William Alanson White Institute

What William Alanson White Institute does

The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational institution chartered under New York State Education Law, founded in 1943 in New York City by Erich Fromm, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Harry Stack Sullivan, David Rioch, Janet Rioch, and Clara Thompson as a heterodox alternative to mainstream Freudian psychoanalysis. The Institute originated the Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective, which frames the therapeutic relationship as a mutual, unconscious influence process and treats the individual as a social being shaped by surrounding culture—an orientation codified in its tripartite training model combining didactics, supervised clinical work, and personal analysis. It serves two principal markets: mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists) seeking advanced postdoctoral training, licensure-qualifying credentials, and APA/NYSED-approved continuing education; and patients in the New York tri-state area seeking affordable psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through its award-winning Low-Cost Treatment Center.

The Institute's product portfolio spans a flagship 4-6 year Psychoanalytic Training Program (tuition ~$6,300/yr with supervision fees layered on top of ~$15,000 over four years), the 3-year Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (~$2,600/yr), the 28-week Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (~$3,950), the Couples Therapy Training and Education Program (~$3,050), the Eating Disorders/Compulsions/Addictions Service ($2,750-$3,850), and several online variants including Online IPPP (English, ~$3,000), Online TOPP (~$3,000), OIPPP-RS (Russian, ~$3,000/yr), and IPPP-UKR (Ukrainian, ~$1,200/yr). The Low-Cost Treatment Center delivers sliding-scale individual psychotherapy (1-2 sessions/week, up to 40 weeks) and psychoanalysis (3 sessions/week, 2+ years), serving 350+ patients annually with 6,500+ clinical hours at modest fees. Specialty clinical services target LGBTQ individuals, performing/creative artists, children/adolescents and their families, and patients with eating disorders/compulsions/addictions. The Institute also co-publishes the international quarterly journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis with Taylor & Francis, operates the Freud-locale "Contemporary Psychoanalysis" as a thought-leadership vehicle, and offers workshops, colloquium series, and study groups accredited for CE credits across six professional boards.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across five streams with no single dominant anchor: training program tuition (subscription/recurring, varied annual and one-time cohorts), sliding-scale clinical service fees, Section 501(c)(3) donations and endowment contributions (Annual Appeal, endowed gifts, securities transfers, estate planning), Taylor & Francis journal royalties/licensing, and continuing education credit fees. Delivery is hybrid—in-person at the 20 West 74th Street headquarters and the 303 Fifth Avenue Child & Adolescent Externship site, with online/Zoom variants extending international reach. Applications are processed via Wufoo forms with payment via PayPal. GTM is sales-led: outreach through the website (wawhite.org), Mailchimp newsletters, continuing education events, colloquium series, professional conferences, study groups, and the Psychoanalytic Society Referral Directory. Membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association (as an approved Institute since 2014), the International Psychoanalytic Association, and APA Division 39 provides channel credibility. The organization has produced 470+ postdoctoral psychoanalysts since 1943, with 190+ of 325 living alumni continuing to teach and supervise pro bono.

Name

William Alanson White Institute

Legal name

William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology

Website

https://wawhite.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The William Alanson White Institute is a NYC-based 501(c)(3) founded in 1943 that offers postdoctoral psychoanalytic training in the Interpersonal perspective and operates an award-winning low-cost treatment center serving tri-state-area patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychoanalytic Training and Mental Health Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC)

Keywords

• Psychoanalytic training
• Mental health services
• Psychotherapy education
• Clinical psychology training
• Continuing education credits

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Program Tuition: Revenue from various psychoanalytic and psychotherapy training programs including Psychoanalytic Training (~$6,300/year), CAPTP (~$2,600/year), IPPP (~$3,950), EDCAS (~$3,850), CTTEP (~$3,050), and various online programs (~$3,000). Additional revenue from supervision fees, application fees ($100-175), and clinic fellowship credits.
2. Clinical Services Fees: Low-cost treatment center generates revenue through sliding scale fees for individual psychotherapy (1-2 sessions/week for up to 40 weeks) and psychoanalysis (3 sessions/week for 2+ years). Fees are adjusted based on patient's ability to pay.
3. Donations and Endowments: Tax-deductible contributions under Section 501(c)(3) support educational programs, low-fee mental health services, and facility maintenance. Multiple giving options including Annual Appeal, endowed gifts, securities transfers, and estate planning vehicles.
4. Publication Revenue: Contemporary Psychoanalysis journal, co-published with Taylor & Francis, serves as the Institute's international quarterly publication. Revenue shared through the publisher relationship.
5. Continuing Education Credits: CE credits offered for psychologists, social workers, psychoanalysts, physicians, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and creative arts therapists. APA-approved provider with NYSED recognition for multiple professional boards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Institute provides post-graduate psychoanalytic training programs for licensed mental health professionals and operates a low-cost treatment center offering individual psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and specialized clinical services to adults, children, adolescents, and families. Programs are grounded in the Institute's proprietary Interpersonal Psychoanalytic methodology, delivered both on-site in New York City and online via Zoom (including Russian- and Ukrainian-language cohorts), with revenue from tuition, sliding-scale clinical fees, workshop/CE fees, journal publishing, and donations.

