Trauma & Primitive Mental States
Presenter: Judy Eekhoff, PhD FIPA
Trauma, according to Freud, is defined by the failure of the internal contact barrier to protect the psyche from bombardment. Feeling bombarded is an internal response to either an external or internal event that arises when our necessary defensive organizations fail us. Trauma shuts down the capacity to think; it impacts one’s ability to process and make meaning out of experience. Trauma splits the mind and the body. Cumulative trauma impacts the mind in numerous self-perpetuating ways.
Symbolization and the ability to verbalize intense emotional experiences serve to contain and limit the effect of traumatic events. The seminar will examine the impact that early psychological trauma has on the development of a self and on the development of an apparatus for thinking that protects us from excessive stimulation and ongoing traumatic consequences. Understanding primitive mental states enables us to work more deeply with patients who suffered early traumas.
This seminar will review the processes of mentalization as they serve to bind anxiety and unconscious conflicts. Materials will be drawn from Dr. Eekhoff’s recent book: (2021), Bion & Primitive Mental States: Trauma & the Symbiotic Link and from her first book (2019): Trauma and Primitive Mental States: An Object Relations Perspective. London: Routledge. Discussion will include the current collective trauma evoked by the Coronavirus.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Time | Saturdays at 9:30 – 11:00 am |
| Dates | February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, June 3 (2023) |
| Location | Online via Zoom |
| Fee | COR Members: $350; Non-members: $425 |
| CEUs | 1.5 for each attended class; 7.5 hours total |
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Session | Quiz Links |
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| Week 1 – 2/4/23 | Quiz 1 |
| Week 2 – 3/4/23 | Quiz 2 |
| Week 3 – 4/1/23 | Quiz 3 |
| Week 4 – 5/6/23 | Quiz 4 |
| Week 5 – 6/3/23 | Quiz 5 / Evaluation |
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