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Curriculum
COURSE WORK SCHEDULE
The course work consists of two years of clinical and theoretical seminars
along with group supervision and case conferences. Classes will be held
Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:40 P.M. for the first year, and from
6:00 to 9:00 P.M. for the second year at Rockland Mansion, East Fairmount
Park, 3810 Mt. Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, PA. The year begins in
September and is divided into three eleven-week trimesters.
INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISION
Students are required to have weekly individual supervision and will
be encouraged to see at least two cases in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Students are expected to have two supervisors during the course of the
program. Supervisors must be selected from the faculty in consultation
with the program director. All supervisors are experienced clinicians
who are members of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Supervisory
fees are additional and are arranged privately. Supervision at reduced
fees is available if needed.
PERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Personal psychodynamic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis is essential
for a full understanding of the therapeutic process. It is preferable
for students to be in personal treatment while participating in the
program. This requirement may be waived (e.g., for applicants who have
had a sufficient prior therapy experience) by approval of the director.
Students will otherwise be expected to begin treatment with a member
of our faculty soon after the start of classes. The program director
is available to assist in this matter.
ACADEMIC TRACK
An academic track is offered to non-clinicians who do not intend to
practice psychotherapy, but to whose work the program is pertinent.
Examples include, but are not limited to, clergy, organizational counselors,
school counselors, physicians, mediators, attorneys and academicians.
The academic track is the same as the clinical track, except that clinical
supervision and personal therapy are not required. Instead, the student
may benefit from having a mentor, also selected from the list of supervisors
and approved by the director.
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Post-graduate education is available to students who have graduated
from the training program. Topics vary from year to year, and include
classes in both theory and clinical technique. In addition to classes,
students have the choice of either continuing in individual supervision
or undertaking a research project with the assistance of a faculty advisor.
Please contact the program director for information on the offering
for 2004. Programs in previous years have focused on trauma, psychodynamic
couples therapy, etc.
Schedule & Description of Courses
First Year
Fall Trimester
Group Supervision
This course starts with literature and discussion about initial
meetings with patients, evaluation of patients for psychotherapy and
dynamic formulations, and moves to a focus on students' questions about
their work with their patients.
Technique I
Concurrent with the introductory theoretical course on basic dynamic
concepts, this course discusses the technical and clinical concerns
relevant to beginning treatment. Topics include the analytic attitude,
practical arrangements with the patient, the recognition and understanding
of resistance, transference and countertransference, and the use of
dreams. This course also begins to examine the various types of therapeutic
interventions as it considers the distinctions between psychoanalytic
psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and the non-analytic psychotherapies.
Basic Dynamic Concepts
This course presents the fundamental principles of psychoanalytic
clinical theory, including such basic concepts as: the dynamic unconscious,
psychic conflict, anxiety, defense, regression, and compromise formation.
Psychic conflict is described from the perspectives of drive theory,
ego psychology, structural theory and object relations theory. The course
also considers the limitations of conflict theory and the importance
of relational issues. Neurobiological foundations of the psyche and
other recent findings that support the validity of psychodynamic therapy
will also be discussed.
Winter Trimester
Case Conference
Building upon the experience in Group Supervision, this course offers
each student the opportunity to present a case in detail for class discussion.
The course aims to develop further understanding of the concepts discussed
in earlier and concurrent courses by demonstrating their application
in clinical situations. Special attention is paid to dynamic formulation
and to technique, emphasizing a relational perspective.
Development I
In this and the next trimester, this course covers psychological
development from birth through old age. The central tasks and core conflicts
of each developmental phase are highlighted. Topics include the "psychological
birth" of the child, the emergence of the self, the development
of gender identity, the development of object relations and their interplay
with sexual and aggressive drives, the Oedipus complex in boys and girls,
the development of the super-ego and ego-ideal, latency, puberty and
adolescent identity formation, the transition to adulthood, and phases
of adulthood and old age.
Theories of Neuroses
This course explores the psychodynamic theories of the formation
of neuroses. It is a synthesis of both drive and object relations theories.
Spring Trimester
Development II
(Continues Development I, as described above)
Continuous Case Conference
One or two cases are followed throughout this course in order to examine
the psychotherapeutic process in detail as it unfolds. Particular attention
is paid to the interplay of transference and countertransference and
to the techniques of intervention from a relational perspective.
Psychopathology I
This course emphasizes the central role of unconscious conflict
in neurosis, that is, the psychodynamics of symptom and character formation.
It examines the influences of infantile neurosis, unconscious wishes,
anxiety, defense mechanisms, regression, and inhibition on symptoms
and character. Hysterical, phobic, and obsessive-compulsive neuroses
are discussed. The course continues over the next two trimesters, considering
the dynamics of eating disorders, psychosomatic disorders, substance
abuse, perversions, post-traumatic disorders, dissociative disorders,
depression, narcissistic, borderline and other personality disorders
and psychoses.
Second Year
Fall Trimester
Continuous Case Conference
(As described on previously)
Psychopathology II
(Continuation of Psychopathology I and II from first year)
Technique II
This course continues the emphasis on understanding transference, countertransference,
resistance, and working through begun in Technique I. It moves ahead
to consider acting out and enactments, the use of dreams and regression
in deepening and furthering the treatment, and other topics such as
psychotherapeutic ethics, the influence of the sex of the patient and
the therapist on the treatment and erotic transference. Methods of interpreting
and also of not interpreting, as in supportive psychotherapies, are
discussed.
Winter Trimester
Psychopathology III
(Continuation of Psychopathology I and II from first year)
Technique III
This final section of the technique course considers the application
of psychoanalytic ideas in a variety of settings including group, couple,
and family therapies, and examines the complex relations between psychotherapy
and medication. The course concludes with a discussion of termination,
premature termination, and the possibilities and limitations of the
full range of psychoanalytic treatments.
Spring Trimester
Psychopathology III
(Continuation of Psychopathology I and II from first year)
Continuous Case Conference
(As described previously)
ACCREDITATION
Physicians (CME credits): This activity has been planned and implemented
in accordance with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the American
Psychoanalytic Association and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to
provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility
for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this educational
activity for a maximum of ___ hours in Category 1 credit towards the
AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only
those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational
activity.
Psychologists (CE credits): The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing
education for psychologists. The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
maintains responsibility for the program.
Social Workers (CE credits): Continuing Education credit for Continuous
Case has been approved by the Commonwealth of PA SW Board Approval #:
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