Product overview

The William Alanson White Institute is a psychoanalytic training and treatment center offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs and clinical services grounded in the Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective. The core training offerings include: the Psychoanalytic Training Program (4-6 years) for full psychoanalytic certification; the Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (3 years); the Eating Disorders, Compulsions and Addictions Service (EDCAS); the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (IPPP); the Couples Therapy Training and Education Program (CTTEP); the Online Topic-Oriented Psychotherapy Program (Online TOPP); and specialized programs for Russian and Ukrainian speakers. The Institute operates a low-cost treatment center providing individual psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and specialized clinical services including LGBTQ services, Artists services, and Child and Family services. The Institute also publishes Contemporary Psychoanalysis, an international quarterly journal, and offers numerous continuing education events, study groups, and international outreach seminars.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Contemporary Psychoanalysis: International quarterly journal published by the Institute since 1964, dedicated to communicating Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspectives on theory, development, social issues, and practice.
• Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute
• Harry Stack Sullivan Society

Products and services

• Psychoanalytic Training Program Intensive four-to-six-year postdoctoral training program providing rigorous training in the theoretical concepts and methods of psychoanalytic treatment of adults from the Interpersonal Perspective, based on a tripartite model of didactics, supervised clinical work, and personal psychoanalysis; tuition ~$6,300/year for licensed mental health professionals.
• Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program (CAPTP) Innovative three-year postgraduate program presenting a pluralistic psychodynamic approach to the treatment of children, adolescents, and their families from infancy through late adolescence; tuition ~$2,600/year.
• Eating Disorders, Compulsions and Addictions (EDCAS) One-year comprehensive course integrating Interpersonal psychoanalysis with other treatment modalities, exploring disordered eating, body image, affect regulation, substance addiction, relationships, exercise and internet usage; tuition $3,850.
• Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (IPPP) Practice-oriented 28-week training program for working clinicians who wish to learn the Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective, with coursework, clinical case seminars, and individual consultation; tuition $3,950.
• Couples Therapy Training and Education Program (CTTEP) Thirty-week program emphasizing Interpersonal Psychoanalytic-Systemic Couples Therapy, integrating core psychoanalytic constructs with systems work constructs; tuition $3,050.
• Online Topic-Oriented Psychotherapy Program (Online TOPP) 30-week online program enabling clinicians to deepen their knowledge of six eminent contributors to the Interpersonal perspective; tuition $3,000, 6 modules of 5 weeks each, 50 CEs available.
• Online IPPP for Russian Speakers (OIPPP-RS) Two-year interactive online training program via videoconference with simultaneous translation into Russian for Russian-speaking psychologists and psychotherapists; tuition $3,000/year.
• Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program for Ukrainian Speakers (IPPP-UKR) One-year interactive online program via Zoom with translation into Ukrainian for Ukrainian mental health providers to learn Interpersonal and Relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy; tuition $1,200/year payable in four installments of $300.
• Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (Online IPPP) 28-week, practice-oriented, totally interactive online educational program incorporating the Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective for clinicians who cannot attend in-person; tuition $3,000, 70 CME credits available for physicians.
• Child & Adolescent Externship Comprehensive externship of 20 hours per week for fourth or fifth year psychology graduate students, providing clinical experience treating children and adolescents from an Interpersonal perspective with supervision.
• International Outreach Seminars One-week intensive seminars based on the Interpersonal-Relational analysis tradition, designed for international professionals with advanced training in psychoanalysis; customized curriculum with a minimum of 15 participants.
• Low-Cost Treatment Center (Individual Psychotherapy) Award-winning outpatient clinic providing affordable individual psychotherapy for adults 1–2 times weekly for up to 40 weeks at sliding-scale fees based on ability to pay.
• Psychoanalysis (Low-Cost Treatment Center) Low-cost psychoanalytic treatment available at the Institute for a period of two years with sessions meeting three times per week, offered at adjusted sliding-scale fees.
• Eating Disorders, Compulsions and Addictions Clinical Service Specialized clinical care delivered by clinicians with specialized training for individuals struggling with eating disorders, compulsions and addictions.
• LGBTQ Psychotherapy Service Psychotherapy and psychoanalytic services tailored for individuals who identify as LGBTQ.
• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Artists Service Psychotherapy and psychoanalytic services for performing and creative artists that facilitate creativity and help with difficulties that interfere with their lives and work.
• Child and Family Center Outpatient psychotherapy and clinical services for children and adolescents ages five to eighteen and their parents, approached with understanding that all human experience is fundamentally interpersonal.
• Contemporary Psychoanalysis Journal International quarterly journal of scholarship, research, and opinion co-published with Taylor & Francis, dedicated to communicating Interpersonal psychoanalytic perspectives on theory, development, social issues, and practice.
