Courses 2017-18

FALL COURSES

EAST LANSING:

 Ethics Seminar with Peter Wood, LMSW

Saturdays, October 21 & 28, 2017

Meeting location and times TBA

Course fee is $50 ($60 for non-members)

This course will focus on the significance of recognizing and ethically managing erotic and eroticized transferences and counter-transferences. 

CE credits pending.

Contact Peter Wood at petrosh.wood@gmail.com  

(*,**,§) Continuous Case Conference with Margaret Sweet, Ph.D. 

Thursdays, September 7 - December 14; 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2875 Northwind Drive, Suite 124, in East Lansing

Course fee is $325

This 15 week course focuses on, but is not limited to, identifying and understanding the developmental origins of unconscious psychic defense especially denial, repression and dissociation. In conjunction with understanding the origins of defense, case presentations offered by both participants and instructor will also allow us to explore the significance of affect regulation and the clinical process.

CE credits pending.

Contact Margaret Sweet at:

margasweet@gmail.com; 517.485.2510

 

ANN ARBOR:

(E) Shakespeare and Psychoanalysis. 8-week seminar taught by David Klein, Ph.D. 

Alternate Thursdays beginning September 7 through December 14, 7-8:30pm

Meeting at 1207 Packard, Ann Arbor.

Course fee is $135 ($150 for non-members). 

Seminar limited to eight enrollees. 

This course is devoted to the study of William Shakespeare as a way to illuminate and inspire psychoanalysis. Four plays by Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth and Pericles) will be explored toward the goal of enjoying this great literature while increasing our psychoanalytic skills. Two evenings will be devoted to each play. At the first session there will be an initial discussion of that play, followed by a discussion, two weeks later, of selected readings/psychoanalytic articles relating to the themes of the play. Reading materials will be provided by the instructor. No previous familiarity with Shakespeare is required.

CE credits pending.

Contact David Klein at:

davidbkleinphd@comcast.net; 734-998- 0949

Syllabus

  

WINTER COURSES

 

EAST LANSING:

(*,**,§) Continuous Case Conference with Margaret Sweet, Ph.D. 

Thursdays, January 11 - April 20, 2018; 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2875 Northwind Drive, Suite 124, in East Lansing

Course fee is $325

Margaret Sweet will resume facilitation of the CONTINUOUS CASE CONFERENCE. Our continuing attempts to understand the developmental origins and psychic functions of adaptive/maladaptive defense will be integrated with ongoing efforts, afforded by case presentations, to allow our patients self-experience to become “consciously discussable as opposed to unconsciously nonnegotiable”, what Klauber calls “internalization of the analytic process.” Our patients’ unique, adaptive selves will allow for exploration and application of various psychoanalytic theories and treatment modalities. 

CE credits pending.

Contact Margaret Sweet at:

margasweet@gmail.com; 517.485.2510

 

SPRING COURSES

 

ANN ARBOR:

(*,**) Sexuality and Gender taught by Reena Liberman, M.S. and Peter Wood, L.M.S.W.

Wednesday beginning April 4 through May 23, 2018, 9:30 - 11:30 am

Meeting at 1207 Packard, Ann Arbor.

Course fee is $170 ($190 for non-members). 

The course will be conducted in a seminar style that will encourage participants to find ways to talk about the area of sexuality, one that is often difficult to address because of its long-standing associations with secrecy, shame, and psychopathology. We will move through readings of the 20th century and into the 21st century to see how theories have evolved; how they have influenced us and continue to influence us; and what they mean for us personally and, therefore, in our clinical practices. Readings will include classic, feminist, modern and post-modern, relational, and queer theory literature. 

CE credits pending.

Contact Reena Liberman at rmliber@gmail.com and Peter Wood at petrosh.wood@gmail.com 

Syllabus

 

 

(E) = Elective; A– Adult analysis; C– Child analysis;  P—Psychotherapy

* Denotes a required course in the Adult Psychoanalysis Training Program

** Denotes a required course in the Child Psychoanalysis Training Program

§ Denotes a required course in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program