Personality evaluation: A psychoanalytic approach with projective methods - APS300476

• Title: Personality evaluation: A psychoanalytic approach with projective methods
• Guaranteed by: Department of Psychology (21-KPS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: 20 / unknown (10)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jana Warren, M.St.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Jana Warren, M.St.
• Is incompatible with: APS300476E

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D. (11.12.2023)

Annotation: The course focuses on psychoanalytic models in the evaluation of psychopathological phenomena. In
particular, it examines the potential of projective methods in the diagnostic process.

Aim of the course

Last update: PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D. (11.12.2023)

Aim of subject:
The aim of this course is to introduce clinical psychological evaluation of adult psychopathology from the psychoanalytic perspective. It will also explore the potential of projective methods in the diagnostic process.

Gained knowledge:

A. The course will examine basic concepts of adult psychopathology evaluation from the psychoanalytic perspective, namely from the perspective of structural models, object relations, attachment theory, defence mechanism theories and other approaches

B. The course will cover selected theoretical, clinical and research literature on each disorder

C. The course will touch upon the evolution of current conceptualisations of each disorder.

Gained skills: Students will learn to define and recognise the basic forms of psychopathology of the selected disorders from the psychoanalytic perspective and identify their manifestation as captured by projective methods

Course completion requirements

Last update: PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D. (11.12.2023)

Presentation, tests

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D. (11.12.2023)

Literature:
Key Reading:
Auchincloss, E.(2015). The psychoanalytic model of the mind. American Psychiatric Publishing.
McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
Fairbairn, R.D. (1994). Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality.

Kernberg, O. (1975) Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism. New Jersey: Jason Aronson.

Klein, M. (1975). Envy and Gratitude and Other Works: 1946-1963. New York: Random House.

Kramer, P. (2006). Protecting the Self: Defense Mechanisms in Action. New York: Guilford Press
Kleiger, J. H., & Weiner, I. B. (2023). Introduction to psychological assessment of bipolar spectrum disorders: Definitions and concepts. In J. H. Kleiger & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Psychological assessment of bipolar spectrum disorders (pp. 3-15). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000356-001 - CHAPTER 17

London, N. J., Tausk, V., Freeman, T., Searles, H. F., Bak, R. C., Jacobson, E., Rosenfeld, H., & Cameron, N. (1988). Essential Papers on Psychosis (P. Buckley, Ed.). NYU Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qg2dg

Blatt, Sidney J. & Wild, Cynthia M. (1976). Schizophrenia : a developmental analysis / Sidney J. Blatt, Cynthia M. Wild. New York : Academic Press

Supplementary books:
Gabbard, G. (2014). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. American Psychiatric Publishing.

Bach, S. (1985). Narcissistic States and the Therapeutic Process. New Jersey: Jason Aronson.

Clarkin, J., Caligor, E, Stern, B and Kernberg, O.(2007). Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO).

Exner, J. E. (1974). The Rorschach: A comprehensive system. John Wiley & Sons.

Morrison, A. (1986). Essential Papers on Narcissism. New York: New York University

Press.

Rossel F., Husain O., Merceron C. (Eds) (2005a). Les phénomènes particuliers au Rorschach: Une relecture pointilliste; Volume I. Lausanne: Editions Payot.

Rossel F., Husain O., Revaz O. (Eds) (2012). Les phénomènes particuliers au Rorschach: Une relecture pointilliste; Volume II. Paris: Editions Hogrefe.

Rossel F., Husain O., Revaz O. (Eds) (2017). Les phénomènes particuliers au Rorschach: Une

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Eva Dragomirecká, Ph.D. (11.12.2023)

Syllabus:
The theoretical foundation of the course hinges on the basic concepts relevant for an understanding of the selected psychopathological phenomena (see Literature). Building on this theoretical basis, the course elaborates on specific disorders: neurotic, borderline and psychotic personality pathologies and their manifestation in projective methods.