September 10, 2024:

  1. McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, New York: The Guilford Press. Chapter 1, pp. 1-26. “What Defines Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy” PDF Link 

  2. Cabaniss, Deborah L. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A clinical manual. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. Ch. 1 and 2, pp. 3-12 PDF Link 

  3. Gabbard, G., (2017). Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Basic Text. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Chapter 1, “Key Concepts,” pp. 1-30. 

September 17, 2024:

1. Mitchell, S., Black M. (1995). Freud and Beyond: A History of Psychoanalytic Thought. New York: Basic Books. Chapter 1, “Sigmund Freud and the Classical Psychoanalytic Tradition,” pp. 1-22. PDF Link 

2. Grosz, S. (2013). The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. “How we can be possessed by a story that can not be told,” pp. 1-10 PDF Link  

September 24, 2024:

1. McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, second edition, New York: Guilford Press 

  • Chapter 2, “Psychoanalytic Character Diagnosis,” pp. 19-39. PDF Link 

  • Chapter 3, “Developmental Levels of Personality Organization” pp. 40-66. PDF Link 

2. Hobday, G. et al, (2008). “Complex Sexualized Transferences When the Patient is Male and the Therapist Female,” American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 165, no 12. pp. 1525-1530 PDF Link  

October 1, 2024:

  1. Williams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, second edition, New York: Guilford Press.  Chapter 4, “Clinical Implications of Developmental Levels of Organization,” pp. 67-95 PDF Link 

  2. Cabaniss, D. (2013). Psychodynamic Formulation. Part Three, pp. 75-133 

October 8, 2024:

1. McWilliams, N. (1999). Psychoanalytic Case Formulation. New York: The Guilford Press.  

  • Chapter 6, “Assessing Affects,” pp. 102-121. PDF Link 

2. Davis, K. (2019). “Selected Principles of Pankseppian Affective Neuroscience,” Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 12, article 1025, pp. 1-11. Reading Link 

October 15, 2024:

  1. Williams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, second edition, New York: Guilford Press 

  • Chapter 5, “Primary Defensive Processes”, pp. 100-125. PDF Link  

  • Chapter 6, “Secondary Defensive Processes, pp.126-150. PDF Link 

October 22, 2024:


1. McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, New York: The Guilford Press. 

  • Chapter 8, “Molly,” pp. 197-218. PDF Link 

  • Chapter 9, “Donna,” pp.219-240. PDF Link 

October 29, 2024: Case presentation

November 5, 2024:

  1. McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, New York: The Guilford Press. , Chapter 2, The Psychoanalytic Sensibility, pp. 27-45 PDF Link 

  2. McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, New York: The Guilford Press. Chapter 3, The Therapist’s Preparation, pp. 46-72 PDF Link 

  3. Gabbard, G., (2017). Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Basic Text. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Chapter 10, “Supervision,” pp. 201-215 PDF Link

November 12, 2024:

  1. McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, New York: The Guilford Press. Chapter 4, “Preparing the Client,” pp. 73-98. PDF Link  

  2. Shapiro, E. (2024), “Aggression in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and  Supervision: Becoming a More Effective Therapist,” Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 52(1), 96-113, 2024. Reading Link 

  3.  Grosz, S. (2013). The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. “On Being a Patient,” pp. 167-178 

November 19, 2024: NO CLASS/THANKSGIVING BREAK 

November 26, 2025:

  1. Gabbard, G., (2017). Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Basic Text. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 3, “The Nuts and Bolts of Psychotherapy: Getting Started,” pp. 53-73 PDF Link

  2. Cabaniss, Deborah L. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A clinical manual. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. Chapter 8, “Setting the Frame and Establishing Boundaries”, pp. 80-93 Reading Link 

December 3, 2024:

  1. Gabbard, G. (2017). Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Basic Text. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 2, “Assessment, Indications, and Formulation,” pp. 31-52 PDF Link

  2. Cabaniss, D. ( 2017). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A clinical manual: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.., Chapters 3, 4 and 5 pp. 17-56 PDF Link 

  3. Cabaniss, D. (2013). Psychodynamic Formulation. Chapters 1, 2 and 3. pp. 3-15 PDF Link 

December 10, 2024:

1.  Cabaniss, D. ( 2017). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A clinical manual: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.., Chapters 16, 17 and 18. pp. 151-199 PDF Link

December 17, 2024: Case presentation