DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIES
Ghislaine Boulanger, Ph.D.
email: ghislaine_boulanger@psychoanalysis.net
This curriculum is an example of one of my courses.
Information on other courses in available on request.
Description:
In this course we follow the development of contemporary psychoanalytic epistemology through its roots in Freud's work, in Object Relations Theory, in
Self Psychology and Interpersonal Psychiatry. As some classical psychodynamic concepts have proved untenable in practice and in the light of current
neuropsychological and experimental findings, new more empirically viable ideas have emerged to take their place. We review the evolution of two
person treatments, the significance of the object and its impact on theories of transference and countertransference. We consider new views of the
unconscious, the role of social construction, multiplicity,and intersubjectivity in the treatment setting. Finally, we shall study how current research into
attachment and intersubjectivity has contributed to psychodynamic theory. Readings have been selected to highlight where and how these constructs
arose and what practices grew out of them (or -- in some cases -- vice versa). This course is designed to expose you to primary sources, case
material, and to contemporary commentary on those sources.
First Week: Introduction and Overview
(recommended) Mitchell, S and Black, M. (1995). Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
Chapter 9, Controversies in Technique. New York: Basic.
Second Week: Freud's Structural and Topographic Models
(required) Brenner, C. (1973) An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. Anchor Books, Chapters 1,2,3,4,5, and 8
Mitchell & Black: Preface xv-xxiii and Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud and the Classical Psychoanalytic Tradition pp1-22.
(supplementary/recommended) The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, Chapters 7, Sections B & C
Third Week: Freud and the Language of the Unconscious
(required) Freud, S. (1900) The Interpretation of Dreams Chapter 6, Sections A,B,C,D,E.
Freud, S. (1905) Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria.
(supplementary/recommended) Breger, L. (2002) Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision. New York: Wiley
Reisner, S. (1999) Freud and Psychoanalysis: Into the 21st Century,
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Vol 47, #4.
Fourth Week: Object Relations Theory
(required) Eagle, M. (1984) Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis. p 6-18. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press
Greenberg, J. & Mitchell, S. (1983) Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory.
Chapter 2 Object Relations and Psychoanalytic Models, p 9-20. Cambridge: Ma. Harvard University Press.
Segal, H. (1980) Melanie Klein Chapter IX The Paranoid Schizoid Position. New York: Viking Press. pp 113-124
Fifth Week: Melanie Klein
(required) Mitchell and Black, Melanie Klein and Contemporary Kleinian Theory, pp 85-102.
Klein, M. (1946) Notes of Some Schizoid Mechanisms in Envy and Gratitude, Pp1-24
Segal, H. (1958) Fear of Death, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 39:178-181.
(supplementary/recommended) Segal, H. (1974) Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein. New York: Basic Books
Ogden, T. (1986) The Matrix of the Mind. Northvale, N.J.:Aronson
Sixth Week: Donald Winnicott
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 124-134
Winnicott, D.W. (1966), Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment. The Capacity to be Alone, p. 29-36
New York, NY: International Universities Press
Little, M. (1985). Psychotic Anxieties and Containment Northvale, N.J.: Aronson
(supplementary/recommended) D.W. Winnicott, (1966) Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment NY: IUP
Phillips, A. (1988), Winnicott. Cambridge, Ma. Harvard University Press
Abram, J.(1997) The Language of Winnicott: A Dictionary and Guide to Understanding His Work
Northvale, N.J: Aronson
Seventh Week: Ronald Fairbairn
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 112-123
Fairbairn, R. W. (1952) Object Relationships and Dynamic Structure Chapter V in
Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Ibid, Synopsis of an Object Relations Theory of Personality, p34-35.
H. Guntrip. (1975) My experience of analysis with Fairbairn and Winnicott. Int. Rev of Psychoanalysis 2, 145-156.
(supplementary/recommended) Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality by W.R.D. Fairbairn
Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy, and the Self by H. Guntrip
Eighth Week: Interpersonal Psychiatry, Harry Stack Sullivan
(required) Mitchell & Black, pp 60-84
H.S. Sullivan, (1971) The Illusion of Personal Individuality In The Fusion of Psychiatry and Social Science. Norton, pp 198-228
Ehrenberg, D. The Intimate Edge. Analytic Interaction Beyond Words. New York: Norton. pp13-32.
