214: Winnicott

Course Description

Instructor(s)

Irene Cairo, M.D.
Rogelio A. Sosnik, M.D.

April 27 – June 8, 2026
Mondays, 8:35 – 10:00 pm

No class: 5/25

Course Description

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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

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Schedule of Classes & Course Readings

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READINGS ARE CONFIRMED.

CLASS 1: April 21, 2025
REQUIRED READINGS

O’Shaughnessy, E. (2013). Where is Here? When is Now?. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94:7-16.

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Joseph, B. (2013). Here and Now: My Perspective. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94:1-5.

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CLASS 2: April 28, 2025
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.

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CLASS 3: May 5, 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.

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Ogden, T. H. (1979). On Projective Identification. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 60:357-373.

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CLASS 4: May 12, 2025

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.

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CLASS 5: May 19, 2025
REQUIRED READINGS

O’Shaughnessy, E. (1983). Words and Working Through. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 64:281-289.

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Pick, I. B. (1985). Working Through in the Countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 66:157-166.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Weiss, H. (2014). Projective Identification and Working through of the Countertransference: A Multiphase Model. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 95:739-756.

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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

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