The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic
Clinical Study Center of NPAP Presents

Affect Regulation Theory: A Clinical Model

By Daniel Hill (2015)
W.W. Norton & Company, New York

Facilitator:
Ann Rose Simon, LCSW

Contributor:
Walter Nieves, MD,
Consulting Neurologist

Friday, April 7, 2023
2:30pm – 4pm

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Live Online via Zoom
(Registration is required in order to receive the zoom link)
Registration will close
Friday, April 7, at 1pm

YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK
BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7

Registration is Closed

The group will read, study, and discuss books and papers by distinguished authors and researchers that explore some of the seminal concepts and clinical issues in neuropsychoanalytically informed psychotherapy. During the academic year 2022-23, we will be reading selected chapters of the book Affect Regulation Theory: A Clinical Model by Daniel Hill (2015) W.W. Norton & Company, New York. This book is a readable, clinically-based compilation of contemporary research and theory related to affect regulation – how humans regulate their emotions. As a central element of optimal human development and functioning, affect regulation is a central focus of psychoanalysis and other forms of psychotherapy. While this book draws heavily on the theories of Allan Schore, it integrates attachment theory, affective neurobiology, cognitive neurobiology, mother-infant studies, and developmental psychoanalysis. For April 7, we will discuss the following sections of the book:

Chapter 7: Modern Attachment Theory: The Development of the Primary Affect- Regulating System, pp. 112-131

Learning Objectives: After attending the presentation, participants will be able to
– Describe the development of the human capacity to regulate the Sympathetic Nervous System.
– Describe the development of the human capacity to regulate the Parasympathetic Nervous System.
– Explicate the neurobiology of Secure Attachment.