The Kentucky Psychoanalytic Institute, Inc., was founded in 1994 to meet a vital community need in the Louisville area for consultation and education through psychoanalytic work.  While most major U.S. cities had psychoanalytic training centers at that time, such educational and training opportunity was not available in the state of Kentucky. Accordingly, KPI developed training programs that teach methods of investigating mental phenomena, a theory of human development, and a strategy for treating mental/emotional disorders.

KPI offers two basic training programs, one for individuals who wish to attain certification as psychoanalysts and another for those who wish to pursue a two-year certificate in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Through the Psychoanalytic Training Program, KPI candidates become qualified psychoanalysts by undergoing a thorough training in the theories and techniques of both traditional and contemporary psychoanalysis. 

The Psychodynamic Therapy Program provides opportunity to colleagues in the various mental health fields to interact in a collegial atmosphere by offering courses and supervision leading to a certificate in psychodynamic psychotherapy that can be completed in two years.

KPI also offers periodic workshops and conferences for both mental-health field colleagues and the general public.

The KPI Counseling Center fulfils the therapeutic mission of the institute through its low-cost, comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents and adults, including both treatment and diagnostic evaluations.   In an age of managed care when patients are often denied appropriate, effective treatment and confidentiality, the KPI Counseling Center offers a hopeful alternative to the people of Louisville and Southern Indiana.