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What Makes Therapy PSA?
September 14, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm, Wyman Classroom
Integrated Child & Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ICAPP)
2020-21, 1st Block — Mondays, 6:30-7:45pm
Kelly Lippman, LMHC
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Introduction
There are many theories and schools of thought within psychoanalysis. You will be studying a number of different orientations over the next two years. You will undoubtedly notice how they overlap at time, or how they differentiate in important  ways at other times. However, the significance of the dynamic unconscious is fundamental to all, and we have chosen to focus on the ubiquity of the unconscious, and how we as clinicians can best serve the people who come to us, by respecting and listening to their unconscious as well as their conscious communication. This is a unifying concept in psychoanalysis, a foundational principle. And we chose to begin with an important aspect of what unites us as psychoanalytic clinicians.
We have prepared a syllabus that we hope you will find interesting and useful. We look forward to hearing your objectives for yourselves in beginning this program. We welcome feedback on the course and the readings as we proceed. This course and this syllabus are also dynamic undertakings and we are ready to respond to the group’s wishes and interests as we work together.
Learning Objectives
The following two learning objectives have directed our choice of topics and readings. At the end of the course participants will:
- be able to recognize and discuss the role and use of the unconscious in everyday life and in psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy. They will be able to listen for verbal and nonverbal unconscious communication, identify possible unconscious underpinnings of conscious choices and actions, and thereby increase their understanding of their patients’ internal worlds (and their own in relation to their patients’), providing more options of how and where to intervene with patients.
- have a firm start in creating a safe and effective learning environment where ideas can be shared and explored, and discussions can be wide-ranging. A developing sense of safety will allow participants to intellectually support and challenge one another in a creative, dynamic, and respectful manner.
September 14, 2020 — Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
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Historical and Cultural Context
Gaztambide draws our attention to how the psychoanalytic approach to psychotherapy developed in particular social and cultural conditions and illustrates how psychoanalysis continues to grow and adapt across contexts.
Gaztambide, D.J. (2012). “A Psychotherapy for the People: Freud, Ferenczi and Psychoanalytic Work with the Underprivileged”. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 48(2): 141-165