Clinical Technique in the Opening Phase: A Modern Classical Perspective — 6 sessions
From the perspective of Modern Classical Theory and using clinical material from ongoing analyses, this course will emphasize basic psychoanalytic principles of especial importance in the opening phase.
Working with Defenses During the Opening Phase — 6 sessions
This course will focus on the modern classical approach to defense analysis during the opening phase of analysis. We will consider such topics as the role of defense analysis in relation to the analytic process, working with defenses during the opening phase as compared with subsequent phases, and how to convey the analyst's understanding to the analysand.
The Role of Unconscious Fantasies in the Psychoanalytic Process — 5 sessions
The course will focus on the role of unconscious fantasies in the psychoanalytic process. It will involve a synthesis of theoretical and clinical material, with emphasis on the interplay of transference and unconscious fantasies. We will use clinical illustrations from adult and child analyses.
The Transition from Opening to Middle Phase of Analysis: A Modern Classical Perspective — 6 sessions
The course will focus on the transition from the opening to the middle phase of analysis from the perspective of Modern Classical Theory. Didactic material will be illustrated though a clinical case presentation. An emphasis on transference and countertransference, conceptualization of diagnosis and dynamics, as well as technique will form this course.
Writing Clinical Reports — 3-5 sessions
This class is designed to deepen one’s ability to express in the written word both the personal and technical aspects of an analysis. Such writing should enable the reader to grasp what this profound experience was like for both individuals. We also expect that the very act of putting the analytic process into narrative form will expand your own perceptions and understanding.
Talking to Patients: How Character Affects What Patients Hear — 8 sessions
Character structure has a marked effect on how patients process what we say to them. This course will focus on a clinical understanding of character in the context of why some interventions are more difficult to hear than others. This will shed more light on the meaning of resistance.
Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis — 4-5 Sessions
This workshop will be a creative effort on the part of the entire group. The aim will be to correlate neuroscience findings with psychoanalytic concepts. This undertaking is essentially an approach to a long-standing dilemma.
Psychoanalytic Treatment of Borderline Disorders — 4 Sessions
This will be a four-week case conference designed to describe the unique transference-countertransference experiences and enactments typical of the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. The course will also delineate the specially devised techniques for a modified psychoanalysis.
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