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New York University Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Course No. G89.4501
Psychoanalytic History and Changes in Technique
Instructor: Martin S. Bergmann
Spring 2013
I. The uses of the history of psychoanalysis and why we should study it. Overview
of the history of psychoanalysis: the role of models
II. The birth of psychoanalysis
A. J.M. Masson (ed.) (1985). The Complete Letter of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm
Fliess, 1887-1904. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press (Belknap
Press).
Readings: Letters of July 7, 1897; September 21, 1897; October 3, 1897; October 15,
1897; February 6, 1899; June 12, 1900.
B. Freud, S. (1893-95). Psychotherapy of hysteria, pp. 255-305. In “Studies on hysteria,”
Breuer and Freud. Standard Edition 2.
C. Bergmann, M.S. The leap from the “Studies on hysteria” to the “Interpretation of
dreams.” (pp. 343-358). In Storms in Her Head: Freud and the Construction of
Hysteria. Dinen and Harris, eds. New York: Other Press: 2001.
III. Early controversies
Alfred Adler
H. Nunberg and E. Federn (1962). Minutes of the Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society,
vol. 1. New York: International Universities Press, 1962.
Reading: chapter 16 (Speaker Adler: “A Psychoanalysis”)
H. Nunberg and E. Federn (1974). Minutes of the Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society,
vol. 3. New York: International Universities Press, 1962.
Readings: chapter 129 (Speaker Adler: “The Masculine Protest as the central problem of
Neurosis”); and chapter 130 (“Discussion of Adler’s paper, ‘The Masculine Protest as
the central problem of Neurosis’”).
M.S. Bergmann (2004). Rethinking dissidence and change in the history of
psychoanalysis. In Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of
Psychoanalysis. M.S. Bergmann, ed. New York: Other Press.
Reading: pp. 6-14.
Carl Jung
W. McGuire (ed.) (1974). The Freud/Jung Letters. Princeton: Princeton University
Press.
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Readings: Letters 162J; 163F; 178J; 179F; 303J; 304F; 315J; 316F; 318J; 330J; 338J;
340F; 342F; 343J; 344J; 355J; 359J.
M.S. Bergmann (2004). Rethinking dissidence and change in the history of
psychoanalysis. In Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of
Psychoanalysis. M.S. Bergmann, ed. New York: Other Press.
Reading: pp. 14-23.
Book review by Winnicott of Jung (1964), “Memories, Dreams, Reflections.” Int. J.
Pschychoanalysis 45: 450-55.
IV. Controversies Around Technique
The Controversy around Wilhelm Reich’s Character Analysis
M.S. Bergmann and F.R. Hartmann (eds.) (1976). The Evolution of Psychoanalytic
Technique. New York: Basic Books; 1990 edition, NY: Columbia University Press.
Readings: Chapter 18, 19, 20
Controversy Around Ferenczi’s Active Technique
M.S. Bergmann and F.R. Hartmann (eds.) (1976). The Evolution of Psychoanalytic
Technique. New York: Basic Books; 1990 edition, NY: Columbia University Press.
Readings: Chapter 7, 8, 9
The Freud-Klein Controversies
P. King and R. Steiner (eds.) (1991). The Freud-Klein Controversies 1941-45.
London & New York: Tavistock/Routledge.
Readings: Section II, pp. 617-652.
Symposium on the Theory of the Therapeutic Results of Psycho-Analysis (Marienbad,
4 August 1936). The International Journal of Psycho—Analysis 18:125-189.
The Freud-Ferenczi Controversy
S. Ferenczi (1955). Final Contributions to the Problems and Methods of PsychoAnalysis. London: The Hogarth Press.
Readings: “The Unwelcome child and the Death Instinct” (1929); and “Confusion of
Tongues between Adults and the Child” (1933).
M.S. Bergmann (1993). Reflections on the history of psychoanalysis. Journal of the
American Psychoanalytic Association. 41: 929-955
E. Kris (1956). On the vicissitudes of insight in the course of psychoanalysis.
International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 37: 445-455.
M.S. Bergmann (1996). “The tragic encounter between Freud and Ferenczi and its
impact on the history of psychoanalysis.” In: P. Rudnytsky, A. Bokay and P.
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Giampieri-Deutsch, Ferenczi’s Turn in Psychoanalysis. New York: New York Univ.
Press, pp. 145-159.
M.S. Bergmann (1996) “Passions in the therapeutic relationship: an historical
perspective.” Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis. Vol 5, no. 1.
The Freud-Horney Controversy
Grossman, W. I. (1986) Freud and Hornei: A Study of Psychoanalytic Models via
analysis of a controversy in Psychoanalysis, The Science of Mental Conflict (Essays
in Honor of Charles Brenner). New York: The Analytic Press.
V. The Unique Contribution of Winnicott
Winnicott (1971). Playing and Reality. Tavistock publications.
Readings: chapters 3 and 4
If time permits:
V. The Question of Termination of Analysis
S. Ferenczi (1927) The problem of termination of the analysis. In Ferenczi Final
Contributions.
S. Freud. (1937). Analysis terminable and interminable. Standard Edition 23.
M.S. Bergmann (2005). Termination and reanalysis. In Textbook of Psychoanalysis.
E. Person, A. Cooper and G. Gobbard, eds. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
VI. The André Green-Anna Freud Controversies
Readings: A. Green (1975). “The analyst, symbolization and absence in the analytic setting
(on change in analytic practice and analytic experience).” The International Journal of
Psycho-Analysis 50: 1-22; and A. Freud (1976). “Changes in psychoanalytic practice and
experience.” The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis 57: 257-260.
Bergmann, M.S. (1999) “The Dynamics of the History of Psychoanalysis: Anna
Freud, Leo Rangell and Andre Green.” In: The Dead Mother. Gregorio Kohon (ed.)
The New Library of Psychoanalysis. No. 36. New York: Rutledge.
Bergmann, M.S. (2000) (ed.) The Hartmann Era. New York: The Other Press.