Session 1: January 17th
We Started with Frued: Introduction & History of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Instructor: Carol Mayhew, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Biography:
Carol Mayhew, Ph.D., Psy.D., is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. She received her psychoanalytic training at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, where she is Past-President of the Institute and a training and supervising analyst and faculty member. Dr. Mayhew teaches and provides training in the areas of contemporary psychoanalysis, trauma and dissociation, self psychology and intersubjectivity theory, boundary dilemmas, working with difficult patients, and infant research and attachment theory. In addition to her teaching at ICP, she has taught and presented at numerous graduate schools, mental health agencies, and conferences locally, nationally and internationally.
Class Description:
In this class a historical overview of psychoanalysis will be presented, with an emphasis on the evolution of contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives. While Freud’s central ideas have been perpetuated by those espousing a classical psychoanalytic viewpoint, numerous other psychoanalytic schools of thought have evolved over the past century, challenging some of Freud’s ideas and reconfiguring others. This class will address the development of different psychoanalytic perspectives and will describe their interrelationships with one another. The importance of these different schools of thought in the development of post-modern psychoanalytic sensibilities and contemporary frameworks will be described.
Readings:
Mitchell, S. (1993). “Introduction: Sophie and the Psychoanalytic Meat Grinder.” Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books. (PDF)
Strenger, C. (1989) “The Classic and the Romantic Vision of Psychoanalysis.” International Journal of Psychoanalysis, pp. 593-610. (PDF)
Historical Overview printout (PDF)
Post Test (PDF)
In order to receive Continued Education Units (CEUs) you're required to complete the following for each class:
• Participate in the online colloquium (If you have any issues joining the Yahoo group, please call the office immediately.)
• Complete a post test for each class and submit to the office. Post tests are questions from the instructors that are posted with your assigned readings and will be emailed to you weekly.
Once you have completed the post test, please submit the form to our office. Please email completed forms to office@icpla.edu or fax to (310)207-6083.