Child Study Center Grand Rounds: "The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Trauma Treatment: A Discussion with Co-developers of an Evidence-based Model"

Drawing on longstanding psychoanalytic/psychodynamic traditions and principles, the presenters will discuss ways in which opportunities for close observation of children, families and communities impacted by traumatic events deepened their appreciation of the details and dynamics of traumatic reactions. The presenters will describe the ways in which their greater understanding of the traumatic convergence of intra-psychic dangers and unanticipated dangers occurring in the real world led to the development of effective intervention strategies when treating individual children and families, responding to mass-casualty events, as well as developing an evidence-based, early trauma-focused treatment.