Clinical Implications of Recent Developments in Neuropsychoanalysis

Clinical Implications of Recent Developments in Neuropsychoanalysis

This lecture will be divided into two parts. In the first part, Dr. Solms will revise and update some basic psychoanalytic concepts in light of modern neuroscientific findings. He will focus particularly on our understanding and classification of the drives, the role of feeling in consciousness, the nature of the unconscious, and the mechanisms of repression and defence. In the second part of the lecture, Dr. Solms will consider the clinical and practical implications of these theoretical developments. In particular, he will describe the implications for our understanding of the goals and therapeutic action of psychoanalytic therapy, for our understanding of transference interpretation, and for the importance of working through.’

Learning Objectives

I. Participants will be able to identify the major emotional drives at work in the human brain.

II. Participants will be able to describe the mechanism of repression and how it differs from other defences.

III. Participants will be able to explain the mechanism of action of psychoanalytic therapy and how this relates to brain plasticity.

Professor Mark Solms is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations. He is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. He has published 350 scientific papers, and eight books, the latest being The Hidden Spring (Norton, 2021). He is the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes).

Continuing Education

This class is approved for 3.0 CE contact hours for psychologists, social workers, and psychoanalysts:

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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Personalized CE certificates can be downloaded at the end of this event after completing an evaluation form. Attendance for the full duration of the lecture is mandatory for CE credits.

Refunds, & Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests made more than a week prior to the event will be given a full refund of registration fees. Refunds will not be granted for cancellation requests made within a week of the first day of the event or for no-shows on any of the days event take place.