PSYCHOPATHOLOGY I: NON-NEUROTIC DEFENSES IN NON-PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS

This course will explore the ‘in-between’ personalities that are dominated by non-neurotic defenses. We will summarize borderline, perverse, addictive, psychosomatic, & psychotic features of depression and trauma as defending against psychotic collapse. The course will include multiple perspectives on clinical interventions with such defenses. Student’s clinical material will be presented in class.