Spring 2012: Bending Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Approaches to LGBT Patients Jack Drescher, MD 1 Credit, 8 Sessions: March 6-May 1, 12:30-2:05

PM Instructors Office: 440 West 24 Street, #1A (212-645-2232)

The last two decades have seen an enormous expansion of psychoanalytic inquiry and insights into the clinical issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients. This course is primarily designed to acquaint clinicians who work with LGBT patients and their families to contemporary theory and treatment approaches. The course instructor will share his own clinical material and students will be asked to offer clinical material of their own. There are no required course readings although readings may be suggested that are relevant to the clinical discussions. Some suggested background readings that students may find useful are appended below.

******** Domenici, T. & Lesser, R.C., eds. (1995). Disorienting Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of Sexual Identities. New York: Routledge. DErcole, A. & Drescher, J., eds. (2004). Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. Drescher, J. (1998). Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. Drescher, J. (2007). From bisexuality to intersexuality: Rethinking gender categories. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 43(2):204-228. Drescher, J. (2010). Queer diagnoses: Parallels and contrasts in the history of

homosexuality, gender variance, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 427460. Drescher, J., DErcole, A. & Schoenberg, E., eds. (2003). Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians: Contemporary Dynamic Approaches. New York: Harrington Park Press. Leli, U. & Drescher, J., eds. (2004). Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinicians Guide. New York: Harrington Park Press. Magee, M. & Miller, D. (1997). Lesbian Lives: Psychoanalytic Narratives Old and New. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. Schwartz, A.E. (1998). Sexual Subjects: Lesbians, Gender, and Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.