CF 653, Development III:
Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Fall 2009
Barbara England, LCSW
847-328-4860
barbara.e@comcast.net
Adolescent development describes a process from puberty through the
beginning achievements of adulthood. Psychoanalytic psychology has played an
important role in elaborating the theories of this period. We will explore
classical theory (drive model), object relations (separation/individuation) and
self psychology as a means of understanding the nature of development and
significant features of adolescence from a depth psychological (or inside/out)
perspective.
Goals
1.Understand the role of theory in development. What are our expectations of
theory? How do we use theory in our clinical thinking?
2. Clarify and consider our knowledge of development as a process. How does
development become visible to us? Conceptualize the developmental milestones
of adolescence.
3. Further development of skills re: translating theory with critical thinking and
analysis by the practice of group discussion. Improve ability to integrate theory
and clinical thinking. How do we understand making the most or best sense of
theory for ourselves? Understanding our rationale for theories that we most
favor.
4. Learn about the significance and uniqueness of adolescence through the study
of topics such as: puberty, changing nature and direction of object choices
(parental and peer), shifts in dependency and autonomy, ego ideals, etc.
5. Understand the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. When are the
developmental tasks of adolescence complete? Can we recognize features of
adolescent development in our adult clinical population?
Evaluation
The grade is composed of 75% class participation and a 25% written
assignment.
Class participation: In relation to the course goals, the best opportunity for
learning will come from developing your ability to think about the material
while speaking in class; venturing forth with your own ideas and processing
your understanding through discussion. You will need to demonstrate your
willingness to feel your way through the readings as we process them in class.
The group members will rely on each other to have read all assignments, be
prepared to offer ideas, questions and critical understanding as far as you can
develop it. You will be expected to respond to others by helping to develop their
ideas through feedback, contrasting your own ideas, etc.
The weight of the participation grade reflects the importance of attending class.
If you must be absent, notify me in advance. In that case, there will be an essay
assigned based on readings from that class period in order to make up for the
missed participation grade.
A participation grade will be given after each class.
One essay will be due in the latter half of the course either on a special topic of
adolescence or an application of theory to a clinical understanding of an
adolescent patient. Further details of this assignment will be offered in the final
version of the syllabus.
Required Texts:
Guardo, C. (1975) The Adolescent as Individual: Issues and Insights.
New York, NY:Harper and Row: 1975.
Miriam Elson, ed. The Kohut Seminars on self psychology and psychotherapy
with Adolescents and Young Adults. 1987.
Class 1, Reading Dora as the treatment of an adolescent, including more
recent theoretical ideas.
Freud, S. (1905). Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, s.e. (Vol. VII)
PEP Archive. Read section I, Prefatory remarks and The Clinical Picture, pp. 763 and Postscript, pp. 112-122.
Kohut, Heinz. 1987. Value Judgments Surrounding Narcissism. In M. Elson
(ed.), The Kohut Seminars on Self Psychology and Psychotherapy with
Adolescents and Young Adults, (pp. 3-17). New York: W.W. Norton and
Company.
Kohut, Heinz. 1987. The Separate Developmental Lines of Narcissism and
Object Love. In M. Elson, (ed.), The Kohut Seminars on Self Psychology and
Psychotherapy with Adolescents and Young Adults,(pp.18-30). New York:
W.W.Norton and Company.
Erikson, Erik, H. (1962). Reality and Actuality-An Address. Journal of the
American Psychoanalytic Association, 10: 451-475. PEP Archive
In addition, please come to class prepared to discuss your experience with
developmental theory based on your first year curriculum. That is, how theory
has informed your understanding of psychology and your work with patients.
What aspects of a theory or what theory in particular have impressed you or
impacted your work. What has been the usefulness of learning developmental
theory so far.
Class 2, Early Thoughts on Puberty; Incorporating Developmental Theory
into Clinical Practice
Freud, S. (1905). Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. s.e. (Vol. VII) PEP
Archive. Read Section III, The Transformations of Puberty, pp. 207-230.
Fraiberg, Selma. (1955). Some Considerations in the Introduction to Therapy in
Puberty.Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 10: 264-287. PEP Archive
Ruggiero, Irene. (2006). Consultation in Adolescence: Hurried, Terminable,
Interminable. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 87 (2): 537-555. PEP
Archive
Laufer, M. and Laufer, M.E. (1984). Adolescence and Developmental
Breakdown A Psychoanalytic View,(3-10, 21-32, 36-42). New Haven: Yale
University Press. SCAN
Class 3, Beginning Use of Psychoanalytic Developmental Theory; Features
of the Developmental Theory of Anna Freud: Observation, Defense and
Developmental Lines.
Freud, Anna. (1965). The Concept of Developmental Lines. In A. Freud, The
Writings of Anna Freud, Volume VI, 1965, Normality and Pathology in
Childhood: Assessments of Development, (pp.63-69). New York: International
Universities Press.
Freud, Anna. (1966). Defense Motivated by Fear of the Strength of the Instincts
Illustrated by the Phenomena of Puberty. In A. Freud, The Writings of Anna
Freud, Volume II, 1966, The Ego and The Mechanisms of Defense, pp.137-172.
