410: Technique VII: Advanced Analyzability and Failed Cases
Instructors
Nicole Regent, M.D.
Allison Lomonaco, M.D.
March 9 – April 27, 2026
Mondays, 7:00 – 8:25 pm
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Co-requisites
Candidates must have or have had at least two cases in supervised psychoanalysis to be eligible for upper level courses.
Course Description
This seminar will use analytic case material presented by invited graduates, faculty, and students to explore complex issues surrounding analyzability and its assessment. The course is designed for advanced candidates whose substantial analytic experience enables a more sophisticated examination of this important but often inadequately considered phase of psychoanalytic practice. Fourth year students only.
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- describe how particular analytic couples fail to establish a therapeutic process.
- refine their assessment skills to better determine the capacities necessary in patients for whom psychoanalysis might be recommended.
Evaluation Method
Each student’s participation in class discussion and his or her demonstration of understanding of the course objectives and reading material is assessed in a written evaluation by the instructor(s).
Continuing Education
Psychologists
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY – 0073.
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Social Workers
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW – 0317.
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READINGS FOR 2025 CLASS ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED.
CLASS 1: March 9, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Kantrowitz, J.L. (1995). The Beneficial Aspects Of The Patient-Analyst Match. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 76:299-313.
Kantrowitz, J.L. (1993). The Uniqueness of the Patient–Analyst Pair: Approaches for Elucidating the Analyst’s Role. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 74:893-904.
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Blum, H.P. (2011). Introduction. Psychoanal. Rev., 98(5):597-612.
Goldberg, S.H. Grusky, Z. (2013). Chemistry and Containing: The Analyst’s Use of Unavoidable Failures. Psychoanal Q., 82(1):145-178.
Grossman, L. (2018). The Person in the Analyst’s Chair: A Dialogue With Abend’ ”Countertransference and Psychoanalytic Technique”. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 87:517-532.
Møller, M. (2014). The Analyst’s Anxieties in the First Interview: Barriers against Analytic Presence. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 95(3):485-503.
Rothstein, A. (2010). Developing Psychoanalytic Cases and the Candidates Who will Analyze Them: An Educational Initiative. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 58(1):101-136.