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The Object Relations Institute offers certificate programs in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with a special curriculum featuring the teachings of the British and American Object Relations theorists and their clinical applications.
The curriculum stresses pre-oedipal stage psychopathology contributing to character disorders, and modifications and elaborations in Freudian theory and technique made by object relations theorists. Object relations theorists have contributed to deepening our understanding of psychical structures and offer us techniques for dealing with clients who were thought to be unreachable.
This unique curriculum conducted in small group and class settings provides the candidate with the whole experiential dimension of learning related to the processing of “objective countertransference” feelings, associations, and visceral experiences. These issues are seen as the key to understanding the split off and dissociated aspects of the psychotherapy or psychoanalytic patient, as the clinician sits in the room with him or her. This experiential study takes place in supervision groups, which highlight the group process as a medium for the learning personal development process. In-depth communication between candidates in each class is encouraged in relation to their internal processing of their clinical work.
All our traditional certificate programs are offered as the 10-week trimesters, which include two classes per trimester: the Group Supervision classes (Thursdays, 6:15pm-7:30pm/ or 7:15pm-8:30pm if classes are offered only in virtual format) and the Clinical Theory classes (Thursdays, 8:15pm – 9:30pm/ or 8:40pm-9:55pm if classes are offered only in virtual format). There are also additional Clinical Theory classes offered on different days of the week to the 3rd and 4th year trainees of the traditional full psychoanalytic training program and to all interested clinicians.
Since COVID pandemic, the ORI offers its courses and seminars in virtual (via Zoom) mode:
Training Courses & Programs at ORI, by Academic Years
(for the Full Calendar of ORI’s Educational Events, Visit the CALENDAR Page)
Traditional Training Programs:
One Year Certificate Program: An Introduction to Object Relations Theory & Clinical Application
Two-Year Certificate Program: Advanced Object Relations Clinical Theory & Technique
Four Year Certificate Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
One Year Clinical Mentorship/ Supervision Program for Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists
(Each class can be taken as a separate 10-week course. Each participant earns 12.5 hrs or post-graduate educational credits. Most of the courses are also accredited for the CEs for mental health professionals.)
Courses of the Traditional Certificate Programs in 2026-2027 Academic Year:
1st trimester: October 8, – December 17, 2026
2nd trimester: January 14 – March 18, 2027
3rd trimester: April 8 – June 17, 2027
(Please note that the dates for other certificate courses are mentioned in each course description.)
Please note that the following courses are the ones offered as separate certificate courses, as well as a part of the Training Programs at ORI. For the full list of ORI’s offerings, please check our Calendar of Events.
First year of all certificate programs (One Year, Two-Year, and Full Four-Year programs) consists of three 10-week trimesters (conducted on Thursday evenings) of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by the “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1 (Elective): 9/2/26 – 9/30/26 (Wednesdays, 7:30pm – 9:30pm ET/NYC): Fairbairn in the Consulting Room: Structural Theory, Clinical Formulation, and Masterclass Supervision (with David P. Celani, PhD). 14.5 CE hours for APA, NYS SW, NYS Psychologists.
Trimester 1: 10/8/26 – 12/17/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT/EST): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 1: 10/8/26 – 12/17/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT/EST): Introduction to the Object Relations Clinical Theory and Its Clinical Experiential Applications (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt) 14.5 CEs for APA, NYS Psychologists, NYS Social Workers
Second, Third, and Fourth years of all certificate programs also consist of three 10-week trimesters of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course component. Candidates in training who are continuing their education through Year Three and Four are required to take additional clinical theory courses to complete their certification.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1 (Elective): 9/2/26 – 9/30/26 (Wednesdays, 7:30pm – 9:30pm ET/NYC): Fairbairn in the Consulting Room: Structural Theory, Clinical Formulation, and Masterclass Supervision (with David P. Celani, PhD). 14.5 CE hours for APA, NYS SW, NYS Psychologists.