New York: International Universities Press.
Freud, Anna. (1958). Adolescence. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 13:255279.PEP Archive
Mayes, Linda, C.; Cohen, Donald, J. (1996). Anna Freud and Developmental
Psychoanalytic Psychology. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 51: 117-132.
PEP Archive
Class 4, Is There a Place for the Separation/Individuation Model in
Adolescent Developmental Theory?
Steinwand, G. (1984). Adolescent Individuation: The Culmination of a
Developmental Line. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 12
(1): 43-58. PEP Archive
Blos,P. (1967). The Second Individuation Process of Adolescence.
Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 22:162-187. PEP Archive
Brandt, D. (1977). Separation and Identity in Adolescence – Erikson and Mahler
– Some Similarities. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 13: 507-519. PEP Archive
Class 5, Moving Development Along; Parenting in Adolescence.
Shopper, M. (2002). The Illusion of Parental Celibacy: A Necessary Stage in
Adolescent Development. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 57: 177-201. PEP
Archive
Steinberg, L. (1990). Autonomy, Conflict and Harmony in the Family
Relationship. In S. Feldman and G. Elliott (Eds.), At The Threshold. The
Developing Adolescent (pp.255-276). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
University Press. SCAN
Anthony, E.J. (1970). The Reactions of Parents to Adolescents and to Their
Behavior. In E.J. Anthony and T. Benedek, Parenthood. Its Psychology and
.
Psychopathology (pp. 307-324). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. SCAN
Winnicott, D. W. (1965). From Dependence Towards Independence in the
Development of the Individual. In D.W. Winnicott, The Maturational Processes
and the Facilitating Environment (pp. 83-92). New York: International
Universities Press. SCAN
Class 6, Three Developmental Lines in Adolescence: Time, Affect and the
Interpersonal.
Colarusso, C.J. (1988). The Development of Time Sense in Adolescence.
Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 43: 179-198. PEP Archive
Hauser, S.T., Smith H.F. (1991). The Development and Experience of Affect in
Adolescence. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 39S: 131166. PEP Archive
Sullivan, H.S. (1975). An Interpersonal Approach to Adolescence. In C.J.
Guardo (ed.), The Adolescent as Individual: Issues and Insights (pp. 76-101).
New York: Harper and Row.
Class 7, Some Developmental Factors in Late Adolescence and Young
Adulthood: Consolidation of: Identity, Ego Ideals and Character
Formation.
Wolf, E., Gedo, J. and Terman, D. (1972). On the Adolescent Process as a
Transformation of Self. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,1(3): 257-272.
SCAN
Laufer, M. (1964). Ego Ideal and Pseudo Ego Ideal in Adolescence.
Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 19: 196-215. PEP Archive
Kohut, H. (1987). Building Psychic Structure that Regulates Self Esteem. In
Elson, M. (ed.), The Kohut Seminars on Self Psychology and Psychotherapy
with Adolescents and Young Adults,,61-76. New York: W.W. Norton and
Company.
Kohut, H. (1987). The Admiring Self Object and the Idealized Self Object. In
Elson, M. (ed.), The Kohut Seminars on Self Psychology and Psychotherapy
with Adolescents and Young Adults, 77-94. New York: W.W. Norton and
Company.
Kohut, H. (1987). The Acquisition of Internalized Values, Ideals and Goals. In
Elson, M. (ed.), The Kohut Seminars on Self Psychology and Psychotherapy
with Adolescents and Young Adults,95-109. New York: W.W. Norton and
Company.
During this class time we will watch the film: Shades of Ray. Assigned articles
and chapters are to be read independent of class time.
Written Assignment: Please use the film to exemplify at least two of the
following concepts in a theoretical discussion. Important aspects of Identity, Ego
Ideals, Transmuting Internalizations re: idealized objects, character formation
and/or draw on additional concepts from prior class sessions. Demonstrate your
understanding of theory via your explanation; highlighting your paper with
characters or themes of the film. The assignment is three to five pages and will
count as 25% of your grade. The paper is due at the last class session without
exception. Late papers will lose grade value.
Class 8, Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood Continued.
Erikson, E (1975). Excerpt from Identity, Youth and Crisis. In C. J. Guardo
(ed.), The Adolescent as Individual: Issues and Insights, (207-210). New York:
Harper and Row.
Erikson, E. (1975). Adolescence as Uprootedness. In C.J. Guardo (ed.), The
Adolescent as Individual: Issues and Insight, (219-223). New York: Harper and
Row.
Burnett, J. (1971). Dependency Conflicts in the Young Adult. Psychoanalytic
Review, 58 (1): 111-126. PEP Archive
Richmond, B. and Sklansky, M. (1984). Structural Change in Adolescence. In
D.D. Brockman (ed.), Late Adolescence Psychoanalytic Studies, (97-121). New
York: International Universities Press. SCAN
Coppolillo, H. P. (1984). Integration, Organization and Regulation in Late
Adolescence. In D.D. Brockman (ed.), Late Adolescence Psychoanalytic
Studies, (123-151). New York: International Universities Press. SCAN
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