The term psychoanalysis conjures the most in-depth of psychotherapeutic orientations. An Analyst in Training contains a modest exposition of the purpose and spirit of psychoanalysis from the perspective of a candidate-in-training. It offers that an already experienced and knowledgeable clinician can learn theory that is new and old, alter style and technique to accommodate ideas long known but not fully understood, absorb institutional culture that is long-established and yet protean. It suggests how a candidate-in-training can maintain their own style and identity amid those influences and even demonstrate that ongoing identity via the voice brought to the text.