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Trauma and Dissociation
Jeffery Smith, MD
Course Overview: (Preliminary outline subject to modification)--
Reading:
1. Freud: The Aetiology of Hysteria, 1896
2. Mardi Horowitz, Editor: Essential Papers on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, NYU Prfess 1999
3. Diana Fosha: The Transforming Power of Affect, Basic Behavioral Science, 2000
4. [Optional] Davies & Frawley: Treating the Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, a Psychoanalytic Perspective, Basic Books 1994
Written Assignments: After each session, please write a 1 page response to "What would you like to remember from this session in 7 years." Also, do you have any questions you would like to explore further? Please e-mail your work by midnight on the Friday after the session to jssmith@me.com.
Session 1, Freud: The Aetiology of Hysteria: How Freud's experience with trauma laid the foundation for all trauma therapy and for dynamic psychotherapy as well.
Session 2, Catharsis: A detailed look at the basic mechanism for the healing or processing of emotions.
Session 3, Dissociation: An often overlooked but fundamental mechanism, particularly in trauma.
Session 4, Internalization: Identification with the aggressor and the formation of the superego.
Session 5, Development and Attachment: Complex PTSD and effects on development. Herman's view of Borderline pathology, attachment schemas.
Session 6,Trauma in Adulthood and Disaster: Focus on clinical work with people whose primary traumas are in adulthood.
Session 7, Psychodynamic Treatment: Pearls from Davies and Frawley
Session 8,CBT and Other Approaches: Where is the mainstream of PTSD treatment?
Session 9, Mechanisms of healing in a historical context: From neurons to theory.
Session 10, Vicarious Trauma: Healing the Healers