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Freud Lecture: Trauma, Dissociation, and the Life of Pi

Freud Lecture: Trauma, Dissociation, and the Life of Pi

Judith A. Yanof , MD

In this lecture, Judith A. Yanof will be addressing the topic of identifying childhood trauma. Recognizing childhood trauma can be particularly difficult when it is not a known part of the patient’s history. Often childhood trauma and the aftereffect of dissociation are not recognized in adults, and, as it turns out, more often, not recognized in children.  An increased understanding of the neuroscience of trauma and the consideration of adjunctive treatment modalities will enhance patient care. Dr. Yanof will look back at an analytic case and discuss how her current knowledge of trauma and dissociation would aid in her treatment if she were treating the patient today. This lecture is targeted to an audience of adult and child psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, all of whom are likely to have come across patients with a history of trauma or unknown trauma that has led to chronic aftereffects, including dissociation, somatic and relational symptoms.

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