The Institute
The Greater Kansas City
Psychoanalytic Institute (GKCPI) offers training in the theory and practice of
psychoanalysis, both to qualified mental health professionals and to interested scholars and practitioners from
other disciplines. For those who plan to practice clinical psychoanalysis, the
training includes a personal analysis, a four-year seminar curriculum, and
supervised experience in conducting psychoanalytic treatment with several
patients. For “academic candidates” (those who do not intend to practice
clinical psychoanalysis), the training is essentially the same except for the
supervised cases. A recently added option is the two-year training program in
psychoanalytic psychotherapy, designed for therapists who wish to enhance their
skills by learning psychoanalytic principles but who do not choose to undertake
full psychoanalytic training. The Institute also operates a referral service, which matches suitable
patients with analysts-in-training for psychoanalytic treatment at reduced fees.
The Institute was established in 1995 as a New Training Facility of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, and became a professional Institute in 2003. When the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis
closed in 2001, many of its faculty members and “candidates” were absorbed by
GKCPI, which currently has over 30 graduate psychoanalysts on the faculty and
approximately 20 candidates in various stages of training. Distinguished
visiting lecturers also contribute regularly to the curriculum. While developing
its programs under the rigorous standards of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, the Institute also works collaboratively with other local
psychoanalytic organizations: the Greater Kansas City/Topeka Psychoanalytic Center,
its parent organization; the Kansas City Psychoanalytic
Foundation; the Kansas City Institute
for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, a training program with other affiliations;
and the Kansas City Association for
Psychoanalytic Psychology, the local chapter of Division 39 of the American
Psychological Association. The Institute is located at 411 Nichols Road, Suite 194, Kansas City, Missouri, 64112 and the phone number is
816/531-2600.
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