OTHER FREUDIAN TOPICS
Teaching students about other Freudian topics such as: compromise formation, symptom formation, hysterical symptomatology, Freud's relationship with his peers and successors, etc.
Introduce Topic
Recommended Resources
Course Assignments
INTRODUCE TOPIC
Desire for knowledge; sublimation vs. repression
- The notion of sublimation somehow helps students feel less ashamed about the idea that drives might lie behind sublime activities; being able to clarify the difference between repression and sublimation is very crucial here. Simple examples work best.
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Much about compromise formations, and the beginnings of object relations theory (On Narcissism, etc). I explain it all.
- I use cartoon drawings I've made demonstrating Mahler's stages. I also give clinical examples.
Jerome S. Blackman, M.D.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Virginia Wesleyan College
Jsbmd1@cox.net
jblackmanmd@aol.com
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I explain transference and countertransference. I have a clinical case vignette that helps about a patient of mine who projects criticisms onto me that make him anxious.
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Blackman, J. (2003). 101 Defenses: How the Mind Shields Itself. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Brenner, C. (1982). The Mind In Conflict. Madison, CT: International Universities Press.
Jerome S. Blackman, M.D.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Virginia Wesleyan College
Jsbmd1@cox.net
jblackmanmd@aol.com
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
I ask one student to listen for ego defect, one for affect, one for superego trouble, one for drive derivative, one for defense constellations. Then I describe the case, and afterwards, I ask each student to describe that aspect I assigned. I write their answers on the board in chart form.
Jerome S. Blackman, M.D.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Virginia Wesleyan College
Jsbmd1@cox.net
jblackmanmd@aol.com