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CLDL 613: CASE CONFERENCE III

Fall 2009        

Sue Cebulko Ph.D., Instructor
317-566-2803   (Office)
317-319-7041 (Cell) 
scebulko@gmail.com

 

Course Description:

Goal:  To expand clinical skills and to foster the development of psychodynamic thinking.  Emphasis is on the therapists’ self-awareness as the primary tool for conducting a psychodynamic assessment and engaging in psychotherapy.  Casement’s Learning from the patient will be the framework for this class.  Therapists’ will practice developing and listening to their own internal supervisor.

Using core concepts of transference, countertransference, projective identification, and various other defenses, we will attempt to understand the dynamics of the patient and therapist as they work together.  These theoretical concepts will aide in our theoretical formulations and treatment process. 

 

Course objectives:

  1. Contribute to creating an atmosphere of curiosity and  openness
  2. Understand the clinical attitude necessary for psychodynamic assessment and therapy.
  3. Develop self awareness including attending to one’s internal processes, associations, and dreams.
  4. Improve ability to listen to the patient, including all forms of       communication both unconscious and conscious.
  5. Improve the ability to track process and formulate a dynamic       understanding.
  6. Improve the ability to convey clinical process in writing.

Grade for the course will be Pass/Fail. 
Grades will be determined by four equally weighted components:

  1. Class participation:  evidence of reading assigned material, ability to raise questions about the material and capacity to relate clinical experience to concepts presented in assigned readings.
  2. Presentation of readings for class discussion: 
    a.  Outline of major points without extraneous detail.
    b. Questions from presenter should stimulate discussion.   
  3. Presentation of a detailed case write up accompanied by process recordings from 3 successive sessions of a current case in any phase of therapy.
    a. Presentation shall include a brief description of the client, the presenting problem and its history, a brief description of relevant psychosexual developmental history, and reasons for choosing this case.
    b. Process recording shall be a detailed recalled (from memory) transcript of the dialogue.  The case must be emailed to the instructor and all class members at least 3 days prior to class.  This will allow time for review and processing.
  4. 4. Written assignment: Case Study

Using the Case Study Outline from the ICSW Student Manual, students will choose a current case and write a case report.  This does not have to be the same case presented in class.  However using the presented case for the final case report offers opportunity for integration of new material learned about the patient, therapist, and the therapeutic process.

 

Required Text:

Casement, J. (1991). Learning from the patient. New York:  The Guilford Press.

Hopkins, L. (1998). D.W.Winnicott’s analysis of Masud Khan. Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 34 (1) 5-47. PEP

 

Course Assignments:

Class 1:

Casement – Foreword, Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 3

Class 2:
Casement- Chapters 4, 5, 6
Student Case Presentation

Class 3:
Casement – Chapters 7, 8, 9
Student Case Presentation

Class 4:
Casement – Chapters 10, 11, 12
Student Case Presentation

Class 5:
Casement – Chapters 13, 14, 15
Student Case Presentation

Class 6:
Casement – Chapters 16, 17, 18
Student Case Presentation

Class 7:
Casement – Chapters 19, 20, Appendix I & II
Student Case Presentation

Class 8:
Masud Khan
Student Case Presentation
Case Study Report Due

 

 

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