Second Year

Full Year

Psychopathology

Psychoanalysis M9201x-M9202y

Dr. Bookstein, course chair; Drs. A. Berman, Gutman, Jacobson, Lindy, Notarfrancesco and Schneier, instructors; Dr. A. Berman, associate instructor. 42 hours (October - May). Monday 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Explores issues in the psychoanalytic approach to psychopathology, including the concepts of normality and pathology, categorical and dimensional schemata of classification, and how diagnostic categories and theories of pathogenesis support and impede clinical psychoanalytic work. Explores major diagnostic categories, including hysteria, narcissism, paranoia, obsessive-compulsive, masochism, and the relevance of these categories to current psychoanalytic thinking. Examines the role of affect and trauma in the development of psychopathological formations. Review of both classic and current psychoanalytic literature, including Freud’s original cases. At the end of this course, candidates will be able to distinguish among major psychoanalytic diagnostic categroies and be able to use them in their clihical work.

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Psychoanalytic Theories II

Psychoanalysis M9205x-M9206y

Drs Kenny and Kraebber, course chairs; Drs. Glick , Graver, Ornstein, Park, Powell, Rojas, Tillinghast and Wasserman, instructors; Dr. Weinstein, associate instructor. 66 hours (October - June). Thursday 1:00 - 2:45 p.m.

Review of frames of reference from topographic model through ego psychology. The concepts of ego psychology and object relations theory in both a historical and a current conceptual context, including Freudian, post-Freudian, and current thoughts as well as controversial issues. Includes both an integrative overview and in-depth discussion of concepts. The ego, self and object representations and concepts of the self, and superego and ego ideal are studied in their developmental, conflictual defensive, autonomous cognitive, structural, and adaptive aspects. Concepts examined also include the roles of motivation, conflict, and unconscious fantasy. Readings in classic and current literature.

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Psychoanalytic process, II: early and middle phases

Psychoanalysis M9225x-M9226y

Drs. Ornstein, Jacobson, Lotterman and Powell, instructors; Drs. Jacobson and Vaughan, associate instructors. 60 hours (September-June). Monday 1:30-3 p.m.

Second year process has four components. The first component, beginning the psychoanalytic dialogue, will orient the candidate to presentation of clinical material in process class. We will discuss how to select material, ways to discuss work with colleagues and how to address difficulties in the group process. Clinical material will then be presented. The second component, midphase working-through, will include process presented from a midphase of an analysis by a more senior candidate. Particular stress will be laid on how emotional memories, existing as unconscious fantasies, become manifest in intense transference wishes and illusions. In the third component, critical thinking, we will examine how our psychoanalytic theories shape our listening perspectives. What kind of work is required to see, and perhaps change, the analyst’s perspective? The goal of the fourth component, Working with the seriously ill patient in analysis, is tolearn how to evaluate patients with psychotic illness who may be suitable for and benefit from a psychoanalytic treatment. Candidates will discuss the implications of the issues that emerge for this particular patient population as it relates to all patients in psychoanalytic treatment. At the conclusion of the second year, candidates will be increasingly comfortable with psychoanalytic technique, including induction into treatment, work in the midphase, use of theories in clinical work and challenge associated with psychiatric illness while working psychoanalytically.

Fall

Critical Thinking II: implications of a pluralistic perspective

Psychoanalysis M9209y

Dr Rees, course chair. 4 hours (September). Thursday 1:00-2:45 p.m.

The educational goal of two classes is to encourage candidates to think about what psychoanalytic theories aim to do, how they are used by clinicians, and how analysts function in a pluralist world. Our aim is to have candidates think about the advantages and the disadvantages of maintaining a pluralistic perspective.

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Theory of technique, II: overview of psychoanalytic technique

Psychoanalysis M9210x

Dr. O. Kernberg, course chair; Dr. Feit, associate instructor. 12 hours (September-October). Monday 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

The instructor presents his views of important concepts in clinical theory and technique, including important issues in the indications and contraindications for psychoanalysis, transference, countertransference, character analysis, dream analysis, crisis in analysis, and recent developments and controversies. In addition, issues in the conversion of patients from psychotherapy to psychoanalysis will be discussed. At this conclusion of this course, candidates have an increasing facility with evaluating patients to psychoanalysis as well as conversion from psychotherapy to psychoanalysis

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Spring

Research and Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis M9211x

Dr.Colibazzi, Course Chair, Drs. Fertuck, Gerber and Stern - Instructors; 8 hours (May - June). Monday 11 a.m.-12:45 a.m.

This course will review empirical research on topics in psychoanalytic education, practice and meta-psychology. Each class will be taught by the researcher who has actually done the wok and the discussion will address content, methodology and writing for publication.At the end of this course the candidates will have a working knowledge of the data on these topics and an appreciation of the methodological limitations resulting from the investigators decisions on study design.

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Writing and Formulating, II

Psychoanalysis M9227x-M9228y

Drs. Graver and Moga - Instructors. 8 hours (January and April). Monday 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

see course description for M9127