JOIN SPI AND THE BOULDER PSYCHOTHERAPY INSTITUTE FOR A WEEKEND WORKSHOP WITH DR. ALLAN SCHORE!

Advances in regulation theory: An Interpersonal-Neurobiological Model of Psychotherapeutic Change

Dr. Allan Schore is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. He is author of three seminal volumes, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self and Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self, as well as numerous article s and chapters.

Dr. Schore’s Regulation Theory, grounded in developmental neuroscience and developmental psychoanalysis, focuses on the origin, psychopathogenesis, and psychotherapeutic treatment of the early forming subjective implicit self. His contributions appear in multiple disciplines, including developmental neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, attachment theory, trauma studies, behavioral biology, clinical psychology, and clinical social work. His groundbreaking integration of neuroscience with attachment theory has lead to his description as "the American Bowlby" and with psychoanalysis as "the world's leading expert in neuropsychoanalysis."

Topics of Study to Include:

-How the attachment relationship acts to regulate the child’s emotional state, and how these interactions influence the experience-dependent maturation of the infant’s right hemisphere.

-How a history of early relational trauma severely alters attachment dynamics and right brain neurobiology, and generates a predisposition for defensive pathological dissociation.

-How this regulation model applies to the attachment relationship embedded in the therapeutic alliance, and the interpersonal neurobiology of dissociation, empathy and transference-countertransference interactions between patient and therapist.

What to Expect:

-An opportunity to get to know Allan and study the interface between neuroscience and clinical practice in an informal small group setting

-Access for a year to Allan’s password protected website that contains hundreds of cutting edge papers. Membership in the Schore Study Group in Boulder and/or Denver, or start your own group.

-The opportunity to have first dibs to participate in future yearly small group meetings with Allan, every summer. Invitation to the Potluck Lunch with Allan and Judy Schore following Saturday’s meeting, August 7th.

10% Discount for groups of three or more. Discount is applied per person. Please contact Joyce McHugh in the office before registering to have the discount applied to your group.