Trimester 1: 10/8/26 – 12/17/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT/EST): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 1: 10/8/26 – 12/17/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT/EST): The Schizoid Disorder of the Self: “The Self-in-Exile” (with Loray Daws, PhD) 14.5 CEs for APA, NYS Psychologists, NYS Social Workers
NB: Information about the Winter and Spring trimesters will be updated in October, prior to the beginning of the courses.
Courses of the Traditional Certificate Programs in 2025-2026 Academic Year:
1st trimester: October 9, – December 18, 2025
2nd trimester: January 15 – March 19, 2026
3rd trimester: April 9 – June 10, 2026
(Please note that the dates for other certificate courses are mentioned in each course description.)
Please note that the following courses are the ones offered as separate certificate courses, as well as a part of the Training Programs at ORI. For the full list of ORI’s offerings, please check our Calendar of Events.
First year of all certificate programs (One Year, Two-Year, and Full Four-Year programs) consists of three 10-week trimesters (conducted on Thursday evenings) of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by the “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1 [Elective]: 9/4/25 – 9/25/25 (Thursdays, 7-9:40 pm EDT): James F. Masterson’s Approach to Modern Psychoanalytic Praxis: A Contemporary Introduction (with Loray Daws, PhD)
Trimester 1: 10/9/25 – 12/18/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 1: 10/9/25 – 12/18/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT): Introduction to the Object Relations Clinical Theory and Its Clinical Experiential Applications (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EST): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Self-Integration Through Mourning Vs. Melancholic Psychic and Somatic Retreats: Object Relations Perspectives (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2 [Elective]: 1-18-26 (Sunday, 11:30am-3:45pm ET): A Fairbairnian Inner World and Early Chronic Emotional Trauma (virtual live seminar with Dr. David P. Celani)
Trimester 2 [Elective]: 1/21 – 3/25, 2025 (Wednesdays, 8:30 – 10pm ET): Dream Appreciation and Interpretation: Montague Ullman’s Visionary Method (with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin)
Trimester 2 [Elective]: 2/4/26 – 3/25/26 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 8:15pm ET): Defense Mechanisms in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications and Object Relations (8-week virtual live course with Dr. Jerome Blackman)
Trimester 3: 4/9/26 – 6/11/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 3: 4/9/26 – 6/11/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT): In Search of Feeling Real − The British and American Independent Traditions Explored (with Loray Daws, PhD)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/15/26 – 6-17-26 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 8:15pm EDT): Clinical Masterclass Supervision Informed by W.R.D. Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory (with David P. Celani, PhD)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/15/26-5/13/26 (Part 1); 6/17/26-7/1/26 (Part 2) (Wednesdays, 8:30pm – 10pm EDT): Hidden Psychosis in Apparently Neurotic Patients: Diagnostic Pitfalls in Psychodynamic Treatment (with Jerome S. Blackman, M.D.)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/21/26 – 6/23/26 (Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:30pm EDT): Dream Interpretation and Appreciation: Montague Ullman’s Visionary Method (with Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD).
