PSYCHOANALYSIS AS PLAY & THE PLAY OF PSA

This course is an exploration of play in work with adults and in the nature of interpretation drawing from different theoretical schools, including Field Theory, Independents, and Relational.  We will look at the concept of play through constructs such as transference-countertransference engagement, enactment, defense, and unconscious fantasy. We will also consider new elements of play such as the interdependence and paradox of mourning and playing, as well as questions regarding an ethic of playing. The clinical examples that we will present to each other are likely to be puzzling, paradoxical, and enigmatic in capturing places of play within the intersubjective setting of analytic work.