The LAISPS Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program offers an integrated curriculum that combines the latest in psychoanalytic research and theory with classical works pertaining to the development of the personality. At each class meeting, students learn about psychoanalytic concepts and clinical technique.

This 30-week course begins with a review of psychoanalytic concepts pertaining to substance abuse and eating disorders. We explore the neurobiology of addiction; affect dysregulation and anxious attachment strategies underlying compulsive food and substance use; sexual addiction, gambling, internet, gaming and other high-risk activities.