Psychoanalytic Principles of Child Development
Course Description
Instructor
October 21 – November 18, 2019
Mondays, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Pay Fee-$150
Course Description
This is a course designed to help students better understand child development phases from a psychoanalytic perspective: the pre-oedipal, oedipal, latency, and early, middle and late adolescent phases. We will discuss how certain issues affect reflect child development at the different stages: sibling trauma, separation anxiety, beating fantasies, the origin and evolution of childhood narcissism, family romance fantasies (oedipal and latency fantasies) and object removal in adolescence. The discussion of these universal childhood fantasies is facilitated by a study of certain classical papers and current considerations of these issues. Clinical examples will be offered to illustrate the concepts being presented.
5 CME/CE credits offered
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the psychoanalytic nature of developmental phases in childhood: i.e., pre-oedipal, oedipal, latency, and early, middle,and late adolescence.
2. Explain which principles organize development, including progression and fixation, the formation of unconscious fantasies, unconscious conflict, and the influence of parenting and parent psychology in order to recognize clinically significant developmental issues in childhood: sibling trauma, separation anxiety, sadomasochism, family romance fantasies, the evolution of narcissism, and object removal.
Continuing Education Information
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of (5) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Psychologists: 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 these programs and their content.
Social Workers: New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute SW CPE 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 #0317.
DISCLOSURE: None of the planners or presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Schedule of Classes & Course Readings
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.
Session One:
Freud, S. (1914). On Narcissism: An Introduction. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XIV (1914-1916): On the History of the Psycho-Analytic Movement, Papers on Metapsychology and Other Works, 67-102.
Session Two:
Freud, S. (1919). ‘A Child is Being Beaten’ A Contribution to the Study of the Origin of Sexual Perversions. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XVII (1917-1919): An Infantile Neurosis and Other Works, 175-204
Session Three:
Freud, S. (1909). Family Romances. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume IX (1906-1908): Jensen’s ‘Gradiva’ and Other Works, 235-242.
Session Four:
Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 author. The Diary of a Young Girl: the Definitive Edition. New York:Doubleday, 1995. pp. 140-149.
McCuller, Carson. The Member of the Wedding. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1946. pp. 1-23.
Session Five:
Bowlby, J. (1960). Separation Anxiety. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 41:89-113.
Supplemental Readings:
Gilmore, K. (2009). “The Status of Developmental Curriculum in North American Psychoanalysis ” Int J of Psychoanalysis, 90 (4): 885-904.
Gilmore, K. (2011). “Pretend Play and Development in Early Childhood (With Implications for the Oedipal Phase )” J American Psychoanalytic Assn 59(6):1157-1181.
Gilmore,K. (2013). “The Theory of Sibling Trauma and the Lateral Dimension” PSC 67: 53-65.