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Training & Education Programs
Curriculum Overview and Course Descriptions
Psychodynamic Theory
2005-2006
Reading List
The focus is on
theory as a structure for observing, ordering and understanding
clinical material, and for intervening and facilitating change.
1. The Psychoanalytic Perspective on Personality; Psychic Determinism;
The Dynamic Unconscious
2. Models of the Mind: Topographic, Structural, Self, Object Relations
3. The Drives: Sexuality and Aggression
4. The Ego as Executor, in Adaptation and Mastery
5. Primary and Secondary Process; Logical Thinking; Reality-Testing;
Creativity; Play; Dreams; Humor
6. The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense
7. The Superego and the Ego Ideal
8. Object Relations; Theories of Narcissism
9. Affect - Anxiety and Depression; Psychic Conflict; Normality
and Pathology
10. The Contributions of Klein, Winnicott, Erikson and Mahler
Technique
I: The Therapeutic Situation
2005-2006
Reading List
This course
addresses the therapeutic setting and the opening phase of treatment.
Special attention is paid to psychodynamic principles which inform
both the therapist's clinical work and the understanding of the
therapeutic relationship and process. The technical aspects of empathy,
neutrality, transference, countertransference, acting out, resistance,
and interpretation are studied.
1. The Nature of the Therapeutic Influence
2. Neutrality and Empathy
3. The Interpretative Process
4. Assessment and Dynamic Formulation
5. Recommending Treatment; Fee; Frequency and Setting
6. Beginning Therapy
7. Development of a Therapeutic Alliance
8. Transference and Countertransference
9. Dealing with Resistance
10. Interpretation - Early Stages
Psychopathology I
2005-2006 Reading
List
Basic psychodynamic
views of psychopathology are examined. This includes conflict and
deficit theories as well as the biopsychosocial perspective. These
perspectives will be applied to common syndromes encountered in
clinical practice.
1-2. Overview, Including Conflict and Biopsychosocial Approaches
3-4. Hysterical Syndromes
5. Somatization
6. Disassociative Disorders and False Memory Syndromes
7. Stress Disorder
8-9. Phobias, Anxiety and Panic Disorder
10. Obsessional States
Continuous Case Seminar I
Material from an early phase of a psychotherapy case is presented
in detail by a student in this continuous case conference. Special
attention is placed on the initial evaluation for psychotherapy,
and on transference, countertransference and the establishment of
a therapeutic alliance.
Development I : Infancy and Childhood
2005-2006
Reading List
This course
will examine various models of development. A brief overview of
cognitive development is followed by an exploration of representative
models of psychodynamic development. Three overarching models are
reviewed: classical models, represented by Anna Freud, Melanie Klein,
and Eric Erikson; attachment theory, represented by John Bowlby,
Mary Ainsworth, and Mary Main; and theories of the self, represented
by Margaret Mahler, Fred Pine, and Daniel Stern. These models are
compared and contrasted to distinguish true divergence from notational
variance.
1. Cognitive Development
2- 4. Classical Models
5- 7. Attachment Theory
8-10. Theories of the Self
Technique II: The Process of Psychotherapy
2005-2006
Reading List
The ongoing work of psychotherapy is examined, with a focus on listening
and formulating interventions. Transference and countertransference
are discussed in detail, along with how to make these phenomena
helpful to the patient. Boundary issues are also an important area
of study.
1. Listening
2. Formulating
3. Interpreting
4-5. Transference in Psychotherapy
6-7. Countertransference in Psychotherapy
8. Boundaries Issues
9-10. The Use of Dreams in Psychotherapy
Advanced
Psychodynamic Theory
2005-2006
Reading List
This course
continues the consideration of contemporary views of the mind, emphasizing
the contributions of Klein, Mahler, Kernberg, Kohut, and others.
The uniqueness of varying points of view will be preserved as we
synthesize what they offer clinicians.
1. Mahler
2. Klein
3. Kernberg
4. Kohut
5. Brenner
6. Gray
7. Gill
8. Arlow
9. Winnicott
10. Summary and Review
Continuous Case Seminar II
Material from
the middle phase of a psychotherapy case is presented in detail
by a student. Emphasis is placed on deepening the therapeutic alliance,
transference, countertransference, interpretation, resistance, the
use of dreams, and the process of working through.
Development II: Latency, Adolescence and Adulthood
2005-2006
Reading List
Continued psychological development through the life cycle is emphasized.
Clinical problems connected with love relations, intimacy, career
choice and gender issues are discussed.
1. Latency
2. Pre-adolescence
3-4. Adolescence
5-6. Post-Adolescence
7. Young Adult
8. Identity Formation
9-10. Issues in Sexuality
Continuous Case Seminar III
Material from
the late phase of psychotherapy is presented in detail by a student
in this continuous case conference. Attention is placed on working-through,
assessment of the patient's readiness for termination, and issues
surrounding the process of termination of psychotherapy.
