US psychologists study infantile trauma and psychoanalytic intervention for adults. Gain understanding of early unarticulated experiences and therapeutic recovery in these courses.
US psychologists and psychotherapists will gain insight into working with adults affected by early infantile trauma in this course with Dr. Judy Eekhoff, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She describes how early, preverbal experiences that were never articulated can affect patients in ways that are difficult to recognize or describe. The course explains how these patients present in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and how recovery may unfold through the therapeutic relationship, emphasizing affective attunement and therapeutic presence. Dr. Eekhoff draws on Sandor Ferenczi and other classic psychoanalytic theorists. The course offers CE credits for psychologists through an APA-approved sponsor.
In this talk, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Judy Eekhoff offers a talk addressing psychotherapeutic work with adults impacted by early infantile trauma. These patients have early experiences that have never been articulated and therefore affect the patient in ways that are difficult to know about or describe in words. The speaker addresses how these patients present in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and how they might recover from their experiences in the context of the therapeutic relationship. Dr. Eekhoff draws on the work of Sandor Ferenczi and other classic psychoanalytic theorists.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Define infantile trauma and understand its long-term psychological implications
Identify the common clinical presentations of adult clients with early preverbal trauma
Apply core psychoanalytic concepts in working with clients who struggle to articulate their experience
Understand the significance of affective attunement and therapeutic presence in addressing early trauma
Reflect on the relevance of Ferenczi's contributions to contemporary psychotherapeutic work with traumatised clients