Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy II

Seminar Description:

This seminar builds upon the material covered in Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis I. If you are new to psychoanalysis, we recommend completing Fundamentals I before enrolling. However, if you already have a solid foundation in psychoanalytic theory and are seeking deeper discussion of key concepts, we invite you to register below.

Led by Benoit Vincent, Ph.D., and Carol Koenigsberger M.D., clinicians will discuss case material to assimilate these psychoanalytic concepts and techniques and review their usage over the course of seven monthly sessions.

Fundamentals II will occur from 10:45 am- 12:30 pm on the second Saturday of each month starting in September. If you are looking for Fundamentals I, which occurs from 9 am to 10:45 am (directly before Fundamentals II) please register on that page instead. If you have questions about the course, please reach out to programs@sdpsychoanalytic.org for more information.

Participants can expect to learn the following:

• Countertransference and use of self-disclosure.
• Termination
• Neurotic personality organizations and technical implications
• Borderline personality organizations and technical implications
• Conflict dynamic of personality and technical implications (Drive, Ego, and Object Relations psychology)
• Deficit dynamic of personality and technical implications (Self psychology)
• Case discussion using learned concepts and application to clients with depression.

Instructor Information:

Benoit Vincent, Ph.D., is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an associate in psychoanalysis working in a private practice in Carlsbad, CA and a non-profit community agency in Escondido, CA. He also has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Alliant International University in San Diego, and completed advanced training for psychoanalytic psychotherapy and academic psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC). 

He has been practicing for 5 years including working in school setting. He is a board member of SDPC. He has been running a business coaching practice for 10 years. Prior to his psychotherapeutic experience, he was an executive for a large corporation in charge of research and development for 30 years after working for the French CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).

Carol Koenigsberger M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst in La Jolla, CA. She received her medical degree from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, completed psychiatry residency at UCSD, and completed advanced training for psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute. 

She has been in private practice for over 10 years and is a voluntary assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSD. She also has a PhD in Pharmacology from Mayo Clinic and has published peer reviewed articles in the field of Neurobiology.

Learning Objectives:

1. Begin applying the countertransference analysis intervention with their clients.
2. List three core processes during termination.
   
3. Demonstrate understanding of the technical implications of working psychodynamically with patients with neurotic and borderline personalities.
4. Demonstrate understanding of two core conceptualizations of dynamics of personalities: conflict and deficit.
5. Demonstrate the application of psychodynamic concepts and interventions in the case of client suffering from depression.

$300 Course Fee (Members)
$350 Course Fee (Non-members)

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CE/CMEs: 10.5

2nd Saturday of the month:
Starts Sept. 12, 2026
10:45 am - 12:30 pm

2026: Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14
2027: Jan. 9, Feb. 13, Mar. 13, Apr. 10

Fundamentals II will occur from 10:45 am- 12:30 pm on the second Saturday of each month starting in September. If you are looking for Fundamentals I, which occurs from 9 am to 10:45 am (directly before Fundamentals II) please register on that page instead. If you have questions about the course, please reach out to programs@sdpsychoanalytic.org for more information.

Registration/Attendance Process: This is an in-person event, and registration is required.

• Register by clicking the registration button. You will receive a confirmation by email with details about the event.
• Verify attendance by signing in on the attendance sheet at the event.
• Partial attendance at a CE/CME activity will not be awarded CE/CME credit.

Accommodations & Grievances

• If you need special accommodations to attend this event, please contact the Event Coordinator.
• For any grievances or issues, please contact the Continuing Education Manager for any grievances.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ACCREDITATION

The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC), is proud to offer CME credit to Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists and Social Workers. These CME credits will usually satisfy requirements for Social Worker and Psychologist CEUs. However, clinicians should consult their state licensing boards for final approval. Please see the CE/CME credits page for more information.

Continuing Education certificates of attendance will be awarded electronically in exchange for a completed evaluation form. For refund policies or cancellations, please visit our policies page. Any other questions, contact the SDPC Continuing Education Manager.

CMA Accreditation Statement: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA, provider #4001214) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center designates this Continuing Education activity for a maximum of 15.0 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™️. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CAMFT Accreditation: The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) as a continuing education provider, (#050121), to offer Category 1 credit for LMFT’S, LCSW’S, LPCC’S and LEP’S. SDPC as required by the California Board of Behavior Sciences. SDPC maintains responsibility for this course program and all of its content.

Psychologists: SDPC is also approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider number PCE#794, to offer Category 1 credit for LCSWs, MFTs, and Registered Nurses, Provider Numbers CEP#4940. The California Board of Psychology accepts the Category 1 CE credits from the CMA. Psychologists are responsible for reporting their individual attendance to the Board of Psychology. All attendees are responsible for keeping their certificate of attendance for personal records.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The San Diego Psychoanalytic Center (SDPC) CME Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that none of the planners and presenters for this activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. This activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME's identification, mitigation, and disclosure of relevant financial relationships. This activity does not have any known commercial support.

*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content that an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

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