W.
ES 501
Advanced Self Psychology

Spring, 2008 

Amy Eldridge, PhD
eldridge@icsw.edi 
R. Dennis Shelby, PhD 
rdshelby@icsw.edu


 


This course focuses on theoretical developments since Kohut.  We will overview the major theories of self psychology, their relation to evolving epistemologies and our clinical work.
  

Goals 

  1. Overview of the major theoretical schools of Self Psychology since Kohut
  2. Introduce the ideas that expand Kohut’s Self Psychology, within his framework
  3. Introduce the principles of Intersubjectivity Theory in Self Psychology
  4. Introduce the principles of Motivational Systems and Affect Theory applied to Self Psychology
  5. Introduce the principles of Dynamic Systems Theory as it applies to Self Psychology
  6. Introduce Relational Self Psychology


Evaluation 
This is a pass-fail elective course. Students are expected to read assigned readings and actively contribute to class discussion.
 

COURSE OUTLINE

January, 26, 2008  Class 1, Introduction: Self Psychology Post-Kohut: Selfobject Matrix, Intersubjectivity, Motivational Systems and Affect, Developmental Systems Perspective
Amy/Dennis 

Orange, D. (2000) The Chicago Institute lectures (Review of Heinz Kohut, edited by Paul Tolpin and Marion Tolpin. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 17 (2) p240  PEP

Shane, E, Shane, M, and Gales, M., (1997) Intimate attachments. New York, NY, Guilford Press pp. 10-16 (PDF attached)

Shane, M. and E. Shane. (1993) Self psychology after Kohut: One theory or many? Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 41: (3), 777-798.  PEP
 

February 9 Class 2,   Contemporary Chicago School: Applying “Classical” Ideas
Dennis

Tolpin, M. (2002)  Doing psychoanalysis of normal development: Forward edge transferences. Progress in Self Psychology, 18, 129-148. PEP

Tolpin, M.(1997) The development of sexuality and the self.  Annual of Psychoanalysis, 25, p. 173, 15p.  PEP

Tolpin, M. (1993)The unmirrored self, compensatory structure, and cure: The exemplary case of Anna O.  Annual of Psychoanalysis,  21, p. 157, 21p. PEP
 

February, 23 2008 Class 3, Intersubjectivity within Self Psychology 
Amy

Stolorow, R.; Brandchaft, B.; and Atwood, G. (1987)  Psychoanalytic treatment: An intersubjective approach.  Hillsdale, NJ:  The Analytic Press.  pp. 1-106
 

March 8, 2008 Class 4   Self as Structure
Dennis
 
Goldberg, A. (1995).  The problem of perversion.  New Haven: Yale University Press.  Introduction-Chapter 6
 
 
April 5, 2008 Class  5    Contemporary Chicago School:  Clinical work as hermeneutic work, Case Discussion
Dennis

Goldberg, A. (1995).  The problem of perversion.  New Haven: Yale University Press.  Chapters 6-10
 

April 19, 2008 Class 6, Motivational Systems and Affect Theory within Self Psychology
Amy

Beebe, B.; Knoblauch, S.; Rustin, J; Sorter, D. (2003) Introduction: A systems View.  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 13 (6), p. 743 PEP 

Lachmann, F. (2001)  Some contributions of infant research to adult psychoanalysis:  What have we learned:  How can we apply it?  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 11(2), p. 167 PEP

Lichtenberg, J. (1988) Infant research and self psychology.  Progress in Self Psychology, 3, p. 59 PEP
 

May 3, 2008 Class 7, Developmental Systems and their Application to Self Psychology
Amy

Davis, S. ((2002)  The relevance of Gerald Edelman’s theory of neuronal group selection and nonlinear dynamic systems for psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 22 , pp. 814-840 PEP

Shane, E. (2006) Developmental systems self psychology.  International Journal of Self Psychology, 1 (1) p. 23

Coburn, W.  (2007). Psychoanalytic complexity: Pouring new wine directly into one’s mouth. In New developments in self psychology Practice, ed. P. Buriski and A. Kottler.  (In press, cited with author’s permission)
 

May 17, 2008 Class 8 Relational Self Psychology
Amy

Fosshage, J. (2003)  Contextualizing self psychology and telational psychoanalysis: Bi-directional influence and proposed dynthesis.  Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39 (3) p. 411  PEP

Teicholz, J. (2000) The analyst’s empathy, subjectivity, and authenticity:  affect as the common denominator.  Progress in Self Psychology, 16, p. 33 PEP

Orange, D. (2002)  There is not outside:  Empathy and authenticity in psychoanalytic process.  Psychoanalytic Psychology, 19 (4) p. 686 PEP
 
 
 
 
 

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