Psychology for Lawyers
psychotherapists talking about psychotherapy
Preface
"Although neurosis may produce acute disturbances
or may at times remain fairly static, it implies in its nature neither
the one condition nor the other. It is a process that grows by
its own momentum, that with a ruthless logic of its own envelops more
and more areas of personality. It is a process that breeds conflicts
and a need for their solution. But, since the solutions the individual
finds are only artificial ones, new conflicts arise which again call
for new solutions--which may allow him to function in a fairly smooth
way. It is a process which drives him father and father away from his
real self and which thus endangers his persoanl growth."
--Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward
Self-Realization 333 (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1950)
Readings
"The Road of Psychoanalytic Therapy," in Karen
Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization
333-365 (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1950)
Review Readings Previously Assigned: A First
Look at Psychotherapy
Class Videos
Introduction
[For a different series of introductory videos, see: A
Psychodynamic Approach to Therapy]
Class Viewing 1: Adam
Phillips: One Way and Another [17:19
mins.] [the relevant comment by Adam Phillips on psychotherapy comes
at the beginning of the video, ends at 2:06 mins.] [psychotherapy
is a "listening cure" not a "talking cure" (a
comment echoed in a video by Susie Orbach presented in class); patients
come to psychoanalysis to seek a "certain kind of conversation,"
Freud provides a language "that makes sense to some kinds of
people"; talking about his appreciation for writing essays]
Class Viewing 2: Happiness:
Susie Orbach Speak at St Paul's [1:30:45
mins.] [St Paul's Cathedral, 2010] [Susan Orbach begins her presentation
at 1:46 mins, ends at 3:41 mins.] [a response to positive psychology
and the idea that we should be in pursuit of happiness] [Susie Orbach
is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic.
She founded Women's Therapy Centre of London.]
Class Viewing 3: Susie
Orbach: In Therapy [14:50
mins.] [begin presentation at 0:33 mins., end at 3:10 mins. (another
possible break, 7:24 mins.)]
Existential Psychotherapy
Class Viewing 4: James
Bugental: Humanistic Psychology [4:36
mins.] [Thinking Aloud with Jeffrey Mishlove] [commenting on "depth
therapy" and our "existential crisis"]
Class Viewing 5: On
Psychotherapy [2:53 mins.]
[Rollo May is associated with existential therapy] [May comments on
the Freudian/Jungian idea of "making the unconscious conscious"
in contrast to what he calls therapeutic"gimmicks"]
Carl Rogers
Class Viewing 6: Carl
Rogers on Person-Centered Therapy [1:48
mins.] ["trying to understand the person that is hidden within
each of us"; being himself, and not an expert, a psychologist;
creating a climate for change and growth and drawing out one's potential]
[Carl Rogers]
Class Viewing 7: Carl
Rogers: Fundamental Tenets of His Approach to Therapy
[9:54 mins.] [Rogers appears at 0:40 mins. and
class presentation runs to 3:03 mins.] [The question: "Can
I be real in the relationship?"; commenting on "congruence"
("being in one piece in the relationship"); the importance
of acceptance/caring/regard for the patient; "will I be able
to see the world through the eyes of the patient?"; search
for "meanings beneath the surface"]
Jordan Peterson (on Carl Rogers and Psychotherapy)
Class Viewing 8: A
Psychotherapist is an Engineer of the Soul [4:20
mins.] [Jordan Peterson] [begin presentation at 0:50 mins., end at
3:13 mins.] [video begins with Peterson's expression of appreciation
for Carl Rogers and the idea of non-judgmental listening; "read
the damn therapists, those people were smart . . . they tell you things,"
they give you a "toolbox"]
Class Viewing 9: Jordan
Peterson on Carl Rogers [50:09
mins.] [2017] [presentation on Carl Rogers begins at 42:17 mins. and
ends at 50:09] [Peterson presents cogent remarks about therapy and
the therapeutic relationship drawing on Carl Rogers] [relating therapy
to finding the truth]
Class
Viewing 10: The
Most Important Tool in Therapy [3:06 mins.] [focus
on therapy as "telling the truth"] ["what cures in
therapy is truth"]
Footnote: Jungian Analysis
Andrew Samuels
on Jung and the Post-Jungians
[41:19 mins.] [commentary on Jungian practice begins
at 10:32 mins., ends at 21:12 mins.]
Footnote: Mindfulness & Psychotherapy
Mark
Epstein: The Trauma of Everyday Life [55:57
mins.] [Mark Epstein is a psychiatrist with a background in Buddhism]
[brief remark on mindfulness in psychotherapy begins at 40:40 mins.,
ends at 44:32 mins. (after the comment on mindfulness and psychotherapy,
Epstein goes on to talk about not being exposed to Jung's work]] [Epstein
is the author of Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from
a Buddhist Perspective (New York: Basic Books, rev. ed., 2013)
and The Trauma of Everyday Life (New York: Penguin Press, 2013)]
Footnote: A Critical Perspective
James
Hillman on Archetypal Psychotherapy & the Soulless Society
[7:39 mins.] [end presentation at 5:02 mins.] [talking about psyche,
revisioning psychology; "the psyche upsets us"; the question:
"why is this disturbance coming?"; on the idea of starting
where we are now (and the lack of psychology); talking about soul
(in an effort that may not be Hillman's best effort)]
Supplemental Reading
Jonathan Shedler, That Was Then, This is Now: An Introduction
to Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy [online
text]
[The Shedler paper is quite
long. The core of the paper--pp. 12-36, a thorough-going examination
of contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy--is what I suggest
that you focus on.] [Dr. Shedler is
a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University
of Colorado School of Medicine and was formerly Director of Psychology
at the University of Colorado Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry Department.]
