Psychoanalytic Theory Lectures

Year 1

Semester 1

The plan in this first term is to attend to the central goals of psychoanalysis and to pose questions, the answers to which we hope will emerge in the course of the three year programme.

1: The Mind: What is it?
Mr. Neville Symington
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2: Psychoanalysis: An instrument to investigate the Mind
Dr. Ron Spielman
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This lecture will incorporate the differences between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

3: The Inner World and the Outer World: Symbols and their Meaning
Dr. John McClean
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4: The Emotions and Insight
Dr. John Boots
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This lecture will also investigate the Transference and Counter-transference

5: What is meant by the Unconscious
Prof. Reg Martin
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6: The Child in the Adult
Dr. Joan Symington
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Semester 2

In this term we attempt to understand Freud, the Man : his background, his cultural outlook, the problems which he was trying to solve and his first formulations.

1: Freud's cultural background and the Physicalist Tradition'
Dr. Craig Powell
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2: Freud's beginning in Hypnotism and his first patients
Prof. Ian Waterhouse
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3: The move from the seduction theory to phantasy
Dr. Ron Spielman
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4: The Psychopathology of Everyday Life and Jokes
Dr. John McClean
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5: The Interpretation of Dreams 1
Mr. Maurice Whelan
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6: The Interpretation of Dreams 2
Mr. Maurice Whelan
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Semester 3

In this term we hope to capitalise upon our understanding of that great breakthrough that enabled Freud to see the meaning behind dreams, the symbolic function of the symptoms and infantile sexuality. We believe that if this is understood then the building blocks of his later conceptualisations can be understood.

1: The Dora Case History and Freud's Theory of Hysteria
Ms. Libby Dunn

2: Infantile Sexuality and the Oedipus Complex — Little Hans and the Wolf Man
Mrs. Margaret Berkovic

3: The Rat Man and Freud's Theory of Obsessional Neurosis
Prof. Ian Waterhouse

4: The Three Essays on Sexuality
Dr. Rachel Falk

5: Transference and Freud's Papers on Technique
Mrs. Maria Teresa Hooke

6: The Topographical Model, the Unconscious and Repression
Dr. Jim Telfer

Semester 4

1: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Dr. Tom Wilmotn

2: The Structural Model: The Ego and the Id
Dr. Craig Powell

3: Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety and Freud's Instinct Theory
Dr. Joe King* (UNAVAILABLE)

4: Group Psychology
Dr. George Christie

5: Civilisation and its Discontents
Dr. Reg Hook

6: Freud's Death and Analysis Terminable and Interminable
Dr. Ruth Safier

Year 2

Semester 1

In the first year of lectures we considered psycho-analysis from its beginnings. Freud, who was the founder of psychoanalysis, concentrated his attentions mostly upon neurosis. He thought that psychosis and narcissistic disorders could not be treated by psychoanalysis. However, this outlook changed with some of Freud’s followers. As nearly all patients who seek psycho-analysis today have at least psychotic mechanisms operating we concentrate this year entirely upon psychosis. We believe that if students get a good grasp of psychosis it will help them a great deal in their clinical practice.

1: Freud's formulation of psychosis
Dr. Shahid Najeeb

2: Abraham's Developmental Stages
Dr. Joan Symington

3: Abraham's formulation on manic-depressive psychosis
Dr. Joan Symington

4: Sandor Ferenczi: Trauma theory and regression
Dr. John McClean

5: Sandor Ferenczi: Regression and Balint's Basic Fault
Dr. John McClean

6: Jung's theory of archetypes and their relation to psychosis
Dr. Jim Telfer

Semester 2

1: Melanie Klein on infantile phantasy life
Ms. Libby Dunn

2: Melanie Klein on anxiety and death instinct
Dr. Ruth Safier

3: Melanie Klein on the paranoid-schizoid position
Dr. Judy Spielman

4: Melanie Klein on the depressive position
Mrs. Maria Teresa Hooke

5: Melanie Klein on projective identification
Ms. Kaye Nelson

6: Melanie Klein on envy
Mrs. Elizabeth Kerrr

Semester 3

This term will be devoted entirely to Bion who developed a theory of psychotic functioning and of mental functioning which was central to his clinical understanding. Lectures given by Joan and Neville Symington.

