The New York Psychoanalytic Institute established the Treatment Center, one of the oldest psychoanalytic treatment and referral services in the United States, in 1948, with two goals:  first, to offer psychoanalytic treatment at sliding scale fees to people who are otherwise unable to afford such intensive treatment; and second, to refer patients who can benefit from psychoanalysis to candidates who are seeking advanced training in the practice of psychoanalysis. Each candidate in analytic training is an experienced professional who has already completed training in psychiatry, doctoral psychology or doctoral clinical social work. Through the years the Treatment Center has referred hundreds of people for affordable psychoanalytic treatment.