Freud Lecture: Trauma, Dissociation, and the Life of Pi
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May 13, 2025
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
***This meeting is virtual and will be held on ZOOM.***
The 63rd Freud Anniversary Lecture:
“Trauma, Dissociation, and the Life of Pi”
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 PM (EST)
Honoree and Presenter: Judith A. Yanof, M.D.
Introduction by Anna Balas, M.D.
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 after effect of dissociation are not recognized in adults, and, as it turns out, more often, not recognized in children. Historically, there has been a lack of communication and integration between the world of psychoanalysts and the world of trauma specialists, leading to a neglect of looking at both adult onset and childhood trauma and dissociation as diagnostic entities and as named experiences for patients. 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.
1.5 Contact Hours. 1.5 CME/CE credits will be offered. See details below.
Anna Balas, M.D., Chair, Freud Lecture Committee
General Admission: $50
Student Admission: $35
Free Admission for current NYPSI members/students and HFI Candidates
REGISTRATION LINK – registration opens March 14
Please note registration closes at 5 PM on Monday, May 12.
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- Yanof, J. (2024). Film essay: trauma and dissociation in Drive My Car. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 72: 967-995.
- Cortina, M. (2015). The use of attachment theory in the clinical dialogue with patients. Attachment: New Directions in Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, 9: 1-18.
- Boulanger, G. (2018). When is vicarious trauma a necessary therapeutic tool? Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35(1): 60–69.
- Chefetz, R .(2019). Psychotherapy: being, doing, and the risk of scientism, Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 47: 1: 53-80.
Judith A. Yanof, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst and a Child Supervisor at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She has written articles on several different aspects of child analysis, including gender, development, transference, termination, and play. In 1996 she won the JAPA Journal Essay Award for her article “Is Child Analysis Really Analysis.” She currently serves on the Board of Directors and Editorial Board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, and the Editorial Boards of the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, and JAPA. She was chosen by the American Psychoanalytic Association to be the 2010-2011 Helen Meyers Travelling Scholar. For over 25 years Judy has worked pro bono in community programs for children in the Boston area. In 2012, BPSI awarded her the Arthur Kravis Award for Community Action and Humanitarian Contributions. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of CAPS and the Anna Freud Foundation.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this activity participants should be able to:
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Identify two symptoms of dissociation in childhood.
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Name one counter-transference response in the therapist that can signal trauma in a child when trauma is not presented as part of the history.
Psychologists
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 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 – 0073.
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. DISCLOSURE: None of the planners and presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Social Workers
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 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 – 0317.
Venue: ZOOM Virtual Meeting