FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY (Jan 6 - May 12, 2010)
Samuel Chase, M.D., Elizabeth Simpson, L.C.S.W., Co-Chairs
This program is intended for clinicians working in a variety of clinical settings (including private practice, hospital settings, case management, etc.) whose work will be deepened by familiarity with the application of psychoanalytic concepts. The program objectives are to sharpen clinical skills and to aid in translating theoretical ideas into actions that are helpful to patients. Each week, concepts that are discussed in the Clinical Theory Track (three separate seminars including one elective of your choice) are explored further in the Clinical Case Conference.
ORIENTATION TO PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: EACH PATIENT, A NEW BEGINNING
This seminar will focus on psychoanalytic sensibility and clinical orientation that is useful to beginning treatment with new patients. We will consider philosophical and clinical issues relevant to the treatment alliance and formulation. Our clinically based discussions of therapeutic action will emphasize how it pertains to our work with different levels of pathology and trauma. Throughout the seminar, we will examine how different theoretical approaches relate to and differ from each other.
Jonathan Dunn, Ph.D., Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP
Wednesdays: January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2010
TECHNIQUE OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE SAY
This seminar covers aspects of technique in psychoanalytic psychotherapy that become important as treatment unfolds. We will consider the activity of both the patient and the therapist, and how we observe and understand the impact of interventions. We will discuss transference, resistance, unconscious fantasy, and working through, as well as countertransference reactions and enactments.
J. Samuel Chase, M.D., Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP
Wednesdays: February 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 2010
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NEW ELECTIVE OFFERINGS: CHOOSE ONE ELECTIVE
ELECTIVES
The Electives offer an opportunity to spend the final six weeks of the Foundations Program focused on an area of special interest in your clinical work.
Wednesdays: March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2010
WORKING WITH DREAMS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
This seminar examines the psychology of dreaming and the principles of dream interpretation. Topics include the nature of dream-work, the relation of dream neurophysiology to psychoanalytic dream theory, psychic organization revealed in the form, content, and use of the dream, and the relationship of the dream to psychotherapeutic process.
Holly Gordon, D.M.H., Member and Faculty, SFCP
PSYCHOTJERAPY WITH ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Adolescence and young adulthood recapitulates prior developmental phases and ventures into new territory. Character and defenses may be more flexible, yet separation-individuation struggles can challenge the therapeutic alliance. Using clinical examples, we will look at developmental tasks, special challenges in the transference-countertransference matrix, and consideration of technique . We will consider racial, cultural and socio-economic influences
Elizabeth M. Simpson, L.C.S.W., Member and Faculty, SFCP
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CASE CONFERENCES
Steven Goldberg, M.D., Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP
Wednesdays: January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2010
Terrence Becker, M.D., Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP
Wednesdays:March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2010
Note: Case Conference (only) will be cancelled on April 14th.
Class meetings: Wednesdays, from 12:00 p.m. — 2:45 p.m. Clinical Theory Track 12:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m. , followed by Case Conference 1:30 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
All class meetings will be held at SFCP , 2340 Jackson St, 4 th floor (entrance on Webster Street), San Francisco, CA;
18 sessions; 45 CE credits; $900. ELECTIVES ARE OPEN TO ALUMNI OF THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM. Alumni may register for one six-week elective; 7.5 CE credits; $150 for alumni taking elective only. For all Foundations and Electives courses, the cost of readers is not included in tuition. For further details and refund policies, see Fees and Payment Policy .
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