Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis

Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis We represent a wide range of thinking, from We train graduate clinicians in all the mental health fields as well as to academic scholars.

The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) is a comparative psychoanalytic training institute in which multiple psychoanalytic perspectives are brought together and taught in open, continuing dialogue. The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) was founded in 1987 to provide high quality training through a comparative approach to psychoanalysis. MIP recognizes psychoanalysis as a field that has and continues to change. We strive to establish a spirit of questioning and inquiry in our curriculum and various programs. Committed to the alleviation of human suffering, MIP seeks to expand the application of psychoanalysis to an ever widening, more diverse range of individuals and cultural settings. The curriculum is designed to impart a solid knowledge of the major psychoanalytic approaches while encouraging, open dialogue, multiple points of view and the continual exploration of the definition of psychoanalysis and the relationship between psychoanalysis and other forms of psychotherapy. As an independent institution we differ from traditional psychoanalytic institutes as we do not have a training analyst system that would designate a limited group of training and supervising analysts. This more open system provides our candidates with a wider freedom of choice in selecting their supervisors and analysts. It also broadens opportunities for our faculty to be chosen and to serve as supervisors and personal analysts. To further expand the range of our thinking and clinical training, one of the three control (supervised training) cases is designed to be a “non-traditional case.” Broadly defined as focusing on work with patients who seem clinically ready for analysis but may not readily fit the traditional criteria for analytic treatment (in terms of culture, age, diagnosis or other criteria). Our goal is to provide a chance for the close examination of a wide range of clinical experiences that will challenge and expand our conception of analysis and the populations of patients who may benefit from a psychoanalytic treatment. MIP is committed to a process of understanding racial bias and inequality in our institution. We are committed to understanding what may be barriers at MIP to becoming a more racially and culturally diverse program in which we make strides towards becoming a welcoming community to people with diverse backgrounds.

Join the Program Committee at MIP for an exciting event in January. Mark Solms, PhD will present recent developments in ...
12/10/2025

Join the Program Committee at MIP for an exciting event in January. Mark Solms, PhD will present recent developments in the neuroscience of emotion and memory, and what they mean for psychoanalytic theory and practice. Following the lecture and live Q&A, Irit Feldman, PsyD will present a clinical case, with discussion by Dr. Solms to illustrate mechanisms of change in treatment. Sign up via our website.
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 | 9:30–12:30 pm ET | Zoom | 2.5 ce credits

MIP Open House — February 25, 2026We’re excited to welcome prospective applicants to our in-person Open House on Wednesd...
12/06/2025

MIP Open House — February 25, 2026

We’re excited to welcome prospective applicants to our in-person Open House on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 7:30–9:30pm at the Harvard Faculty Club Library in Cambridge.

Come learn about the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and our training programs:

• Postgraduate Fellowship Programs
• Stechler Child & Adolescent Fellowship
• Four-Year Analytic Training Program

We encourage all attendees to register on our website so we can plan for group size and training interests.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Consider giving a tax deductible end of year contribution to MIP’s capital campaign, An Hour For MIP. Donate on our webs...
12/02/2025

Consider giving a tax deductible end of year contribution to MIP’s capital campaign, An Hour For MIP. Donate on our website, link in bio.

Words from our president, Abigail McNally, Ph.D. >>>

“We are in awe of the time and effort so many of you already give to MIP. Yet we cannot run on labor alone. If you are also able to also give back through a tax-deductible donation, this will support our continued momentum at this critical sociocultural juncture. We ask that you join our annual fundraiser, An Hour for MIP, by contributing an amount equal to one clinical hour in your practice. This is only a suggestion; please give whatever you can. Every donation is deeply appreciated.

Of crucial import, your gift will help support the creation of a future MIP community made all the richer by expanding our diversity. Funds raised will go directly to scholarships for Fellows and Candidates from historically and institutionally marginalized identity groups, as well as to supporting new Faculty members from these same backgrounds.

Committing to kindness—even when public figures do not—is a fierce act of moral courage. We at MIP, and the community we aspire to become, are deeply grateful for your fearless generosity.“

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