Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society
(a local chapter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association)
presents a
Fall Conference
with
Francoise Davoine, PhD, Psychoanalyst
on
Psychoanalysis Under Conditions of War
November 23, 2024
8:30am - 4:30pm
Lighthouse Knoxville
6800 Baum Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Program Description
During times of war and extreme traumas, a new paradigm of psychoanalysis emerges, which is regularly forgotten afterward. Dr. Davoine will give clinical examples from monthly meetings with Ukrainian therapists working under the bombs and show how we have to reinvent it in our practices, at each time reinvented from scratch. In September 1897, Freud abandoned his "neurotica," his psychoanalysis of trauma, substituting analysis of repression desires rather than analysis of dissociated trauma. Dr. Davoine will also take examples from literature, Cervantes, Morrison, Sterne, etc., to describe a paradigm of treatment of trauma that is as old as the wars and the plagues.
Presenter
Francoise Davoine, PhD, obtained an Agregation in classics (French literature, Latin and Greek) in 1966, followed by a doctorate in sociology in 1981, before becoming a psychoanalyst. She worked for thirty years as a psychoanalyst in public psychiatric hospitals in France, and as an external consultant and is currently in private practice. She was a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Movements, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, where she and Jean-Max Gaudillière conducted a weekly seminar on 'Madness and the Social Link'. She has also made numerous presentations at the Austen Riggs Center in Massachusetts (USA), as well as elsewhere in the US, in England, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Switzerland.
Schedule
8:30am Registration
8:55am Welcome and Introduction
9:00am History of this new paradigm
10:30am Break
10:45am Transference as interference
12:15pm Lunch will be provided on-site and is included in the registration fee. A vegetarian option will be available.
1:15pm Clinical examples
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Discussion
4:30pm Complete Evaluations and Adjourn
Learning Objectives
After attending this intermediate conference in full, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the role of war in the development of an approach to trauma from WWI to WWII, through to the Ukraine conflict.
2. Identify the four principles developed by Thomas Salmon and their application to war trauma and PTSD.
3. Discuss the implications of a shift from a focus on repression and repressed desires/impulses to a focus on dissociated affect and painful memories.
4. Reflect on and describe the differences in the treatment when you view yourself as an interpreter of the patient’s wounded psyche versus seeing yourself as a companion searching with the patient for a recovery of a lost life.
5. Identify three implications for treatment in Davoine’s “new” (or reinvented) psychoanalysis.
6. Davoine addresses the role of literature in teaching us how to be psychoanalysts. Identify two works of literature that have informed you in developing a psychoanalytic identity.
Participants
This program is open to all APS members. It is not limited to individuals practicing in a predominately psychoanalytic mode. The material will be appropriate for clinicians with intermediate levels of experience and knowledge.
Registration Fees and Policies
BY November 18, 2024:
Professional Members and Scholar Members: $125
Non-members: $145
Early-Career Professional Members: $50
Graduate Student Members: $25
AFTER November 18, 2024:
Professional Members and Scholar Members: $145
Non-members: $165
Early-Career Professional Members: $70
Graduate Student Members: $45
Registration will close on November 21, 2024.
Although walk-ins will be accepted, please register online at www.aps-tn.wildapricot.org in advance to assure adequate food and seating.
If you prefer to pay by check, please print the Program Registration form, and mail with your payment to:
Wesley Gosselin, LMSW
APS Treasurer
100 Forest Court
Knoxville, TN 37919.
Refunds honored with written/electronic notice at least 48 hours before date of conference. Contact Wesley Gosselin, LMSW.
Contact the APS President Bill MacGillivray, PhD to negotiate fees, if needed.
Facility is accessible to persons who are physically challenged. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to Bill MacGillivray, PhD.
APS Membership
Eligible professionals can join APS or renew their membership for the 2024-2025 program year for $80. Scholars can join/renew for $50 and Early-Career Professionals can join/renew for $45. Graduate students may join or renew for $25.
