Psychoanalytic Fellowship Curriculum
Instructors
Anna Miari, M.D.
Gabriela Shelley, M.D.
October 7, 2025 – April 21, 2026
Tuesdays, 8:00 – 9:30 pm
The Fellowship Seminars are held every first and third Tuesday of each month, October – April.
Continuing Education
No CME or CE credits are offered for the Psychoanalytic Fellowship.
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READINGS ARE CONFIRMED.
I. Introduction
CLASS 1: October 7, 2025
REQUIRED READINGS
Shedler, J. (2022). That Was Then, This is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for the Rest of Us. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 58:405-437.
Busch, F. (2009). On Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind: Psychoanalytic Knowledge as a Process. Scand. Psychoanal. Rev., 32(2):85-92.
II. Case Presentation
CLASS 2: October 21, 2025
III. Goals of Psychoanalysis/ Process of Change
CLASS 3: November 4, 2025
REQUIRED READINGS
Jacobs, T.J. (2001). Reflections on the Goals of Psychoanalysis, the Psychoanalytic Process, and the Process of Change. Psychoanal Q., 70(1):149-181.
Ticho, E.A. (1972). Termination of Psychoanalysis: Treatment Goals, Life Goals. Psychoanal Q., 41:315-333.
IV. Case Presentation
CLASS 4: November 18, 2025
V. Conflict/ Compromise Formation
CLASS 5: December 2, 2025
REQUIRED READINGS
Willick, M. S. (1991). Chapter 6: Working with Conflict and Deficit in Borderline and Narcissistic Patients. Conflict and Compromise: Therapeutic Implications, 74:77-94.
Abend, S.M. (2005). Analyzing Intrapsychic Conflict: Compromise Formation as an Organizing Principle. Psychoanal Q., 74(1):5-25.
VI. Case Presentation
CLASS 6: December 16, 2025
VII. The Roads
CLASS 7: January 6, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Freud, S. The Interpretation of Dreams. Chapter 2
Arlow, J. A. (1969). Unconscious Fantasy and Disturbances of Conscious Experience. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 38:1-27.
VIII. Case Presentation
CLASS 8: January 20, 2026
IX. Transference
CLASS 9: February 3, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Guttman, S.A., ed. (1987). Robert Waelder on Psychoanalytic Technique: Five Lectures, pp1-3 and 19-36
Joseph, B. (1985). Transference: The Total Situation. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 66:447-454.
X. Case Presentation
CLASS 10: February 17, 2026
XI. Countertransference
CLASS 11: March 3, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Jacobs, T.J. (1993). The Inner Experiences of the Analyst: Their Contribution to the Analytic Process. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 74:7-14.
Gabbard, G. O. (2001). A contemporary psychoanalytic model of countertransference. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(8): 983–991.
XII. Case Presentation
CLASS 12: March 17, 2026
XIII. Neuropsychoanalysis – Bridging Brain and Mind
CLASS 14: April 7, 2026
REQUIRED READINGS
Solms M. L. (2018). The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 12, 294. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00294
Holmes, J. & Nolte, T. (2019). “Surprise” and the Bayesian Brain: Implications for Psychotherapy Theory and Practice. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00592.