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Development I: Birth to 5 Years
September 18, 2020 @ 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Freud Classroom
Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2020-21, 1st Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Judy K. Eekhoff, PhD
Kelly Lippman, LMHC
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September 18, 2020 — Ideas about Developmental Progression – Positions
[39 pages]
One way to think about development is as a three-dimensional spiral, one that begins small and ends wide. The movement occurs via a dialectical interaction between the three positions as originally conceptualized by Melanie Klein – the autistic-contiguous, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions. All three remain active throughout life. This session will introduce progression as the interaction between internal and external factors that contribute to the generation of the meaning of experience.
Ogden, T.H. (1989). On the Concept of an Autistic-Contiguous Position. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 70:127-140.
Klein, M. (1946). Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 27:99-110.
Segal, H. (1979) The Depressive Position. In H. Segal Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein (pp. 78-90) London: Karnack Books.
Optional Reading
Pick, I.B. (1992). The Emergence of Early Object Relations in the Psychoanalytic Setting. New Library of Psychoanalysis, 14:24-33.
Riviere, J. (1936). On the Genesis of Psychical Conflict in Earliest Infancy. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 17:395-422.
