212: Technique IV: Orienting to the Session: Listening in the Here and Now
Instructor(s)
April 6 – April 20, 2026
Mondays, 8:35 – 10:00 pm
Course Description
In this technique course, which builds upon Course 104, we will turn our attention to the question of how to orient to the session. We will take up the notion of the ‘here and now’ which has gained prominence among the Contemporary Kleinians. The here and now allows for an in depth concentration into the transference and countertransference which are seen as the prime movers of the session. We will discuss dimensions of transference/countertransference, projective identification, and the level of anxiety manifest in the session as we refine our ideas of how we listen and what we are doing in each and every analytic hour. Clinical material will be brought as a way of illustrating this particular way of tuning in.
Evaluation Method
Each student’s participation in class discussion and demonstration of understanding of the course objectives, readings and clinical material is assessed in a written evaluation by the instructor(s).
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. identify their modes of orienting to the session.
Continuing Education
Psychologists
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READINGS FOR 2026 CLASS ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED.
CLASS 1: April 6, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
O’Shaughnessy, E. (2013). Where is Here? When is Now?. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94:7-16.
Joseph, B. (2013). Here and Now: My Perspective. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94:1-5.
CLASS 2: April 13, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Blass, R. B. (2011). On the Immediacy of Unconscious Truth: Understanding Betty Joseph’s ‘here and now’ through Comparison with Alternative Views of it outside of and Within Kleinian Thinking. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 92:1137-1157.
CLASS 3: April 20, 2025
Clinical Presentation by Nicole Regent, M.D.
(Read: Background on Projective Identification)
REQUIRED READINGS
Joseph, B. (1983). On Understanding and not Understanding: Some Technical Issues. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 64:291-298.
Ogden, T. H. (1979). On Projective Identification. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 60:357-373.
CLASS 4: XX
Clinical Presentation by Nicole Regent, M.D.
(Read: Background on Projective Identification)
REQUIRED READINGS
Feldman, M. (1994) Projective Identification In Phantasy and Enactment. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 14:423-440.
CLASS 5: XX
REQUIRED READINGS
O’Shaughnessy, E. (1983). Words and Working Through. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 64:281-289.
Pick, I. B. (1985). Working Through in the Countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 66:157-166.
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Kenny, E. T. (2021). Immediacy in Kleinian Analysis and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: A Call for Engagement. IJP Open – Open Peer Review and Debate, 8:1-25.
Blass, R. (2023). On the Nature of Transference Interpretation and Why Only it Can Bring about Analytic Change. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 104:701-721.
Davids, M. F. (2022). Race and Analytic Neutrality: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations. The Psychoanalytic quarterly, 91(2), 371–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332828.2022.2097796
Weiss, H. (2014). Projective Identification and Working through of the Countertransference: A Multiphase Model. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 95:739-756.
Zeavin, L. (2023). Interpretation: Time, Timing, Loss, and Recovery in the Analytic Hour. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 71(6), 1085–1105. https://doi.org/10.1177/00030651241233727