PSA_043 Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Telerovský (lecturer), PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course of lectures is to inform students about basic psychoanalytic concepts and their clinical usage and also to demonstrate that psychoanalysis does not end with the work of its founder Sigmund Freud but that it has developed further after his death. In the first part, a survey of psychoanalytic models of psychic functioning and an outline of main trends of psychoanalytic development will be introduced. The second part will focus on psychoanalytic clinical practice, mainly on variations of treatment technique and on possible approaches in the work with patients as it has developed within particular currents in psychoanalysis.
Syllabus
  • A. Introduction
  • 1. Introduction. Definition of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Theory and practice of psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis and development of psychological thinking and culture in the 20th century. Future of psychoanalysis. Current situation of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Czech Republic.
  • B. History of psychoanalysis – basic concepts of psychoanalytic psychology
  • 2. Sigmund Freud – life and work. Formation of psychoanalysis. Disciples and followers.
  • 3. Development of psychoanalysis during Freud's life. Freud's models of mind. Basic terms and its relation to clinical situation.
  • a) Affect trauma model: traumatic theory of neurosis. Studies in hysteria.
  • b) Topographical model: Unconscious, Preconscious. Conscious. Drive theory. Dream interpretation, a work with transference.
  • c) Structural model: Id, Ego, Superego. Oedipus complex. Theory of anxiety.
  • 4. Development of psychoanalysis beyond Freud.
  • a) Psychoanalysis after Second World War in Europe, England, France, North America and South America. History of Czech psychoanalysis.
  • b) Currents in psychoanalysis: Ego-psychology. Kleinian tradition. Object relations theories. Lacanian version of psychoanalysis. Self-psychology. Interpersonal psychoanalysis.
  • C. Psychoanalysis as a treatment method. Basic clinical terms.
  • 5. Development of psychoanalytic method – historical overview. Changes in psychoanalytic technique. Theory of therapeutic process – development. Psychoanalytic technique in main currents in psychoanalysis: psychoanalytic mainstream (Freudians, Kleinians, Independents), intersubjectivist-interpersonal stream (self-psychology, relational psychoanalysis, postmodern psychoanalysis), French school of psychoanalysis.
  • 6. Beginning of psychoanalytic treatment and therapeutic setting. First interview. Suitability for psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Therapeutic contract. Free associations method. Ideal model of psychoanalytic method. Clinical regression. Neutrality. Abstinence. Anonymity.
  • 7. Psychoanalytic process. Initial, middle and termination phases. From psychoanalytic psychotherapy to psychoanalysis. Technical parameters. Modifications of psychoanalytic technique in neurosis, borderline states, narcissistic disorders and psychosis.
  • 8. Basic terms of clinical psychoanalysis.
  • a) Therapeutic relationship: real relationship, working alliance, transference and countertransference. Special forms of transference (idealizing, mirroring, self object). Projective identification.
  • b) Resistance, negative therapeutic reaction and acting out.
  • c) Interpretation, insight and working through.
  • 9. Applications of psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis in groups. Psychoanalysis in institutional setting.
  • 10. Conclusion, summary, discussion
Literature
  • ČERNOUŠEK, Michal. Sigmund Freud : dobyvatel nevědomí. 3. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 1998, 181 s. ISBN 8071851485. info
  • MITCHELL, Stephen A. and Margaret J. BLACK. Freud a po Freudovi : dějiny moderního psychoanalytického myšlení. Translated by Štěpán Kovařík. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 1999, 312 s. ISBN 8072540297. info
  • FONAGY, Peter and Mary TARGET. Psychoanalytické teorie : perspektivy z pohledu vývojové psychopatologie. Translated by Eva Klimentová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2005, 398 s. ISBN 8071789933. info
  • KOCOUREK, Jiří. Horizonty psychoanalýzy. 1. vyd. Praha: Psychoanalytické nakladatelství, 1992, 133 s. info
  • BOROSSA, Julia. Témata psychoanalýzy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 183 s. ISBN 80-7178-609-8. info
  • KENNEDY, R. Témata psychoanalýzy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 156 s. ISBN 80-7178-703-5. info
  • ŠIROKÝ, Hugo. Meze a obzory psychoanalýzy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2001, 587 s. ISBN 8072541641. info
  • VAVRDA, Vladimír. Otázky soudobé psychoanalýzy : tradice a současnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 223 s. ISBN 8071066729. info
  • Pacient a analytik :základní pojmy klinické psychoanalýzy. Edited by Joseph Sandler - Christopher Dare - Alex Holder, Translated by Václav. 1. vyd. Praha: Psychoanalytické nakladatelství, 1994, 78 s. ISBN 80-901601-2-3. info
  • THOMÄ, Helmut and Horst KÄCHELE. Psychoanalytická praxe. Edited by Andreas Bilger, Translated by Jan Ženatý. Hradec Králové: Mach, 1993, xxii, 394. ISBN 80-901050-0-9. info
  • THOMÄ, Helmut and Horst KÄCHELE. Psychoanalytická praxe. Translated by Jan Ženatý. Praha: Pallata, 1996, xix, 509 s. ISBN 80-901710-3-6. info
  • Rozumíme sami sobě? :neurotické zpracování konfliktů. Edited by Stavros Mentzos - Miloslav Korbelík. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 231 s. ISBN 80-7106-366-5. info
  • MENTZOS, Stavros. Dynamika duševní nemoci. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2005, 127 s. ISBN 8071789925. info
  • CASEMENT, Patrick. Hledání a objevování : jak se učit v psychoanalýze od pacienta. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 268 s. ISBN 80-7106-324-X. info
  • LAPLANCHE, Jean and Jean-Bertrand PONTALIS. Psychoanalytický slovník. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Veda, 1996, 551 s. ISBN 8022404373. info
  • RYCROFT, Charles. Kritický slovník psychoanalýzy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Psychoanalytické nakladatelství, 1993, 156 s. ISBN 80-901601-1-5. info
  • FREUD, Sigmund. Sebrané spisy Sigmunda Freuda. Praha: Psychoanalytické nakladatelství. info
Assessment methods
Lectures in blocks. This course is copleted with a written examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 6.3., 7.3., 3.4., 4.4. 2009.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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