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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 4 VOLUME Unitingews the Schools of Thought NAAPWorld Organization and Public Education Corporation - NationalN Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCES IN EVERYDAY LIFE by Patricia Harte Bratt, PhD Have you or someone close to Traumatic stress has many faces. However, its universal you been exposed to sudden, components, regardless of source, are: unexpected, life-threatening, or overwhelming events? This could !" it was unexpected; be the result of surgery, accident, !" the person was unprepared; and illness, financial crisis, family or !" there was nothing the person could do to prevent it from marital crises, loss of a loved happening. one, sudden personal danger, or exposure to violence, war, or a ACAP’s work with trauma victims has spanned over 30 years of natural disaster. Often we think of service, treating and training individuals, staff, and organizations trauma as only occurring in the confronted with those facing the front line of overwhelming face of instant, catastrophic events. experiences. Those working with these vulnerable populations But that is not so. Traumatic stress who have benefited from ACAP’s programs include: child has many faces. Overwhelming advocacy/protection workers, child life specialists, NJ hostage Patricia Harte Bratt experiences can occur in everyday negotiators, school districts, domestic violence workers, caregivers life, but responses to them can be of the elderly, mental health and medical professionals, family mastered and transformed into emotionally resilient problem- courts, and the governor’s taskforce for PTSD, among others. solving patterns if recognized. The events of September 11 underscored the increasing need What is trauma? for this type of specialized training and services. During the There are two types of trauma — physical and mental. Physical six months following the attack, ACAP faculty provided critical trauma includes the body’s response to serious injury and threat. incident services for more than 3,000 victims and their families. Mental trauma includes frightening thoughts and painful feelings. The apparent need for expansion in the area of trauma- They are the mind’s response to serious injury. Mental trauma can specialized training and formation of our Applied Psychoanalysis produce strong feelings. It can also produce extreme behavior: Division accelerated the development of ACAP programs for intense fear or helplessness, withdrawal or detachment, lack of groups serving vulnerable populations. concentration, irritability, sleep disturbance, aggression, hyper- vigilance (intensely watching for more distressing events), or continued on page 9 flashbacks (sense that event is reoccurring). A response could be fear. It could be fear that a loved one will be hurt or killed. It is believed that more direct exposures to In this issue traumatic events causes greater harm. For instance, in a school shooting, an injured student will probably be more severely THE DUALITY OF PHYSICS AND affected emotionally than a student who was in another part of the building. However, second-hand exposure to violence can also PSYCHOANALYSIS be traumatic. This includes witnessing violence such as seeing or ABAP NEWS 2012 FALL hearing about death and destruction after a building is bombed or a plane crashes. DOMESTIC V IOLENCE & TRAUMA NEOUROBILOGY OF EMPATHY Adva the nc or em f e n n o t PRESIDENT’S REPORT ti o a f i P c s o y s c s h A o Since my last All independent psychoanalysts should be l a a NAAP n n a o l i y t s a i s N column, there have concerned with statements like this that 1972 been a number of attempt at best, once again, to relegate developments in the psychoanalysis to the scope of practice of THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION political field. In New other professions, and, at worst, to eliminate FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Jersey, where there us as practitioners completely. The time to OF PSYCHOANALYSIS had been a dormant rally around our legislative efforts is at hand PRESIDENT certification statute and has never been more important. Our Douglas F. Maxwell for several years, the biggest asset will be our numbers, so it is Douglas F. Maxwell state has promulgated imperative that all NAAP members ask, PAST PRESIDENT regulations that have no implore our independent psychoanalyst Pamela ArmstrongManchester awakened the legislation and all of the colleagues who are not members to join EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR various psychoanalytic groups in New NAAP now. Margery Quackenbush Jersey. As I stated in my previous column, several entities are forming or endorsing It is not only the tri-discipline institutes SECRETARY Lucinda Antrim accreditation agencies that represent a that are being recruited by ACPE, but the challenge to ABAP and to the recognition long-standing independent institutes as NAAP NEWS of independent psychoanalysis. Recently, well. But make no mistake about it: just as © 2012 The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis William MacGillivray, President of APA Theodore Reik was offered the opportunity Fall 2012, Volume 35, Number 4 Division 39, made a sweeping plea in the to be a second-class member of New York division’s newsletter for all tri-discipline Psychoanalytic, so would any institute and EDITORINCHIEF institutes to accredit with ACPE, the arm of its independent psychoanalyst members be Douglas F. Maxwell the consortium. In his column, MacGillivray second class in an ACPE world. We cannot EXECUTIVE EDITOR went so far as to refer to the New York and will not go backwards in this way. Kirsty Cardinale State licensing statute and the one proposed Your support of NAAP and ABAP is EDITORIAL BOARD in Massachusetts in the following way: essential for our psychoanalytic survival. Marge Blaine Arthur Pomponio “More and more state legislatures are Ginny Rachmani being asked to define psychoanalysis as CONTRIBUTORS a separate practice subject to separate Pat Bratt licensure. The “standard of care” for Barry Cohen psychoanalytic practice could be David Dalrymple increasingly defined as a sub-doctoral Robert Quackenbush Douglas F. Maxwell Inna Rozentsvit and non-mental health profession President Simon Shin requiring medical oversight. In addition, if Joe Wyatt once-a-week psychoanalyses are defined INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS as “standard,” seeing analysands more Ann Casement, England than once a week might be considered Alberto Fergusson, South America non-standard.” John Gosling, South Africa Roberto Pani, Italy ART DIRECTOR Elliott Hom MEET AEOLIA GRACE BILLETER NAAP News, a quarterly publication of Meet Aeolia Grace Billeter, daughter of NAAP NAAP, reserves the right to edit all copy. member Susanne Billeter and husband Jeff. 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Dalrymple concentrate on helping psychoanalytic institutions while exhibiting a sense of discipline and restraint about the real or imagined uses of their influence. As an accreditation body, ABAP, Inc., also informs the public about the accreditation status of training programs. It provides information and collegial “coaching” about the meaning and practices of accreditation. It maintains a means for concerned parties to seek assistance or file complaints and grievances as necessary. It serves the advancement of intellectual, professional, The American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis, Inc., will and analytical work by encouraging the fullest possible hold its semiannual meetings on Friday, October 26, 2012. The development of student and candidate capacities. C.G. Jung Institute of New York and its President, Laurie Schapira, will be hosting these autumn meetings at 28 East 39th Street in The work of ABAP, Inc., is primarily mediated through the New York City. volunteer professional services of its leaders from a broad array of training programs and schools of psychoanalytic thought. Your The Assembly of Psychoanalytic Institutes will meet at 9:15 AM colleagues serve as Board members, committee members, and to address proposed changes to the accreditation standards, so On-Site Evaluators. We especially welcome colleagues who have it is vital that all accredited Psychoanalytic Institute Members and been involved in psychoanalytic training communities, particularly Affiliate and Associate Members send a representative. There will seasoned faculty members and clinical supervisors. Please contact also be discussions regarding leadership succession, the annual the Chair of Nominations, Jessica Mitchell (WITPP), at jessica@ budget, and proposed Bylaw changes. Agenda items should jessicamitchellphd.com or connect with this office if you would like be addressed to Jennifer Harper (BPGI & WITPP), API Chair to participate in the work