Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas
 

Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas


Thinking Psychoanalytically: The Basics
2010 - 2011
Instructors: William S. Meyer, MSW, BCD & Harold Kudler, MD
Course Description:
  • This 16-session course provides students with an essential vocabulary and a basic overview of a clinical and humanistic perspective informed by psychoanalysis.
  • Students will consider how childhood development, unconscious conflict, and psychological trauma influence memory, symptoms, relationships, and a sense of self.
  • Students will learn how psychoanalytic concepts can be applied to diagnoses and to understanding mature and immature defenses, transference, and countertransference.
  • Students will read seminal and contemporary papers and texts, now considered to be classics in the field. They will be introduced to the work of key psychoanalytic figures including Freud, Ferenczi, Sullivan, Bettelheim, Mahler, Winnicott, Bruch, and Fraiberg.
  • Students will learn about the history of psychoanalysis and something about its controversies.
    • The weekly meetings combine lecture and seminar formats, and student participation is encouraged. The instructors use a minimum of jargon, thereby demonstrating how psychoanalytic insights illuminate every day life and can assist the clinician in understanding and relating to people, regardless of clinical setting.
    This course, which focuses on how psychoanalytic ideas provide an informed approach to human motivations and behavior, has been designed for the mental health professional but is also appropriate for the interested lay person.
    Time: Monday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm (with 20 minute break)
    Dates: August 30 - January 10 (No class on: 9/6, 11/22, 12/20, & 12/27)
    Class Size: Class will be limited to 12 students.
    Location:
    Dodson Conference Room, Fourth Floor
    White Zone, Duke University Medical Center
    CME Credits: 42.7
    CE Credits: 9 Category A & 33.7 Category B
    Independent Study:
    Graduate students in the UNC School of Social Work may be able to receive Independent Study credit for this course. For additional information, please contact your advisor.
    Registration Fee:
  • Matriculated students aren't charged a course registration fee.
  • Non-matriculated students who register for more than one course in a semester pay only one registration fee.
  • Non-matriculated students should include the registration fee with the course application.
    • By July 16: $25
    After July 16: $40
    Registration Deadline: August 20
    In special circumstances we may accept registrations after August 20, but there will be an additional $20 late registration fee.
    Tuition: Due August 20
    $1155 for non-matriculated students
    $1070 for residents and graduate students
    $ 865 for students matriculated in the training programs
    Payment plans can be arranged with the Administrator.
    Cancellation:
  • The registration fee is non-refundable.
  • Students who cancel before class begins will be given a tuition refund less a $40 administrative fee.
  • There will be no refunds for cancellations after class begins.
  • Students who drop the class after it begins are expected to pay the full tuition.

    • Required Texts: All books are available in paperback, and you may be able to purchase used copies. If you click on the book title, you will be linked to the book's page at amazon.com, though other bookstores also carry these texts.
    Bettelheim, Bruno (1982) Freud and Man's Soul. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
    Bruch, Hilda (1974) Learning Psychotherapy: Rationale and Ground Rules.  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
    Malcolm, Janet (1981) Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
    Sullivan, Harry Stack (1970) The Psychiatric Interview.  WW Norton & Co., New York.

    Course Syllabi:
    Each evening will consist of two classes:
  • Theory - taught by Dr. Kudler
  • Technique - taught by Mr. Meyer.
    • Please review both the Theory Syllabus & the Technique Syllabus
    to see the topics and readings for each evening.
    Click here for Theory Syllabus.
    Click here for Technique Syllabus.
    About the Instructors:

    Harold Kudler, M.D. is Past Chair of the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation.  Dr. Kudler is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and an Advanced Candidate in both the Adult and Child programs of the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Carolinas.  He was a founding member of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center of North Carolina and is the recipient of multiple awards for teaching, including the American Psychoanalytic Association's Edith Sabshin Award for Excellence in Psychoanalytic Teaching.

    William S. Meyer, MSW, BCD is a past President the National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.  He is the Director of Training for the Department of Social Work at Duke University Medical Center, where he is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn. He has been teaching psychotherapy to Duke psychiatry residents for over 25 years. He is on the editorial board of the Clinical Social Work Journal and has authored and lectured on numerous clinical and theoretical papers.  He was the 2005 recipient of the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association, and in 1999 he was the recipient of the Heart of Social Work Award awarded at the meeting of the Council On Social Work Education. In summer 2010 he is to be the 2010 recipient of the Smith College School for Social Work, Day-Garrett Award.

    Course Objectives:
    Class participants will be able to:
  • Understand the historical, theoretical, and technical development of psychoanalysis.
  • Become informed about various key contributors to psychoanalytic thought including Freud, Ferenczi, Mahler, Kohut, Winnicott, Fraiberg, and Sullivan.
  • Articulate the principles of psychoanalytic listening and formulation and begin to apply theories of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in clinical settings.
  • Understand the manner in which we have acquired and now use mature and immature defenses.
  • Learn the essential considerations for beginning and sustaining a treatment.
  • Recognize and appreciate the richness of verbal and non-verbal communications.
  • Understand the nature and intensity of transference, both in the treatment situation and in every day life
  • Learn how a psychoanalytic perspective can inform all clinical work, from supportive to insight-oriented.
  • Understand the importance of career learning and supervision.


    • For additional information please contact:
    Sarah Tillis, LCSW, Administrator
    Phone: (919) 490-3212
    Email: admin@ncanalysis.org

    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 42.7 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, please contact the Administrator.

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