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Independent Film Screenings & Interactive Talkbacks

The Institute for Expressive Analysis invites you to a special event this May! A screening of three independent films exploring mental health, sociocultural issues, and the expressive arts. Each screening will be followed by an interactive talkback with the film’s creators.

Location: Gibney Dance Studio, 280 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
(Entrance at 53A Chambers Street)

Schedule:

  • May 13th | 500 Miles Away From Home & Donting Village | 6:00–8:00 PM | Register Here
    With director/producer Qian-hui (Joyce) Xu & drama therapist Yimeng (Clara) Zhang
  • May 15th | I Am Not Ok | 6:00–8:00 PM | Register Here
    With director/producer Gabrielle Lansner, writer/narrator Tiffiney Davis & dancer Pat Hall
  • May 16th | Chocolate Milk | 6:00–8:00 PM| Register Here
    With co-creators Sonja Bozic, Jonathan Weiner & tech designer Alex Coppedge

Tickets:
$50 General Admission | FREE for IEA Students & Members

CE Credits Available:
2 CE credits are offered for LPs, LCATs, LMSWs, LCSWs. Certificates will be provided after attendance


IEA 2025 Open House

Date: May 18, 2025

Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Location: The Greenwich House – 27 Barrow Street, 4th Floor

Join us to learn more about IEA’s license-qualifying training program. Come meet board members, faculty, and current students. Presentations by advanced student Katherine Mechner. 

This event is free, but registration is required.

The Institute of Expressive Analysis (IEA) is a New York State License qualifying program that offers training in psychoanalysis. IEA remains the only post-graduate program in the country that is dedicated to combining depth-oriented psychoanalytic treatment with options for the integration of creative art techniques.

Institute for Expressive Analysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0028.

Institute for Expressive Analysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0453.

For more information contact events@ieanyc.org

 



IEA Ongoing Enrollment

For more information: info@ieanyc.org

IEA offers a personal, intimate training atmosphere based on the belief that every analyst must find her/his own therapeutic metaphor, style, and way of integrating the many dimensions of training.

IEA’s consultation center is also available for low-fee psychotherapy referrals.

The curriculum provides diverse theoretical approaches, including:

  • Object Relations
  • Self-Psychology
  • Relational Psychoanalysis
  • Jungian
  • Contemporary Freudian theory

Training focuses on both verbal and nonverbal aspects of treatment and is applicable for both private practice and institutional settings.

Why is IEA Unique?

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE – IEA provides students with a flexible schedule, not disrupting one’s day job.Our classes meet on Monday evenings after work hours. Child and Adolescent classes meet Wednesday mornings.

TIME EFFECTIVE & COST EFFECTIVE – IEA meets New York State’s requirements for licensure and we work to offer a cost-effective and time-effective path to licensure in psychoanalysis (LP).

ECLECTIC – IEA is the only psychoanalytic institute offering an eclectic program incorporating various creative and expressive modalities.

GROWTH – IEA’s community provides an environment geared towards developing every candidate’s own particular voice.

SMALL GROUP EXPERIENCE – IEA’s classes take place in an intimate setting – the private offices of the instructor.

REFERRALS – IEA’s Consultation Center offers sliding scale therapy services, aimed to provide a constant flow of referrals for our candidates.

ACADEMICS – IEA offers regular scientific presentations that may satisfy continuing education credits, supports a collegial community, and offers opportunity for sharing clinical and theoretical ideas.

PLEASE JOIN OUR MAILING LIST – TEXT IEANYC to 22828

For info about admission to IEA, please contact: Meredith Glidden, Director of Admissions:
at admissions@ieanyc.org

 

Fall 2009 – Present

Click here to see a list of past IEA events.