• Low-Cost Psychotherapy Supervision Service Individual supervision for licensed mental health professionals at $90/session, up to 40 sessions per year, with a $100 non-refundable application fee.
• WHAT WORKS: Treating Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents Continuing education program for clinicians at all experience levels focused on treating children and adolescents within an Interpersonal/Relational framework; early registration $475, regular $550, students/candidates $400; 15 CEs available.
• 21st Century Children and Adolescents: Clinical Approaches Continuing education program addressing contemporary clinical topics related to challenges facing 21st-century children, including social media, traumatic events, and sociopolitical developments; professionals $550, students/candidates $400; 15 CEs offered.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 470 postdoctoral psychoanalysts trained since 1943
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Taylor & FranciscoreOthers · 1 January 1964Taylor & Francis serves as the publisher for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, the Institute's international quarterly journal. The journal was founded in 1964 by Max Deutscher, Ph.D. and Rose Spiegel, M.D. and is a joint publication of the Institute and the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society. The publisher manages distribution, subscription services, and maintains the journal's online platform through tandfonline.com.
• Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White InstitutecoreOthersAn autonomous organization of graduates of the Institute's Adult Certificate Program in Psychoanalysis. The Society supports the Institute through contributions to its continued evolution. Jointly publishes Contemporary Psychoanalysis journal. Operates the Psychoanalytic Society Referral Directory connecting patients with graduate practitioners.
• Harry Stack Sullivan SocietycoreOthersOrganization of candidates in the adult psychoanalytic training program that represents candidate interests in the Institute. Organizes activities throughout the year including social gatherings, conferences, and dinners during Tuesday classes.
• International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA)coreOthersInternational professional organization for psychoanalysis. More than 100 WAWI alumni are members of IPA and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
• American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA)coreOthersNational professional organization for psychoanalysis. The Institute received formal approved Institute member status in 2014. More than 100 WAWI alumni are members. The Institute is endorsed by APsaA.
• Division of Psychoanalysis (APA Division 39)minorOthersProfessional organization within the American Psychological Association. WAWI graduates participated in the founding of Division 39 in the 1980s.
• International Federation of Psychoanalytic SocietiesminorOthersInternational organization for psychoanalytic societies. White Institute became a founding member in 1964.
• American Academy of PsychoanalysisminorOthersProfessional organization founded in the 1950s. WAWI graduates participated in the founding of this organization. Completion of psychoanalytic training provides eligibility for Fellowship in the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (SEVIS)coreOthersStudent and Exchange Visitors Program, part of the Department of Homeland Security. The Institute is SEVIS-approved, allowing international students to receive Form I-20 for F-1 visa applications. Designated School Officer manages SEVIS forms for international students.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves17 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IPTAR (Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research): An independent NYC psychoanalytic training institute and low-fee treatment center offering multi-year analytic training and clinical services, directly analogous to WAWI's model and geography.
• New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: One of the oldest US psychoanalytic institutes offering training programs and a treatment center in New York, competing directly with WAWI for candidates and analytic patients.
• National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP): A free-standing NYC psychoanalytic training institute with a licensure-qualifying program and clinic, mirroring WAWI's non-medical training and low-fee treatment offering.
• NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: A leading relational/postdoctoral psychoanalytic training program in NYC; overlaps directly with WAWI's interpersonal-relational training niche and competes for the same candidate pool.
• Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: A university-affiliated psychoanalytic training center in New York providing analytic education and low-fee clinical services, a close peer in training and treatment.
• American Institute for Psychoanalysis (Karen Horney): NYC-based training institute and clinic rooted in the interpersonal/cultural school of psychoanalysis, sharing WAWI's theoretical lineage and low-fee clinic model.

Regional players

• Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: An established psychoanalytic training institute and clinic offering comparable analytic education and CE, but primarily serving the Boston region rather than the NYC tri-state area.
• Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis: A historic Midwestern psychoanalytic training and treatment center with a comparable tripartite training model, differing mainly in geography.

Emerging players

• Postgraduate Center for Mental Health: A NYC nonprofit offering psychoanalytic/psychotherapy training programs and community mental health clinics, overlapping with WAWI on both training and low-cost treatment.

Others

• William White Institute-affiliated Contemporary Freudian Society: A psychoanalytic training society offering analytic education and clinical referral, thematically adjacent to WAWI within the broader US psychoanalytic training ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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