17314 - Dynamic Psychology Theories and Techniques

Learning outcomes

At the end of the formative activity, the student:

    1. knows the basic concepts of the freudian model and of the post-freudian models
    2. knows the fundamental models and orientations of psychoanalytical theory and is able to compare between them
    3. gains competences on the psychodynamic models of development and of developmental psychopathology
    4. is able to understand and analyze the influence of child experiences on the development of personality and of relational styles

Course contents

- The Freudian System: a) constructions and reconstructions; b) basic concepts

- The Postfreudian orientations:

a) The first debates (Abraham, Ferenczi, Reich, Rank) 

b) Ego psychology (A. Freud, Hartmann, Spitz, Mahler)

c) Object relations theory (Klein)

d) The independents (Fairbairn, Winnicott, Balint)

e) Self psychology (Kohut)

f) The Bionian model (Bion)

g) The model of field

h) The attachment theory

i) Developmental psychoanalysis (Greenspan, Stern, Lichtenberg)

l) The models of psychopathology  and the borderline pathology

m) Comparison of lines of development

Readings/Bibliography

The books include a manual, analyzing all the points of the program, and other agile texts further deepening, from a historical and scientific point of view, certain authors, importance to the learning of the necessary knowledge.

Lis, A., Stella, S., Zavattini, G.C.(1999). Manuale di Psicologia Dinamica. Bologna: Il Mulino

Davis, M., Wallbridge D.C. (1984). Introduzione all'opera di D.W. Winnicott. Firenze: Martinelli

Schmid-Kitsikis, E. (2000). Wilfred R. Bion. Roma: Armando

Teaching methods

The course, from the didactic point of view, will concern:

-         frontal lessons about the psychoanalytic model from Freud to up-to-date developments.

-        practices/activities, by reading and discussing about some psychoanalyst' s papers

Assessment methods

Examination: written test

The written test will tend to verify students' knowledge about the Freudian model, the postfreudian orientations, the most recent developments, developmental psychoanalysis and the present lines of development.

Teaching tools

Videoprojector, personal computer and overhead projector.

Office hours

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