The
psychoanalytic approach to the study of the mind is the foundation of most
psychiatric and psychological therapies. Psychoanalysis is based
upon the evidence that unconscious mental processes significantly
influence conscious behavior and thought. It encompasses a method of
investigation, an evolving body of theory, and a therapy for emotional
illness. Despite numerous other theories and approaches,
psychoanalysis remains the bedrock to understanding human thought,
emotions, behavior and motivation. Psychoanalysis has endured for
one hundred years and continues to be an actively growing and productive
field.
More than
ever, one is impressed with the value of analysis and analytic
understanding as a clinical tool to promote intrapsychic change.
Psychoanalysis has impacted every aspect of our culture. It has
influenced literature, the arts, sociology, and philosophy. Even our
everyday language demonstrates that psychoanalytic thought has become an
integral part of Western Civilization.
The vitality
of the science and art of psychoanalysis rests on the vigorous pursuit of
scholarship. Its practitioners, teachers and students devotedly
maintain the highest quality of education and continually attempt to
incorporate findings from other fields of investigation into an
ever-broader understanding of the mind. Psychoanalysis continues to
attract those with a genuine curiosity about why people think, feel, and
behave as they do. The essential characteristics of the student of
psychoanalysis are that curiosity, coupled with a love for scientific
scholarship, and a talent for the art of exploring human interaction and
motivation.
The American
Psychoanalytic Association currently accredits twenty-nine
institutes. The Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute began as a Division
of the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute, its first class matriculating
in September, 1984. It achieved the status of Provisional Institute
in 1988 and became an independent, fully accredited Institute of the
American Psychoanalytic Association in May, 1992.
The
Institute's purpose is to teach the theory and practice of psychoanalysis
to qualified candidates. The training program is structured
according to the rigorous requirements of the Board on Professional
Standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Introduction
I Officers I Faculty
I Admissions I Programs
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9070
214- 648-7486
