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  • March 6, 2026
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
  • 1.5 CE Hours

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NPAP Winter Continuing Education PROGRAM

The Edith Laufer Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Study Group

Presenter

Ann Rose Simon, LCSW

Contributor

Walter Nieves, MD, Consulting Neurologist

Description

The Reading 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 2025-26 academic year our focus will be on early infant development.

For this meeting, we will discuss two chapters in Cozolino, Louis (2017) The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain (Third Edition) W.W. Norton and Co.: New York and London.

Chapter 16: “Early Traumatic Stress: The Fragmentation of Self and Other,” pp. 305-322,
This chapter deals with the particular vulnerability of the infant to traumatic stress. We, therefore, need to expand our notion of trauma from the catastrophic events of adulthood to the everyday interaction during infancy and childhood that we depend upon for survival.

Chapter 17: “The Impact of Trauma”, pp. 323-341.
This chapter describes how the brain’s reaction to trauma provides us with a window into the functions and effects of neural network dissociation. From the physiological symptoms of adult PTSD to the characterological adaptations of long-term adjustment to early trauma, we see the brain, body, and psyche attempting to survive in the face of overwhelming dysregulation.

Learning Objectives

After attending the presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Explain why the infant is particularly vulnerable to traumatic stress.
  • Enumerate five pathological results in later life of traumatic stress in infancy.
  • Explain the difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD.
  • Describe “neural network dissociation.”
  • Explain how understanding “adaptation” in early life, becomes the work of psychotherapy.
  • Explicate how our striving for “survival” is a primary component in the shaping of our brain.

Open to

NPAP Member

$25

Other Professionals

$40

Candidates / Students

$15

Contribution

Encouraged

CE Credits

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.

  • 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.