Stages of development from infancy through adolescence, from an analytic point of view. Data from child development studies and from clinical psychoanalyses of children and adolescents are discussed in relation to psychoanalytic theory and its implications for adult analysis.
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Pamela Meersand, Ph.D.
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Courses of Instruction
First Year
Full Year
Child and adolescent development
Psychoanalysis M9103x-M9104y
Dr. Gilmore, course chair; Drs. Meersand, Turchin, and Wein, instructors. 66 hours (September–June). Thursday 1–3 p.m.
First Thru Sixth Year
Continuous case seminar
Psychoanalysis M9725-M9726y
Drs. Gilmore, Lomonaco, Anzieu-Premmereur, Levinson, Hoffman, and Shaw, instructors. Thursdays, 8:30–10 p.m., full year.
We alternate child and adolescent cases in order to demonstrate theory and technique in action. The student has the opportunity to see how the same case is reviewed by four sets of different instructors over the course of the year.