#S106 – Case Seminar: Clinical and Ethical Considerations

Course Details

• Instructor: Daphne Chang, MA, MED, LPC, ACS, NCPsyA
• Thursdays 8:30- 10:15 pm
• Live Webinar via Zoom
• Consecutive weeks
• 2/26/26, 3/12/26, 3/26/26, 4/23/26, 5/7/26, 5/28/26, 6/18/26, 6/25/26
• Ceus offered

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Clinical and ethical considerations will be given to the psychoanalytic process, how psychoanalysts ought to (and should not) approach the analysand/patient/client. Recognizing that when possible, the most optimal way to learn to do this kind of work is to present an actual case, students will be asked to draw material from their actual experience. When that is not possible, case material provided by the instructor or from reading material will be utilized. In all instances regarding the way people as well as the details of their personal history are treated, descriptions of proper (and improper ethical) conduct will be given serious consideration. A term paper will be used to allow students to describe and demonstrate what they have learned.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. We will explore and examine the interrelatedness of ethics and the clinical techniques, and interventions in the current pluralistic psychoanalytic field.
2. The candidates will be able to describe the ethical implications of setting fees, using modern technology, keeping the therapeutic frame, and managing self-disclosure.
3. The candidates will be able to demonstrate their knowledge and application of Freud’s psychoanalytic techniques, such as, free association, transference, counter-transference, resistance, abstinence, neutrality, working through, and termination.
4. The candidates will be able to define confidentiality, and recognize non-sexual boundary crossing and boundary violations.
5. The candidates will be able to analyze the ethical implications of clinical techniques and choice of intervention.
6. The candidates will be able to list at least three of the theoretical concepts in their clinical cases.

Course Requirements: A four-to-six-page final paper is due on the last day of the class.

Final Paper Instructions:

• List three concepts you learned during the semester in relation to ethics and clinical techniques. Elaborate on how you know you have learned these concepts.
• Describe two areas of personal interests for further study or exploration. Explain how they incite your interests/curiosity.
• Identify one point of understanding/concept/technique that you will actively apply in your clinical work upon the completion of the course.

Course Etiquette & Confidentiality:

1. Make sure your chosen space is quiet and private before logging in to the class.
2. Keep your cameras on and mute yourselves while others are sharing their thoughts. It is imperative that you refrain from discussing confidential or sensitive clinical cases/class discourses outside of our class time.

TECHNOLOGY:

This course takes place online with synchronous video on Zoom (fully interactive). System requirements are:

• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
• Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher
• Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL and any other medium that is internet accessible.

COSTS:

This course costs $350.00 and there is a $115.00 Semester Registration Free for New Candidates which includes a one-year subscription to Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing PEP and a one-year membership to the Psychoanalytic Candidates Organization (PACO). Returning Candidates must pay a $50 registration fee for the Spring Semester.

Refund policy: After the 4th class session, there is no refund. Monies paid for classes when candidates withdraw from the program after the 4th class, will be applied as a credit, if the candidate returns to NJI. If a candidate withdraws before the 4th class, 1/2 tuition will be refunded. (This excludes the registration fee of $115).

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS:

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this event.

CONTACT:

For more information or registration, please call 201-836-1065, visit us online at www.njinstitute.com or contact us via email at info@njinstitute.com