100286: Empathic Attunement: The Technique Of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

About the Course:

This course describes the way that self psychology impacts the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Following a description of basic principles of self psychology such as empathy, selfobject transference and transmuting internalizations, numerous case examples are provided. These examples, depict the way that clinicians can apply empathic attunement to their work with all patients.

Author

Crayton Rowe and David S. MacIsaac

About the Author:

Crayton Rowe, MSW, Founder National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work; Founding member, Faculty and Training Analyst,The New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; Member IPA, The New York Freudian Society, and NPAP;contributor to Progress in Self Psychology; Author of psychoanalytic self psychology articles; Author, Treating the Basic Self.

David S. MacIsaac, Ph.D. Founding Member of The New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Director of The New Jersey Division; Author, articles about self psychology; Private Practice, Englewood, N.J.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially social workers, psychologists, counselors, and nurses who seek knowledge about self psychology and intervention strategies. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. To understand the introspective-empathic stance of self psychology and expanding attunement.

2. To distinguish the selfobject from the object concept.

3. To differentiate the selfobject transference from the traditional understanding of transference.

4. To understand the place of drives, defense and resistance, and dreams in self psychology.

5. To understand how change occurs in self psychological treatment.