Introduction to Humanistic Psychology: Carl
Rogers &
Abraham Maslow
An
Introduction to Humanistic Psychology
[27:21 mins.] [audio] [basic introduction; focus
on Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers]
Carl Rogers
[website videos compile for
a course assignment on Carl Rogers]
Humanistic
Psychology
[website videos :: James R. Elkins]
A Collection of Psychotherapy Videos
Reference (Carl Rogers): Carl
R. Rogers
Reference (Rollo May): Rollo
May
Reference (Jordan Peterson): Jordan
Peterson
Reference (James Hillman): James
Hillman
Reference (Becoming a Psychotherapist):
Gerald J. Gargiulo
Reference (Adam Phillips)
The
Adam Phillips Interview
[57:31 mins.]
Pleasure
and Frustration
[6:07 mins.]
Adam Phillips
Interview
[14:31 mins.]
Adam
Phillips with Novelist, Critic Daphne Merkin
[53:46 mins.]
Adam Phillips
on His Book, Becoming Freud
[4:02 mins.]
Pt2
[6:32 mins.]
Adam Phillips
on Money
[44:35 mins.]
On Being Too
Much for Ourselves
[13:41 mins.]
The Rule of Not
Too Much
[14:00 mins.] [audio essay]
Sex Mad
[14:29 mins.] [audio essay]
On Missing Out
[1:01:10 mins.]
Reference (Susie Orbach)
Susie
Orbach: In Therapy
[14:52 mins.]
Susie
Orbach on Psychoanalysis
[38:14 mins.] [interview; intellectual origins of Orbach's interest
in psychoanalysis; social and feminist context]
Authenticity
[22:03 mins.] [Susie Orbach and Maria Furtwängler
discuss authenticity; 2011, Munich] [conversation begins at 5:00 mins.]
Bodies
& Business
[23:32 mins.]
On
Womens' Body Issues
[4:40 mins.]
GRITtv
Interview: Susie Orbach
[5:52 mins.] Pt2
[6:04 mins.]
Bodies
[1:26:13 mins.] [London School of Economics and Political Science] [conversation
begins at 3:00 mins.]
Love,
Suffering, Death and Happiness
[1:30:45 mins.] [St Paul's Cathedral, 2010]
Reference (Mark Epstein)
Advice
Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
[1:28:53 mins.]
Working
with Trauma: Integrating Psychotherapy and Mindfulness
[1:14:46 mins.]
The
Interface of Psychology and Buddhism
[1:42:00 mins.]
Everyday
Trauma: Perspectives from Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
[2:00:11 mins.]
Why
Your Self-Image Might Be Wrong: Ego, Buddhism, and Freud
[3:32 mins.]
How
To Get Over Yourself
[2:49 mins.]
Reference (Nancy McWilliams)
Nancy
McWilliams Talks to NewTherapist
[16:07 mins.] [Nancy McWilliams is a psychoanalyst, writer and teacher
at Rutgers University] [end presentation at 6:28 mins.] [in this video,
Nancy McWilliams presents a sensible defense of a psychodynamic approach
to psychotherapy]
Beyond
Traits: Personality Differences as Intersubjective Themes
[58:29 mins.] [Nancy McWilliams] [2012]
Psychological
Wellness: What Has Happened to our Understanding of Mental Health?
[1:25:26 mins.] [2011]
Nancy
McWilliams Talks to Project Air Strategy about Personality Disorder
[14:30 mins.]
Psychoanalysis
and its Discontents (and Hopes for the Future)
[33:30 mins.]
Life,
Psychoanalysis and Spirituality
[51:59 mins.]
Reference (Jonathan Shedler)
Jonathan
Shedler, Ph.D. speaking at Pacifica Graduate Institute
[2:36 mins.] [on the effectiveness of psychotherapy]
Where
is the Evidence for Evidence-Based Therapy?
[56:54 mins.] [Jonathan Shedler]
Reference (Andrew Feldmár)
A
Life is Worth Living
[16:30 mins.]
On
Shame
[9:13 mins.]
On
Dependancy and Emancipation
[9:17 mins.]
MDMA
for PTSD
[2:33 mins.]
The
Psychedelic Apprentice
[30:10 mins.]
On
Psychedelic Therapy
[35:06 mins.]
Therapeutic
Use of Psychedelics Overview & Personal Journey
[45:23 mins.] [presentation begins at 1:00 mins.]
Reference
The
Most Important Thing in Psychotherapy?
[3:23 mins.] [Emmy van Deurzen, British existential therapist]
A Cautionary Note about Psychotherapy &
Psychotherapists
Psychology 101: A Dramatically Different View
of Psychology
Than What You Are Being Presented From the Psychodynamic
Perspective
Contact Professor Elkins
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