Late Middle Phase and Termination

Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2019-20, 3rd Trimester — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Ronald Furedy, MD

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May 22, 2020 — Resistance to intense affect and superego conflicts during termination

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Levenson speaks to how affects may increase in intensity during termination, including anger with aggression. The intensity may lead the analyst to retreat to authority to manage these intense affects. Salberg addresses many topics including the necessary integrative work that may only occur during termination. The mutual process of detaching creates powerful feelings in both the analyst and analysand.

Levenson, L.N. (1998). Superego Defense Analysis in the Termination Phase. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 46(3):847-866.

Salberg, J. (2009). Leaning Into Termination. Psychoanal. Dial., 19(6):704-722.