(supplementary/recommended) Frankel, J. (1998): Are Interpersonal and Relational Psychoanalysis the Same? Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol 34,
Hirsch,I. Further Thoughts about Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol 34,
Sullivan, H.S.(1949) The Theory of Anxiety and the Nature of Psychotherapy. Psychiatry,
Sullivan, H,S. (1970) The Psychiatric Interview New YorK: Norton.
.
Ninth Week: Self Psychology, Heinz Kohut
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 149-169
Kohut,H, (1982) Introspection, Empathy, and the Semi-Circle of Mental Health, Int. J. Psycho-Anal 63.395-407
Kohut , H. (1979) The Two Analyses of Mr. Z. Int. J.Psycho-Anal. 60,3-27
(supplementary/recommended) Heinz Kohut and Ernest S. Wolf, The Disorders of the Self and their Treatment: An Outline.
Int.J. Psycho-Anal. 1978 59, 413
Fossage, J. Self Psychology and its Contributions to Psychoanalysis.
International Forum of Psychoanalysis, #4; 238-246, 1995
Tenth Week: The Relational Turn: 1. Process, Social Construction, New Definitions of the Unconscious
(required) Chodorow, N. (1996), Reflections on the Authority of the Past in Psychoanalytic Thinking. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, LXV 32-51
Hoffman, I. (1991),Toward a Social-Constructivist View of the Psychoanalytic Situation in Psychoanalytic Dialogues 1:74-105.
Donnel B. Stern,1997, Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation to Imagination in Psychoanalysis.
Chapters 2, pp 33-49. Hillsdale, N.J: Analytic Press.
(supplementary/recommended) Aron, L. (1996), A Meeting : Mutuality in Psychoanalysis. NJ: Analytic Press.
Mitchell, S. (1984) Object Relations Theories and The Developmental Tilt .
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39:473-499.
Eleventh Week: Relational Turn: 2. Multiplicity, Intersubjectivity.
(required) Bromberg, P. (1994) Speak That I May See You, Psychoanalytic Dialogues 4:157-547
Aron, L. (1991) The patient's experience of the analyst's subjectivity. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 1:29-51.
Ogden, T. (1994) The Analytic Third: Working Intersubjectively with Clinical Facts Int. J. Psycho-Anal. 75: 3-19
Twelfth Week: The Empirical Infant, Intersubjectivity
(required) Lachmann, F. Some Contributions to Empirical Infant Research to Adult Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 11(2):167-185
Beebe, B., Knoblauch, S., Rustin, J. and Sorter, D. (2005) Forms of Intersubjectivity in Infant Research., New York: The Other Press,
Chapters 3 and 4, pp 55-143.
Thirteen Week: The Empirical Infant, Attachment Theory
(required) Fonagy, P. (2001) Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. New York: Guildford Press.
Chapter 2: Key Findings in Attachment Research, pp 19-46
Fonagy, P. (1995) Playing With Reality: The Development of Psychic Reality and its Malfunction in Borderline Personalities.
Internat.J. Psychoanal., 76:39-44
Mitchell, S. (1999), Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Tradition. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 9:85-107
Fourteenth Week: Overview
(required) Mark, D. (2006) “I Never Knew I Was a Democrat”: Discovery and Co-creation in Psychoanalysis.
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 42, pp 85-105
Mitchell, S. (1993) What Does the Analyst Know: A Revolution in Metatheory in Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis.
New York: Basic Books.
(supplementary/recommended) Westen, D. (1998) The Scientific Legacy of Sigmund Freud: Toward a Psychodynamically Informed
Psychological Science in Psychological Bulletin. 124:333-371
Merton Gill. Psychoanalysis in Transition, New York: Academic Press, 1994,
Ghislaine Boulanger, Ph.D.
email: ghislaine_boulanger@psychoanalysis.net
This curriculum is an example of one of my courses.
