Introduction to Child Analysis

Fourth Year Child Psychoanalytic Training (CPT)
2020-21, 1st Trimester — Fridays, 10:15-11:45am
Julie Wood, MA
Ellika McGuire, MD
Ann De Lancey, PhD
Donald Schimmel, PhD
Denise C.K. Fort, PhD
Flaviane Ferreira, MD LMHC

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September 18, 2020 — History of Child Psychoanalysis: Anna Freud

Presenter: Julie Wood, MA

[30 pages]

This week we’ll look at the historical foundations of child psychoanalysis. Anna Freud began her studies with her father in Vienna, from her perspective as an analysand (of her father’s) and a preschool teacher. In London, she established the Hampstead Nursery and applied her developmental knowledge of psychoanalysis to children. Meanwhile, Melanie Klein, had already been working in London and had a following of people working with children. Please come prepared to discuss the Miller article.

Miller, J.M. (1996). Anna Freud. Psychoanal. St. Child, 51:142-171.

Optional Reading

Feigelson, C.I. (1977). On the Essential Characteristics of Child Analysis. Psychoanal. St. Child, 32:353-361.

Edgcumbe, R. (1983). Anna Freud—Child Analyst. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 64:427-433

Solnit, A.J. (2001). Introduction and Historical Perspective. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:3-8.

Mahon, E.J. (2001). Anna Freud and the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:76-95.

Kris, A.O. (2001). Discussion of “Anna Freud and the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique”. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:96-100.

(Additional readings are for both weeks 1 and 2.)