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2011-2012 Continuing Education Courses
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Courses for 2011-2012
Clinical Applications of French Psychoanalytic Theory (Alford, MA)
Psychosomatics and Contemporary Psychoanalysis (Hartford, CT)
On Another Level (West Hartford, CT) FULL
Philosophical Problems in Psychoanalysis (New Haven, CT)
Anna Freud & the Developmental Tradition Today (New Haven, CT)
Sex Therapy & Psychoanalysis: Strange Bedfellows or Complementary Companions?
(New Haven, CT)
Psychoanalysis Playful and Profound, Part I: The Works of Bertram Lewin
(New Haven, CT)
Law and Psychoanalysis (New Haven, CT)
Moments of Conflict (New Haven, CT)
The Clinical Applications of French Psychoanalytic Theory
Instructor: Jack Miller, M.D.Course Description: The course will review the development of French psychoanalytic theory and its applications in the clinical setting. We will meet monthly, in Dr. Miller’s office in Alford, MA, on the second Thursday of the month from September 2011 to June 2012.
Educational Objectives are to demonstrate:
1. How the application of French psychoanalytic technique enhances clinical skills.
2. How French psychoanalytic technique widens the range of patients who may benefit from treatment.
3. How understanding the content of French theory leads to a deeper and clearer understanding of other psychoanalytic contributions.
Audience: Clinicians and academics with an interest in French psychoanalysis and its content.
10 sessions
Thursdays, 6-7:30
September 8, October 13, November 10, December 8, 2011
January 12, February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, 2012
Dr. Miller's Office
384 West Road
Alford, MA
Fee: $450*
Psychosomatics and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Instructor: Jack Miller, M.D.
Course Description: The class will review the history of psychosomatic concepts in psychoanalysis and their current use in contemporary work.Educational Objectives are to demonstrate:
1. How an awareness of psychosomatic principles may enhance and expand therapeutic potentials.
2. The ways in which the body communicates during therapy and how to bring these communications into the work.
3. How an awareness of psychosomatic principles deepens awareness of transference and countertransference.
Audience: All interested mental health clinicians and trainees.
10 sessions
Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00PM
September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20, 2011
January 17, February 21, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 19, 2012
660 Prospect Avenue
Hartford, CT
Fee: $450*
On Another Level FULL
Instructor: Frank Knoblauch, M.D.
Course Description: We will read James Grotstein’s book “…But at the same time and on another level…” Volume Two: Clinical Applications in the Kleinian/Bionian Mode. For each session we will read several chapters from the theory and technique part of Grotstein’s book and will look in detail at process material from one of the clinical presentation chapters. We will particularly concern ourselves with learning to move back and forth between the “experience-near” clinical data and contemporary Kleinian/Bionian models and theories.Educational Objectives:
1. Study a modern Kleinian-Bionian approach to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
2. Use published process material by several contemporary Kleinians to interrelate actual clinical experiences and the clinicians’ theories and models
3. Attempt to spell out key contemporary Kleinian technical practices and principles.
Audience: Mental health professionals.
3 sessions
Wednesday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm
September 21, November 16, 2011
January 25, 2012
(Please contact Dr. Knoblach (860.561.1228) if you would like to take the course but cannot make one of the dates.)
970 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford
Fee: $180*
Philosophical Problems in Psychoanalysis
Instructor: Marshal Mandelkern, M.D., Ph.D.
Course Description: We will look at several philosophical questions raised by psychoanalytic theory and practice: the scientific basis of analysis and the possibility of the hermeneutic alternative; the problem of free will in analysis; and the problem of consciousness. My main goal will be to highlight the problematic nature of these issues, rather than to come to any specific conclusion.
Educational Objectives: To examine several philosophical problems raised by psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Audience: Practitioners of analytic therapy with an interest in philosophical questions, and those with an interest in psychoanalytic theory.
4 sessions
Tuesdays, 7–8:30 pm
October 4, 11, 18, 25
255 Bradley Street, New Haven
Fee: $180*
Anna Freud & the Developmental Tradition Today
Instructor: Norka T. Malberg, Psy.D., Child and Adolescent PsychoanalystCourse Description: The developmental tradition pioneered by Anna Freud continues to influence clinicians and society in understanding the emotional life of the child. This course will begin with a brief introduction to Anna Freud within a historical context. The main focus will be on her major contributions such as the developmental profile and the developmental lines and their applications to contemporary clinical practice. The instructor will provide clinical examples to illustrate major concepts and promote discussion regarding technical and theoretical evolution as well as providing an opportunity for skill development. This course seeks to present a psychodynamic framework from which to think, understand and clinically support the emotional development of children, adolescents and their families.
