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2-session study group: Fairbairn’s Theory of Psychic Structure and the “Diet”: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic and Feminist Understanding of Eating Disorders with Lisa Thaler, LCSW

Live via Zoom

Instructional Level: Intermediate - Advanced This presentation offers a historically grounded and feminist-informed exploration of W.R.D. Fairbairn’s theory of psychic structure, with a particular focus on the internalization of the “diet” as an anti-libidinal object. Drawing from Fairbairn’s object relations framework, we will examine how diet thinking becomes embedded within Read more

Ebenezer Scrooge Recovers from Developmental Trauma Disorder with Jim Harris, PsyD

Live via Zoom

Instructional Level: Intermediate Developmental trauma profoundly shapes psychic structure, altering the balance of id, ego, and superego, and leaving lasting imprints of toxic shame and trauma-driven flashbacks. This presentation examines how the biological responses of fight, flight, and freeze intersect with personality development and require modifications in traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. Read more