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Development II: 6 to 12 Years
March 4, 2022 @ 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Wyman Classroom
Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2021-22, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Ashley Harmon, MD
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March 4, 2022 — Moving Toward Adolescence
[24 pages]
The readings will introduce the physical and emotional changes in the time leading to puberty and adolescence. This time is rich in conflict, both internal and external. Physical changes, cognitive maturation, and increased self-reflection meet the greater external expectations for independence in the world and academic demands. Earlier intrapsychic conflicts are revived, and external conflicts emerge.
Lang, S. (2018) Grumpy Monkey. Random House, New York.
Gilmore, K. and Meersand, P. (2014) “Preadolescence: Bodily Changes, Changing Relationships, and the Transition to the Teen Years”, in Normal Child and Adolescent Development: A Psychodynamic Primer. Ch7, pp179-202.
Optional Reading
Ablon, S.L. (1990) Developmental Aspects of Self-Esteem in the Analysis of an 11-Year-Old Boy. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 45:337-356
