Patients who have suffered childhood traumas often retreat from relationship in an effort to protect themselves. Yet their suffering continues unabated due to their inability to process and think about what they are experiencing. They lack the words to explain themselves and have no impulse to communicate to others. Their lack of faith in others, their past experiences of being misunderstood and perhaps abused interferes with their ability to make use of the analyst. Their despair brings them to us, seeking something that they themselves often cannot name. They are afraid to hope for understanding, but think that perhaps they may be able to find relief. Analysts working with these states, which are largely unmentalized are required to use their counter-transference in order to reach them.
This seminar will use clinical examples to illustrate a psychoanalytic model of treatment.
Judy K. Eekhoff
Judy K. Eekhoff, PhD FIPA is an IPA certified training and supervising psychoanalyst and a licensed child psychologist who has a private practice in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is a full faculty member of Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, of Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and of COR Northwest Family Development Center. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and of the book: Trauma & Primitive Mental States, An Object Relations Perspective. Her second book, Bion and Primitive Mental States is due out from Routledge in 2021.
DATES
We meet on four Saturdays,
between 15h-17h (Lisbon Time):
April 17th, 24th
May 15th, 29th
2021
PARTICIPATION FEE
Participation Fee: 200 Euros
4 theoretical seminars.
For a day we engage in case discussions around theoretical key concepts and how they translate into clinical work. If you haven't attended the theoretical seminars, don't worry. The IN THE DEEP works well as an independent learning opportunity.
June 6th 2021
15.00-18.15 (Lisbon Time)
Participation Fee: 65 Euros
Clinical study day.
Terms & Conditions
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PAYMENT INFORMATION
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of any event is English.
CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS
You can cancel any time. To cancel, send us an email to with PayPal or bank details. Please keep in mind that there will be 20€ cancellation fee applied. There is no refund for FORWARD.
RIGHT OF REFUSAL
The Free Association reserves the right to decline to register any individual, without further explanation. Any meeting registration is strictly personal to the individual who purchased them and is non-transferable under any circumstances.
AUDIO RECORDING, FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
The Free Association will record all the meetings for archives. The Cornerstone seminar recordings will be available for participants for three months after the last seminar on a participants only page. The recordings of the In The Deep clinical meetings will not be published anywhere. The Forward meeting recordings will be published and have open access. Any kind of recordings of any meeting or session by the participants is strictly forbidden. By registering you agree to this terms.