Research Psychoanalyst

The State of California has authorized LAISPS to train qualified persons who are not mental health professions, but have Ph.D.s in fields related to psychoanalysis, to become Research Psychoanalysts. These researchers can obtain psychoanalytic education to enable them to apply psychoanalytic concepts to their chosen fields of expertise.

Student Research Psychoanalysts obtain supervised psychotherapy experience as a pre-requisite for performing supervised psychoanalysis as part of LAISPS' training program. Upon completion of this program and certification, student Research Psychoanalysts are eligible to be licensed as Research Psychoanalysts, which includes clinical fee-for-service privileges as an adjunct to their primary academic/research work.