Freud 1,2,3: This course traces the evolution of Freud's clinical and theoretical works. This chronological review of his major papers is a prerequisite for future study of current psychoanalytic concepts. (33 sessions)

Analyzability 1, 2: This course explores the factors determining the feasibility of an analysis: indications for, the likeliness of success of, and the analyst/patient match. Other topics include the conversion of psychotherapy to psychoanalysis and the establishment of the analytic situation. Students examine clinical material provided by candidates and instructor. (22 sessions)

Psychological Development Across the Life Cycle: This course focuses on achieving a basic understanding of intrapsychic development from infancy through adulthood. The course will explore contributions of drive theory, ego psychology, object relations theory, and self psychology, as well as psychoanalytically informed infant observation. Discussion of selected articles and chapters will be supplemented by application to clinical situations. (33 sessions)

Transference, Countertransference, and Resistance: This course provides an introduction to the concepts of transference, countertransference and resistance as they have developed in psychoanalytic theory and as they appear in clinical psychoanalysis. Discussion of assigned readings will be supplemented by applications to clinical situations. (11 sessions)

Ego Psychology 1,2,3: This course explores the development of theories of psychic structure since 1923. The complementary roles of drives, affects, ego, conflict, compromise, object relations, and superego in the formation of psychic structure are all considered. (33 sessions)

Neurosis: This explores classic and contemporary psychoanalytic views of neurosis. Topics include anxiety, phobia, hysteria, and obsessional neurosis. (11 sessions)

Continuous Case Conference: This class focuses upon presentation of current supervised analytic cases, professional ethics, and case write ups. (22 sessions)

Clinical Use of Dreams: This course explores the relevance and technique of interpretation of dreams for clinical work in psychoanalysis. The course focuses upon theoretical and clinical papers, and a study of dreams from cases treated by candidates. (11 sessions)

Developmental Perspectives on Psychopathology: This course studies psychopathology from a developmental viewpoint. (22 sessions)

Interpretation, Reconstruction, Working Through: This course focuses upon the study of classical and recent papers on the topics of interpretation, reconstruction, and working through, using clinical material to illustrate technique. (11 sessions)

Object Relations 1,2: This course studies object relations theory in psychoanalysis, including American, Kleinian, and The British Middle Schools of object relations. (22 sessions)

Special Issues and the Creation of Patients: (taught in third year 2004-05) This course studies special topics in technique including the development of psychoanalytic cases and conversion of psychotherapy cases; the impact and meanings of fees, ethnic, and cultural factors; and the impact of aspects of the analyst and self-disclosure. (11 sessions)

Continuous Case: This course continues the sequence of continuous case seminars which focus upon psychoanalytic clinical material, ethics, and written presentations of psychoanalytic process. (33 sessions)

Self Psychology: This course introduces self psychology, as it originated with Kohut and evolved in current practice. (11 sessions)

Trauma: The course examines definitions of trauma, explores the impact of trauma on development, and looks at the implications for treatment of severe trauma in childhood. (11 sessions)

The Widening Scope 1,2: This course examines issues related to the widening scope of patients in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Topics include addictions, perversions, masochism, and borderline personality. (22 sessions)

Treatment Derivatives: (taught in the fourth year 2003-04) Psychoanalysis has many intellectual descendants, sometimes in partnership with other perspectives. These descendants include individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and milieu therapies. In addition, psychoanalysts have gradually extended the range of patients with whom they work. This course focuses on some of the similarities and differences between psychoanalysis and the therapies that have derived from it. (11 sessions)

Psychoanalytic Process and Modifications: This course studies the nature of psychoanalytic process. (11 sessions)

Continuous Case: This course continues the continuous case sequence, studying psychoanalytic clinical material, ethics, and written presentations of psychoanalytic process.(33 sessions)

Applied Psychoanalysis: This course studies the classical and contemporary applications of psychoanalysis to areas including art, literature, music, mythology, theatre, fairy tales, and cinema. (11 sessions)

Termination: This course covers special issues related to conducting the final phase of analytic treatment, addressing the analyst’s and patient’s roles and tasks during the pre-termination, termination, and post-termination phases. (11 sessions)

Advanced Seminar: A clinical case and current literature seminar for all advanced candidates continuing until graduation. (nine 2-hour sessions/year, conducted both in North Carolina and South Carolina)

Theory and Technique of Child Analysis: Establishment of analytic contract, adaptation of the fundamental rule, management of transference and resistance, and interpretation.

Psychopathology of Childhood/Adolescence: Psychopathological development in childhood and adolescence, including infantile, neurotic, characterologic, psychosomatic, borderline, and psychotic disturbances.

Theory and Technique of Adolescent Analysis: Adaptation of analytic technique to the developmental tasks and structural changes in early, middle, and late adolescence; management of transference and resistance; and maintenance of the analytic alliance.

Continuous Case Conference: Detailed presentation and review of ongoing child and adolescent psychoanalyses.