CF 602 Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Self Psychology

- Institute for Clinical Social Work -

Ph.D. Program: Spring 2015

Instructor:

Warren W. Sibilla Jr., Ph.D.

218 West Washington Street

Eighth Floor

South Bend, IN 46601

(574) 232-4453

ICSW Office Hours: Scheduled as Necessary

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of self psychology. Through the works of Heinz Kohut, his colleagues and subsequent generations of self-psychological thinkers, we will examine the evolution of central ideas and their application to a range of clinical questions.

Goals:

To achieve a working knowledge of the central concepts of self psychology
To recognize how these central concepts continue to evolve in current psychoanalytic thinking
To enhance the application of self psychological concepts to clinical work

Required Text:

There is no required text but below is a book suggested as a good Kohut primer. There is an assigned reading and several optional readings from this text. The assigned readings will be available in PDF format.

Optional Text:

Siegel, A. (1996). Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self. New York, NY: Routledge.

Written Work:

All written work should follow APA style. Please consult the APA Style Manual forcitations. Papers must be double-spaced and please edit your work. If you are submitting your work via email, you must put your name in the file document name.

Here are some resources that may prove useful to you:

CF 602 Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Self Psychology

Syllabus

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Readings:

Students are expected to read all assigned/required readings. Students will present a summary of at least one of the original readings. Please feel free to bring case examples to class that might illustrate the concepts we are examining.

Evaluation of Learning:

Attendance is mandatory. If a class is missed, a make-up activity will be negotiated with the instructor(s). If absence is necessary, students must inform the instructor by email or voice mail. More than two absences may result in failure grade.

Each student is responsible for an oral presentation on one or two readings chosen in the first class.

The oral presentation will include:

Summarize the key points of the reading(s)
Explain the primary concepts and seek to apply them
Within a clinical scenario
Within a cultural scenario
Raise questions about the concepts inviting further explication
(Demonstrate critical thinking/reasoning skills)
Presentations should be 20-30 minutes in length
Include written, informal notes/outline regarding the presentation given to the instructor after your presentation

There will be a midterm examination and a final paper. The midterm will be due one week after the fourth class. It will consist of 4-5 open book essay questions. These questions will be provided on or before the 3rd class. The final will consist of an 8 to 10 page paper. It will be due no later than midnight of the last scheduled class meeting. If it is emailed, make sure your last name in the file document name. The final paper assignment is on page 3 of this syllabus.

Each student will keep an electronic reading journal of the assigned readings and class material. The journal is a means of tracking and paying close attention to your personal reactions (conscious), psychical unconscious responses, and applying the clinical material read and presented in class; they will be collected three times per semester (see syllabus schedule below).

·Midterm is 25% of grade.

·Final Paper is 30% of grade.

·Class Participation is 15% of grade.

·Oral Presentation is 15% of grade.

. Reading Journal is 15% of grade.

CF 602 Psychodynamic Psychology IV: Self Psychology

Syllabus

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Final Paper Assignment

Choose one of the following concepts:

·Empathy

·Self object experience

·Development of the self

·Transference

·Narcissistic rage

·Shame

·Trauma

·Disavowal

·Restoration and vitality of the self

Using no less than threereferences, discuss the concept from a self-psychological perspective. The citations need not be exclusively from the assigned or optional readings. As an example, you may want to compare the similarities and differences between authors or trace the theoretical development of the concept. Although you are focusing on one concept, other concepts we have discussed may be included in your paper. Apply the concept chosen to a case and demonstrate how your increased knowledge of the concept influenced a specific treatment dynamic and/or your assessment of the person. The paper should be 8 to 10 pages long and in APA format. It is due no later than midnight the day of the last class via email in Word format.

Class Topics and Assigned Readings

Class 1: Introduction and Empathy – January 16th 2:15 to 4:15

Ornstein, H. and Ornstein, A. (1996). Some General Principles of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A self-psychological perspective. In L. Lifson (Ed.), Understanding therapeutic action: Psychodynamic concepts of cure. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. 87-101. Database

Kohut, H. (1959). Introspection, empathy, and psychoanalysis: an examination of the relationship between mode of observation and theory. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 7, 459-483.PEP

Geist, R. (2007). Who are you, and where are we going: Sustained empathic immersion in the opening phase of psychoanalytic treatment. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. 2:1-16. PEP

Lachmann, F. M. (2010) Going home. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. 5: 144-159. Database

Optional

Siegel, A. (1996) Chapter 3 Early papers: Emerging strands of a new cloth. In Heinz Kohut and the psychology of the self. New York, NY: Routledge. Database

Kohut (1991).Chapter 17, On empathy. In Ornstein, P. (ed.) The search for the self: selected writings of Heinz Kohut. Database

Class 2: Self Object Experience – January 30th 2:15 to 4:15

Siegel, A. (1996) Chapter 4 Toward a psychology of the self. In Heinz Kohut and the psychology of the self.New York, NY: Routledge. 55-69.