Educational Objectives: To acquaint ourselves with the work of child psychoanalyst Anna Freud, the developmental psychoanalytic tradition, and clinical applications to contemporary issues.
Audience: Mental health professionals and clinical trainees, especially those working with children and adolescents.
8 sessions
Mondays 6:30-8:00
October 10, 17, 24, 31, November 14, 21, 28, December 5
255 Bradley Street, New Haven, CT
Fee: $360*
Sex Therapy & Psychoanalysis: Strange Bedfellows or Complementary Companions?
Instructor: Carole T. Goldberg, Psy.D.
Course Description: Provide an overview of the basic principles of Sex Therapy as developed by Masters and Johnson (late 1950’s to early 60’s) as well as current approaches outlined by AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists) and interim and contemporary researchers (Basson, Barbach, Whipple, Zilbergeld et al.) Information about diagnosis and behavioral treatment of the most common sexual dysfunctions will also be used as a basis to explore possible underlying, psychoanalytic issues that may contribute to sexual dysfunctions and/or how psychological symptoms may surface in a sexual complaint. Questions relating to “when to treat and when to refer” will also be explored.
Readings will include articles from the sex therapy literature as well as psychoanalytic understanding of sexual functioning and sexual dysfunctions. The teaching format will include case material, DVDs, power point, and discussions of the readings.Educational Objectives:
1. Become familiar with common sexual dysfunctions and treatments in sex therapy.
2. Study relevant papers in the sex therapy and psychoanalytic literature on sexual dysfunction and symptom formation.
3. Develop an understanding of how sexual symptoms may be viewed and addressed both from the perspective of psychoanalysis and of sex therapy.
4. Consider factors that would determine best treatment for the patient.
Audience: mental health professionals and trainees.
3 sessions
Thursdays, 6:00 – 8 pm
December 1, 8, 15
255 Bradley Street, New Haven
Fee: $180*
Psychoanalysis Playful and Profound
Part I: The Works of Bertram Lewin
Instructor: David A. Carlson, M.D.Course description: Bertram Lewin was remarkable for wide ranging erudition, for mastery of mid twentieth century psychoanalytic theory, and for whimsy and a love of fresh points of view. His papers remain timely for clinicians and the interested public, whether he writes on mood or on the origins of our concept of objectivity in a dream or on childhood fantasy in phobias. We will discuss some of Lewin's most relevant papers and their application in both clinical and non-clinical environments. Copies of the papers to be discussed will be provided to the participants.
Educational Objectives: Participants will become acquainted with Lewin's writing and approaches. They will develop an awareness of how these may enhance their clinical skills in helping patients unravel phobic and some hypomanic states and will further develop their interviewing skills. They will also consider the roles of wonder and humor in professional and other settings.
Audience: Mental health clinicians and interested non-clinicians.
6 sessions
Mondays 6:00-7:30 pm
January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012
255 Bradley Street, New Haven
Fee: $270*
Law and Psychoanalysis
Instructor: Anne C. Dailey, J.D.
Course Description: In most situations, law assumes that individuals are rational actors. In this course, we will question law’s assumption of rationality by applying psychoanalytic principles to a variety of legal issues. Subjects to be covered include child custody, false confessions, recovered memories, obscenity, and the Tarasoff doctrine. Readings will be taken from book chapters, law review articles, and legal cases.Educational Objectives: To become adept at thinking psychoanalytically about selected legal topics; to acquire a familiarity with reading legal texts; and to learn how to think critically about the law’s views on human nature.
Audience: Lawyers, analysts, and others interested in the application of psychoanalytic ideas to law.
6 sessions
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm
January 24, 31, February 7, 21, 28, March 6, 2012
255 Bradley Street, New Haven
Fee: $270*
Moments of Conflict
Instructor: Lawrence N. Levenson, M.D.
Course Description: Anna Freud referred to “the constant intertwining battle, the never ending efforts from one side of the personality to come to terms with the other.” In this course we will examine contemporary methods for helping patients comprehend moments of intra-psychic conflict. Readings will include papers by Brenner, Gray, Pray, Busch, and other contemporary analysts.Educational Objectives: Participants will read a selection of papers that describe contemporary approaches to the mind in conflict. Participants will grasp the clinical utility of attending to moments of conflict in the here and now of the therapy session. Participants will gain an appreciation of the continuing clinical vitality of psychoanalytic structural terms and concepts.
Audience: Mental health professionals and interested others.
6 sessions
Tuesday evenings, 7–8:30 pm
March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1, 2012
255 Bradley Street, New Haven
Fee: $270*
*PLEASE NOTE: Tuition for residents, students, and trainees is $50 per course, with the possibility of fee reduction if needed. (Fees are not intended to discourage interested trainees. Please apply to Ms. Wilcox for a fee reduction if you wish to take a course but cannot afford the fee.)