Brown Bag Lunch Series | Laugh, Learn & Earn CEs
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 12:00 – 1:00pm, On Zoom – 1 CE
No charge for workshop attendance.
$17 administrative fee for each CE certificate.
Building a Psychological Immune System
For years, psychiatry and psychoanalysis were the Cinderella of medicine. Surgery and internal medicine were all strutted in the fancy parlor, while psychoanalysis sat alone by the fire in the kitchen. Yet, in the last 70 years of research, it is now firmly fixed in our collective consciousness that mind and body are only conceptually distinct. The use of psychological techniques in the treatment of somatic diseases has gone mainstream. Cancer and heart disease, traditionally seen as the most somatic of diseases, are seen, by even many traditional medical practitioners, to have strong psychosomatic components susceptible to psychological intervention.
Medicine has long understood the importance of immunity, the body’s mechanism to protect against pathogenic entities (e.g., viruses, bacteria, parasites, carcinogenic substances, even cancer cells themselves). As the body uses its physical immune system as protection against toxic assault, so does the psyche have a parallel ability to protect the psychological structure. Freud did the early research on this, calling this protective mechanism “defense.” As modern medicine moves away from the notion of all assaults originating from the external world, Freud, too, moved his emphasis from trauma as the causative agent in mental disorder. In emphasizing internal drives, he became the first “immunologist of the mind.”
Today, it is usual to formulate mental disturbances as a lack of positive emotions. Thus, those who struggle with either physical or psychological disturbances are advised to dispense with the negative feelings, and override them with optimism, hope and confidence.
Modern Analysis has a different solution. This seminar will discuss the theory of how we can build better psychological immunity and resilience. We will emphasize the key concept of experiencing, understanding, and using aggression as the pathway to psychological immunity.
Dr. Jane Goldberg is an oncological psychoanalyst, a New York state certified psychologist, and the author of eight books, including the critically acclaimed, The Dark Side of Love, and her two most recent books, My Mother, My Daughter, My Self and The Hormesis Effect. Dr. Goldberg is a prolific essayist, having written numerous articles in the fields of psychoanalysis, cancer, and mind/body health. She is a well-known blogger for many holistic health newsletters, and, as well, has her own blog, MusingsFrom20thStreet.com. She has made appearances on many television and radio talk shows, including NPR.
Dr. Goldberg is also the founder and owner of La Casa Spa & Wellness Center in NYC (LaCasaSpa.com), and La Casa Spa & Wellness Puerto Rico (LaCasaSpaAndWellnessPuertoRico.com) Dr. Goldberg, most recently, created Brainercize, a system of interactive brain exercise classes (brainercize.org). Her ninth and tenth books are companion pieces, The Revolutionary Mind Project and The Evolutionary Brain Project, and are planned for publication in 2023.
drjanegoldberg.com
janegoldberg@janegoldbergphd.com
Course Objectives – Participants will be able to:
- Clarify and explain how the body uses its physical immune system as protection against toxic assault.
- Discuss how the psyche has a parallel ability to protect the psychological edifice.
- Describe how experiencing, understanding, and using aggressive feelings verbally in therapy can lead to a path of access to psychological immunity.
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There is a $17.00 Fee for CE Certification processing.
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