Further thoughts on trauma, process and representation

Am J Psychoanal. 2021 May 5. doi: 10.1057/s11231-021-09290-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBeginning with Freud, throughout his work and in most if not all psychoanalytic formulations, the concept of trauma has been associated with the disruptive effects of excess excitation on psychic regulatory processes and psychic development. Foremost among these are the capacities for emotional containment and representation. The restoration, strengthening or acquisition for the first time of these capacities can take place intersubjectively in a successful analytic therapy and lies at the heart of the therapeutic action.PMID:33953318 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-021-09290-2

Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - May 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Howard B Levine Source Type: research