are able to function independently in private practice. To this end, candidates are provided with clinical experience at the Institute’s low-cost Clinic of NJI Inc. and are helped in becoming established in the private practice of psychoanalysis. More