Psychoanalytic Fellowship Curriculum

Course Description

Instructors

Navah C. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Anna Miari, M.D.

October 3, 2023 – April 16, 2024
Tuesdays, 8:00 – 9:30 pm 

The Fellowship Seminars are held every first and third Tuesday of each month, October – April, except for the month of January when meetings will be on second and fourth Tuesdays.

Continuing Education

No CME or CE credits are offered for the Psychoanalytic Fellowship.

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.

READINGS ARE CONFIRMED.

I. Introduction

CLASS 1: October 3, 2023
REQUIRED READINGS

Shedler, J. (2022). That Was Then, This is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for the Rest of Us. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 58:405-437.

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Busch, F. (2009). On Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind: Psychoanalytic Knowledge as a Process. Scand. Psychoanal. Rev., 32(2):85-92.

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II. Case Presentation

CLASS 2: October 17, 2023


III. Goals of Psychoanalysis/ Process of Change

CLASS 3: November 7, 2023
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.

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Ticho, E.A. (1972). Termination of Psychoanalysis: Treatment Goals, Life Goals. Psychoanal Q., 41:315-333.

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IV. Case Presentation

CLASS 4: November 21, 2023


V. Conflict/ Compromise Formation

CLASS 5: December 5, 2023
REQUIRED READINGS

Brenner, C. (2002). Conflict, Compromise Formation, and Structural Theory. Psychoanal Q., 71(3):397-417.

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Abend, S.M. (2005). Analyzing Intrapsychic Conflict: Compromise Formation as an Organizing Principle. Psychoanal Q., 74(1):5-25.

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IV. Case Presentation

CLASS 6: December 19, 2023

VI. Transference

CLASS 7: January 9, 2024 (Second Tuesday)
REQUIRED READINGS

Freud, S. (1915). Observations on Transference Love

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Joseph, B. (1985). Transference: The Total Situation. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 66:447-454.

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VII. Case Presentation

CLASS 8: January 23, 2024 (Fourth Tuesday)


VIII. Countertransference

CLASS 9: February 6, 2024   Date changed to February 13, 2024 due to meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association
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.

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Gabbard, G. (1995). Countertransference: The Emerging Common Ground. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 76:475-485.

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IX. Case Presentation

CLASS 10: February 20, 2024   Date changed to February 27, 2024


X. The Roads

CLASS 11: March 5, 2024
REQUIRED READINGS

Freud, S. The Interpretation of Dreams. Chapter 2

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Arlow, J. A. (1969). Unconscious Fantasy and Disturbances of Conscious Experience. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 38:1-27.

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XI. Case Presentation

CLASS 12: March 19, 2024


XII. Psychoanalysis and Race

CLASS 13: April 2, 2024
REQUIRED READINGS

Powell, D. R. (2020). From the Sunken Place to the Shitty Place: The Film Get Out, Psychic Emancipation and Modern Race Relations From a Psychodynamic Clinical Perspective. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 89:415-445.

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Powell, D. R. (2018). Race, African Americans, and Psychoanalysis: Collective Silence in the Therapeutic Conversation. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 66:1021-1049.

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XIII. Case Presentation

CLASS 14: April 16, 2024