January 21st, 2025 – May 19th, 2025
NO CLASS:
March 24th-28th, Spring Break
EXAM WEEK:
May 12th – 16th
ACAP 2025 Spring Course Packet
May 28th – August 1st
(No class July 4th, Holiday)
Exam Week
(July 28th – August 1st )
Fall 2025 Semester Course Schedule
September 3rd – December 26th
Holiday: 11/27 & 11/28 (No Classes)
Exam Week
12/22 – 12/26
(Registration info coming soon!)
January 21st, 2025 – May 19th, 2025
(May 12th – 16th, Exam Week )
ACAP Program
BGSP-NJ Programs
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Post-Master’s Program in Mental Health Counseling (Post-MA)
MONDAY
4:50-7:10 PM GPSA104 Multicultural Issues in Mental Health Work/McGee (Required for ACAP’s Certificate Program, BGSP-NJ’s MAP & CMHC) – Main Classroom
7:10-9:30 PM GPSA586 Career Counseling/Chang (Required for CMHC) – Main Classroom
TUESDAY
10:30-12:00 PM GPSA701C – SGS/Ashworth – Room C
12:00-2:20 PM GPSA507 Human Development: Thru the Lifespan from Birth to Death/Gerber (Selection PsychA for CP, Required for CMHC, Selection MAP) – Online
3:00-4:30 PM GPSA701P – SGS/Hess – Main Classroom
4:50-7:10 PM GPSA522 Comparative Psychotherapies I: Modern Concepts & Techniques/Hess (Required for PsychA for CP, Required for CMHC & MAP) – Main Classroom
5:50-6:50 PM GPSA701D – SGS/Thomas – Room C
7:10-9:30 PM GPSA700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar/Ashworth (Required for PsychA Cert-CP, Required for CMHC & MAP) Initial Semester of Fieldwork – Main Classroom
7:10-9:30 PM GPSA701 Fieldwork Internship Seminar: When and How to Intervene: Transference &Countertransference/Ashworth (Fieldwork Seminars Required PsychA 3 Semesters for CP, CMHC min. 4 Sem, and MAP min. 3 Sem) – Main Classroom
WEDNESDAY
10:30-12:00 PM GPSA701F – SGS/Lapides – Room C
2:00-4:20 PM GPSA521 Basic Concepts/Silver & TA-Saunders (Required for CP, Required for CMHC & MAP) – Library
4:50-7:10 PM GPSA755 Clinical Case: Clinical Practice/Vaccaro (Required while at the NJCC) – Main Classroom
7:10-9:30 PM GPSA810 The Psychoanalytic View of Women/Kane (Elective) – Main Classroom
THURSDAY
9:00-11:20 AM GPSA758 Continuing Case Seminar: Transference & Countertransference/Rosenthal (Elective or Substitute for Clinical Case with Approval from the Training Committee) – Online
9:00-11:20 AM GPSA529 Transference & Countertransference/Rosenthal (Theory or Elective) – Online
9:30-11:00 AM GPSA701G – SGS/Bratt – Bratt Office 11:30-1:00 PM GPSA701L – SGS/Vaccaro – Vaccaro Office
2:00-3:30 PM GPSA701M – SGS/Miele – Main Classroom
2:15-3:15 PM GPSA701B – SGS/Lazar – Library 3:00-4:00 PM GPSA701E – SGS/Silver – Room C
3:10-4:40 PM GPSA701J – SGS/Semel – Semel Office
3:15-4:45 PM GPSA 701K – SGS/DeLia – Main Classroom
4:50-7:10 PM GPSA181 Psychopathology: Severe Emotional Disorders/DeLia (Select one Psychopathology Level A and PsychA Level B/Candidacy for CP, Select one Psychopathology for CMHC, MAP) – Main Classroom
4:50-7:10 PM GPSA755B Clinical Case: Clinical Practice/Semel (Required while at NJCC) – Library
7:10-9:30 PM GPSA562B Neuropsychoanalysis II: Emotional Disorders and the Resilient Brain/Bratt (Theory or Elective. GPSA 562A is not a prerequisite.) – Library
GPSA760/761 Clinical Research Tutorial – Day/Time Arranged with Instructor/Faculty
GPSA555B Research Seminar – Proposal Writing/Gerber (To Be Arranged)
May 28th – August 1st
(No class July 4th, Holiday)
(July 28th – August 1st Exam Week)
BGSP-NJ Programs
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Post-Master’s Program in Mental Health Counseling (Post-MA)
MONDAY
4:50-7:10pm GPSA 828 The Psychodynamics of the Family Life Cycle/McGee – Main Classroom
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 704C SGS/Ashworth
3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 704P SGS/Hess
5:50 – 6:50pm GPSA 704D SGS/Thomas
7:00 – 9:30pm GPSA 704 Fieldwork Seminar: Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness/ Ashworth – Main Classroom
WEDNESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 704B SGS/Lapides
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA 824 Treatment Techniques: Symbolic and Emotional Communication/ Vaccaro – Main Classroom
THURSDAY
9:30 – 11:00am GPSA 704G SGS/Bratt
11:30 – 1:00pm GPSA 704L SGS/Vaccaro
2:00 – 3:30pm GPSA 704M SGS/Miele
2:15 – 3:15pm GPSA 704H SGS / Lazar
3:00 – 4:00pm GPSA704E SGS/Silver
3:10 – 4:40pm GPSA 704J SGS/Semel
3:15 – 4:45pm GPSA 704K SGS/DeLia
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Students in the psychoanalytic certificate program attend SGS at least every other week with the same instructor from SP25 and GPSA704 is not required.
