Introduction To Child Analysis

Child Psychoanalytic Training (CPT)
2018-19, 1st Trimester — Fridays, 10:15-11:45am
Kenneth King, MD
Denise C.K. Fort, PhD

Table of Contents

Introduction

Optional Further Readings:

Control Mastery Theory

Weiss, J. (1993). The therapist's task. How Psychotherapy Works: Process and Technique. NY: Guilford Press

Lacanian

Mathelin, C. (1999). The first meeting with the analyst, in Lacanian Psychotherapy with Children: the Broken Piano. Y. The Other Press

Relational

Altman, N., Briggs, R., Frankel, J. Gensler, D., & Pantone, P. (2002). Including parents in the psychotherapy. Relational Child Psychotherapy. New York. Other Press.

Interpersonal

Gaines, R. (1995). The treatment of children, in Handbook of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. M. Lionells, J. Fiscalini, C.H. Mann, D.B. Stern. Hillsdale, N.J.: The Analytic Press. pp. 751-770

Kleinian

Baruch, G. (1997). The impact of parental interventions on the analysis of a 5-year-old boy. IJP 78:913-926 (case supervised by Betty Joseph)

Neo-Kleinian

Alvarez, A. (1997). Projective Identification as a communication: its grammar in borderline psychotic children. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 7:753-768.
Alvarez, A. (1992). The long fall. Live Company--Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Autistic, Borderline, Deprived, and Abused Children. Y.: Routledge, pp. 12-25

Object Relations

Sandler, A.M. (1996). Some problems in transference and countertransference in child and adolescent analysis. In Countertransference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents. J. Tsiantis, A.M. Sandler, D. Anastasopoulos, & B. Martindale. London: Karnac. pp. 69-88

Self-Psychology

Galateer-Levy, R.M. (2001). Aalysis of a frightened little boy. In Tyson, R.I. (Ed.) Analysis of the Under-Five Child. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press. pp. 99-126
Miller, J.P. (1996). Secondary Selfobject, secondary self-structure. Using Self Psychology in Child Psychotherapy: the Restoration of the Child. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson. pp. 75-118; 186-194.

Bionian

Ferro, A. (1999). Play. The Bi-Personal Field: Experiences in Child Analysis. Y.: Routledge, pp. 54-76

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course participants will be able to:

Describe the historical development and current status of child psychoanalysis
Discuss the multiple perspectives of a metapsychological theory of child development
Develop skills needed to establish and maintain a working alliance with parents
Utilize technical modifications as determined by the child’s developmental stage and emotional resources

September 7, 2018 — The Relationship with Parents

[50 pages]

Novick, J. Novick, K.K. (2000). Parent Work in Analysis: Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Part One: The Evaluation Phase. J. Infant Child Adolesc. Psychother., 1(4):55-77.

Novick, K.K. Novick, J. (2002). Parent Work in Analysis II—Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Recommendation, Beginning, and Middle Phases of Treatment. J. Infant Child Adolesc. Psychother., 2(1):1-27.

September 14, 2018 — The Relationship with Parents and Metapsychology

[55 pages]

Rosenbaum, A.L. (1994). The Assessment of Parental Functioning: A Critical Process in the Evaluation of Children for Psychoanalysis. Psychoanal Q., 63:466-490.

Novick, K.K. Novick, J. (2002). Reclaiming the Land. Psychoanal. Psychol., 19(2):348-377.

Optional Reading

Mahon, E.J. (2001). Anna Freud and the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:76-95.

Kris, A.O. (2001). Discussion of “Anna Freud and the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique”. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:96-100.

September 21, 2018 — Historical Perspective

[61 pages]

Solnit, A.J. (2001). Introduction and Historical Perspective. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:3-8.

Harley, M. (1986). Child Analysis, 1947–1984—A Retrospective. Psychoanal. St. Child, 41:129-153.

Miller, J.M. (1996). Anna Freud. Psychoanal. St. Child, 51:142-171.

September 28, 2018 — Changes in Technique

[32 pages]

Neubauer, P.B. (2001). Emerging Issues: Some Observations about Changes in Technique in Child Analysis. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:16-26.

Ablon, S.L. (2001). The Work of Transformation: Changes in Technique since Anna Freud’s Normality and Pathology in Childhood. Psychoanal. St. Child, 56:27-38.

Feigelson, C.I. (1977). On the Essential Characteristics of Child Analysis. Psychoanal. St. Child, 32:353-361.

October 5, 2018 — Fundamentals

[16 pages]

Yanof, J.; Harrison, A. (2017). “Technique in Child Analysis” in Textbook of Psychoanalysis. G. Gabbard, B. Litowitz, P. Williams, Eds. New Dellhi, India, CBS Publishers. pp333-348.

October 12, 2018 — Play and Development

[49 pages]

Solnit, A.J. (1987). A Psychoanalytic View of Play. Psychoanal. St. Child, 42:205-219.

Maenchen, A. (1970). On the Technique of Child Analysis in Relation to Stages of Development. Psychoanal. St. Child, 25:175-208.

October 19, 2018 — Technique with Children and Adolescents

[66 pages]

Bernstein, I. (1975). On the Technique of Child and Adolescent Analysis. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 23:190-232.

Hoffman, L. (2007). Do Children Get Better when we Interpret their Defenses against Painful Feelings?. Psychoanal. St. Child, 62:291-313.

October 26, 2018 — Countertransference

[25 pages]

Kohrman, R. Fineberg, H.H. Gelman, R.L. Weiss, S. (1971). Technique of Child Analysis: Problems of Countertransference. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 52:487-497.

Marcus, I.M. (1980). Countertransference and the Psychoanalytic Process in Children and Adolescents. Psychoanal. St. Child, 35:285-298.

November 2, 2018 — Mentalization

[28 pages]

Fonagy, P.; Target, M. (1998). Mentalization and the Changing Aims of Child Psychoanalysis. Psychoanal. Dial., 8(1):87-114.

November 9, 2018 — Enactments and Levels of Analytic Work