PENINSULA EXTENSION DIVISION
Sharon Levin , L.C.S.W and Mark Snyder, M.D., Co-Chairs
Michael Smith, Ph.D. and Susan Yamaguchi, L.C.S.W., Committee Members
YEAR LONG PROGRAM, SEPTEMBER 2008 - MAY 2009
* THROUGH A LENS BRIGHTLY: DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS
SATURDAY SEMINARS: ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES ON TRAUMA
* THE MYSTERY OF THERAPEUTIC ACTION
* SHAME VEILED AND UNVEILED
* HOW DO WE LISTEN, WHAT DO WE HEAR?
* PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY WITH COUPLES: USING COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
* DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT WITH GAY MEN
* TOWARD EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
* PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS
YEAR LONG PROGRAM
THROUGH A LENS BRIGHTLY: DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS
Join with us as we explore differing psychoanalytic theories. Psychoanalytic theory provides a framework to understand our patients' problems and inform our clinical decisions. In the Friday yearlong course we will compare and contrast different psychoanalytic theories beginning with Freud. The richness and relevance of these theories will be enhanced by extensive clinical material from both presenters and participants. In the Saturday seminars, which may be taken individually, we will examine a number of topics of particular importance in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
FREUD’S LEGACY TODAY
The stream of Freud’s work continues most directly in the ideas of structural and conflict theories. The Ego Psychological School is very syncretic and has evolved greatly since Freud’s time, incorporating ideas from other psychoanalytic schools with subsequent changes in theory and clinical practice. Clinical material will be provided to illustrate these ideas.
Eugene Woods, M.D., Member, Faculty, SFCP.
Fridays, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008.
KLEIN AND EARLY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
In this four-week class, participants will be introduced to Kleinian ideas on unconscious phantasy and its relationship to early mental development. Concepts including internal objects, introjection and projection, life and death instincts, envy, and the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions will be considered. Clinical material will illustrate these concepts.
Margo Chapin, M.F.T., Member, Faculty, SFCP.
Fridays, October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2008.
CLINICAL BION
Bion challenges us to be with patients to create moments of understanding and to tolerate not knowing. This struggle to understand, in a clinical hour, allows patient and therapist more access to what is “nasty” and therefore relegated to the unknown. This course will discuss some of Bion’s clinical theories: his thoughts about the container/contained, his ideas about thinking, memory and desire, and selected facts.
Shela Fisk, Ph.D., Member, Faculty, SFCP.
Fridays, January 9, 16, 23, 30 2009.
THE CLINICAL THEORY OF JACQUES LACAN: GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE CONDUCT OF TREATMENT
This introduction will focus on the role of transference in the cure and on the function of interpretation. We will examine the function of language and its limitations. In addition, the place of love, acting out, parapraxes and somatization within the context of the cure will be examined.
Martine Aniel, Ph.D., Member, Faculty, Personal & Supervising Analyst, PINC.
Fridays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS AS DEPICTED BY THE BRITISH OBJECT RELATIONS SCHOOL AND CONTEMPORARY RELATIONAL THEORISTS
This class will look at the relationship between therapist/analyst and patient/analysand from the spectrum of points of view enunciated by relational psychoanalytic theorists from the British School to the present. Clinical vignettes and readings will be chosen to illuminate the diverse theoretical perspectives of the object relations, interpersonal, relational and intersubjective theorists.
Beth Taylor, M.D., Member, Faculty, SFCP.
Fridays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009.
ATTACHMENT THEORY: A NEW LENS TO VIEW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS
Attachment research has yielded fascinating findings, but how do we integrate it with other theories and with clinical technique? We will approach this question by comparing and contrasting attachment theory with other perspectives. An especially interesting interface is between the interpersonal implications of attachment theory and the intrapsychic focus of theories such as those of Klein and Bion.
Karen Johnson, M.D., Member, Faculty, Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP.
Fridays, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2009.
Class meetings: Fridays from 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.; All class meetings will be held at Stanford University Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Building, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford; 24 sessions; 36 CME credits; $1,000; readers cost not included in tuition; for refund policies see registration. Enrollment: min 8, max.16.
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SATURDAY SEMINARS
THE MYSTERY OF THERAPEUTIC ACTION
Changes resulting from psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy can be profound, but difficult to describe and understand. We will approach the question of therapeutic action pragmatically, looking first at beneficial changes that patients report then thinking about what in the analytic process facilitated their coming about.
Michael Smith, Ph.D., Affiliate Member, SFCP.
Saturday, October 25, 2008.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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SHAME VEILED AND UNVEILED
The psychoanalytic theory of shame and our personal as well as clinical experiences illustrate important developmental aspects of the shame affect. Often those who undergo repeated shame experiences use substitute affects such as rage or depression to disavow their experience of shame. Anticipatory shame and defensive phenomena can be observed in the clinical setting in the transference/countertransference experience.
Mali Mann, M.D., Member, Faculty, Child Psychoanalyst, Training & Supervising Analyst, SFCP.
Saturday, November 1, 2008.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road. Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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HOW DO WE LISTEN, WHAT DO WE HEAR?
Patients communicate to us on many different levels: verbally, nonverbally, consciously and unconsciously, through their body language, and through their cultural, ethnic and racial "language". We will pay special attention to the patient's unconscious communications, which can be understood in the transference/countertransference experience. Case material will illustrate these concepts.
Sharon Levin, L.C.S.W., Member, Faculty, SFCP, and Susan Yamaguchi, L.C.S.W., Affiliate Member, SFCP.
Saturday November 15, 2008 .
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY WITH COUPLES: USING COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
Working with couples can be challenging, engaging and frustrating. In this workshop we will direct attention to unconscious processes in the couple, and particularly how the inevitable feelings and reactions engendered in the therapist by the couple can be used to inform therapeutic understanding and interpretation. Case material will be used to illustrate unconscious processes in couple dynamics and how t he therapist can intervene to enhance intimacy.
Jan Mill, Ph.D., Member, Faculty, SFCP, and Peter Klein, Ph.D., Associate, The Couples Institute, Menlo Park.
Saturdays, January 24, 31, 2009.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 6 CME credits; $150
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DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT WITH GAY MEN
This seminar will review early childhood experiences for boys who grow up to be gay, emphasizing the potential Oedipal scenarios he may face. Drawing on work with adolescent and adult gay men in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, the psychological consequences of empathic failures during the Oedipal stage will be addressed, with a particular emphasis on internalized homophobia, self-esteem, and romantic relationships.
Gary Grossman, Ph.D., Member & Faculty, SFCP.
Saturday February 7, 2009.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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TOWARD EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
This seminar will begin by establishing a working definition of addiction. There will be an overview of current neurological, sociological and psychological thinking regarding etiology and treatment. The primary orientation of the seminar is to examine ways for analytically oriented therapists to use effective treatment modalities and to understand the adaptations that must be made in working with addicted patients.
Susan Hamlin, L.C.S.W., Affiliate Member, SFCP.
Saturday March 7, 2009.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS
Patients with eating disorders come to us in the grip of a defensive organization that while giving them the illusion of protection, keep them rigidly fixed in life threatening symptoms. We will examine current psychoanalytic understanding of patients with eating disorders and discuss implications for treatment. Using clinical material we will discuss the difficulties in reaching these patients who communicate in every way that our interest is unwelcome.
Jana Kahn Ph.D., Member, Faculty SFCP, and Ann Martini L.C.S.W., Member, Faculty SFCP.
Saturday May 2, 2009.
Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; 3 CME credits; $75
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Readers’ cost not included in the tuition. For refund policies, see registration.
