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FIRST PERIOD COURSES | Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient | | Instructor: Stephen Day Ellis | | Instructor: Gerald Lucas | | Class Dates: Sat. 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11 | | Class Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | | Tuition: $308.75 | | | | This course provides a detailed introduction to Dr. Spotnitz’s classic text, The Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient, including conceptualization of the illness and guidelines for resolving frequently-encountered narcissistic resistances. Although specifically addressing the psychological reversibility of pathology in the “ambulatory” schizophrenic, the course explores techniques for treating a wide range of “pre-oedipal” or narcissistic disorders frequently encountered in mental health centers, agencies and private practice environments. | | | | Course Level: Intermediate | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
SECOND PERIOD COURSES | The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique, Part II: American Innovators | | Instructor: Wallace Fletcher | | Class Dates: Sat. 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11 | | Class Time: 10:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | | Tuition: $308.75 | | | | This course will focus on the on-going evolution of modern psychoanalytic technique in post-World War II America. It will build on the foundation laid in “Part I” in emphasizing innovative perspectives on:
1. The optimal conditions for effective psychoanalytic treatment
2. The analyst’s participation in the vicissitudes of a therapeutic relationship
3. Dealing with transference, countertransference and resistance
4. The uses of interpretive, educative and interactional techniques in psychotherapy
5. Expanding the range of human problems for which psychoanalysis can offer effective help.
| | | | Course Level: Intermediate | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
| Modern Psychoanalytic Theory and Treatment Techniques, Part I | | Instructor: Stephen Day Ellis | | Class Dates: Sat. 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11 | | Class Time: 10:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | | Tuition: $308.75 | | | | This course provides an overview of Modern Analytic practice focusing on the beginning stages of treatment. Emphasis is therefore placed on assisting clients and therapists in tolerating their anxieties, fears and characterological defenses in order to stay in the counseling relationship. Particular attention is paid to resolving treatment destructive resistances, establishing a treatment contract, developing the narcissistic transference and utilizing joining techniques in specific client-therapist interaction. In addition to readings and lectures, students will have the opportunity to present specific problematic dialogues from cases in order to fashion the most appropriate therapeutic intervention. | | | | Course Level: Basic | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
| Human Maturation and Development, Part I: From Ages Two to Twenty | | Instructor: Joyce Grigson | | Class Dates: Sat. 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11 | | Class Time: 10:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | | Tuition: $308.75 | | | | This is a two semester course. Join us this fall to continue to study the life of the child. Our own lived experience, our observations, and psychoanalytic literature will guide us in learning about human beings of toddler, pre-school and school-aged children ending with the latency age. In spring we will study the teen years on through young adulthood. | | | | Course Level: Intermediate (Semester 1 of 2) | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
THIRD PERIOD COURSES | Transference and Resistance Workshop | | Instructor:Stephen Day Ellis | | Class Dates: Sat. 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11 | | Class Time: 11:50 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. | | Tuition: $308.75 | | | | 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.
| | | | Course Level: All Levels | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
| Modern Analytic Supervision, Training, and Teaching | | Instructor:Stephen Day Ellis | | Class Dates: Ongoing | | Class Time: Once Monthly | | Tuition: $0 | | | | An advanced seminar for Senior Candidates interested in becoming supervisors, training analysts, and teachers. Emphasis is placed on understanding transference, countertransference, and parallel processes. | | | | Course Level: Senior Candidate Status Required | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
| Case Presentation Seminar | | Instructor:Stephen Day Ellis | | Class Dates: Ongoing | | Class Time: Ongoing | | Tuition: $0 | | | | 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.
Case presentations will be announced as they are scheduled.
No cases are scheduled at this time. | | | | Course Level: All Levels | | Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded. |
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