Syracuse Center for Psychotherapy

Studying and Teaching Therapeutic Processes

The Syracuse Center for Psychotherapy (SCP) is a resource center of the Department of Psychiatry for healthcare professionals to further their educational and research interests in psychotherapy.

The need for psychotherapy originates in human problems and human relationships.  Psychotherapy, in its many forms, is a process that makes every effort to attend to the whole person in the hope of augmenting health, not only by relieving pain, but also by engendering a broader experience of self, balancing autonomy and intimacy. At the core of the therapeutic process is the therapeutic relationship. In a psychotherapist’s development, the process of learning is as important as the content of the learning. The Syracuse Center for Psychotherapy is working to enrich the learning process in support of every therapist’s growth.

Theoretical perspectives

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy text
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy text
• Dynamic Deconstructive Therapy text
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing text
• Integrationist Approaches text
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy text
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Systems-Centered® Therapy text

Therapy modalities as areas of study

• Individual therapy
• Child and adolescent therapy
• Family therapy text
• Couples therapy
• Group Therapy text

Formal training programs

• Psychiatry Residency Training Program
• Psychology Internship
• Clinical Social Work Training Program text
• Fellowship programs in child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and consultation and liaison psychiatry.

Research and scholarly activities related to psychotherapy

• Annual Research Report text

Current educational opportunities

(Open to practitioners in the community, including conferences, courses, web-links, workshops, consultations, and a weekly grand rounds series.)

• Listing of Activities text