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Child
/ Adolescent Psychoanalytic Training Note:
Courses with similar content are numbered the same for each year, so
that, for example, all Continuous Case Seminars have "-03"
as their last two digits. Courses in the Child Analysis Program have
the letter "C" after their numbers and begin with the digits
"-06" to maintain consistency throughout the years of the
Child Analysis Program. FIRST YEAR
For candidates
in the child analytic program. Focus is on the principles of the psychoanalytic
treatment of children and adolescents. It deals with the differences
between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, indications for analysis,
and the role of parents. Manifestations of specific analytic phenomena,
such as resistance, transference, interpretation, and counter-transference
will be studied, as well as applicable techniques and the modifications
that are necessary for the various maturational levels. SECOND YEAR
Significant
papers on the classical and contemporary literature on developmental,
neurotic, borderline, and psychotic clinical entities will be studied,
along with clinical material and comparative perspectives to the adult.
A child analytic
case will be presented by an experienced child analyst to demonstrate
significant theoretical and clinical issues, viewing developmental phenomena,
psychopathology, and related literature. A pre-adolescent or adolescent
case will be presented in the second semester to demonstrate the pertinent
issues in analyzing individuals in this phase of development, integrating
the understanding of theory, pathology,and psychoanalytic process. THIRD YEAR
A continuation
of 206C with clinical material and comparative perspectives to the adult.
Excerpts
from a child analytic case will be compared with an adult analytic case
in order to study the similarities and differences in psychoanalysis
along the developmental continuum. The second semester is a continuation
with excerpts from a pre-adolescent or adolescent analytic case as described
above. FOURTH YEAR
Special problems and termination will be considered.
A child candidate
will present a case. FIFTH YEAR
Discussion
of current literature by all child candidates and faculty. Meeting monthly.
All candidates and faculty members are invited.
A child analysis candidate will present a case for the candidates in the child analytic program.
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The
curriculum consists of seminars in Theory, Human Development, Applied
Theory, Technique, Continuous Case Conferences, and Child and Adolescent
Psychoanalysis. Candidates enrolled in the Child/Adolescent Psychoanalytic
Program attend additional seminars. Ordinarily the courses cover four
academic years of instruction in the core curriculum plus a required
advanced seminar in the fifth year. The Education Committee may make
changes in the program of instruction to meet special class needs.