University of La Verne
Psychology Department
PsyD Program in Clinical-Community
Psychology
Fall 2011
Course: Psy
690, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Mondays
6:30—8:50, Hoover 128
Instructor: Valerie
Russell, PhD. Clinical
Psychologist
Office hours by appointment (before or after class)
Messages:
cell: 714-309-1007, voice
& text
Email: drvrussell@gmail.com (Please use this rather than La Verne
email.)
Co-taught with J. Michael Russell, PhD, PsyD
Email: jmrussell@fullerton.edu
Web: http://jmichaelrussell.org
Course description:
This course presents psychodynamic psychotherapy as
various forms of therapy that proudly acknowledge their heritage in FreudÕs
vision of psychoanalysis. We will
become more familiar with several contributors to this expanding tradition.
Texts:
Glen O. Gabbard, M.D. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in
Clinical Practice: The DSM-IV Edition (American Psychiatric Press, 1094)
Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black, Freud
and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought (Basic Books, 1995)
Class begins on August 29, does not meet September 5, does
meet November 21, last class December 5, final exam December 12.
Week 1: 8/29/11:
introduction
9/5/11 Holiday (Labor Day)
Week 2: 9/12/1
Have read:
Gabbard, pp. ix --> 153, chapters 1,2,3,4,5
Week 3: 9/19/11
Have read
Mitchell & Green, pp. xi --> 138
Due: Assignment
1: Assessment of a client
(yourself). Due by email by
Sunday, 9/18. Also bring hard copy
to class.
Week 4: 9/26/11
Gabbard: pp. 154-->
180
Week 5: 10/3/11
Mitchell & Green, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, pp. 139--> 206, Kernberg, Schafer,
Loewald, Lacan,
Due on Friday, 10/7 Assignment 2: a set of questions
to be addressed and submitted electronically. Also bring hard copy to class.
Week 6: 10/10/11
Gabbard:
419--> 448, Cluster A
Personality Disorders, Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal
Week 7: 10/17/11
Gabbard, 449-->496, Borderline
Gabbard, 497-->526, Narcissistic
Week 8: 10/17/11
Gabbard: 527-->588, Cluster B, Antisocial,
Hysterical, Histrionic
Week 9: 10/24/11
Gabbard, 589--> 617, Obsessive-Compulsive,
Avoidant, Dependent
Week 10:
10/31/11
Gabbard, chapters 7,8, 183-->240, Schizophrenia, Affective Disorders
Assignment 3 due 11/10 (Likely this will be postponed.)
Week 11: 11/7/11
Gabbard,
chapters 9 & 10, 240--> 326, Anxiety Disorders, Dissociative
Disorders
Week 12: 11/14/11
Gabbard, chapters 11, 12, pp. 278-->394, Paraphilas and Sexual Dysfunctions,
Substance Related Disorders and Eating Disorders
Week 13: 11/21/11
Gabbard Chapter 13, pp. 395-->418, Mitchell & Green, chapters 8, 9:
Controversies in Theory, Controversies in Technique
Week 14:
11/28/11
Revisit earlier readings
Week 15: 12/5/11
last class
Revisit earlier readings
Week 16: 12/12/11 final exam
Required work:
Subject to change, there will be 4 take-home assignments,
each of which will have
various sections calling on you to address concepts from lecture, from readings,
and often involving attempting to apply these to a client which, to some
extent, is yourself. In addition, we may
call on you in cl ass. You should always
be prepared to show that you have studied the assigned material. That and
your level of attentiveness in class will contribute to our overall impression
of you, and your grade in the course is based on our overall impression,
with emphasis on your graded assignments. If you tell us at the beginning
of class that you are not prepared then we wonÕt count this against you. If you donÕt tell us in advance and we
see that you are unprepared we will
(or may) make note of this and it will (or can) count against you. You may plead
ÒunpreparedÓ twice during the semester.
Grading:
Your grade
in the course will be based on our overall impression of you, largely based on
what you write but also based on our sense of your attentiveness and
participation. ÒBÓ means good and ÒAÓ means especially good. We do not care whether you follow
APA style and we do not at all
mind your writing from a personal and informal vantage point. However, we do expect your writing to
be clear and to have been proof-read with some care. Good work includes good writing, evidence of understanding
ideas, evidence of ability in applying theory to cases, and, hopefully, seeing
some personal application.
Attendance:
Absences and lateness will affect your
grade. If you know you are going
to be late or absent please make every reasonable effort to notify me in
advance. Call or text Dr. Valerie
Russell at 714-309-1007 or email to either drvrussell@gmail.com or jmrussell@fullerton.edu
Academic integrity:
The instructor
adheres to university regulations regarding all forms of academic misconduct
(cheating, plagiarism, etc.) . It
is expected that all work submitted for a grade is original, not copied from
others, and has been completed by the student who is receiving the grade. Sources, assistance and collaboration
are to be acknowledged. Cheating
on any work will result in failure from the course.
Disabilities:
If you have
a disability requiring reasonable accommodations please tell me; I will try to
accommodate. If that is
insufficient, please seek the assistance of the Director of Disabled StudentsÕ
Services on campus. I (JMR) am
hard of hearing and also sometimes have difficulty processing what I hear, so I
may need to ask you to repeat yourself.