Dr. CONNOLLY, J. PatrickAssistant Professor

Research Interest?
- Psychoanalysis
- Neuropsychoanalysis
- Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Systems Theory and Cybernetics
- Psychosis and Schizophrenia




Qualifications
Ph.D. in Psychology, University of South Africa
M.A. Counselling Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
B.A. Psychology and English, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa




Publications (in reverse chronological order)
Connolly, P. (2019). The Gravity of Objects: How Affectively Organized Generative Models Influence Perception and Social Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2599. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02599
Connolly, P. (2019). Reality is Hierarchically Organized: The Recursive Foundations of Living Systems and Beyond. In M. F. Casanova & I. Opris (eds.). Focus on Systems Theory Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers
Connolly, P. (2018). Expected free energy formalizes conflict underlying defense in Freudian psychoanalysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:1624, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01264
Connolly, P. & van Deventer, V. (2017). Hierarchical Recursive Organization and the Free Energy Principle: From Biological Self-Organization to the Psychoanalytic Mind. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:1695, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01695
Zobi, Y. & Connolly, P. (2013). Recollected experiences of first hospitalisation foracute psychosis among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia in South Africa.South African Journal of Psychiatry 19(3) pp. 81-85
Connolly, P. & Cain, W. (2010). Exploring positive countertransference inpsychotherapy with psychotic patients. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in South Africa18(2) pp. 1-39
Connolly, P. & Eagle, G. (2009). The effects of trauma on child development:Children in South Africa. In J. Watts, K. Cockcroft & N. Duncan (Eds.),Developmental psychology 2nd ed. (pp. 539-562). Cape Town: Juta/UCT Press.





Conference Papers and Presentations (in reverse chronological order and APA format)
Connolly, P. (July, 2016) The Ego as a self-organizing system: A systems theory perspective on Freud's energic metapsychology. Paper presented at 17TH Annual Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Chicago.
Connolly, P. (November, 2012) The Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders on Child Development. Paper presented at the International Academic Conference on Innovation & Development of the Application-oriented Undergraduate Education – ZhiXing College of Hubei University, Wuhan.





Courses Taught
CP511 Clinical Seminar: Couple and Family Counselling
CP514P Psychotherapy I
CP515 Psychotherapy II
CP524 Internship
CP525-7 Externship
COUN440 Family Therapy
COUN360 Adolescent Counselling
PSY371-2 Research Project
PSY373-4 Capstone Project
PSY401-3 Research Thesis
PSY411-2 Honours Research Project





Contact
Office:LG228 Main Building,
Hong Kong Shue Yan University,
Wai Tsui Crescent, Braemer Hill,
North Point, Hong Kong
Phone:2570-7110 ext. 294
Fax:2806-8044
Email:jconnolly@hksyu.edu





Consultation Hours
By appointment