1: Bion the man, new foundation for psycho-analysis; emotional experience and the links as the catalyst of emotions: K, L, H & -K, - L & -H

2: Beta Elements and Alpha Function

3: The Selected Fact and the Horizontal Axis of the Grid

4: Container/Contained and further rungs of the vertical axis and Ps-D

5: The Psychotic Part of the Personality

6: Transformations, Memory & Desire and O

Semester 4

1: Fairbairn and the Schizoid Condition
Mr. Maurice Whelan

2: Fairbairn's critique of Abraham and Freud
Mr. Maurice Whelan

3: Fairbairn's model of the mind and his dream interpretation
Mr. Maurice Whelan

4: Winnicott's theory of psychosis
Dr. Ron Spielman

5: Winnicott on depression
Dr. Ron Spielman

6: Winnicott's technique with psychotic patients
Dr. Ron Spielman

Year 3

Semester 1

Infancy: In this third year of open lectures we are concentrating in the first term on infancy. There is an enormous amount of literature on this subject and we cannot even begin to summarise it. However, the works of Margaret Mahler, Mrs. Bick, John Bowlby and Frances Tustin are being highlighted and therefore any acquaintance with their writings will be valuable.

1: Margaret Mahler
Dr. John Boots

2: Infant Research
Dr. Rachel Falk

3: Mrs. Bick and Infant Observation
Dr. Joan Symington

4: Attachment Theory: John Bowlby
Dr. Ruth Safier

5: Frances Tustin: Infant Autism
Mrs. Eve Steel

6: Frances Tustin: Autism in Adult Patients
Mrs. Eve Steel *UNAVAILABLE

Semester 3

Pathological Conditions: In the second term we are concentrating on pathological conditions. The literature on borderline and schizoid patients is again extensive. The schizoid condition was a special interest of Fairbairn in the fourth term of 1998 but Henri Rey, a contemporary psychoanalyst, has written with penetrating insight and humane understanding of these patients. Herbert Rosenfeld’s papers will be valuable for borderline patients but participants may also want to refer to the works of Otto Kernberg and John Steiner. Edward Glover wrote a book on criminal psychopathy and Hyatt Williams has written papers on the subject more recently.

1: Borderline Patients (Herbert Rosenfeld)
Dr. John McClean

2: Schizoid Patients (Henri Rey)
Dr. Shahid Najeeb

3:Depressive Illnesses
Mrs. Maria-Teresa Hooke

4: Psychopathy
Dr. Jim Telfer

5: Addictive Disorders
Dr. Ron Spielman

6: Perversions
Dr. John Boots

Semester 3

Narcissism, Borderline & Schizoid Phenomena: In the third term we have concentrated on psychoanalysis in the States. Familiarity with the authors being discussed during that term will obviously enrich your understanding.

1: The Work of Harold Searles
Dr. Brian Muir

2: The Work of Bruno Bettelheim
Dr. Judy Spielman

3: The Work of Heinz Hartmann and American Ego Psychology
Mr. Neville Symington

4: Roy Schafer and George Klein's critique of the Freudian/Hartmann metapsychology
Dr. Dennis Duncan

5: Kohut's theory and treatment of Narcissism
Dr. Craig Powell

6: Self Psychological treatment of Narcissism contrasted with that of the Kleinian School (with reference to Kernberg)
Dr. John McClean

Semester 4

Psychoanalysis and Culture: In the last term we consider the wider perspective of psychoanalysis in the context of culture.

1: Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Ms. Louise Gyler

2: Psychoanalysis and Racial Prejudice
Dr. Tamas Pataki

3: Psychoanalysis and Religious Fundamentalism
Dr. Shahid Najeeb

4: Psychoanalysis and War
Dr. Jocelyn Dunphy

5: Psychoanalysis and Art
Ms. Coll Osman

6: Psychoanalysis and Human Freedom
Mr. Neville Symington