During the Summer 2025 semester, 12 supplementary hours are needed. Further details can be found here: ACAP Summer 2025 packet
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Students in the MACMHC and MAP programs attend SGS every week with the same instructor from SP25 and GPSA 704 is required.
During the Summer 2025 semester, 12 supplementary hours are needed. Further details can be found here: BGSP-NJ Summer 2025 packet
Fall 2025 Semester Course Schedule
September 3rd – December 26th
Holiday: 11/27 & 11/28 (No Classes)
Exam Week
12/22 – 12/26
BGSP-NJ Programs
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Post-Master’s Program in Mental Health Counseling (Post-MA)
MONDAY
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA 700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar/Semel, TA – Thomas
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA 702 – Externship Seminar: When and How to Intervene: Transference and Countertransference/Semel, TA – Thomas
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 702C – SGS/Ashworth
12:00 – 2:20pm GPSA 800 Attachment: Theory and Applications in Practice/ Gerber
3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 702P – SGS/Hess
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA536/Comparative Psychotherapies II: Theories of Counseling and Psychoanalysis/Kane
5:50 – 6:50pm GPSA 702D – SGS/Thomas
7:10 – 9:30pm GPSA 184 Psychopathology: Primitive Mental States/Ashworth
WEDNESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 702B – SGS/Lapides
2:00 – 4:20 pm GPSA532 Group Dynamics II: Group Leadership/Silver
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA833a Child Treatment: Theory and Practice/Vaccaro
7:10 – 9:30pm GPSA 511 The Counseling Profession/McGee
THURSDAY
9:00 – 11:20am GPSA758 Continuing Case Seminar: Clinical Practice/Rosenthal
9:00 – 11:20am GPSA831 Intervention Strategies for Working with Regressed States/Rosenthal
9:30 – 11:00am GPSA 702G – SGS/Bratt
12:00 – 1:30pm GPSA 702L – SGS/Vaccaro
2:00 – 3:30pm GPSA 702M – SGS/Miele
2:15 – 3:15pm GPSA 702B – SGS/Lazar
3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 702E – SGS/Silver
3:10 – 4:40 pm GPSA 702J – SGS/Semel
3:15 – 4:45 pm GPSA 702K – SGS/DeLia
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA751 Clinical Case Seminar: Comparative Studies in Psychopathology /DeLia, TA – Saunders (cap at 12)
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA751 Clinical Case Seminar: Comparative Studies in Psychopathology/Bratt (cap at 12) 7:10pm –
7:10pm – 9:30pm GPSA 101 Clinical Assessment and Appraisal/Grant
GPSA 760/761 Clinical Research Tutorial – Day/time arranged with instructor/Faculty
GPSA 555B Research Seminar – Proposal Writing/TBA Faculty/Gerber OYP – Lapides
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GPSA 828 The Psychodynamics of the Family Life Cycle (3 credits)
For MACMHC & MAP— can substitute for 501, 502, 503, and 504 or an elective for all programs) For ACAP Certificate Program — can be applied towards Human Development or […]
GPSA 824 Treatment Techniques: Symbolic and Emotional Communication (3 credits, Required)
(Required for MACMHC & MAP & ACAP Certificate Program) In individual treatment, what the person says and does not say, what is felt and not felt, what is enacted and […]
GPSA 704 Fieldwork Seminar: Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness (4 credits)
This course is designed for students who are approved for fieldwork. The Fieldwork experience provides an opportunity to study basic psychoanalytic counseling techniques and their application to clinical settings. In […]