TECHNIQUE I: Introduction to Technique

FALL 2005 PSA - 1st Year

Charles Tolk M.D.
212-362-5573
chastolk@pobox.com

Marina Mirkin M.D.
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Marina_Mirkin@hotmail.com

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Session 1 - Basic Concepts
1. Greenson, R. (1967) The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis, pp. 6-57.

Session 2 – Psychoanalysis compared to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

1. Weinshel, E.M. (1992) “Therapeutic Technique in Psychoanalysis and
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy,” JAPA 40:327-346.

2. Greenson, R. (1967) “What psychoanalysis requires of the patient and the analyst,” The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis, pp. 358-376.

Session 3 The Psychoanalytic Situation; The Analytic Attitude

1. Stone, L (1961) The Psychoanalytic Situation, pp. 17-66.

2. Schafer, R (1983) The Analytic Attitude, Chapter 10, pp. 162-182.

Session 4 &5 Transference

1. Greenson, R (1967) The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis, pp. 151-162 & pp. 171-190.

2. Brenner, C. (1976) Psychoanalytic Technique and Psychic Conflict, Chapter 5, pp.108-132.

Session 6- Working Alliance

1. Greenson, R. (1967) The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis, pp. 190-203.

2. Brenner, C. (1979) “Working Alliance, Therapeutic Alliance, and Transference,” JAPA 27, Supplement: 137-157.

Session 7- Countertransference

1. Blum(1986) “Countertransference and the Theory of Technique: Discussion,” JAPA 34:309-327

2. Jacobs, T. (1986) “On Countertransference Enactments,” JAPA 34:289-307.

Sessions 8, 9 &10 Resistance and Interventions to deal with it

1. Greenson, R. (1967) The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis, pp 60-71

2. Brenner, C. (1976) Psychoanalytic Technique and Psychic Conflict. Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 8-58.

3. Arlow, J.A. (1987) “The Dynamics of Interpretation,” PQ 56:68-87.

4. Brenner, C. (1976) Psychoanalytic Technique and Psychic Conflict. Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 59-107.

JAPA – Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
PQ- Psychoanalytic Quarterly