SPRING 2008 COURSE REGISTRATION

We are currently accepting registrations for the SPRING 2008 session. To register for any of the following courses, scroll to the bottom of this page for registration instructions:

SPRING 2008 COURSES

FIRST PERIOD COURSES

Modern Psychoanalytic Treatment Technique
Instructor: Stephen Day Ellis, Ph.D.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5
Class Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Tuition: $325.00

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 character logical 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

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.


Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique-Part II: American Innovators
Instructor: Wallace Fletcher, D.Min.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5
Class Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Tuition: $325.00

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 the optimal conditions for effective psychoanalytic treatment, the analyst’s participation in the vicissitudes of a therapeutic relationship, dealing with transference, counter transference and resistance, the uses of interpretive, educative and interactional techniques in psychotherapy, and expanding the range of human problems for which psychoanalysis can offer effective help.

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.


Understanding Research and Ethics
Instructor: William Grey, Psy.D.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, 3/8, 3/29
Class Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Tuition: $162.50 (Six Week Course)

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. They will be familiar with basic research terminology and be able to locate useful research resources.

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.


SECOND PERIOD COURSES

Human Maturation and Development II
Instructor: Joyce W. Grigson, Ph.D.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5
Class Time: 10:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Tuition: $325.00

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.

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.


Resolving Resistances to Saying Everything: Individuals and Groups
Instructor: Stephen Day Ellis, Ph.D.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5
Class Time: 10:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Tuition: $325.00

In psychoanalysis, following the “fundamental rule” of free association is often a challenge for patient and therapist alike.  This course begins with an overview of key concepts and techniques of Modern Psychoanalysis and then focuses on the identification of resistances and their resolution through the use of joins, mirroring, object oriented questions, commands and other non-interpretive procedures.  Case examples and classroom practice dialogues will be used extensively to illustrate work with individuals, couples, families, children, and groups.

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.


THIRD PERIOD COURSES

Transference and Resistance Workshop
Instructor: Stephen Day Ellis, Ph.D.
Class Dates: Sat. 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5
Class Time: 11:50 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Tuition: $325.00

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. .

Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded.

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