Supervision hours related to cases will not count towards graduation requirements until this notification of the Administrator has occurred.
3. A minimum of 75 hours of once-weekly supervision on each of two cases is required for graduation. This results in a minimum total requirement of 150 hours of supervision. Additional supervision may be arranged at the discretion of supervisee and supervisor.
4. At least one of the training cases should be seen in twice-weekly therapy. It is preferable if both training cases are seen in at least twice-weekly therapy for at least two years. If a student has difficulty meeting these recommendations, s/he should discuss this with his/her advisor and supervisors.
5. Supervisors are asked to assist students in determining where on a continuum of “analyzability” a case may lie and to consider this question in the selection of cases for supervision. Some cases that are suitable for twice-weekly psychotherapy may not provide the student with ample opportunity to practice interpretation of transference/counter transference phenomena — i.e., may be suitable for “psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy” rather than “psychoanalytic psychotherapy.”
While the Psychotherapy Training Program is intended to be useful training for therapists whose practices may be mainly with psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy cases, each student in the program is urged to treat under supervision at least one case assessed at the more “analyzable” end of the continuum. Both of a student’s supervisors should be aware of any difficulties a student may be having in securing a suitable case in this sense and should, if necessary, direct the student to wait for a more suitable case before beginning the second case supervision. The student’s advisor should also be aware of the student’s situation with regard to this matter.
6. Treatment of supervised cases may take place at more than twice-per-week frequency if therapist and supervisor agree. Therapists are encouraged to lower their fees for therapy as necessary in order to make such treatment frequency possible.
7. Both cases may be supervised in individual supervision, or one case may be supervised in a small group setting of two or three supervisees with one supervisor.
8. Supervisors for the individual supervisory sessions will be selected by supervisees in consultation with their advisors.
9. Students who move out of the area after completing classes may complete supervision with PECC Faculty via phone or Skype supervision. The student may seek an exception in order to utilize a qualified supervisor in their area. The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Steering committee would review the supervisor’s credentials and grant exceptions on a case by case basis.
Supervision Fees
1. Supervision fees will be negotiated between supervisee and supervisor. The Steering Committee recommends a $70 per hour fee for supervision. Supervisors are requested but not required to offer this fee.
2. The maximum charge for supervision that takes place in pairs or threesomes of supervisees should be the supervisor’s usual supervision fee (which may be higher than $70 per hour) divided by the number of supervisees in the group.
3. Supervisors are encouraged to negotiate lower fees for supervision of low-fee therapy cases, though it is not required that the supervision fee match the therapy fee if the student therapist is able to pay more for the supervision.
Supervision Reports
1. Student Reports:
Each December and June the Administrator will send an email students and supervisors reminding them that the six-month reports are due.
