Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis |
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| Venue | : | Online |
| Date | : | 30/11/2024 - 01/12/2024 |
| Duration | : | 2 days |
| Extra Info | : | An online course taught by Dr. Danielle Knafo. This course will introduce the participants to psychoanalytic/psychodynamic work with psychosis. Day One will briefly review some of the major contributions of psychoanalytic theorists: Freud, Jung, Sullivan, Fromm-Reichmann, Bollas, Winnicott, Lacan, Searles, and more. It will also address social contributions to psychosis and diagnosis: poverty, trauma, marijuana, loneliness. The instructor will address the reasons psychoanalysts, once at the helm of treatment for psychosis, are hardly, if at all, trained to work with this population. We will review what is unique when working with psychosis as well as what is a uniquely psychoanalytic approach. Which conditions –safety, isolation, loneliness—and settings-–inpatient, outpatient, family treatment, peer support groups—are important to consider when undertaking this work. Most important, we will learn how to create a therapeutic alliance with even the most difficult to reach patients, and the utmost significance of transference and countertransference reactions and how to use them in this work. Day Two will address specific ways to work with positive symptoms (hallucinations,delusions, disorganized thinking) and negative symptoms (lack of motivation, will, pleasure, sociability) How do we engage with florid symptoms? And how do we reach patients who appear unreachable? What is the difference between going mad and being mad? Finally, we will address the creativity manifested in psychotic symptoms as well as the creativity needed to work with psychosis. Case examples will be discussed to illustrate topics covered in class. Both days will include ample time for discussion. This course is for all mental health practitioners who work with extreme states or wish to learn how. It may also be relevant for anyone interested in understanding the workings of psychodynamic understanding and treatment of psychosis. |
| Organised By | : | Freud Museum London |
| Web Link | : | https://www.freud.org.uk/event/psychoanalytic-treatment-of-psychosis/ |