CL 614
Case Conference IV
Sherwood A. Faigen
137 N. Oak Park, Suite 403
Oak Park, Illinois 60301
708/848-9321
SFaigen846@AOL.com
Fax: 708/848-9344
Grades for the course will be Pass/Fail. Evaluations
of students will be based on A) participation in class discussions
of case material; B) participation in class discussions of required readings;
C) quality (i.e., forthrightness, openness, and thoughtfulness) of case
presentations; and D )quality of required papers (no more than 10 double-spaced
pages)
Students should use APA formatting for formal
papers. All sources (books, articles, Internet, etc.) quoted directly or
indirectly must be properly cited. Late papers will not be accepted unless
a formal request is made at least one week before the paper is due.
Attendance at all classes is expected. If a class
must be missed, the instructor must be notified in advance.
Goals for this course include:
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Achievement of an enhanced capacity to follow
and comprehend clinical process with respect both to manifest and implied
meaning.
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Achievement of an enhanced capacity to understand
both conscious and unconscious communication of client and clinical social
worker as they affect the clinical interaction.
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Improvement in the ability to identify and understand
issues of the middle phase of treatment
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Achievement of an enhanced sensitivity to issues of
transference and countertransference as they may be employed to understand
the therapeutic interaction
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Improvement of the ability to understand and resolve
typical impasses occurring in the middle phase of treatment
Improvement of the ability to present clinical
material orally, in a clear, open, and understandable manner.
All required readings are available online via the
PEP Archive.
COURSE OUTLINE
# 1
Student Case Presentation and Guntrip, H.
(1975). My experience of analysis with Fairbairn and Winnicott. International
Review of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 2. (PEP)
#2
Student Case Presentation and Hopkins, L.(1998).
D.W.Winnicott’s analysis of Masud Khan. Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
Vol. 34. No. 1. (PEP)
#3
Student Case Presentation and Schafer, R.(1995).
Aloneness in the countertransference. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Vol.
64. (PEP)
#4
Student Case Presentation and Hoffman, I. (1983).
The Patient as interpreter of the analyst's experience. Contemporary
Psychoanalysis. Vol. 19, No. 3. (PEP)
#5
Student Case Presentation and Bollas, C. (1983).
Expressive uses of the countertransference. Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
Vol. 19, No. 1.
#6
Student Case Presentation and Bollas, C. (1996)
Figures and their functions: on the oedipal structure of a psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Vol. LXV. (PEP)
#7
Student Case Presentation and Symington, N. (1990).
The possibility of human freedom and its transmission (with particular
reference to the thought of Bion). International Journal of Psycho-Analysis,
Vol 71, part 1. (PEP)
Symington, N. (2003). Healing the mind: what is
the process? What is the healer’s task? Fort da. Vol. 9 (2).
Retrieved 7-3-06 from http://www.fortda.org/pdf/03fall.pdf
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Final Class Session
