Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas
 

Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas
Psychoanalysis and Mindfulness
Spring 2009
Instructor: Alan J. Stern, PhD
Course Description:
This 10 session course will provide an exploration of the mutually enriching dialogue between clinicians basing their treatment on a psychoanalytic perspective and students of mindfulness working from a Buddhist perspective. We will discuss how an integration of these approaches to insight, awareness of body and mind, and self-acceptance helps with a variety of psychological problems, but especially disorders of the self. Readings will include Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, Psychoanalysis and Buddhism, Buddhism without Beliefs, Thoughts without a Thinker, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and The Mindful Way through Depression.

Each class will include a period of mindfulness practice. Class will be limited to 10 students and is for clinicians at beginning through advanced levels.
Time: Tuesday, 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Dates: March 10, 2009 - May 19, 2009 (No class on April 7)
Location: Center for Psychological and Family Services
              501 Eastowne Drive, Suite 220
              Chapel Hill
CME Credits: 15
CE Credits: 9 Category A & 6 Category B
Certificate Program Credit:
     Psychoanalysis: Students who successfully complete this course can earn elective course credit in the psychoanalysis certificate program.

     Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: At this time the psychotherapy certificate program doesn't include elective courses, and we anticipate that students will not earn credit in the psychotherapy certificate program for this course.
Registration Fee: Please include a check payable to PECC.
           By February 1: $25
           After February 1: $40

Registration Deadline: March 1
     In special circumstances we may accept registrations after March 1st, but
         there will be an additional $20 late registration fee.
Tuition: Due March 1
     $370 for non-matriculated students
     $345 for residents, graduate students, and other trainees
     $275 for students enrolled in a certificate program

Cancellation:
     The registration fee is non-refundable.
     Students who cancel before class begins will receive a tuition refund less
         a $40 administrative fee.
     There will be no refunds for cancellations after class has begun.

Required Texts: All books are available in paperback. If you click on the book title, you will be linked to the book's page at amazon.com. Other bookstores also carry these texts.
Batchelor, Stephen (1997) Buddhism without Beliefs. Riverhead Books, New York.
Epstein, Mark (1995; current paperback, 2004) Thoughts without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective. Basic Books, New York.
Germer, Christopher, K., Siegel, Ronald D., and Fulton, Paul R., eds., (2005) Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. The Guilford Press, New York.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1990) Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. Delta, New York.
Safran, Jeremy, ed. (2003) Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue. Wisdom Publications, Boston.
Williams, J. Mark G., Teasdale, John D., Segal, Zindel V. and Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2007) The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness. The Guilford Press, New York.
About the Instructor:
Alan J. Stern, PhD is a Training and Supervising Analyst and faculty member of the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Carolinas, the psychoanalysis certificate program of the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas. He is a past Director of the Institute and has also served as President of the NC Psychoanalytic Society. He is on the Adjunct Faculty of the UNC Department of Psychiatry and has been in private practice in Chapel Hill since 1982.

Course Objectives:
Class participants will be able to:
  • Understand the concept of mindfulness.
  • Understand how psychoanalytic psychology and Buddhist psychology have mutual concerns that can be usefully integrated.
  • Understand how mindfulness can help the psychodynamic therapist by promoting personal growth for the therapist.
  • Understand how mindfulness can help the psychodynamic therapist expand and improve perspectives on treatment.
  • Explore transference, countertransference, and transformation in psychoanalysis and Buddhism.
  • Explore relational treatment and relational mindfulness.
  • Discuss specific ways of using mindfulness to help treat anxiety and depression.
  • Discuss specific ways to using mindfulness to help treat narcissistic problems.
  • Discuss and practice forms of mindfulness using modes of meditation.
    • For additional information please contact:
    Sarah Tillis, LCSW, Administrator
    Phone: (919) 490-3212
    Email: [email protected]

    CME/CE Information: This activity has been planned and implemented with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The American Psychoanalytic Association and the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
    The North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
    If you have special needs or want information about registration cancellation, please contact the Administrator.

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