Most courses meet once a week for 15 weeks, at 90 minutes per session. In order to receive credit for a course, no more than three absences are permitted during a semester. In extenuating circumstances, the candidate may request from the instructor permission to do extra work as compensation for further absences.
201.1 Theory of Psychopathology I: The Higher Level Self Disorders/Works of Heinz Kohut II
This course will examine Kohut's gradual evolution from the structural theory of the psyche (id, ego, and superego) to the concept of the self as a supraordinate structure. Included in this examination will be an understanding of psychopathology in classical analytic theory as compared to that of psychoanalytic self psychology. There will also be a review of the differing symptomatology of the psychoneurosis versus that of the self disorder and how these symptoms are understood from each perspective. Particular emphasis will be on the narcissistic personality disorder (later self disorder), narcissistic behavior disorder, and the oedipal level self disorder, demonstrating how these differ from the classical oedipal conflict and transference neurosis. A primary text for this course will be Kohut's The Restoration of the Self.
202.3 Psychoanalytic Process II: Resistance, Transference, and Countertransference
Process notes reflecting the moment-to-moment interaction of the patient and therapist will be used as the basis of instruction and discussion. The focus will be on the integration of the clinical concepts highlighted in both the readings and the class discussions. The course will consistently focus on the general principles of psychoanalytic technique. With emphasis on the experience-near empathic treatment stance, particular attention will be given to the concepts of transference, countertransference, resistance, and defense. Throughout this course a focus will be on the ethical considerations of treatment.
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In this course the psychoanalytic candidate will focus on the middle and terminating phases of treatment. Emphasis will be on defense and resistance, working through, and the development of the selfobject transferences. Focus will also be on the importance of the empathic milieu and the disruption-restoration sequence as two factors essential for structural change. Case material from instructor and students will be the tool by which these clinical concepts are learned. Throughout this course a focus will be on the ethical considerations of treatment.
Return to top203.0 The Works of Heinz Kohut III
This course will examine the later writing of Heinz Kohut. His posthumously published monograph How Does Analysis Cure? will be the primary text. Defense and resistance, constituents of the self, the process of cure, and the place of empathy in cure are some of the topics that will be explored. The self-psychological perspective will be compared and contrasted to the traditional analytic view.
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