Contemporary Psychoanalytic Concepts in Everyday life

2026-2027 One Year Program Materials

Instructors:

Syllabus information

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Syllabus Template

APA Requirements checklist for syllabus creation

Guide for accurate references/readings

CE Instructions:

-Please be sure to sign in with your name to all classes you attend. After signatures are collected you will be contacted by our CE Coordinator, Darcy Schatz, to complete your evaluation. Once you complete the evaluation, you’ll be able to download a signed CE certificate.

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Students:

Class Dates and Course Materials


Class 1.
09.21.26
6:15pm-9pm

Location:
201 South Highland Ave
Suite 101
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Title: Coming To Terms with Truth In Psychoanalysis: Engaging Complexity, Paradox & Not Knowing

Instructor: Michael Mervosh, M.Ed.

Syllabus

Required Viewing

Movie: “The Christophers” (2026). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. View with a subscription on Hulu or Disney+, or to rent on Prime Video.

Please watch the movie before class. Class discussion will be based on the film.

Required Reading:  

Ogden, Thomas. (2016). On Language and Truth in Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, (85)(2):411-426.

Optional Reading: 

Blass, Rachel. (2018) The Quest for Truth as the Foundation of Psychoanalytic Practice: A Traditional Freudian-Kleinian Perspective. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, (85)(2):305-337.

Messler-Davies, Jody. (2016) The Man Who Would Be Everything (To Everyone): The Unconscious Realities and Fantasies of Psychic Truth and Change. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, (85)(2):361-389.