From Freud to Ego Psychology (202A)
(formerly part of Psychoanalytic Models of the Mind Part 1)

Instructors: Don Rosenblitt, MD and TBA

Open to Distance Learners

From Freud to Ego Psychology is the first of a four-part series that provides an introduction to the major phases of development in psychoanalytic theory from its origins in the latter part of the 19th century to the present. This is an 8-session course that focuses on psychoanalytic theories originating in Freud, his contemporaries, and their successors.  The ego psychological model includes ego functions, conflict-free ego sphere, defenses, and the impact of both internal & environmental influences and/or conflicts on ego functioning.  This course is intended for clinicians at beginning through intermediate levels.

 Prerequisite: Students will need a basic exposure to and understanding of psychoanalytic theory and its application to the treatment of patients. Applicants can meet this requirement through previous coursework, training, or supervision (e.g., Thinking Psychoanalytically: The Basics; the PPSC Introductory Course; psychoanalytic coursework or supervision in graduate school/residency or post-graduation). Applicants who don't meet this requirement can register for the course with permission of the instructors.

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Where:    Center for Psychological and Family Services, Chapel Hill
When:     August 27 - October 22, 2019  (no class Oct 8)
Time:       5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
CME Credits: 12 / CE clock hours: 12 / NBCC: 12 clock hours / All others: Letter of Attendance

About the Instructors: Donald Rosenblitt, MD and TBA

Required Texts:

PURCHASE

Sandler, J., et.al. (1997) Freud’s models of the mind An introduction. (pp. 1 – 161). London: H. Karnac Books Ltd.

Freud, A.  (1966)  The writings of Anna Freud.  Volume II.  The ego and the mechanisms of defense. (Parts 1 and 2, pp. 3 – 105)  New York: New York  International University Press  (This translation and edition is from 1966, but the work was published in 1936)

Busch, Fred.   Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind  (Routledge).  

Course Syllabus: click here

Registration and Tuition Deadline deadline is August 20. 
$25 Registration Fee is due at time of application.
Tuition: $315
$235 for students matriculated in the training programs 
$290 for residents and graduate students
Payment plans can be arranged with the Administrator
Matriculated students aren't charged a course registration fee.  Students who register for more than one course in a semester pay only one registration fee.  In special circumstances we may accept registrations after the registration deadline, but there will be an additional $20 late registration fee.
Course Cancellation Policy

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Course Learning Objectives: (may be edited before class)

Upon completion, class participants will be able to:

1. Describe and discuss Freud's metapsychology using the affect/trauma model. 
2. Describe and discuss Freud's metapsychology using the topographic model.
3. Describe and discuss Freud's metapsychology using the structural model.
4. Discuss the ego psychological model of the mid-to-late twentieth century in North America as it relates to ego functions.
5. Discuss this ego psychological model as it relates to the concept of a conflict-free ego sphere.
6. Discuss this ego psychological model as it relates to the concept of defenses.
7. Describe how this ego psychological model considers the impact on ego functioning of both internal environmental influences and/or conflicts.
8. Demonstrate how to apply Freud’s models by making a patient formulation using the language of each of these theories.
9. Describe how each of the theories might impact your therapeutic technique.
10. Discuss the advantages in clinical usefulness of each model above when you consider the self and self in relation to others that the theory illuminates.
11. Discuss the advantages in clinical usefulness of each model above when you consider the self and self in relation to others that the theory neglects.
12. Discuss the limitations in clinical usefulness of each model above when you consider the self and self in relation to others that the theory illuminates.
13. Discuss the limitation in clinical usefulness of each model above that the theory neglects when you consider the self and self in relation to others.
14. Discuss whether aspects of each theory can be applied to understanding families.
15. Discuss whether aspects of each theory can be applied to understanding groups.
16. Discuss whether aspects of each theory can be applied to understanding communities within a social-cultural context.
17. Explain the historical context and evolution of each model as they moved from one to the next.

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