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We welcome your interest in advancing your psychoanalytic training.

You are taking a profound step towards broadening and deepening your understanding of the human experience. Through psychoanalytic training you afford yourself the opportunity to greatly enhance your work. This page is designed to help you navigate through the application process for the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute.

NPI’s programs admit qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, handicap, or national or ethnic origin.

While the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute does admit students from other countries, all instruction occurs in English. NPI does not offer visa services and will not vouch for a student’s status as English language services are not provided by the school.  Newport Psychoanalytic Institute does not offer English as a Second Language instruction. For applicants, whose second language is English, a test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 550 must document the level of English language proficiency required.

Applicants to all programs are required to submit the following:

Photocopy of Professional License

Applicants practicing under another’s license must provide a copy of that license and a letter from that license holder authorizing participation in the Institute Program.

Photocopy of Face Sheet of Current Malpractice Insurance Policy

Applicants practicing under another’s license must provide a copy of that license and a letter from that license holder authorizing participation in the Institute Program.

Letters of Recommendation

To be sent directly to the Institute. Use Institute forms provided with application packet.

  • Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Certificate in Research Psychoanalyst Registration: Three letters of recommendation.
  • Psychoanalytic Psychoanalysis Program: Two letters of recommendation.

Signed Certificate of Understanding

Use the certificate form provided in the application.

Official copy of graduate transcripts

Request forms included in application packet.

Official transcripts are only required for the Certificate in Psychoanalysis Program (not the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programs).

Autobiography

    • This is an opportunity for you to tell your story. Please take a minimum of 3-4 double spaced pages to reflect on the life experiences and the psychological development that has brought you to this moment of making application to a psychoanalytic institute.

    Your autobiography will be read before your first interview with the Admissions Chair to help her/him get to know you.

Professional Vitae

To include the following:

  • Clinical training and work experience
  • Setting
  • Population
  • Individual Responsibility
  • Supervision received (include all internships)
  • Current employment (include place of work, the nature and description of your position)
  • Other professional interests and activities (i.e. research teaching, community work and publications)

A $150.00 non-refundable application fee by June 1

Interview Process – All Applicants

Following completion of the application file, applicants for psychoanalytic training will be scheduled for interviews. The Admission Committee considers readiness to work at the graduate level and applicants’ motivation and potential to think independently and to deeply explore human nature, including self and others.

Applications

Certificate in Psychoanalysis Application

2024 / 2025  Certificate in Research Psychoanalyst Registration Application

2024 / 2025 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (Adults/ Couples/ Infants, Children, Adolescents) Application