Four Month Programme:  September – December 2020

Introducing The Masterson Approach to the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Borderline Disorder of the Self.

Session/DateTimeProgramme TopicsPresenter(s)
Session 1:
05-09-2020
08:30-10:30Introduction to Masterson’s Borderline Disorder of the Self*WC Griffith
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30Theory (Introduction to Masterson’s Borderline Disorder of the Self)
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Session 2:
19-09-2020
08:30-10:30Developmental Perspective: Margaret Mahler*C Dumas
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30Theory (Developmental, Self, and Object-Relations approach)
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Session 3: 03-10-202008:30-10:30Personality Structure
Rewarding Object Relations Unit (RORU): Exploring the basics.
S Moorcroft
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30Withdrawing Object Relations Unit (WORU): Exploring the basics.
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Session 4: 17-10-202008:30-10:30Psychotherapy and Diagnosis of the Borderline Disorder of the Self (1)*JP Theron
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30Theory (Psychotherapy and Diagnosis of the Borderline Disorder of the Self (Part 1).)
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Session 5:
31-10-2020
08:30-10:30Psychotherapy and Diagnosis of the Borderline Disorder of the Self (2)*Rani Prinsloo
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30Theory (Psychotherapy and Diagnosis of the Borderline Disorder of the Self (Part 2).)
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Session 6:
14-11-2020
08:30-10:30Countertransference & The concept of the Real Self*G Pretorius
10:30-11:00Tea
11:00-12:30The Real Self
12:30-13:30Continuous Case Conference
Examination: 12-12-2020Time slots to be allocated.Formal Case Presentation to IMI Faculty.International Masterson Institute
Sesssion DateProgramme TopicsTime/Presenters

*Reading material to be provided.

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