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MPC Course Offerings: 2000-2001

FALL:   Beginning in September: 15 Sessions

Ann Arbor-Wednesdays

Technique II: Transference and Countertransference*(Fall & Winter)
2:00-3:30 P.M.

This course will focus on integrating theory and practice related to this essential feature of analytic work. Readings from a variety of theoretical perspectives will be illustrated by clinical material provided by class participants, including the instructor. Particular emphasis will be given to exploring issues of individual with more serious disorders.

Instructor: Robert Hooberman, Ph.D.
For information, call (734) 663-7588.

 

Agents of Change in Psychoanalysis (Fall)
4:30-6:00 P.M.

In this course we will attempt to clarify which elements in the psychoanalytic setting promote change in patients/analysands. We will examine such elements as interpretation, empathy, mirroring, self-disclosure, etc. from the vantage point of Object Relations, Self Psychology, Interpersonal, and Drive theories. We will also consider the effects of gender combinations in the analytic pair on promoting growth. Discussions will included the use of relevant clinical material.

IInstructor: Lynne Tenbusch, Ph.D.
For information, call (734) 973-3232.


Birmingham-Wednesdays

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychotic Structures (Fall)
9:00-10:30 A.M.

Many patients presenting with severe anxiety and dissociative, borderline, and narcissistic organizations utilize psychotic maneuvers in conjunction with neurotic structures. This course will explore both the sources and aims of psychotic defensive organizations. A particular emphasis will be placed upon the roles of aggression, differentiation, conflict, and negative narcissism as an organizing force for the ego ideal.

Instructor: Kathleen Koepele, M.S.W.
For information, call (517) 333-8158.


East Lansing-Mondays

Continuous Case Seminar* (Fall & Winter)
12:30-2:30 P.M

This seminar will consider clinical material from psychoanalytic work with adults. We will use primarily the perspectives of developmental, attachment, and object relational theories. There will be special focus on working with countertransference.

Instructor: Ellen VanDeMark, M.A.
For information, call (517) 463-6656.

 

Freud's Papers
3:00-4:30 P.M.

The readings will proceed chronologically, with emphasis on the continuing development of psychoanalytic theory and technique and the implications this holds for current theory and practice.

Instructor: Bertram Karon, Ph.D.
For information, call (517) 355-2159.


Grand Rapids-SATURDAYS

Trauma (Fall)
9:00-10:30 A.M.

This course will briefly address the psychoanalytic history of trauma and its treatment, then move on to reading, clinical presentations and discussion which will facilitate and understanding of what "trauma" is. Symptoms in adults and children, such as addictions, violent behavior, dissociation, depression, mania, and psychosis will be viewed through the lens of the individuals response and attempts at adaptation to psychic trauma. Readings will include selections from Ferenczi, Bettelheim, Krystal, Lifton, Shengold, and others. The treatment approaches considered will be exclusively psychoanalytic.

Instructor: Elizabeth Waiess, Psy.D.
For information, call (517) 336-9930

WINTER: Beginning in January: 15 Sessions

Ann Arbor-Wednesdays

Technique II: Transference and Countertransference*(Fall & Winter)
2:00-3:30 P.M.

Instructor: Robert Hooberman, Ph.D.
For information, call (734) 663-7588.

 

Freuds Case Histories from a Feminist Perspective* (Winter)
5:00-6:30 P.M.

This course will review Freuds case histories, employing the balance in perspective which feminist theorists, such as Benjamin, Chodorow, Kestenberg, and others provide.

Instructor: Ellen Toronto, Ph.D.
For information, call (734) 761-5501.

 


Birmingham-Wednesdays

Readings on Psychoanalysis and Spirituality (Winter)
9:00-10:30 A.M.

This course will explore whether various spiritual and religious perspectives can be compatible with psychoanalysis. We will consider the relationship of psychoanalysis to its religious and mystical origins.

Instructor: Franklin Sollars, Ph.D.
For information, call (248) 646-9322.


East Lansing-Mondays

Continuous Case Seminar* (Fall & Winter)
12:30-2:30

Instructor: Ellen VanDeMark, M.A.
For information, call (517) 463-6656.

 

Perversity and the Perverse in Clinical Practice
3:00-4:30 P.M.

This seminar will focus on understanding and working with perversion. We will begin with Freuds views emphasizing the unique importance of infantile sexuality in psychic development and unconscious life. However, the latest perspectives on the perverse as it commonly appears in clinical practice will be highlighted. Perversion as a complex psychological construction will be studied from multiple theoretical points of view; including ego psychological, object relational, and self psychological. The context for discussion will be our own clinical practice and experience.

Instructor: Edward Gibeau, Ed.D.
For information, call (517) 339-4191.

 

*Indicates a required course for candidates.

MPC Course Offerings: Predating 2000

MPC offers courses in psychoanalysis and related subjects for professional development to qualified individuals. Courses are offered in Ann Arbor, East Lansing, and Grand Rapids in response to the requirements of candidates and the interest of other students.

Fall 2000 Courses

East Lansing - Mondays

Perversity and the Perverse in Clinical Practice
Edward Gibeau, Ed.D.
3:00-4:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks
for information call (517) 339-4191

Freud's Papers*
Bertram Karon, Ph.D.
3:00-4:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks
for information call (517) 355-2159

 

Birmingham Course - Mondays

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychotic Structures
Kathleen Koepele, M.S.W.
9:00-10:30 a.m.. $225.00, 15 weeks

Ann Arbor Courses - Wednesdays

Technique II: Transference & Countertransference*(first semester)
Robert Hooberman, Ph.D.
2:00-3:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

Agents of Change in Psychoanalysis
Lynne G. Tenbusch, Ph.D.
4:00-5:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

Grand Rapids Course - Saturdays

Psychological Trauma; Theory and Treatment
Elizabeth Waiess, Psy.D.
9:00-10:30 a.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

 


Winter 2001 Courses

East Lansing Courses - Mondays

Continuous Case Seminar*(second semester)
Ellen S. VanDeMark, M.A..
12:30-2:30 p.m. $300, 15 weeks

Perversity and the Perverse in Clinical Practice
Edward Gibeau, Ed.D.
3:00-4:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

 

Ann Arbor Courses - Wednesdays

Technique II: Transference & Countertransference*(second semester)
Robert Hooberman, Ph.D.
2:00-3:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

Perversity and the Perverse in Clinical Practice
Edward Gibeau, Ed.D.
3:00-4:30 p.m. $225.00, 15 weeks

 

Birmingham Course - Mondays

Readings on Psychoanalysis and Spirituality
Franklin Sollars, Ph.D.
9:00-10:30 a.m.. $225.00, 15 weeks

 





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