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The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center of NPAP Presents "Science of the Art of Psychotherapy" Facilitator: Robert Wolf, DPsa, LP Contributor: Walter Nieves, MD, Consulting Neurologist
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The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic
Clinical Study Center of NPAP Presents
“Science of the Art of Psychotherapy”
Facilitator:
Robert Wolf, DPsa, LP
Contributor:
Walter Nieves, MD, Consulting Neurologist
Friday, April 4, 2025
2:30pm – 4pm
Live In Online via Zoom
(Registration is required in order to receive the zoom link)
Registration will close
Friday, April 4, at 1pm
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK
BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4
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. For this meeting date, we will read Chapter 8, Pages 259-320, “Attachment Trauma and the Developing Right Brain: Origins of Pathological Dissociation” in the Science of the Art of Psychotherapy by Allan N. Schore. In this 2012 publication, Allan Schore, the internationally acclaimed clinician and writer, synthesizes research from the fields of psychoanalysis and neurobiology. From the vantage point of brain development, he touches upon such topics as affect regulation, attachment, developmental neuroscience, trauma and dissociation. Schore focuses not only on the brain changes that can occur in the patient during psychotherapy, but also on how clinical experience with the patient can have a neurobiological impact on the therapist.
All participants are advised to purchase a copy.
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Learning Objectives: After attending the presentation, participants will be able to
– Describe the neurobiology of relational trauma.
– Discuss the role of the right brain and dissociation throughout one’s life.
– Articulate how the role of early trauma leads to dissociation.
Open to:
NPAP members I $20.00
Other Professionals I $30.00
Candidates I $15.00
Contribution I Strongly Encouraged
1.5 CE contact hours will be granted to participants with documented attendance and complete evaluation form. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to all participants.
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National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0139.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc., is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.
Time
(Friday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP)
40 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
06apr4:00 pm6:00 pmContinuing Education Seminar
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The Continuing Education Program Committee of NPAP Presents Submission as a Response to Trauma Presenter: Jay Frankel, PhD Moderator: Gavriel Reisner, PhD, LP Sunday,
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The Continuing Education Program
Committee of NPAP
Presents
Submission as a Response to Trauma
Presenter: Jay Frankel, PhD
Moderator: Gavriel Reisner, PhD, LP
Sunday, April 6, 2025
4pm – 6pm
Live Online via Zoom: Workshop
(Registration is required in order to receive the zoom link)
Registration will close
Friday, April 4, at 1pm
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK
BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Registration is Closed
In response to physical or sexual assault or emotional abandonment by her parents, a child becomes hyper-vigilant and senses with uncanny accuracy what she must “become” to stay safe and insure her place in the family. This happens instantaneously and instinctively—and not just in outer behavior but in inner experience. To do this, she must dissociate her real emotions and her will, which could be dangerous distractions from her desperate task of becoming exactly how she needs to be, in order to survive and belong. Part of her submission is to take the blame for being assaulted or abandoned, and to feel guilty and ashamed. All these elements become entrenched as her default way of being when a child chronically experiences her family as threatening. Sandor Ferenczi, who discovered this reaction in his traumatized patients nearly a century ago, called it identification with the aggressor. The phenomenon of identification with the aggressor suggests that certain elements are essential to treatment, not just for people who have been victims of child abuse, but for our patients more broadly. Research in evolutionary biology, as well as systematic clinical research, makes clear that identification with the aggressor has evolved as people’s reaction when they can neither flee nor fight off a threat. Further, this reaction helps us understand people’s surprising mass enthusiasm for authoritarian leaders.
Learning Objectives: After attending this presentation, participants will be able to
– Describe the different aspects of identification with the aggressor, the situations that trigger it, and its evolutionary basis.
– Discuss the implications that identification with the aggressor has for conducting psychotherapy.
Open to:
NPAP Members I $25
Other Professionals I $40
Other Candidates/Students I $15
Contribution I Strongly Encouraged
2 CE contact hours will be granted to participants with documented attendance and complete evaluation form. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to all participants.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0139.
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0010.
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0137.
Time
(Sunday) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Center provides emotional support in the next step of your recovery process after a brain injury.
Our licensed professionals treat the symptoms and psychological sequelae of stroke, TBIs, and other brain injuries. These symptoms may include depression, anxiety, identity issues and the feeling that you are just not your old self. After medical intervention and rehab, the next step is to address the psychological, social, familial and environmental challenges. When changes in the brain occur, these changes also affect how we feel about ourselves and how we relate to family and friends.
Our licensed clinicians are trained and highly experienced in this next step of the recovery process. The brain has an innate neuroplasticity and we are here to facilitate your recovery and to enhance your sense of well-being.
Call us today at (212) 924-7440 or email [email protected] for a free consultation.
What We Offer
Brain-injured patients often experience symptoms of depression, anxiety and a sense that they are not the person they once were. Often they find that psychological services are not available to them after they complete their rehabilitation treatment.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can help these individuals reduce their psychological symptoms and reestablish a sense of identity and well-being.
How?
In the psychotherapeutic process, we work with you to facilitate your recovery and to reestablish a sense of self.
Who?
We are licensed clinical social workers, psychologists and psychoanalysts, collaborating with an educational consultant and a neurologist.
Educational Outreach
The Center’s licensed clinicians provide ongoing education, facilitate reading groups, give presentations at national and international conferences and contribute to scholarly journals.
About Our Fees
• Medicare and many other insurances are accepted.
• Flexible fee schedule.
• Funding may be available for patients without insurance.
