Best Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy graduate certificate programs - Updated 2020

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy Graduate Credit Certificate Program The primary goal of this certificate is to prepare mental health professionals, and those in related fields, with training and practice in trauma-focused assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The certificate cannot be awarded prior to completion of the master degree.

The Fordham MSW Certificate in Psychotherapy with the Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center offers advanced clinical experience through a field placement at the Center. This collaborative program between the Graduate School of Social Service and the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute enables students to earn both a master of social work degree and a certificate in psychotherapy.

This five-year, part-time program in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy provides psychoanalytic training to candidates who wish to enter the mental health field and become psychoanalyst clinicians. The program has been approved by the New York State Education to offer the didactic and supervised clinical experience required to apply for licensure as a psychoanalyst in New York State. Graduates will also receive an Advanced Certificate in Psychoanalysis from Adelphi University.

The post-graduate, one-year Certificate program in Advanced Psychotherapy is designed for licensed mental health professionals who want to expand and update their clinical skills, enhance the level of care they provide clients, and take their careers to the next level. The Advanced Certificate Program offered by The Wayne Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy and Bellarmine University has been approved by the following accrediting bodies to provide continuing education for their respective professional memberships.

Offered on-campus, the post-graduate certificate in Depth Psychotherapy (DP) evaluates issues of meaning, values and a just existence from a community and cultural perspective. The certificate is a planned program of study which includes 18 graduate credits (six courses). Certificate course work is offered in evening or weekend intensive formats so that students may complete the course work within one calendar year. This certificate is designed for community professionals with a master’s degree in counseling or closely related area of clinical psychotherapy who meet the requirements for admission to the certificate program. Current graduate students in the Master of Arts in Counseling and Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy programs may also be admitted to the DP certificate program concurrently during their master’s degree coursework. The DP certificate cannot be awarded to current students until the semester following graduation from the master’s degree program and completion of the certificate coursework. The total post-graduate certificate requires 18 semester hours.