Yearly Cohorts
Small group dive into transference, countertransference, reflective function and psychodynamic psychotherapy
Dr. David Puder is thrilled to introduce this specialized Teaching Cohort, designed to sharpen your psychotherapy skills.
Grounded in psychodynamic principles, the program emphasizes building strong therapeutic alliances, boosting reflective function, skillfully navigating transference and countertransference, and mastering common factors in therapy. It's ideal for mental health professionals—including psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and trainees—eager to establish or enhance a psychotherapy-focused practice.
Program Details
Each week, we'll delve into essential psychodynamic texts and articles (about 10-30 pages of reading), such as Nancy McWilliams' Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. We'll also discuss real-world cases to apply these concepts. Sessions last 1.5-2 hours and feature interactive didactics, lively discussions, and Socratic questioning for deeper engagement. We'll use your input from this application to select the best day and time for weekly meetings, with breaks for major holidays.
Key Topics
Personality types
Psychodynamic foundations
Advanced empathy
Reflective function
Transference
Countertransference
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
Viktor E. Frankl