#S506 – Contemporary Writing and Relational Concepts in Psychoanalysis

Course Details

• Instructor: Alexander S. Alperin, PsyD.
• Thursdays 8:30-10:15 pm
• Live Webinar via Zoom
• 2/26/26, 3/12/26, 3/26/26, 4/23/26, 5/7/26, 6/18/26, 6/25/25
• Ceus offered

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

What is contemporary psychoanalysis? Different perspectives might answer this question differently. Many writers present the idea that contemporary psychoanalysis is a micro-revolution against the paternal authority of classical psychoanalysis, while others emphasize a person’s embeddedness in the social context, focus primarily on concepts of mutuality and recognition, base their ideas on attachment, infant, and child development research and neurobiology, or highlight the intersubjective experience of the analytical dyad. What these perspectives share in common is the interpersonal nature of our human experience and, in relation to the analytical space, the healing properties of the analytical encounter in which the analyst and analysand work collaboratively in making meaning of the analysand’s experience in the context of the analytical dyad.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To consider some salient views in contemporary and psychoanalysis.
2. To examine the history of the psychoanalytic movement and identify how contemporary views have changed the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.
3. To develop the candidates’ own critical and analytical point of view towards psychoanalytic change in regards to their own individual clinical practice.

Course Requirements: Candidates will be expected to write a final written assignment of four pages which is due in the last class which illustrates how developmental theory from birth through adolescence has influenced character development as it has emerged in the treatment process of case material.

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