The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

ONLINE WORKSHOP: PREPARING FOR THE NEW YORK LP EXAM:  A   OCUSED, STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO PASSING WITH CONFIDENCE
PRESENTER: BRIAN KLOPPENBERG, LP, MFA

This workshop will teach participants a number of skills: It will help in writing case narratives for the New York State LP exam, prepare for the actual writing of each narrative at the testing site, and navigate the testing situation itself. We will begin with a close examination of the various sections of the LP exam, question by question, in order to build case narratives that eventuate in passing the exam. Each case narrative should have its own internal logic, and we will talk about how to find and develop that logic. Having helped a number of candidates from several different institutes to pass the exam, I have a strong sense of what the readers of the case narratives are looking for, as well as some common mistakes that can be avoided without too much trouble. Participants are welcome to submit some of their sample answers ahead of time and we can work on these during the workshop. Helpful advice will be offered for what to do next once the narrative has been written, both in the days leading up to the exam and when at the testing site. This interactive workshop will allow plenty of time for questions and answers with the participants.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will: 1) understand more effective ways to think about the format of the New York State LP exam, 2) begin to construct a case narrative according to an internal psychoanalytic logic, 3) identify various mistakes that are best avoided in order to obtain optimal results on the exam, and 4) identify various test-taking strategies both for the days leading up to the exam and while writing up the narrative at a testing site.