American Psychological Association Approval Statement
Division 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Continuing Education
This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 6.0 continuing education credits. With full attendance (sign-in at start of program) and completion of a program Evaluation and Learning Assessment, a certificate will be issued. Psychologists will have their participation registered through Division 39. Partial credit is not available for partial attendance.
APS and Division 39 are committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. APS and Division 39 are also committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
Recommended Reading: Francoise Davoine and Jean Max Gaudilliere
History Beyond Trauma, Other Press; Revised ed. Edition, 2004.
Mother Folly: A Tale (Cultural Memory in the Present), Stanford University Press; 2014.
A Word to the Wise: Don Quixote Returns to Fight Perversion. Routledge; 1st edition, 2018.
Fighting Melancholia: Don Quixote's Teaching. Routledge; 1st edition, Routledge; 2019.
Madness and the Social Link: The Jean-Max Gaudillière Seminars 1985-2000. Routledge; 1st edition, 2020.
The Birth of a Political Self: The Jean-Max Gaudilliere Seminars 2001-2014. Routledge; 1st edition, 2020.
Pandemic Wars, Trauma and Literature: Echoes from the Front Line. Routledge; 1st edition, 2022.
Shandean Psychoanalysis: Tristram Shandy, Madness and Trauma, New York: Routledge 2022.
Selected References
Blanchet, R. (2011) Histoire et trauma: La folie des guerres Par Françoise Davoine et Jean-Max Gaudillière Paris: Stock, 2006, 415 p. Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis 19:204-208
Davoine, F. (2012) The psychotherapy of psychosis and trauma: A relentless battle against objectification. Psychoanalysis Culture and Society 17:339-347.
Davoine, F. (2019) The Birth of a Political Self. British Journal of Psychotherapy 35:559-567.
Delaporte, Sophie (2023) Thomas W. Salmon, médecin des sans-voix et des soldats, Odile Jacob.
Forrester, J. (2008) 1919: Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Cambridge and London — Myers, Jones and Maccurdy. Psychoanalysis and History 10:37-94
Fromm, M. G. (2006) A View From Riggs: Treatment Resistance and Patient Authority—II. Transmission of Trauma and Treatment Resistance. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis 34:445-459
Poster, M. F. (2014) Thoughts on war, trauma, and the need for diplomacy. International Forum of Psychoanalysis 23:55-63
Rivers, W. H. R. (1917). On the repression of the war experience. Address delivered before the Section of Psychiatry, Royal Society of Medicine.
Salmon, Thomas W. (2010) Mind and medicine. Kessinger Publishing
van der Kolk, Bessel (2015) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Random House.
Salmon Principles
1. Proximity
Salmon’s approach emphasized treating soldiers as close to the front lines as possible. The idea was that removing them too far from the battlefield could reinforce their belief that they were too mentally broken to return. By keeping treatment close to the action, soldiers could still feel part of their unit, increasing their chances of recovery and return to duty.
2. Immediacy
Salmon advocated for early intervention—the sooner a soldier was treated after experiencing trauma, the more likely they were to recover. Delaying treatment increased the risk of chronic symptoms. Immediate intervention aimed to prevent acute stress reactions from becoming long-term psychological disorders.
3. Expectancy
Central to Salmon’s philosophy was the principle of expectancy. Soldiers were given the message that their condition was temporary and that they were expected to recover and return to their duties. This positive framing helped avoid the development of a permanent, disabling identity and encouraged soldiers to focus on recovery.
4. Simplicity
Salmon believed in using simple treatments focused on rest, basic medical care, and structured activities. Soldiers were given time to recover in a calm environment without overcomplicating the process with intense or invasive procedures. The simplicity of the treatment also helped reduce the anxiety and stigma around the condition.
Contact
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address requests, questions, concerns and any complaints to APS President Bill MacGillivray, PhD.
There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between Division 39, APS, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding sources that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. During the program, the validity/utility of the content and risks/limitations of the approaches discussed will be addressed, as applicable.