Psychotherapy Clinical Fellowship
The Fellowship offers early and mid-career clinicians an opportunity to study and improve their skills in the psychotherapy of adults using psychoanalytic principles. In this two-year program, Fellows will treat adults in ongoing psychotherapy, some at multiple times a week, under the supervision of a psychoanalyst, and participate in an educational program designed to enhance clinical learning.
Who is this for?
This program is open to early/mid-career mental health professionals who are licensed or license-eligible.
Full-Time Information
Part-Time Information
Program Eligibility:
– Minimum of masters degree in a mental health field that included clinical experience
– Ability to be present on-site in Chicago at least 3 days/week
– Willingness and ability to see our patients on site
Available Locally
This program is only available to local students.
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Application Procedures
The following items will be required with your application:
- Curriculum vitae/resume
- Official academic transcripts
- (2) Letters of reference (Reference guidelines can be found here)
- Please send letters to treatmentcenter@chicagoanalysis.org if not uploaded via online application.
- Copy of your license
- Personal statement (no more than 600 words)
- $50 Application fee (non-refundable)
Please address questions or concerns about the program to our Treatment Center treatmentcenter@chicagoanalysis.org
Application Deadlines:
Full-Time Fellowship – Sunday, January 19th, 2026
Part-Time Fellowship – Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Curriculum
- Part-time Fellows will carry a caseload of at least 6 clinical hours/week
- Full-time fellows will carry a caseload of 20 clinical hours/week and be compensated with a salary and benefits.
- Full-time fellows will also receive tuition-free enrollment in the Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Thought program.
- Supervision with graduate psychoanalyst
- Clinical and administrative staff meetings
- Case conferences
Schedule
Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons for staff and educational meetings.
Clinical hours to be arranged.
Fall, Winter, Spring trimesters
8 S Michigan Ave, 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Continuing Education Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
– Updated July 2021 –
Description
A clinician’s professional development takes place over a lifetime as one learns, practices, refines skills, discovers new ideas, observes changes during therapy, hears from colleagues, tries out different approaches and listens to what patients say. The Psychotherapy Clinical Fellowship aims to support clinicians as they form and firm up their professional identity. It will establish a foundation for lifelong learning.
The Fellowship now offers two tracks: part-time or full-time. All fellows will receive supervision and case conference learning opportunities with a psychoanalyst, as well as access to CPI’s Library, PEP Web Archive, office space in the Loop, and HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform use. Fellows are also invited, as guests, to attend select Institute meetings and continuing education programs. Upon successful completion of the program, Fellows may take their patients with them as long as they are either licensed to practice independently, or have obtained appropriate supervision for ongoing work.
Continuing Education Units will be granted to Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers, Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists based on attendance.
