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About IPPNJ
IPPNJ Philosophy

The Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey is the largest psychoanalytic institute in New Jersey, comprising over 100 member analysts, with a body of candidates averaging around 80. Courses are offered in three locations in the state: northern New Jersey, the Essex and Morris County region, and the central Jersey area comprising New Brunswick, Princeton, and Somerset, Hunterdon and Monmouth counties. IPPNJ grants certificates of completion in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the end of a three-year sequence of courses, and in psychoanalysis after three more years of training. Up to three years of the six-year overall program may be waived for applicants with approved prior psychoanalytic education.

Since its founding in 1989 as a freestanding institute, IPPNJ has sought to maintain a democratic atmosphere. Candidates function as voting members on the Board of Directors and on all standing committees. Board meetings are open, and minutes are sent to all members and candidates. Faculty members and supervising and training analysts represent diverse points of view within the psychoanalytic mainstream, from classical drive-conflict theory to contemporary relational positions. Most IPPNJ members integrate in their thinking and their work the contributions of Freud, the ego psychologists, the British object-relations group, the American interpersonalists, contemporary ego-psychological and object-relational theorists like Kernberg, self psychologists in the tradition of Kohut, developmentalists like Stern, intersubjectivists, relational theorists, and contemporary classical theorists. Some have been influenced by other psychoanalytic thinkers, including Jung, Murray, Lacan, Bollas, the Sampson and Weiss group, and others. There is no "party line" at IPPNJ, and schisms based on basic theoretical differences have not marked the institute's history. Candidates are expected to become familiar with more than one point of view and to be able to understand their patients according to more than one theoretical perspective.

Training at IPPNJ has two main objectives: (1) to provide for the availability of and to maintain high standards for long-term, in-depth traditional treatment, and (2) to help practitioners use psychoanalytic concepts to intervene in the most therapeutic fashion when shorter-term, less frequent, and more focused interventions are required, or when the patient's psychology militates against traditional exploratory kinds of treatment. IPPNJ welcomes candidates and members of all mental health backgrounds (psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and pastoral counseling), irrespective of race, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.

IPPNJ is a vigorous and growing organization. As the Institute develops, it may be able to offer training in other areas of psychoanalytic expertise, including the psychoanalytic treatment of children, couples, and families, as well as psychoanalytic group therapy. Every year IPPNJ sponsors a major conference featuring an eminent psychoanalyst currently engaged in interesting work in the field. Other programs of public and professional education in various New Jersey locations are frequently sponsored by IPPNJ. The Institute also arranges short-term supervision groups under the leadership of its members that are open to any credentialed practitioner in the New Jersey area. IPPNJ is deeply committed to providing the larger psychotherapeutic community with the perspective that a psychoanalytic approach can offer in numerous areas of public need. Anyone with further questions about IPPNJ may call the Institute office at 973-762-1553. Anne Schneiderman, IPPNJ's administrator, will direct you to the person or source of information appropriate for your concerns.