Psychopathology II: Character Pathology
2005-2006
Reading List
As psychodynamic
psychotherapy engages the patient's underlying personality, a consideration
of the range of character types and pathology encountered in the
clinical setting is crucial. The psychotherapist is aided by an
understanding of character as the basis for responses a patient
may have to life events, unexpected stresses, and even to the therapist.
The psychological underpinnings of more severe disorders are also
examined.
1-3. Concepts of Character
4-5. Masochistic Character
6. Narcissistic Character
7-8. Depression
9-10. Borderline Character
Technique
III: Termination and Special Topics
2005-2006
Reading List
Utilizing a conceptual model of psychodynamic psychotherapy through
termination, this course examines various ancillary techniques as
special cases of underlying dynamic principles. Today's therapist
must also consider the impact of both the legal and health systems
upon the psychotherapeutic process, and how the choice of technique
may be influenced by a third party.
1-2. Psychotherapy with Medication
3-4. Stalemates and Destructive Alliances
5. Interruptions of Treatment
6. Other Technical Problems in Psychotherapy
7-9. Termination
10. Review
Psychodynamic Theory
2005-2006
Reading List
The focus is on theory as a structure for observing, ordering and
understanding clinical material, and for intervening and facilitating
change.
1. The Psychoanalytic Perspective on Personality; Psychic Determinism;
The Dynamic Unconscious
2. Models of the Mind: Topographic, Structural, Self, Object Relations
3. The Drives: Sexuality and Aggression
4. The Ego as Executor, in Adaptation and Mastery
5. Primary and Secondary Process; Logical Thinking; Reality-Testing;
Creativity; Play; Dreams; Humor
6. The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense
7. The Superego and the Ego Ideal
8. Object Relations; Theories of Narcissism
9. Affect - Anxiety and Depression; Psychic Conflict; Normality
and Pathology.
10.The Contributions
of Klein, Winnicott, Erikson and Mahler to an Understanding of Child
and Adolescent Personality.
Technique I: Principles of the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of Children
I
2005-2006
Reading List
This course addresses
the issues which are prominent in all therapies and in the treatment
of patients of all ages - empathy, neutrality, transference, countertransference,
acting out, resistance, and interpretation. However, it takes as
its point of departure the uniqueness of the psychodynamic approach
and the special qualities of the child and adolescent patient population.
The therapeutic setting and the opening phase of treatment are stressed.
1. Indications for Psychotherapy; Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Similarities and Differences; The Therapeutic Setting
2. The Evaluation: The Family - Its Capacity to Contribute to the
Treatment Process; Eliciting a History
3.The Evaluation:
The Child - An Assessment Geared to the Possibilities of Future
Psychotherapeutic Work
4.The Evaluation:
Biological, Psychological, and Educational Studies
5. Case Formulation; Selection of Treatment Modality; Presenting
Recommendations
6. Communicating with Children; The Role of Play and Facilitating
a Play Environment
7. Beginning Psychotherapy; The Development of a Therapeutic Alliance
8. Work with the Family During the Beginning of Psychotherapy
9. Transference
10. Resistance and Defense
Psychopathology I: Childhood
2005-2006 Reading
List
Psychodynamic
views of psychopathology are examined. Particular attention is devoted
to the manner in which pathology surfaces within the treatment setting.
1. General Principles I: Endowment (Biological Factors, Predisposition,
Temperament), and Environment
2. General Principles II: Fixation, Regression, Intrapsychic Conflict,
Symptom Formation, Character, Deficits
3. General Principles III: Psychopathology and Normality at Different
Levels of Development
4. Reactive Disorders; Post-Traumatic States
5. Developmental Deviations; Eating and Sleeping Disturbances; Encopresis
and Eneuresis
6. Neuroses
7. Personality Disturbances
8. Borderline Disorder; Gender Identity Disorder
9. Psychoses and Affective Disorders
10. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities,
Mental Retardation, Tic Disorders, Organic Brain Disorders
Continuous Case Seminar I
Material from
the phases of the psychotherapy of a pre-school child is presented
in detail by students in this continuous case conference. In the
opening phase, special attention is devoted to the initial evaluation
for psychotherapy, the work with the family, the establishment of
a therapeutic milieu, the ways in which a child therapist relates
to a young child, the function of play and play materials, the development
of the transference, countertransference, and the establishment
of a therapeutic alliance. In the middle phase, emphasis is placed
on the deepening of the therapeutic alliance, transference, interpretation,
resistance, and the process of working through. In the later phase,
the focus is on the process of termination of psychotherapy.
