N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42A-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:42A-2.2 - Requirements for applicants holding a certificate of graduation from a nonaccredited psychoanalytic institute

(a) The Director or a designee may waive the requirement in N.J.A.C. 13:42A-2.1(a)4 that the applicant hold a certificate from an accredited psychoanalytic institute and allow an applicant to take the examination, if the applicant has:

1. Received a certificate of graduation in psychoanalysis from a free-standing, psychoanalytic institute that:

i. Has not been accredited as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:42A-2.1(a)4 i; or

ii. Has been chartered by a state or foreign government that does not have substantially similar requirements of accreditation as those required by a national psychoanalytic association and has not been approved by the Director or a designee; and

2. Documented clinical training and work experience from a psychoanalytic institute, which requires at a minimum:

i. Three hundred hours of patient contact hours in psychoanalytic treatment;

ii. Seventy-two credit hours of classroom instruction in psychoanalysis;

iii. Three hundred hours of personal psychoanalysis with a psychoanalyst who meets the requirements of (b) below; and

iv. One hundred and fifty hours of supervision of psychoanalytic cases with a psychoanalyst who does not serve as the applicant's personal psychoanalyst and who meets the requirements of (b) below, of which 50 hours shall be individual supervision with one supervisor working on one case, plus a minimum of 100 hours of supervision with at least one other supervisor, not necessarily with one case; at least 50 hours of those 100 hours shall be individual supervision; and

3. A current State of New Jersey license, registration, or certificate in a mental health profession, which includes a licensed physician, a licensed psychologist, a licensed social worker, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed professional counselor, a licensed rehabilitation counselor, a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor, and a psychiatric advanced practice nurse.

(b) In order to provide personal psychoanalysis or supervision of psychoanalytic cases pursuant to (a) above, a psychoanalyst shall be:

1. A State-certified psychoanalyst; or

2. A graduate of a psychoanalytic institute and the holder of a license from a professional board in a profession for which the scope of practice includes the independent provision of psychotherapy.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42A-2.2

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1304(a), effective 6/20/2016