Starting a Psychoanalysis: Opening Phase

Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2020-21, 1st Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Cara Alexander, MD

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October 16, 2020 — Establishing a Psychoanalytic Frame – Classical Perspectives

[25 pages]

*Note: Next week includes a lot of reading.  You may choose to read ahead if you have time. 

Sandler, J. (1960). The Background of Safety. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 41:352-356.

Busch, F. (1995). Beginning A Psychoanalytic Treatment: Establishing an Analytic Frame. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 43:449-468