Esther Dreiffus-Kattan,Ph.D, a Psychoanalyst and Art Therapist, is on the faculty of SCPI and of UCLA Extension Program. This course will demonstrate how attachment theory informs and amplifies clinical material. The basics of attachment theory will be introduced, then attention will be paid to how secure and insecure attachment patterns converge in the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, and how such disordered attachments, viewed from a contemporary Kleinian perspective, are clinically relevant. Dr. Margaret Rubin is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, trained here, who practices in West Los Angeles. Each film will be discussed by a psychoanalyst followed by audience discussion.
Street parking is available.
Other topics covered will include interacting with and choosing a prescribing co-therapist and psychodynamic issues involved in prescribing psychotropics. Dr. Seitelman practices psychoanalysis and family psychotherapy in Seal Beach. He serves on the faculty of Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, I.C.P., Harbor-UCLA, and UCI Medical Center Department of Psychiatry. This course extends beyond conventional theory, methodology, and technique, venturing further into the political, social and psycho-cultural aspects of couples, It will explore how these broader ideas might be integrated into clinical practice. Time will be allotted for class discussion.