Information on other courses in available on request.
Description:
In this course we follow the development of contemporary psychoanalytic epistemology through its roots in Freud's work, in Object Relations Theory, in
Self Psychology and Interpersonal Psychiatry. As some classical psychodynamic concepts have proved untenable in practice and in the light of current
neuropsychological and experimental findings, new more empirically viable ideas have emerged to take their place. We review the evolution of two
person treatments, the significance of the object and its impact on theories of transference and countertransference. We consider new views of the
unconscious, the role of social construction, multiplicity,and intersubjectivity in the treatment setting. Finally, we shall study how current research into
attachment and intersubjectivity has contributed to psychodynamic theory. Readings have been selected to highlight where and how these constructs
arose and what practices grew out of them (or -- in some cases -- vice versa). This course is designed to expose you to primary sources, case
material, and to contemporary commentary on those sources.
First Week: Introduction and Overview
(recommended) Mitchell, S and Black, M. (1995). Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
Chapter 9, Controversies in Technique. New York: Basic.
Second Week: Freud's Structural and Topographic Models
(required) Brenner, C. (1973) An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. Anchor Books, Chapters 1,2,3,4,5, and 8
Mitchell & Black: Preface xv-xxiii and Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud and the Classical Psychoanalytic Tradition pp1-22.
(supplementary/recommended) The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, Chapters 7, Sections B & C
Third Week: Freud and the Language of the Unconscious
(required) Freud, S. (1900) The Interpretation of Dreams Chapter 6, Sections A,B,C,D,E.
Freud, S. (1905) Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria.
(supplementary/recommended) Breger, L. (2002) Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision. New York: Wiley
Reisner, S. (1999) Freud and Psychoanalysis: Into the 21st Century,
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Vol 47, #4.
Fourth Week: Object Relations Theory
(required) Eagle, M. (1984) Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis. p 6-18. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press
Greenberg, J. & Mitchell, S. (1983) Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory.
Chapter 2 Object Relations and Psychoanalytic Models, p 9-20. Cambridge: Ma. Harvard University Press.
Segal, H. (1980) Melanie Klein Chapter IX The Paranoid Schizoid Position. New York: Viking Press. pp 113-124
Fifth Week: Melanie Klein
(required) Mitchell and Black, Melanie Klein and Contemporary Kleinian Theory, pp 85-102.
Klein, M. (1946) Notes of Some Schizoid Mechanisms in Envy and Gratitude, Pp1-24
Segal, H. (1958) Fear of Death, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 39:178-181.
(supplementary/recommended) Segal, H. (1974) Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein. New York: Basic Books
Ogden, T. (1986) The Matrix of the Mind. Northvale, N.J.:Aronson
Sixth Week: Donald Winnicott
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 124-134
Winnicott, D.W. (1966), Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment. The Capacity to be Alone, p. 29-36
New York, NY: International Universities Press
Little, M. (1985). Psychotic Anxieties and Containment Northvale, N.J.: Aronson
(supplementary/recommended) D.W. Winnicott, (1966) Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment NY: IUP
Phillips, A. (1988), Winnicott. Cambridge, Ma. Harvard University Press
Abram, J.(1997) The Language of Winnicott: A Dictionary and Guide to Understanding His Work
Northvale, N.J: Aronson
Seventh Week: Ronald Fairbairn
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 112-123
Fairbairn, R. W. (1952) Object Relationships and Dynamic Structure Chapter V in
Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Ibid, Synopsis of an Object Relations Theory of Personality, p34-35.
H. Guntrip. (1975) My experience of analysis with Fairbairn and Winnicott. Int. Rev of Psychoanalysis 2, 145-156.
(supplementary/recommended) Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality by W.R.D. Fairbairn
Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy, and the Self by H. Guntrip
Eighth Week: Interpersonal Psychiatry, Harry Stack Sullivan
(required) Mitchell & Black, pp 60-84
H.S. Sullivan, (1971) The Illusion of Personal Individuality In The Fusion of Psychiatry and Social Science. Norton, pp 198-228
Ehrenberg, D. The Intimate Edge. Analytic Interaction Beyond Words. New York: Norton. pp13-32.
