Tillie Krug Child Analytic Training Program (CATP)

The Institute offers training for adult psychoanalytic candidates or adult psychoanalysts wishing to become child psychoanalysts. This program, known as the Southeastern Child Analytic Consortium, involves faculty and candidates from a range of psychoanalytic institutes throughout the country. 

Two training tracks are available to persons interested in child/adolescent psychoanalytic training.                  

For those wishing to become both a child analyst and an adult analyst, the program consists of participating in the five-year adult analytic curriculum as well as the child analytic coursework, which is offered in collaboration with three other Institutes. The child/adolescent analytic training also includes  supervised analytic work with at least three child/adolescent psychoanalytic patients.  Classes are offered online, with the strong recommendation that students participate in person at least two times per year, usually coinciding with a workshop offering.                    :

For those wishing to become child/adolescent psychoanalysts only, the program consists of participating in the first three years of adult analytic classes, and participating concurrently or sequentially in the child analytic coursework offered in collaboration with three other Institutes, as well as supervised analytic casework.  Classes are offered online, with the strong recommendation that students participate in person at least two times per year, usually coinciding with a workshop offering.  The training also includes supervised analytic work with at least three child/adolescent psychoanalytic patients. 

The child analytic courses focus on both theory and technique. Multiple psychoanalytic theoretical perspectives are discussed, focusing on the application of the theoretical concepts to real-life clinical situations and challenges.

Candidates are in psychoanalysis with a Training Analyst who meets the AAPE criteria for appointment of Supervising Analysts during the course of their analytic training. This is helpful in terms of the candidate’s internal responses to the intensity involved in analytic work. This requirement may be waived for child/adolescent psychoanalytic candidates who completed adult training earlier and were in psychoanalysis with a qualified Training Analyst at that time, but additional analytic work may be recommended in specific situations where it is seen as  important to the candidate’s development. 

Candidates develop a minimum of three child or adolescent cases into middle phase, and regular (usually weekly) supervision for each case is provided by Child Supervising Analysts who meet AAPE criteria for appointment.  

Full participation in the activities of the Institute is available to any qualified person regardless of race, color, creed, age, gender, marital status, disability, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

CATP Application

To inquire about admissions procedures, please contact:


Sydney Anderson, PhD
CoChair, Child Analytic Training Program
Email address: [email protected]
(812) 322-2985


Lee Ascherman, MD
CoChair, Child Analytic Training Program
Email address: [email protected]
(205) 871-5866