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Self Pychology
January 29, 2021 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Wyman Classroom
Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2020-21, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Sue Radant, PhD
Donald Schimmel, PhD
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January 29, 2021 — Treatment
[51 pages]
This class will explore Kohut’s definition of the therapeutic goal: mobilization of narcissistic needs within in the transference, in order to build psychic structure through the process of transmuting internalization. The role of the empathic bond between therapist and patient will be discussed in a variety of contexts including the process of optimal frustration, correct interpretations, and the formation of patients’ own 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.