Contemporary Psychoanalytic concepts in everyday life
2022-2023 One Year Program Materials
Class Dates and Course Materials:
Class 1. 09.08.22
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201
Title: Tenderness
Instructor: Miriam DeRiso
Film: Kajillionaire (to be watched individually prior to the class; found on Amazon Prime, and at the Carnegie Library on DVD)
Reading: The Desire to Giselle
As you read, please consider substituting the word "writer" with "analyst" or "therapist". To me it is the essence of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and the concept of tenderness.
Class 2. 10.13.22
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 300 S Pacific Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224: Friendship Perk and Brew. Street Parking available.
Title: Many Manifestations of Alone
Instructor: Sharon Bernstein, Miriam DeRiso, Catherine Maihoefer
Medium: Poem (Please read this)
Reading: Partners in Thought. This is the primary article to read for class (in addition to the poem itself).
Supplemental Reading: Paul Williams, Solitude.
Sharon has asked that everyone bring a piece of material representing “Alone” to the class. This can be an image, sketch, photo, magazine, clipping, painting, sounds, etc. You will be invited to share what you’ve brought in class.
Class 3. 11.10.22
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 300 S Pacific Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224: Friendship Perk and Brew. Street Parking available.
Title: What’s in a name – a sparknotes diconary of two psychoanalyc terms
Instructor: Jose Manlla Rivas, Loren Sobel, MD., MS., William Cornell M.A., TSTA (P)
Medium: Music
For the following songs, listen to them twice. The first me, pay attenion to how the sound makes you feel, how lyrics make you feel. Then think to yourself -Are there parts of your personal history that relate to the lyrics? To the beat? To the song itself? -What feelings come up when you listen to the song. For the second me, try to come up with whatever words you think describe this experience. If possible, bring this to class. Please bring something to write with for the class.
Media:
Do I wanna know – by Arcc Monkeys
https://youtu.be/bpOSxM0rNPM -
Do I wanna know - Hozier (original by Arcc Monkeys)
https://youtu.be/fuWq4RZnc6U -
Do I wanna know - Dua Lipa (original by Arcc Monkeys)
https://youtu.be/fZB-ptAnoQc -
Junk of the Heart (Happy) – The Kooks
https://youtu.be/8pvHZ4ddR-4 -
From Eden – Hozier -
Class 4. 12.08.22
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 300 S Pacific Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224: Friendship Perk and Brew. Street Parking available.
Title: Presences and Absences
Instructor: Michael Mervosh, Loren Sobel, Miriam Deriso, William Cornell
Readings:
1. The Authority of Tenderness, Chapter 5 – Gone, Paul Williams
Supplemental Reading:
2. Vitalization In Psychoanalysis – Chapter 2 – An Allegiance To Absence, Rachel Sopher
3. Ghosts In the Consulting Room – Afterword – The Power of Being Witnessed, Sam Gerson
Media:
Make a quiet space to receive these words and images. Allow the presences and absences reflected in these various art forms to evoke presences and absences within you.
Two Songs:
- Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd cover, Staind https://youtu.be/Y4U-MeCfg9k
- Angel From Montgomery, John Prine Cover, Maren Morris https://youtu.be/DpxNuVchknM
Three Poems:
- Lost, David Wagoner https://youtu.be/n-R8gsoXvUU
- What The Living Do, Marie Howe https://youtu.be/VWabOtq10UI
Feeling Fucked Up, Etheridge Knight https://youtu.be/jqjXA1TaNjo
Two Visual Clips:
- Maria Abramovic – The Artist Is Present https://youtu.be/xlf68X2qEpM Nowness
- Vivian Maier 8 mm https://youtu.be/dthpmnlPMH4
Class 5. 01.12.23
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201. Please note location change
Title: Transgenerational Hauntings: Exploring the Unconscious Legacies of Family Tragedies and Secrets
Instructor: Bill Cornell
Media:
Required: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OZIwsk9cAM
Supplemental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5NuCrAkjGw
Reading:
-Required: : Edward Novak, “Emancipation from a fear of institutionalization: A case of transgenerational hauntings”
-Supplemental:
Maurice Apprey, “Repairing history: Reworking transgenerational trauma”
Ocean Vuong, “A Letter to My Mother that he Will Never Read”
Class 6. 02.09.23
6:15pm-9pm
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201. Please note location change
Title: Being Seen. The therapist as person.
Instructor: Loren Sobel
Media:
Required: Stutz, on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/81387962
Reading:
Class 7 03.09.23
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201. Please note location change
Title: Vicissitudes of Desire
Instructor: Tova Tarr
Media: Optional "Blue Velvet," a movie by David Lynch, 1986. You can watch it on: HULU, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, and more.
Caution: This movie is disturbing. It includes graphic sex and violence. Please stop watching if it is too disturbing to you.
Reading:
-Optional:
Galit Atlas (2016) The Enigma of Desire Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis Chapters 1-2
Jody Messler Davies (1998) Between the Disclosure and Foreclosure of Erotic TransferenceCountertransference Can Psychoanalysis Find a Place for Adult Sexuality In Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 8 (6): 747-766
Class 8 04.13.23
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201. Please note location change
Title: Smart phones, social media, and the attention economy: How do these impact us?
Instructor: George Herrity Psy.D.
Media: “The Social Dilemma” (2020) Film directed by Jeff Orlowski. Available on Netflix
Reading:
-Required:
Hari, J. (2023). Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and how to Think Deeply Again. Crown.
Introduction: Walking in Memphis
Ch. 5: Cause Five: The disruption of mind-wandering
Class 9 05.11.23
Location: 145 44th Street, PGH 15201. Please note location change
Title: What is an analytic therapy space?
Instructor: Colleen Peddycord and Whitney Sigall
Media: Please take a photo of your office space and/or virtual space to bring to class (If you do not
have an office or would prefer not to share your office, bring a photo of an office you would like
to work in.)
Listen: IPA Off The Couch Episode 28: Psychoanalysis & Architecture
Reading:
Gerald, M. (2020). Design and architecture of psychoanalytic space. In In the shadow of freud's
couch: Portraits of psychoanalysts in their offices (pp. 104–118). essay, Routledge.
Optional: