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Self Psychology
Self Psychology
January 27, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Back Classroom
Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2022-23, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Donald Schimmel, PhD
Charlotte Malkmus, MA LMHC
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January 27, 2023 — Treatment
[51 pages]
This class will explore Kohut’s view on how analysis cures. We will discuss the mobilization of narcissistic needs within the transference, psychic structure building, and transmuting internalization. The role of the empathic bond between therapist and patient in various therapeutic contexts will also be discussed. This will include the concept of optimal frustration, correct interpretations, and the formation of patients’ empathic acceptance of themselves.
Kohut, H. (1984). “The Curative Effect of Analysis: The Self Psychological Reassessment of the Therapeutic Process” in How Does Analysis Cure?, Ch6, pp80-110.
Kohut, H. (1984). “The Role of Empathy in Psychoanalytic Cure” in How Does Analysis Cure?, Ch9, pp172-191.
