DIVISION I COURSE DESCRIPTIONS : FIRST YEAR - 2007/08

110
Greenberg
1st Trimester
10 sessions
2nd Trimester
5 sessions
Evolution of Psychoanalytic Concepts I:
The Development of Freud's Theory
Tuesdays, 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.
This course will trace the development of Freud's thinking as he struggled to create a distinctively psychoanalytic vision of human experience.  Beginning with the earliest works, we will explore his efforts to grapple with the clinical and conceptual problems that confronted a new and evolving discipline.  Studying the history of Freud's struggles and his solutions should illuminate the difficulties and the possibilities that confront psychoanalytic theory and practice to this day.

111
Satran
1st Trimester
10 sessions
Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique
Tuesdays, 8:45 - 10:00 p.m.
Different theoretical positions and concepts will be discussed complemented by readings and clinical examples offered by the instructor and candidates.

112
Schlesinger
1st Trimester
10 sessions
Beginning the Treatment - Conceptual and Clinical Approaches
Thursdays, 7:30- 9:30 p.m.
This course will attempt to familiarize candidates with the complex issues involved in beginning a psychoanalytic treatment.  I will try to provide a comparative, contextual approach to the clinical issues involved as one's beliefs about what facilitates mutative experience may determine how one seeks to begin a treatment.  I will use a combination of readings discussing conceptual and practical matters and clinical material from both my practice and cases presented by candidates.

113
Moses
Zaphiropoulos
September - July
Clinic Fellowship Seminar
Tuesdays, 1:00 - 1:55 p.m.
For candidates participating in the clinic fellowship.  
We will explore a number of questions in the treatment of our clinic patients: How can the clinician approach administrative issues (fee setting, medication, medical records, etc.) from a dynamic perspective?  How can we establish rapport in the initial phase of treatment while organizing a developmental history and differential diagnosis?  What are the treatment limits in our clinic?  Candidates will present case material for discussion.

120
Langan
2nd Trimester
10 sessions
Developing Interpersonalism in Historical Context:
Sullivan, Thompson, Fromm and the Pioneers
Tuesdays, 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.
This course provides an opportunity for candidates to think as psychoanalysts about several of the provocative and ongoing issues that inspired the development of interpersonal psychoanalytic theory.  Ferenczi, for example, weighing mutuality in the analytic dyad, pondered what Sullivan would see as participant observation.  Fromm, Thompson and others considered adaptation to, vs. confrontation of, extant cultural norms.  Fromm-Reichman confronted the nature of being with another in the face of existential aloneness.  The thoughts of these and other writers will be discussed via several contexts: their unique personalities, the zeitgeist of their professional lives, and the liveliness of their relevance to our consulting rooms.
Required text: Stern, D.B., Mann, C.H., Kantor, S., & Schlesinger, G. (eds.) (1995) Pioneers of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis .  New Jersey: Analytic press.  

121
Kwawer
2nd Trimester
5 sessions
3rd Trimester
10 sessions
Evolution of Psychoanalytic Concepts II:
Freud and The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique
Tuesdays, 8:45 - 10:00 p.m.
This course will study the historical evolution of the theory of psychoanalytic technique.  Beginning with Freud's technical papers, evolving ideas about classical psychoanalysis as a treatment method will be studied, highlighting the history of psychoanalysis and developing and ongoing controversies about psychoanalytic practice. Among the concepts explored are: “technical” considerations; the analytic attitude; transference and resistance; abstinence and neutrality; the role of interpretation; mutative factors in treatment; self-disclosure and countertransference; the clinical situation and personal interaction.

123
Stern
2nd Trimester
10 sessions
Comparative Study of Psychoanalytic Concepts
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
This course is designed to help candidates to cope with theoretical pluralism, the order of the day in psychoanalysis.  The aim is to prepare candidates to be interested in the wide variety of perspectives available and to feel comfortable in tackling them.  The aim will not be the mastery of particular content, but the development of comparative thinking.  Each week we will read two articles addressing a psychoanalytic concept so basic that it is part of every major theory of psychoanalysis, and we will discuss the way the concept is constructed from the points of view represented in the articles Differing clinical implications of the readings will be in the forefront.

130
R. Shapiro
3rd Trimester
10 session
Evolution of the Person in Childhood and Adolescence - Clinical Theories - Their Sources and Context
Tuesdays, 7:15 - 8:30 p.m.
A study of personality development from the points of view of intra- and interpersonal factors in the individual, the family, the society and the culture. This course will highlight the clinical implications of early life experiences.

131
Blechner
3rd Trimester
10 sessions
Dreams - Introductory Seminar
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
The theoretical aspects of unconscious processes and their communication as seen in dreams are addressed. The focus will be on (1) understanding the structure of dreams and the psychology of the dream process, and (2) the clinical use of dreams in the early phases of psychoanalysis.