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Thinking Psychoanalytically: The Basics
Dodson Conference Room, Fourth Floor White Zone, Duke University Medical Center, South
40 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham, NC
Monday, August 27, 2018, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Category: Courses

Thinking Psychoanalytically: The Basics (101)
Instructors: William Meyer, MSW and Shelley Holmer, MD

  • Students will be introduced to the history of psychoanalysis and to some of 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. 



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Where:    Dodson Conference Room, Fourth Floor - White Zone, Duke University Medical Center
When:     August 27 - December 17, 2018    No class on 9/3.
Time:       6:30pm - 8:00pm




About the Instructors: William Meyer, MSW and Shelley Holmer, MD

Required Text: Semrad:The Heart of the Therapist, edited by Susan Rako, MD and Harvey Mazer, MD.  This book should be purchased in advance and is readily available from and other booksellers. 

Course Syllabus: Click Here

Registration and Tuition Deadline deadline is August 20. 
$25 Registration Fee is due at time of application.

Tuition: $650
$485 for students matriculated in the training programs 
$600 for residents and graduate students
Payment plans can be arranged with the Administrator

Course Cancellation Policy

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Course Learning Objectives: 
Class participants will be abl
e to
  1.  Discuss the concept of illness and health as it applies to psychodynamic therapy.
  2. Describe the essential considerations for beginning treatment.
  5. Describe the immature defenses and recognize their functions on the continuum of psychological functioning.
  6. Describe the mature defenses and recognize their functions on the continuum of psychological functioning.
  7. Describe a real example of a defense mechanism in a clinical or other interpersonal setting.
  8. Describe what is meant by transference.
  9. Describe what is meant by countertransference.
  10. Describe the roles of transference and countertransference in everyday life.
  11. Describe a real example of a transference reaction in a clinical or other interpersonal setting.
  12. Summarize core concepts of Classic Freudian theory.
  13. Summarize core concepts of Ego Psychology.
  14. Summarize core concepts of Object Relations theory.
  15. Summarize core concepts of Self Psychology.
  16. Compare these different models of psychoanalytic theory.
  17. Compare the contributions made by Sigmund Freud with those of Sandor Ferenczi to psychodynamic work. 
  18. Explain the various manifestations of the Oedipus complex throughout the life cycle. 
  19. Describe some of the key contributions made by D. W. Winnicott.  
  20. Describe the neuroscience of memory and how it relates to psychoanalytic theory and practice.

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