Description
Psychoanalytic Controversies in Trauma Treatment and their Clinical Implications
March 28th, 2022, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Controversies and splitting have marked the treatment of trauma since the inception of psychoanalysis. This started with arguments over the question of whether dissociative/traumatic symptoms are based on an external event or an unconscious fantasy.
Similar vehement disagreements also surround the other major questions about trauma treatment: is trauma an unhealable wound or can it be mitigated by human resilience? How should “identifying with the aggressor” be defined? Is recovery possible only if the victim internally forgives their perpetrator or is it enough for the victim to forgo their hatred? Clinicians had to choose an allegiance to a particular school of thought; the other approaches were denigrated. The real losers in these battles were the trauma sufferers who were not able to receive a comprehensive treatment.
Beginning in the early 1990’s the psychoanalytic world moved to minimize the split between the two main theories of trauma treatment and integrate them in order to create a more comprehensive treatment modality. A creative dialogue also emerged around the other major controversies in trauma treatment.
This webinar will present the views of the central contributors to these issues and highlight how each perspective adds to our understanding of trauma pathology and recovery, as well as the limitations thereof. It will also provide a multi-stage treatment framework from the trauma literature to help the clinician weigh their intervention based on the client’s needs at that stage of treatment.
Trauma, Subjugation and Emancipation: In Treatment and The Exodus Story
April 4th, 2022, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
The trauma literature richly describes how perpetrators inject themselves into the minds of their victims. They continue to elicit fear in their victims long after the traumatic event occurred. A central part of recovery is freeing people from their subjugating ties to their perpetrator. The classic Torah commentators and the Hasidic masters were sensitive to this dynamic in the Biblical story of the Jews enslavement and liberation from Egypt. This webinar will place the trauma literature in dialogue with these Torah sources to provide a new angle on the Exodus story, and a spiritual context to appreciate trauma therapy.
Dov Finkelstein, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in Passaic, NJ and leads reading groups for therapists. He was a Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine for eight years.
Webinars included in this package:
Psychoanalytic Controversies in Trauma Treatment and their Clinical Implications
Trauma, Subjugation and Emancipation: In Treatment and The Exodus Story
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an introductory level, and is beneficial for a beginner level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional information
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- System Requirements: Any device (such as a computer, tablet, or phone), Dual-Core 2 GHz or higher processor, and at least 4 GB of RAM capable of running a Zoom session, along with a stable internet connection.
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