1-10. The Psychotherapy of the Pre-School Child
Development I : Infancy through Latency
2005-2006
Reading List
In
this course we will approach the developmental growth of the child
from infancy through latency. We will be focusing on the developmental
findings as they relate to our understanding of the intrapsychic
experience of the child.
The organizing text for this course is:
Tyson, P. & Tyson, R. (1990). Psychoanalytic theories of
development: An integration. New Haven: Yale University Press.
In addition to the required Tyson readings, required articles are
also listed for each session and will be assigned/chosen during
class.
Since this is a professional program, it is expected that the required
readings will be completed and candidates will bring at least 2
comments/questions to class to participate in a facilitated discussion
of the readings.
Continuous Case Seminar II
The first
continuous case seminar, dealing with the therapy of the pre-school
child, serves as a guideline for the therapies of children of other
phases, but presentations, communications, and therapeutic opportunities
change as the phase of development changes.
Technique II: Principles of the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of
Children II
2005-2006
Reading List
This course
examines issues that may emerge early on but become especially prominent
after the treatment has moved past the opening stage. The need to
constantly evaluate the efficacy of treatment, and to consider changes
in approach, is stressed. Termination is regarded not merely as
an ending but as a special aspect of the treatment process.
1. Interpretation
2. Insight and Psychotherapy
3. Non-Interpretive Modes of Therapeutic Action I: Identification
with Facets of the Therapist; The Therapist and Drive Satisfaction
4. Non-Interpretive Modes of Therapeutic Action II: The Use of the
Therapist
a)As a Source of Power, b) To Enhance Self-Esteem,
c) As a Source of Safety
5. Non-Interpretive Modes of Therapeutic Action III: Repetition
in Play, etc. -
Its Role a) In the Mastery of Trauma, b) In Mourning, c) In Working-Through,
and d) In Achieving Separation-Individuation and Object Constancy
6. Neutrality,
Empathy and Introspection; Countertransference, Enactment, Acting-In
7. Work with the Family During the Middle Phase of Psychotherapy
8. Work with Other Professionals - Learning Disabilities Specialists;
Speech Therapists; Social Agencies
9. Psychopharmacological Intervention and Implications for Psychotherapy
- Anxietyolytics, Anti-Psychotics, Anti-Depressants, Stimulants
10. Assessing Results & Termination
Continuous Case Seminar III
In this seminar,
we deal with the patient population that is neither young child
nor teenager, a population with its own set of difficulties and
therapeutic problems.
1-10. The Psychotherapy of the Pre-Adolescent
Development II: Latency, Pre-adolescence, and
Adolescence
2005-2006
Reading List
Continued
psychological development through the life cycle is emphasized.
1. Latency
2. Latency/Pre-adolescence
3. Adolescence
4. Adolescence
5. Late Adolescence/Post-Adolescence
Psychopathology II: Adolescence
In many instances,
there have been harbingers of adolescent phase difficulties. However,
frequently the adolescent presents with conflicts and symptoms that
have apparently emerged only within this phase, and are a maladaptive
response to the dramatic biopsychosocial transformations taking
place.
1. Neuroses
2. Behavior Disorders of Adolescence; Alcoholism, Nicotine and Substance
Abuse.
3. Borderline Disorders, Schizophrenia; Other Psychoses
4. Affective Disorders; The Suicidal Adolescent
5. Eating Disorders
Selected Topics (5 weeks)
2005
Reading List
Continuous Case Seminar IV
The adolescent may not be far removed from childhood, but presents
the therapist with a range of very special therapeutic challenges.
1-5. The Psychotherapy of the Adolescent
Technique IV: Special Treatment Issues
2005
Reading List
This course deals with a) therapeutic problems that arise in the
treatment of many children and adolescents, and b) the special therapeutic
issues which emerge in the treatment of children who have experienced
unique histories.
1. Silence in the Session
2. Stalemates and Destructive Alliances; Overt Aggression in the
Session
3. Interruptions in Treatment
4. Boundary Violations
5. The Child with Chronic Physical Illness
6. The Abused Child
7. The Child/Adolescent of Divorce
8. Transcultural/Racial/Social/Economic Issues
9. Psychotherapy Conducted in the School, Hospital, and Residential
Placement
10. Short-term Crisis-Oriented Dynamic Psychotherapy
Continuous Case Seminar V: Updates/Termination
This course examines the later stages of the psychotherapies encountered
in earlier continuous case seminars, and integrates what has been
covered during the two years of course work. Special attention is
paid to the issue of termination.
1-2. Update on Continuous Case Seminar I
3-4. Update on Continuous Case Seminar II
5-6. Update on Continuous Case Seminar III
7-8. Update on Continuous Case Seminar IV
9. Termination of a Child Case
10. Termination of an Adolescent Case
Working With Parents
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