Kohut, H. (1991) Chapter 12 Four basic concepts in self psychology. In Ornstein, P. (ed.) The Search for the self: selected writings of Heinz Kohut. Database

Kohut, H. (1977). Chapter 4 The bipolar self. In The restoration of the self; 171-219. Database

Bacal, H. (1994). The Selfobject relationship in psychoanalytic treatment. Progress in Self Psychology, 10:21-30. PEP

Optional

Siegel, A. (1996). Chapters 7 and 8.Heinz Kohut and the psychology of the self. New York, NY: Routledge. Database

Class 3: Development (READING JOURNALS DUE) – February 13th 2:15 to 4:15

Tolpin, M. (1971). On the beginnings of the cohesive self: An application of the concept of transmuting internalization to the study of the transitional object and signal anxiety. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 16, 316-351.PEP

Beebe, B. and Lachmann, F. (1994). Representation and Internalization in Infancy: Three Principles of Salience. Psychoanalytic Psychology. PEP

Galatzer-Levy, R.M. and Cohler, B.J. (1990) The selfobjects of the second half of life: an introduction. In A. Goldberg(ed) The Realities of transference: Progress in self psychology, Hillsdale: The Analytic Press. Database

Stern, D (1983) The early development of schemas of self, other, and "self with other" In J. Lichtenberg & S. Kaplan (Eds.), Reflections on self psychology 49-83. PEP

Optional

Tolpin M (1978). Self-objects and oedipal objects—A crucial developmental distinction. The Psychoanalytic study of the child; 167-184.PEP

Class 4: Transference I – February 27th 2:15 to 4:15

Wolf, E. (1988).Chapters 10, Selfobject transferences, pg. 124-135, and 11 Countertransferences In Treating the self: Elements of clinical self psychology. 136-145. Database

Tolpin, M. (2002). Doing psychoanalysis of normal development: forward edge transferences. Progress in Self Psychology. 18:167-190. PEP

Ornstein, A. (1990). Chapter 5 Selfobject Transferences and the Process of Working Through. Progress in Self Psychology, 6:41. PEP

Kohut, H. (1979). The Two Analyses of Mr. Z. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 60:3-27. PEP

Optional

Siegel, A. (1996) Chapter 9 The Two Analyses of Mr. Z .In Heinz Kohut and the psychology of the self. . New York, NY: Routledge.

Class 5: Transference II – March 13th 2:15 to 4:15

Bacal, H. (1985). Optimal responsiveness and the therapeutic process. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), Progress in self psychology. 1: (pp. 202-227). New York: Guilford Press. PEP

Stolorow, R. and Lachmann, F. (1987). Transference—the organization of Experience. In R. Stolorow, B. Brandschaft, and Atwood, G. Psychoanalytic treatment, an intersubjective approach. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, pp. 28-46. Database

Palombo, J. (1985) Self-psychology and countertransference in the treatment of children.Journal of child & adolescent social work.2:1, 36-48. Database

Fosshage, J.L. (2007). The Analyst's participation in cocreating the analytic relationship: Implicit and explicit dimensions of analytic change. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. 2: 147-162 PEP

Class 6: Narcissism and Rage (READING JOURNALS DUE) March 27th 2:15 to 4:15

Kohut, H. (1972). Thoughts on narcissism and narcissistic rage. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 27:360-400. PEP

Terman, D.M. (1975). Aggression and narcissistic rage: A clinical elaboration. Annual of Psychoanalysis. 3:239-255. PEP

Ornstein, P.H. (1993). Chapter 12, Chronic rage from underground: Reflections on its structure and treatment. Progress in Self Psychology, 9:143-157 PEP

Lachmann, F.M. (2000). Transforming aggression. NJ: Jason Aronson, pp. 1-25. Database

Class 7: Trauma and disavowal – April 10th 2:15 to 4:15

Basch, M.F. (1983). The perception of reality and the disavowal of meaning.The Annual of psychoanalysis, 229-263.PEP

Ornstein, A. (1994). Trauma, memory, and psychic continuity. In A. Goldberg (ed), A Decade of Progress: Progress in self psychology, Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. PEP

Stolorow, R.D. (2007). Anxiety, authenticity, and trauma: The Relevance of Heidegger's existential analytic for analysis. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 24:373-383. PEP

Optional

Epstein, M. (2014). The Trauma of Everyday Life. USA: Penguin Books.

Class 8: Contemporary thoughts in self psychology (READING JOURNALS DUE)

April 24th 2:15 to 4:15

Palombo, J. (1992). Narratives, self-cohesion and patient’s search for meaning. Clinical Social Work Journal, 20 (3): 249-270. Database

Shane, E. (2006). Developmental systems self psychology. International Journal of psychoanalytic self psychology, 1 123-45. PEP

Knoblauch, S.H. (2008). Attention to the Analyst's Subjectivity: From Kohut to now... how are we doing? International Journal of Self Psychology 3:237-239. PEP

Geist, R. A. (2009). Empathy, connectedness, and the evolution of boundaries in self psychological treatment. International Journal of Self Psychology 4:2 165-80. PEP