The Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis
is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education
for psychologists. The Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility
for this program and its content.
The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers,
Marriage, and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors recognizes APA approved
courses and programs for continuing education.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
CASE PRESENTATION SEMINAR
This seminar provides an opportunity for both students and faculty to write about and present their clinical work in a small group setting. Becoming comfortable with comments and responding to questions is an integral part of these occassional meetings.
TRANSFERENCE AND RESISTANCE
WORKSHOP
Emotional resilience – the ability to experience disappointments, hurts, ambivalence, strong feelings and impulses, frustrations, failures and successes – and still love, work and play – is the basis for achieving productive personal and social adjustment. It is also an essential tool for anyone in a helping profession, regardless of theoretical orientation.
This workshop is designed to facilitate the development of emotional flexibility and resilience through a combination of didactic and experiential learning.
HUMAN MATURATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
This class provides the student with the opportunity to learn, both intellectually and experientially, about the unfolding lives of human beings. Readings include those derived from the analysis of adults and those developed from the direct observation of infants with their mothers. The course emphasizes theories of attachment as they relate to and parallel the development of the therapist-patient relationship and therapeutic interventions.
BASIC WRITINGS OF FREUD
Examines many of Freud’s
most important writings,
spanning a 40 year period.
With an emphasis on the
central clinical problems,
syndromes and key concepts
which occupied Freud,
students will get a sense of
the development of his
thought. Subjects addressed
in this course include
transference, resistance,
repression, hysteria,
obsessional states,
depression, primary process,
libido and narcissism.
FREUD'S CASE STUDIES AND
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Explores Freud’s evolving
ideas about psychoanalytic
treatment through readings
of representative cases and
his papers on therapy and
technique.
SEX, AGGRESSION AND PRIMARY
PROCESS
Explores the theoretical,
emotional and attitudinal
aspects of sexuality,
aggression and primary
process as they surface in
the analytic experience.
EGO PSYCHOLOGY AND OBJECT
RELATIONS
As Freud's thought matured he placed increasing emphasis on the roles of the ego and its relations with internal and external objects in the emotional life of human beings. It was up to the next generation of analysts, however, to develop these themes in ways that profoundly altered and expanded the psychoanalytic landscape. Thus, this course will focus on the pioneering contributions of Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Ronald Fairbairn, Donald Winnicott and Harry Guntrip to modern psychoanalytic theory and technique.
EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC
TECHNIQUE
Beginning with Freud’s
views on the “Stone Wall of
Narcissism” and patients who
are a “nuisance” to
psychoanalysis, this course
traces the evolution of
psychoanalytic treatment
techniques.
CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN
PSYCHOANALYSIS
Students are introduced
to recent developments in
psychoanalytic concepts and
techniques, including object
relations theory, relational
theory and sexual
development, dissociation,
trauma and multiplicity and
recent advances in
understanding therapeutic
interaction.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN MODERN
PSYCHOANALYSIS
As an introduction to PSP’s treatment sequence, this course considers “healthy” human functioning and therapeutic “cure”. Theoretical issues involved in the psychological reversibility of schizophrenia and other narcissistic disorders are addressed; in particular, the operation of the narcissistic defense. What the analyst does to achieve “cure” within the analytic framework is the focus of the course and includes an introduction to transference and resistance, resistance to transference, narcissistic transference, countertransference, the contact function and priorities for handling resistance.
MODERN PSYCHOANALYTIC
TREATMENT TECHNIQUE
An overview of modern
analytic practice focusing
on the beginning stages of
treatment. Emphasis is given
to the resolution of
frequently-encountered
treatment destructive
resistance patterns found in
patients and therapists.
RESISTANCE ANALYSIS:
CLASSICAL AND MODERN
APPROACHES
In Dr. Spotnitz's view, "The sum and substance of the practitioner's active participation in analytic therapy are virtually encompassed in what is referred to in clinical shorthand as dealing with resistance." This course examines varying conceptualizations of resistance and compares classical and modern analytic procedures for handling resistances as they appear at different stages of therapy. Particular attention is paid to the work of W. Reich, R. Greenson, K. Menninger and F. Fromm-Reichman.
MODERN PSYCHOANALYTIC
DIAGNOSIS
Compares and contrasts
theories of psychopathology
and schemes for
classification from classic
analytic, psychiatric and
modern analytic
perspectives. Implications
for treatment are explored.
MODERN PSYCHOANALYSIS OF THE
SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT
A detailed introduction
to Dr. Spotnitz’s classic
text, The Modern
Psychoanalysis of the
Schizophrenic Patient,
including the
conceptualization of the
illness and guidelines for
resolving
frequently-encountered
narcissistic resistances.
UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT
Utilizing case dialogues
contributed by students,
this class develops
hypotheses about the patient
and the analyst in order to
determine the most effective
interventions for each stage
of the therapy.
RESOLVING RESISTANCES TO
"SAYING EVERYTHING"
Using case examples and
classroom dialogue, this
course explores
interventions for resolving
resistance to “free
association” in individual,
couple, family and group
therapy.
This six-week course will examine ethical issues clinicians may encounter including dual relationships, breaking confidentiality and the legal obligations imposed by various state and national boards. Sexual feelings of the therapist, the supervisor-therapist relationship, and additional restrictions regarding the ethical treatment of children will also be discussed.
This course explores Modern Psychoanalytic approaches to individual and family therapy. Consideration is also given to facilitating the emotional maturation of students in various classroom settings.
The early psychoanalytic movement was deeply humanitarian in spirit. Freud and his early followers viewed psychoanalysis as a method of treatment and a meta-psychological theory with broad implications for the alleviation of human suffering and the improvement/welfare of society. This course will review and consider the contemporary relevance of this history especially for Modern Psychoanalysts.
This course will focus on understanding and conducting quantitative and qualitative psychoanalytic research. Ethical considerations when working with human subjects will be discussed. By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate competence in reading, understanding, and evaluating psychoanalytic research. Students will be familiar with basic research terminology and be able to locate useful research resources.
An advanced seminar for Senior Candidates interested in becoming supervisors, training analysts, and teachers. Emphasis is placed on understanding transference, countertransference, and parallel processes. |