Trimester 4 [Elective]: 6/6/26 & 6/13/26 (Saturdays, 12-3;30pm EDT): Intersubjectivity (based on the Entries in the IPA’s Inter-Regional Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, IRED, with Eva Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP)
Second, Third, and Fourth years of all certificate programs also consist of three 10-week trimesters of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course component. Candidates in training who are continuing their education through Year Three and Four are required to take additional clinical theory courses to complete their certification.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1: 9/4/25 – 9/25/25 (Thursdays, 7-9:40 pm EDT): James F. Masterson’s Approach to Modern Psychoanalytic Praxis: A Contemporary Introduction (with Loray Daws, PhD)
Trimester 1: 10/9/25 – 12/18/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 1: 10/9/25 – 12/18/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT): Psychotherapy Case Studies: Deepening Clinical Wisdom (with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EST): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Self-Integration Through Mourning Vs. Melancholic Psychic and Somatic Retreats: Object Relations Perspectives (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EST): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/15/26 – 3/19/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Self-Integration Through Mourning Vs. Melancholic Psychic and Somatic Retreats: Object Relations Perspectives (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2 Elective: 1-18-26 (Sunday, 11:30am-3:45pm ET): A Fairbairnian Inner World and Early Chronic Emotional Trauma (virtual live seminar with Dr. David P. Celani)
Trimester 2 Elective: 1/21 – 3/25, 2025 (Wednesdays, 8:30 – 10pm ET): Dream Appreciation and Interpretation: Montague Ullman’s Visionary Method (with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin)
Trimester 2 Elective: 2-4-26 – 3-25-26 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 8:15pm ET): Defense Mechanisms in Dynamic Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications and Object Relations (8-week virtual live course with Dr. Jerome Blackman)
Trimester 3: 4/9/26 – 6/11/26 (Thursdays, 7:15pm – 8:30pm EDT): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 3: 4/9/26 – 6/11/26 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EDT): In Search of Feeling Real − The British and American Independent Traditions Explored (with Loray Daws, PhD)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/15/26 – 6-17-26 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 8:15pm EDT): Clinical Masterclass Supervision Informed by W.R.D. Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory (with David P. Celani, PhD)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/15/26-5/13/26 (Part 1); 6/17/26-7/1/26 (Part 2) (Wednesdays, 8:30pm – 10pm EDT): Hidden Psychosis in Apparently Neurotic Patients: Diagnostic Pitfalls in Psychodynamic Treatment (with Jerome S. Blackman, M.D.)
Trimester 3 [Elective]: 4/21/26 – 6/23/26 (Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:30pm EDT): Dream Interpretation and Appreciation: Montague Ullman’s Visionary Method (with Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD).
Trimester 4 [Elective]: 6/6/26 & 6/13/26 (Saturdays, 12-3;30pm EDT): Intersubjectivity (based on the Entries in the IPA’s Inter-Regional Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, IRED, with Eva Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP)
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Courses of the Traditional Certificate Programs in 2024-2025 Academic Year:
1st trimester: October 10, 17, 24, 31; November 7, 14, 21;
December 5; 12; 19, 2024 (no class on November 28, 2024)
2nd trimester: January 9, 16, 23, 30;
February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 6, 13, 2025
3rd trimester: April 3, 10, 17, 24; May 1, 8, 15, 29; June 5, 12, 2025
Summer/Fall trimester: See the dates below
(Please note that the dates for other certificate courses are mentioned in each course description.)
Please note that the following courses are the ones offered as separate certificate courses, as well as a part of the Training Programs at ORI.
For the full list of ORI’s offerings, please check our Calendar of Events.
