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This paper presents the findings of a questionnaire survey of graduates of the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute. It reports on the graduates' attitudes toward their education and training experiences at the Institute, the amount of post-graduate training they received elsewhere, and how the graduates presently apportion their professional time.
The literature is replete with books and articles on problems pertaining to psychoanalytic education and training, especially in the areas of training analysis and supervision. A few authors have discussed these problems in relationship to the organization and climate of psychoanalytic institutes (Thompson 1964, Dulchin 1966, Freud 1971, Zucker 1972, Davidson 1975). One such author was the White Institute's first Director, Clara Thompson. She was instrumental through her writings and leadership in removing the evaluating role from training analysts in respect to their analysands' accreditation for graduation. Thompson also attempted to interrupt a growing tendency on the part of students and graduates to become overdependent on the Institute. Another author, Joan Dulchin, produced a sociological study of the structure of the White Institute that has provided insights into the complex process of selection of its training staff.
Only two studies have been based on questionnaire surveys of