Advanced Training for Mental Health Professionals

The Dallas Psychoanalytic Center provides full training in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis to qualified candidates. The Professional Development programs of the Center teach psychoanalytic principals to other mental health professionals and community members. The DPC is affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association.

The Dallas Foundation for Psychoanalysis (DFP) is a non-profit organization that supports the Center. It serves as a bridge between the Center and the community and promotes a psychoanalytic understanding to help solve the emotional problems of adults, children and families in the metroplex. Thus, the Foundation Board is composed of members from the community, as well as Center faculty and candidates.

The DFP organizes and coordinates programs, lectures, and consultation for public agencies, schools, and religious organizations.

As a bridge between the Center and the larger, social and educational community in Dallas, the Foundation promotes and provides psychoanalytic sponsorship in the following ways.

Professional Education

• Teaching and supervision of UT Southwestern Medical Center students in the fields of psychiatry, child psychiatry and psychology
• Over 2000 hours annually of voluntary instruction
• "Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychotherapy", a two-year didactic program for mental health practitioners in refining their psychotherapeutic skills
• Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Consortium (IPC) in collaboration with the DPC, Southern Methodist University and UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Student associate program for students of the mental health professions and other graduate programs

Public Seminars

• Annual Founders Day Lectures of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center (DPC)
• Speakers’ forum presentations to a variety of community groups.