WEEK 1 Part 1 – Optimal Stress

WEEK 1 Part 2 – Three Modes of Therapeutic Action

WEEK 1 Part 3 – The Sandpile Model and the Paradoxical Impact of Stress

WEEK 1 Part 4 – From Defense to Adaptation

WEEK 1 Part 5 – My Psychodynamic Synergy Paradigm

WEEK 1 Part 6 – Bad Stuff Happens

WEEK 1 Part 7 – Stronger at the Broken Places

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WEEK 2 Part 1 – Three Optimal Stressors

WEEK 2 Part 2 – Conflict Statements

WEEK 2 Part 3 – Ego-Dystonic vs. Ego-Syntonic

WEEK 2 Part 4 – Avoiding Power Struggles

WEEK 2 Part 5 – 1-Person vs. 2-Person Defenses

WEEK 2 Part 6 – Nature vs. Nurture

WEEK 2 Part 7 – Add "New Good" vs. Modify "Old Bad"

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WEEK 3 Part 1 – Inevitability of Therapeutic Failure

WEEK 3 Part 2 – Corrective Provision

WEEK 3 Part 3 – Defensive "But" vs. Adaptive "And"

WEEK 3 Part 4 – Grieving Disillusionment

WEEK 3 Part 5 – The Intersubjective Perspective

WEEK 3 Part 6 – Projective Identification

WEEK 3 Part 7 – Co-Creation of Therapeutic Failures

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WEEK 4 Part 1 – Therapist as Authentic Subject

WEEK 4 Part 2 – Great Tan, Bitch!

WEEK 4 Part 3 – Accountability Statements

WEEK 4 Part 4 – Relentless Hope: The Refusal to Grieve

WEEK 4 Part 5 – Relational Sadomasochistic Dynamics

WEEK 4 Part 6 – Internal Sadomasochistic Dynamics

WEEK 4 Part 7 – Intense Attachment to the Bad Object

WEEK 4 Part 8 – Fun Review

WEEK 4 Part 9 – Concluding Remarks

WEEK 4 Part 10 – References

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