(supplementary/recommended) Frankel, J. (1998): Are Interpersonal and Relational Psychoanalysis the Same? Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol 34,
Hirsch,I. Further Thoughts about Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol 34,
Sullivan, H.S.(1949) The Theory of Anxiety and the Nature of Psychotherapy. Psychiatry,
Sullivan, H,S. (1970) The Psychiatric Interview New YorK: Norton.
.
Ninth Week: Self Psychology, Heinz Kohut
(required) Mitchell and Black, pp 149-169
Kohut,H, (1982) Introspection, Empathy, and the Semi-Circle of Mental Health, Int. J. Psycho-Anal 63.395-407
Kohut , H. (1979) The Two Analyses of Mr. Z. Int. J.Psycho-Anal. 60,3-27
(supplementary/recommended) Heinz Kohut and Ernest S. Wolf, The Disorders of the Self and their Treatment: An Outline.
Int.J. Psycho-Anal. 1978 59, 413
Fossage, J. Self Psychology and its Contributions to Psychoanalysis.
International Forum of Psychoanalysis, #4; 238-246, 1995
Tenth Week: The Relational Turn: 1. Process, Social Construction, New Definitions of the Unconscious
(required) Chodorow, N. (1996), Reflections on the Authority of the Past in Psychoanalytic Thinking. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, LXV 32-51
Hoffman, I. (1991),Toward a Social-Constructivist View of the Psychoanalytic Situation in Psychoanalytic Dialogues 1:74-105.
Donnel B. Stern,1997, Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation to Imagination in Psychoanalysis.
Chapters 2, pp 33-49. Hillsdale, N.J: Analytic Press.
(supplementary/recommended) Aron, L. (1996), A Meeting : Mutuality in Psychoanalysis. NJ: Analytic Press.
Mitchell, S. (1984) Object Relations Theories and The Developmental Tilt .
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39:473-499.
Eleventh Week: Relational Turn: 2. Multiplicity, Intersubjectivity.
(required) Bromberg, P. (1994) Speak That I May See You, Psychoanalytic Dialogues 4:157-547
Aron, L. (1991) The patient's experience of the analyst's subjectivity. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 1:29-51.
Ogden, T. (1994) The Analytic Third: Working Intersubjectively with Clinical Facts Int. J. Psycho-Anal. 75: 3-19
Twelfth Week: The Empirical Infant, Intersubjectivity
(required) Lachmann, F. Some Contributions to Empirical Infant Research to Adult Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 11(2):167-185
Beebe, B., Knoblauch, S., Rustin, J. and Sorter, D. (2005) Forms of Intersubjectivity in Infant Research., New York: The Other Press,
Chapters 3 and 4, pp 55-143.
Thirteen Week: The Empirical Infant, Attachment Theory
(required) Fonagy, P. (2001) Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. New York: Guildford Press.
Chapter 2: Key Findings in Attachment Research, pp 19-46
Fonagy, P. (1995) Playing With Reality: The Development of Psychic Reality and its Malfunction in Borderline Personalities.
Internat.J. Psychoanal., 76:39-44
Mitchell, S. (1999), Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Tradition. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 9:85-107
Fourteenth Week: Overview
(required) Mark, D. (2006) “I Never Knew I Was a Democrat”: Discovery and Co-creation in Psychoanalysis.
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 42, pp 85-105
Mitchell, S. (1993) What Does the Analyst Know: A Revolution in Metatheory in Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis.
New York: Basic Books.
(supplementary/recommended) Westen, D. (1998) The Scientific Legacy of Sigmund Freud: Toward a Psychodynamically Informed
Psychological Science in Psychological Bulletin. 124:333-371
Merton Gill. Psychoanalysis in Transition, New York: Academic Press, 1994,
