Introductory Lectures on Neuropsychoanalysis/Psychotherapy " Conclusion"

​Now we come to the end of these Eight Introductory Lectures on Neuropsychoanslysis/Psychotherapy.  We first looked at theory under the heading of, " How the Patient's Mind Functions".  I explored there the additional drive/basic emotional needs that neuropsychoanalysis adds to psychoanalysis.  I also wrote about  how these needs conflict with each other, and the repressed childhood predictions that failed to meet these needs.  I further examined the role the various types of memory play in the  types of therapy chosen. 

Next I discussed developmental theory under the title, How the Patient's Mind Develops".  I wrote about how psychopathology, mainly in the form of unpleasant feelings, results  from unworkable  childhood predictions.

And finally,  under the title of  "How to Treat  the Patient's Mind", I explained how to do neuropsychoanalysis/psychotherapy,  and the various techniques employed  in doing so.  I did this by looking at the  three phases of treatment--the begining, middle, and ending phases. These phases  took you from assessment,  to transference and extratransference interpretations, to working through the old prediction snd consolidating the new one, to the termination of treatment. 

I further offered an imaginary case example in Mr. C. The technique section then ended with instructions on," How to Present a Case Presentation".

I hope these lectures have provided you with a sufficient introduction to the theory and technique of neuropsychoanalysis/psychotherapy. You have now learned enough of this treatment approach to get you started! I could not, in these brief lectures, provide you with all that is needed to be come competent in neuropsychoanalysis/psychotherapy.  I hope I did provide you with enough theory and technique to whet your appetite for more. This was certainly what  I experienced when first listening to Mark Solms Lockdown Lectures on, " A Practical Introduction to Psychoanalysis". I quickly realized he was talking about things  I had never heard of in my psychoanalytic  therapy education. And what he was saying rang so true  for me. From there forward, I felt compelled to learn  more. I hope you experienced something of the same feeling from reading these Introductory Lectures on Neuropsychoanalysis/Psychotherapy.