The FCP Community Psychoanalysis Track (CPT) is a one-year supplemental training pathway for psychoanalytic candidates who want to deepen their practice beyond the consulting room — and bring its benefits to those who need it most.

Rooted in collaboration between psychoanalytic institutes, community mental health programs, and candidates in training, the CPT offers immersive group work experience within community mental health settings, alongside dedicated supervision, case consultation, and a rigorous curriculum at the intersection of psychoanalysis, social movements, and community practice.

Psychoanalysis belongs in the community. The CPT is a training ground for analysts who will carry that conviction into their work — and into the field — for decades to come.

The track was developed from FCP's founding mission: to make psychoanalysis more accessible — to practitioners and patients alike. By placing candidates within community settings early in their training, we aim to expand what psychoanalysis can be and who it can reach.

Goals Driving CPT

Integrate psychoanalytic thinking with community-based clinical work, cultivating awareness of the social, political, cultural, and historical forces that shape individuals and communities.

What Candidates Can Expect

Program Structure

The CPT is designed as a one-year immersive track, open to candidates currently enrolled in partner psychoanalytic institutes. Participants co-facilitate psychoanalytically-informed process groups within community mental health settings, accruing supervised clinical hours while receiving structured training and consultation.

Curriculum

Seminar content is developed in collaboration with The Greene Clinic, drawn from their Community Psychoanalysis Speakers Series and shaped into three weekend intensives shared across the CPT and the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis CPT. Courses span the history of the psychoanalytic clinic, the politics of care, and the frontiers of community-based practice.

Community Partners

Candidates are placed in community mental health settings in New York, co-facilitating psychoanalytically-informed process groups with patients, staff, and community members. Current and prospective community partners include:

• The Fostering Connection
  Long-term, trauma-informed psychotherapy for foster-affected families and young adults aging out of care.

• Rose Hill Psychological Services: Pain Clinic

  A community-based clinic in the Bronx offering psychologically-informed care for patients living with chronic pain, at the intersection of physical and mental health.

Training in Partnership

The CPT pilot launches in partnership with the Pulsion Institute, a NYC-based psychoanalytic training program for clinicians and academics that addresses socio-political concerns and the psychic and social together. The pilot will accept LP qualifying candidates from Pulsion who choose to participate in the track.

CPT also collaborates closely with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, sharing curriculum, group consultation, and faculty across New York and Chicago, creating a genuinely cross-city, cross-institute training experience.

Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) in San Francisco has been an invaluable thought partner and foundation in shaping this track. Their experience building community psychoanalytic training for over a decade has informed our model and continues to inspire our path forward.

Help Shape the Future of Psychoanalytic Training

We are building partnerships with psychoanalytic institutes and community mental health programs across NYC. If you are interested in joining us, we would love to hear from you.