Brazilian Institute of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis (IBPW)

International Winnicott Association (IWA)

Y Kang Center, Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing

SINO-BRAZILIAN

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN

WINNICOTT´S PSYCHOANALYSIS

PERIOD: 2019-2020

THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE IN WINNICOTT`S PSYCHOANALYSIS AT THE HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL – GENERAL ASPECTS

  1.   Trainees: graduate students in different areas of mental health-care 
  2.   Teachers: English speaking senior professionals, from the Brazilian Winnicott Institute and/or it´s collaborators from the International Winnicott Association (IWA)
  3. Duration: two years, 2019-2020, divided in 4 modules (of 5 days each)
  4. Year´s periods: May and November
  5. The program: see below 
  6. Time schedule: morning and afternoon classes; details to be announced

B. OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM 

I. Summary

The general objective of this Basic Course is to present in an introductory level the structure of Winnicott´s psychoanalysis as a whole by explaining its theoretical structure, its instrumental commitments, its clinical procedures and its applicability to preventing different kinds of individual and social disorders. In addition, the Program will offer an overview of Winnicott´s place in the history of psychoanalysis and other areas of health care, with a special emphasis on his relation to Freud and M. Klein. There will be discussion of cases taken from Winnicott´s writings and supervision of case reports presented by the trainees.

II. Teachers: China group of teachers of The IBPW coordinated by Zeljko Loparic and Elsa Oliveira Dias


III. Time schedule     

  1. Morning classes: lectures on the structure of Winnicott´s psychoanalytic theory and practice 
  2. Afternoon classes: supervision of cases presented by the participants

 IV.   An Outline of the contents of the Theoretical Part of the Course in 4 modules (morning classes)

Module 1 – May 2019
            Subject A) Winnicott´s revolutionary programs for various health-caring fields
            The objective in this module is to present a general view of Winnicott´s psychoanalysis within the framework of contemporary theory of science based on Kuhn´s theory of paradigms, with emphasis on the revolutionary character of Winnicott´s contribution.

 Subject B) Winnicott´s theory of the maturational processes
              This topic shall address the central part of Winnicott´s paradigm: his theory of the emotional and personal maturational processes, used by him as the frame of reference for his maturational psychopathology, clinical practices and prevention.

Module 2 – November 2019

   Subject: Winnicott´s maturational pathology I: psychoses and psycho-somatic disorders
            This module shall be dedicated to the study of reactions and defenses against interruptions of the maturational process originating from the environmental failures that take place at the very early stages individual´s development during the period of absolute dependence (approximately in the first year, before or during the I AM stage) and result in primitive agonies. Maturational disorders of this kind are designated by Winnicott by the general name of psychoses (which include personality splits, self-holding, schizoid states, exploration of subjective phenomena and autistics states) and psycho-somatic disorders (depersonalization).

Module 3 – June 2020

Subject: Winnicott´s maturational pathology II: other maturational disorders

In this module shall be examined disorders which have their point of origin in the maturational process following the acquisition of the unit status (at the I AM stage), in particular depression, anti-social tendency, neuroses, maturational problems in adolescence and in adult social life. 

Module 4 – November 2020

Subject: Winnicott´s clinical practices

Subject A) Summary of Winnicott´s views on clinical phenomena 

Under this topic shall be studied 1) different modalities of transference, 2) analyst´s counter-transference (attitudes, roles, responses and behavior), 3) clinical phenomena emerging during the treatment (psychotic breakdown, regression to dependence etc.), 4) the course and the end of the treatment. 

Subject B) Winnicott´s definition of the aims and nature of the psychoanalytic treatment 

Topics to be studied include procedures inherited from traditional psychoanalysis and modified by Winnicott, in particular the treatment by verbalization and interpretation, as well as modalities of treatment that are specific to Winnicott´s paradigm proper, such as playing roles and management in individual settings.

Subject C) Winnicott´s main clinical procedures on other fields of health care
            Application of these procedures outside psychoanalytic individual settings shall also be considered, in particular in the fields of pediatrics, child psychiatry (therapeutic consultations and squiggle games, on demand therapy), casework and in other extended settings, such as families, hospitals, hostels, etc., where different kinds of environmental provision are offered.

Subject D) Clinical illustrations taken from cases reported by Winnicott

Brazilian Institute of Winnicottian Psychoanalysis (IBPW)

International Winnicott Association (IWA)

Y Kang Center, Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing

ADVANCED SINO-BRAZILIAN TRAINING COURSE IN WINNICOTT'S PSYCHOANALYSIS, 2019-2020

I. Summary

The general objective of the Advanced Sino-Brazilian Training Course in Winnicott’s Psychoanalysis, to be delivered at the Huilongguan hospital, Beijin  in the period 2019-2020, is to reexamine Winnicott´s psychoanalysis as a whole, by studying it in greater detail than it was done in the Basic Sino-Brazilian Training Course in Winnicott’s Psychoanalysis, which was ministered at the same hospital in 2917-2018. This study will include specific aspects of its theoretical structure, its instrumental commitments, its clinical procedures and its applicability to preventing different kinds of individual and social disorders. At the same time, the Course will deepen the presentation given in the Basic Course of Winnicott´s place in the history of psychoanalysis and other areas of health-care. There will be discussion of cases taken from Winnicott´s writings and supervision of case reports presented by the trainees.

II. Time schedule 

  1. Morning classes: lectures on the structure of Winnicott´s psychoanalytic theory and practice 
  2. Afternoon classes: supervision of cases presented by the participants

III. Professors: China group of teachers of the IBPW coordinated by Elsa Oliveira Dias and Zeljko Loparic

IV. Contents of the Theoretical Part of the Course in modules (morning classes)

Module 1, June 2019

The general subject: Theory of Maturational Processes theory – maturational process starting from the period and stages of absolute dependence to the periods of interdependence and maturity.

Basic Bibliography: 

Winnicott, D.W. 1965: The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment, chapters 3, 7 and 23. 

 Module 2, November 2019 

The general subject: Maturational pathology – health problems related to the maturational process at successive stages; their origin, nature and classification.

Basic Bibliography: 

Winnicott, D.W. 1958. From paediatrics to psychoanalysis, chap. 17.

Winnicott, D.W. 1965: The maturational processes and the facilitating environment, chapter 23.

Module 3, May 2020

The general subject: Treatment of the disturbances of the process of maturation at successive stages.

Basic Bibliography: 

Winnicott, D.W. 1958. From pediatrics to psychoanalysis, chap. 7

Winnicott, D.W. 1965: The maturational processes and the facilitating environment, chapter 15

Module 4, November 2020

The general subject: Illustration of concepts, theories and procedures of modules 1-3 by Winnicott´s clinical cases.
Basic Bibliography: 

Little, M. 1990. Psychotic Anxieties and Containment. London: Jason Aronson.

Winnicott, D.W. 1958. From pediatrics to psychoanalysis, chap. 9

Winnicott, D.W. 1965: The maturational processes and the facilitating environment, chap. 23

Winnicott, D.W. 1971: Therapeutic Consultations, case 11.