First year of all certificate programs (One Year, Two-Year, and Full Four-Year programs) consists of three 10-week trimesters (conducted on Thursday evenings) of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by the “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1: 08/28/24 – 09/25/24 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 9:40pm EST/EDT, with a 10-min break): Dream Play: An Integrative Approach (a 5-week course with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin)
Trimester 1: 10/10/24 – 12/19/24 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm): Introduction to the Object Relations Clinical Theory and Its Clinical Experiential Applications (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 1: 10/10/24 – 12/19/24 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/9/25 – 3/13/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Clinical Studies on Narcissistic, Schizoid, and Borderline Mechanisms and Conditions (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, D.Litt., NCPsyA) 12.5 CEs
Trimester 2: 1/9/25 – 3/13/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/10/25 – 2/14/25 (Fridays, 12-2pm EST): Clinical Supervision Informed by W.R.D. Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory (with David Celani, PhD) [Elective] 12 CEs
Trimester 2: 2/9/25 & 2/16/25 (Sundays, 12-3:15pm EST): The Psychodynamic Case Study: Theory and Practice (with Aner Govrin, PhD and Inna Rozentsvit, M.D., PhD) [Elective] 8.5 CEs
Trimester 3: 4/3/25 – 6/12/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Foundational Models of Psychic Development in Object Relations Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Field Theory (with Loray Daws, PhD) 12.5 CEs
Trimester 3: 4/3/25 – 6/12/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 3: 5/4/25 & 6/8/25 (Sundays, 12-3:15pm EDT): The Craft of Writing a Psychodynamic Case Study: A Practical Guide (with Aner Govrin, PhD; moderator Inna Rozentsvit) [Elective] 8.5 CEs
Summer Trimester: 6/7/25 & 6/28/25 (12-3:30pm EDT): Drive in Contemporary Psychoanalysis Around the Globe: Enigmatic Concept ‘Translated’ And Explained (with Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP) [Elective] 9 CEs for APA, NYS Psy, NYS SW; 7 CEs for LPs
Summer Trimester: 7/10/25 – 8/7/25 (Thursdays, 7-9:30pm EDT): Foundations of Psychoanalytic Dream Work: Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Monte Ullman (with Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD) [Elective] 12.5 CEs for APA, NYS Psy, NYS SW
Second, Third, and Fourth years of all certificate programs also consist of three 10-week trimesters of the clinical theory course, which is accompanied by “Analyst as Instrument” group supervision course component. Candidates in training who are continuing their education through Year Three and Four are required to take additional clinical theory courses to complete their certification.
Listing of the courses:
Trimester 1: 08/28/24 – 09/25/24 (Wednesdays, 7pm – 9:40pm EST/EDT, with a 10-min break): Dream Play: An Integrative Approach (a 5-week course with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin)
Trimester 1: 10/10/24 – 12/19/24 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm): Dynamic Psychotherapy Technique: Integrating Object Relations, Self-Psychology, and Attachment Theories (with Jerome S. Blackman, M.D., FIPA)
Trimester 1: 10/10/24 – 12/19/24 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/9/25 – 3/13/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Clinical Studies on Narcissistic, Schizoid, and Borderline Mechanisms and Conditions (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, D.Litt., NCPsyA) 12.5 CEs
Trimester 2: 1/9/25 – 3/13/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 2: 1/10/25 – 2/14/25 (Fridays, 12-2pm EST): Clinical Supervision Informed by W.R.D. Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory (with DavidCelani, PhD) [Elective]
Trimester 2: 2/9/25 & 2/16/25 (Sundays, 12-3:15pm EST): The Psychodynamic Case Study: Theory and Practice (with Aner Govrin, PhD and Inna Rozentsvit, M.D., PhD) [Elective] 8.5 CEs
Trimester 3: 4/3/25 – 6/12/25 (Thursdays, 8:40pm – 9:55pm EST): Foundational Models of Psychic Development in Object Relations Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Field Theory (with Loray Daws, PhD) 12.5 CEs
Trimester 3: 4/3/25 – 6/12/25 (Thursdays, 7:15pm 8:30pm): “Analyst as Instrument” Group Supervision Course (with Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, DLitt)
Trimester 3: 5/4/25 & 6/8/25 (Sundays, 12-3:15pm EDT): The Craft of Writing a Psychodynamic Case Study: A Practical Guide (with Aner Govrin, PhD; moderator Inna Rozentsvit) [Elective] 8.5 CEs
Summer Trimester: 6/7/25 & 6/28/25 (12-3:30pm EDT): Drive in Contemporary Psychoanalysis Around the Globe: Enigmatic Concept ‘Translated’ And Explained (with Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP) [Elective] 9 CEs for APA, NYS Psy, NYS SW; 7 CEs for LPs
Summer Trimester: 7/10/25 – 8/7/25 (Thursdays, 7-9:30pm EDT): Foundations of Psychoanalytic Dream Work: Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Monte Ullman (with Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD) [Elective] 12.5 CEs for APA, NYS Psy, NYS SW
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