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The Impact of Graduation From Psychoanalytic Training

585 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024, sc26{at}columbia.edu, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, faculty, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, sc26{at}columbia.edu

Deborah L. Cabaniss

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Nicholas Forand

American University

Steven P. Roose

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Research Committee, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

To examine candidates' experience of graduation from psychoanalytic training, 1997—2001 graduates of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research were sent a confidential questionnaire about their first year after analytic training. Of this group, 72 percent (23/32) returned the survey. Questions focused on the impact of graduation on time availability, net income, professional advancement, and sense of personal and professional autonomy. Graduates from analytic training were found to have more income in their first postgraduate year, a mean increase of $30,000, and more available time, a mean increase of sixteen hours. Increased earnings came primarily from seeing more patients during the time made available with the end of classes. In addition, graduates did not terminate their control cases or stop supervision. Graduates most valued their sense of professional accomplishment and ability to spend more time with their families. Although graduates also experienced relief from evaluation pressure, they did not rank this high in importance. For candidates, graduation profoundly impacts the structure of professional and personal life, but does not mean an end to learning.

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Vol. 52, No. 3, 833-849 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/00030651040520030501


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