Robert Levin LCSW 39W 32nd street Suite 1700 NY, NY 10001 roblevin724@gmail.com Comparative Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Course Description The overall goal of this course is to introduce students to some of the major orientations or traditions in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice. We will study the contributions of Object Relations, Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, Self Psychology and Attachment Theory. The course will situate the four orientations in their historic contexts, explain their basic premises and approaches to clinical work and give some sense of how they have evolved over time. In the first class we will consider the nature of psychoanalytic thought. What is it? What is analyzed? The patient? The relationship? By studying the different psychoanalytic traditions we will get a sense of how psychoanalysis has evolved and learn what each school of thought considers important in the treatment of the mind. The format of the next eight classes will be to devote two classes to each of the four orientations. In each case, the first class will provide an introduction and overview of the origins of the school and the second class will look at contemporary elaborations. The final class will be an opportunity to reflect on how the different orientations compliment and contradict one another and to consider where psychoanalytic thought and practice seem to be going. Class 1: Times Change, Ideas Change Levenson, Edgar. (1972). The Time Bound Nature of Psychoanalytic Theory. In The Fallacy of Understanding. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. Mitchell, Stephen. (1993). What Does the Analyst Know? In Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books. Symington, Neville. (1986). Psychoanalysis: A Servant of Truth. In The Analytic Experience. New York: St. Martin s Press. 1
Class 2: Object Relations Greenberg, Jay & Mitchell, Stephen. (1983). Object Relations and Psychoanalytic Models. In Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Practice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Sutherland, John. (1980). The British Theorists: Balint, Winnicott, Fairbairne, Guntrip. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 829-860. Symington, Neville. (1986). Melanie Klein. In The Analytic Experience. New York: St. Martin s Press. Class 3: More Object Relations Winnicott, Donald. (1965). Ego Distortion in Terms of True and False Self. In The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment. New York: International Universities Press, Inc. Bollas, Christopher. (1987). The Self as Object. In The Shadow of the Object. New York: Columbia University Press. Casement, Patrick. (1985). Internal Supervision: A Lapse and a Recovery. In Learning From the Patient. New York: The Guilford Press. Class 4: Interpersonal Considerations Evans, F. Barton. (1996). Psychiatric Interview and Interpersonal Psychotherapy. In Harry Stack Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy. London and New York: Routledge. Levenson, Edgar. The Interpersonal (Sullivanian) Model. Thompson, Clara. (1967) Sullivan and Psychoanalysis, The Contributions of Harry Stack Sullivan. Science House. Class 5: More Interpersonal Levenson. A Monopedal Presentation of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Ehrenberg, Darlene. (1992). Analytic Interaction Beyond Words. In The Intimate Edge: Extending the Reach of Psychoanalytic Interaction. New York: Norton. Donel Stern? Fromm? The Web & the Spider? 2
Class 6: Self Psychology Chessick, Richard.(1993). Kohut s Clinical Observations and Classifications. In Psychology of the Self and the Treatment of Narcissism. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Press. Kohut, Heinz. (1984). The Curative Effect of Analysis. In How Does Analysis Cure? Ed. Goldberg. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Ornstein, Anna. (1984). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Contemporary Perspective. In Kohut s Legacy. Edited by Goldberg & Stepansky. The Analytic Press. Class 7: More Self Psychology Atwood, George & Stolorow, Robert.(1992). The Myth of the Isolated Mind. In Contexts of Being: The Intersubjective Foundations of Psychological Life. Hillsdale, NY: The Analytic Press. Beebe, Beatrice & Lachmann, Frank. (1995). Self Psychology Today. In Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 5 (3): 375-383. Lichtenberg, Joseph. The Empathic Mode of Perception. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Class 8: Attachment Theory Bowlby, John. (1988). Attachment, Communication and the Therapeutic Process. In A Secure Base. New York: Basic Books. Peter, Fonagy. (2001). Introduction to Attachment Theory. In Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. New York: Other Press. Class 9: More Attachment Theory Fonagy, Peter. (2001). What Do Psychoanalytic Theories and Attachment Theory Have in Common? In Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. New York: Other Press Mitchell, Stephen.(1999). Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Tradition. In Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 9(1): 85-107. Silverman, Doris. An Approach to a Developmental Relational Perspective. Class 10: Where Now? 3
Maroda, Karen. (1999). On Seduction, Intellectualization, and the Bad Mother. In Seduction, Surrender and Transformation. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press Gedo, John. (1999). A History of Theoretical Innovations. In The Evolution of Psychoanalysis. New York: Other Press. Opt: Gedo, John. (1999). Recent Clinical Discourse. In The Evolution of Psychoanalysis. New York: Other Press. Future Readings Freud & Beyond - Stephen Mitchell and Margaret Black Meeting of the Minds Lew Aron Videos: Dr. Tronick Still face Strange Sitution Rene Spitz = Grief: A Period in Infancy (Shows immediate distress & anxiety) 4
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