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Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research

The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research is a psychoanalytic training institute and clinic founded in 1945 as part of the Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.[1][2] It was the first psychoanalytic institute affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association to be established within a university medical school, marking a significant step in integrating psychoanalysis with academic medicine and research.[1][3]

Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Organization details
TypePsychoanalytic training institute and clinic
Founded1945
Founder(s)George E. Daniels
Key figuresOtto Kernberg, Robert Michels, Sandor Rado, Abraham Kardiner
OrientationEgo psychology, object relations theory, self psychology
Institutional context
AffiliationColumbia University Department of Psychiatry; American Psychoanalytic Association
Relation to IPAAffiliated
Operations
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Geographic scopeNational (United States)
Training functionAdult psychoanalysis, child and adolescent psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy


Affiliated with the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus, the Center provides low-fee psychoanalytic treatment, advanced training programs, and multidisciplinary research in psychoanalysis.[1][2][4] Its theoretical orientation encompasses ego psychology, object relations theory, self psychology, Kleinian theory, attachment theory, and neuropsychoanalysis.[4]

History

Precursors and Origins

The Center emerged from early efforts to integrate psychoanalysis into university-based psychiatry at Columbia University, building on the affiliation of the New York State Psychiatric Institute (established 1895) with Presbyterian Hospital in 1925.[1] Faculty members such as Abraham Kardiner and Sandor Rado, active at Columbia since the 1920s and 1930s, laid groundwork through their involvement in the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.[4][5]

Founding (1945)

Founded in 1945 by George E. Daniels, a faculty member at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons since 1928, the Center was established with the aim of fostering close ties between psychoanalysis and medicine, providing access to patients, teaching, and research facilities within a medical school setting.[1][5][3] Daniels served as its first director from 1957 to 1961 and described its creation in documents such as a 1975 account titled "The Establishment of the Psychoanalytic Clinic for Training and Research at Columbia University."[5] Initially known as the Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research, it represented a pioneering model for university-based psychoanalytic education.[5]

The institution grew alongside Columbia's psychiatric infrastructure, including the 1983 Kolb Annex and the 1999 merger forming New York Presbyterian Hospital, which enhanced its clinical and research capabilities.[1]

No major schisms or controversies specific to the Center are prominently documented in available sources.

Organizational/Institutional Structure

The Center operates within the hierarchical structure of the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, led by a director—currently Justin Richardson, who succeeded Susan C. Vaughan in 2023.[4] Governance aligns with university medical school administration, emphasizing integration with broader psychiatric research and clinical services at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and New York Presbyterian Hospital.[1]

Membership and faculty include licensed psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, with training programs overseen by a multidisciplinary faculty.[4][3]

Training and Formation

The Center offers rigorous training programs in adult psychoanalysis, child and adolescent psychoanalysis, infant-parent psychotherapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy, open to licensed psychiatrists and clinical psychologists post-residency or internship.[4][3][2]

Candidates typically complete a five-year curriculum involving classes, personal analysis (often four times weekly), supervised clinical work, and case presentations.[4] Training emphasizes exploration of unconscious processes through the analytic relationship, informed by Freudian principles and contemporary developments.[2]

Unlike Lacanian schools, it employs standard psychoanalytic certification via completion of training analysis, seminars, and supervision, without devices such as the pass or cartel.[4]

Low-fee analytic treatments support training and serve the New York metropolitan community.[3][2]

Key Concepts / Theoretical Orientation

The Center's faculty specialize in diverse post-Freudian orientations, including:

This pluralism influences its institutional practice by integrating psychoanalytic training with empirical research and interdisciplinary collaboration in a medical school environment.[1][3]

Notable Members

The Center has been associated with prominent figures in psychoanalysis and psychiatry, including:

  • George E. Daniels: Founder and director (1957–1961)[5]
  • Otto Kernberg: Faculty; developer of borderline personality organization theory[4]
  • Robert Michels: Faculty; author on psychoanalysis and psychiatry[4]
  • Sandor Rado: Early faculty[4]
  • Abraham Kardiner: Early faculty[4]
  • Others: Fredric Busch, Susan Coates, Robert Glick, Roger MacKinnon, Robert Pollack, John Munder Ross, Roy Schafer, Daniel Schechter, Theodore Shapiro, Robert Spitzer, Eve Caligor, Deborah Cabaniss, Beatrice Beebe, Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, Daniel Stern, Arnold Cooper, Ethel Person, Richard Isay, Norman Doidge[4]

Publications

Specific journals or series are not detailed in primary sources; research output integrates with Columbia University's psychiatric publications.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "History and Description of Training Facilities: The Setting". Retrieved 2026-01-31. {{cite web}}: Text "New York State Psychiatric Institute" ignored (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research". Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research". Sigourney Award. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 "Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "George E. Daniels papers". Columbia University Medical Center Archives. Retrieved 2026-01-31.

Further reading

  • Michels, Robert. "Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry: A Changing Relationship." American Mental Health Foundation.[1]
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