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Readings

San Diego Saturday Series 2011-2012
Marian Richetta, Psy.D., Facilitator
Office: (858) 587-1095
mrichetta@san.rr.com

Syllabus (PDF)
Roster   (PDF)



September 17, 2011    Introduction to Intersubjective Systems Theory
Instructor:  Penelope Starr-Karlin, Psy.D., M.F.T.

Readings:
Socarides, D. D., Stolorow, R. D. (1984).  Affects and Selfobjects.  Annual of Psychoanalysis, 12:105-119. (PDF)

Stolorow, R. D., Atwood, G. E., (1996).  The Intersubjective Perspective,  Psychoanalytic Review, 83:184-194. (PDF)

October 22, 2011    Treatment of Trauma from a Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective
Instuctor:  Sandy Shapiro, M.D.

Readings:
Shapiro, S. Being With Patients, Unpublished. (PDF)


November 19, 2011 Dual Psychoanalysis in Conjoint Treatment: Is it Possible?
Instructor:  Joan Dasteel, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Readings:
Dasteel, J. (1994). The therapist’s use of self in couple therapy: a tripartite intersubjectivity approach.  An unpublished paper.  (PDF)

Ringstrom, P. (1994)  An intersubjective approach to conjoint therapy” in Progress in Self Psychology, Vol. 10, edit. Arnold Goldberg. N. J. The Analytic Press.* -- (2011 – to be published by The International Journal for Psychoanaltytic Self Psychology. “A relational intersubjective approach to conjoint treatment”  (PDF)

Brandshaft, B. (1994). “To free the spirit from its cell” in R. Stolorow, G. Atwood & B. Brandchaft (Eds.) The intersubjective perspective, Jason Aronson: New York.  (PDF)

Suggested Books:
Fosha, D. (2000) The Transforming Power of Affect: A Model for change, N.Y, Basic Books. 

Kohut, H.  (1977).  The Restoration of the Self.  New York:  Int. Univ.  Press.
Siegel, J. (1997) in  M. Solomon & J. Siegel (Eds.) Countertransference in couple   therapy. W.W. Norton & Co.: N.Y. 

Stolorow, R. D., Brandcraft, B., Atwood, G. (1987).  Psychoanalytic Press.   treatment:  An intersubjective approach. New Jersey: The Psychoanalytic Press.

Stolorow, R. & Atwood, G. & (1992).  Contexts in Being,  New York: Analytic Press. 

Tansey, M. J. & Burke, W. F. (1989).  Understanding countertransference -from projective-identification to empathy. New York: Analytic Press. 

Trop, J. (1994) in R. Stolorow, G. Atwood & B. Brandchaft (Eds.) The Intersubjective Prospective, Jason Aronson: New York. 

January 21, 2012    The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works – And When it Doesn’t
Instructor: Howard Bacal, M.D.

Readings: TBD

February 18, 2012  Working with the Present Moment
Instructor: Holly McMillan, Ph.D.

Readings:  TBD

March 17, 2012         Dissociation
Instructor: Carol Mayhew, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Readings:
Davies, J. M. And Frawley, M. G. (1994).   Dissociation.  In J. M. Davies amd M. G. Frawley Treating the Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse (pp. 62-85).  New York: Basic Books. (PDF)

Bromberg, P. M.  (2003) One need not be a house to be haunted: on enactment, dissociation, and the dread of “not-me”–a case study.  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 13 (5): 689-709. (PDF)

Howell, E.  (2005).  Introduction and (Ch. 1) Dissociation: A model of the psyche.  In E. Howell, The Dissociative Mind (pp. 1-37).  New Jersey: Analytic Press. (PDF)


April 21, 2012        Infant Research and Human Nature: How Developmental Psychology Rescued Psychoanalysis by Measuring Relationship and Other Intersubjective Processes
Instructor:  Roger Hastings, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Readings:
Hastings, R. (2010).  Something Happens. ICP Graudation Paper. (PDF)

May 19, 2012     Stuck, Choice, Free Will, and Agency in Psychoanalysis
Instructor: Joye Weisel-Barth, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Readings: 
Weisel-Barth, J. (2009). Stuck: Choice and Agency in Psychoanalysis, IJSP, pps. 288-312. (PDF)


June 16, 2012      Contemporary Psychoanalysis: An Evidenced-Based Treatment
Instructors:  Marian Richetta, Psy.D. and Gina Taffi, Ph.D.

Readings:
Shedler, J. (2010).  The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, American Psych. Association, pps. 98-109. (PDF)

Luyten, P., Blatt, S. J., & Corveleyn, J. (2007). Minding the Gap Between Postitivism and Hermeneutics in Pscyhoanalytic Research. (PDF)