Deepening the Treatment

Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (APP)
2019-20, 3rd Block — Mondays, 6:30-7:45pm
Charlotte Malkmus, MA LMHC

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Introduction

The development of the capacities referenced in the Learning Objectives for this class will result in enhanced patient retention and clinical efficacy.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. develop a therapeutic stance that is most conducive to deepening psychoanalytically-informed treatments
2. recognize the centrality of the enacted dimension of treatment, which occurs alongside the verbal dimension of treatment
3. address more challenging transference and countertransference configurations in treatment, and
4. assess key clinical decision points from the standpoint of their impact on the depth of the treatment

January 27, 2020 — Countertransference

[32 pages]

Maroda, K. (1991). Introduction & Ch1 in The Power of Countertransference. Chichester, NY: Wiley. pp1-32.