416: Writing Descriptions of Psychoanalytic Process III
Instructor
Jennifer Stuart, Ph.D.
May 15 – June 26, 2023
Mondays, 7:00 – 8:25 pm
No class: 5/29, 6/19
Co-requisites
Candidates must have or have had at least two cases in supervised psychoanalysis to be eligible for upper level courses.
Course Description
The written word invariably reflects an author’s thought. It is also true that the written word informs an author ’s thinking. Making use of this reciprocity between psychoanalytic thinking and psychoanalytic writing, candidates in this class will learn to describe psychoanalytic process in writing while using the writing process to refine their concept of psychoanalytic process. Candidates will learn to describe psychoanalytic process in writing in a way that their readers can know what transpired, even at the most profound levels, between patient and analyst. This course is an advanced practicum in psychoanalytic authoring in which candidates will prepare and refine narratives of their own clinical work for discussion with the class and instructor.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. describe the psychoanalytic process in writing in a way that their readers can know what transpired, even at the most profound levels, between patient and analyst.
2. describe the formal elements of a report on psychoanalytic treatment, so that students will have a structure which will serve as scaffolding for their description of specific analytic treatments.
Evaluation Method
Each student’s participation in class discussion and his or her demonstration of understanding of the course objectives and reading/clinical material is assessed in a written evaluation by the instructor(s).
These articles are protected under relevant copyright regulations. They are available in the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute Electronic Reserve for your convenience, and for your personal use.
READINGS NOT YET CONFIRMED.
I. Introduction
CLASS 1: May 15, 2023
REQUIRED READINGS
Stephen B. Bernstein, M.D., (2008). “Writing about the Psychoanalytic Process,” Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 28:433-449
Lister, E., Kravis, N., Sandberg, L., Halpern, J.K., Cabaniss, D.L. and Singer, M.B. (2008). “I Write to Know What I Think”: A Four-Year Writing Curriculum. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 56:1231-1247.