'Mark Solms on “The Emotional Brain in Psychotherapy”: A Neuropsychoanalytic Perspective

Barts Academic Afternoon - Wednesday 6th April 2022

Academic Title: “The Emotional Brain in Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: A Neuropsychoanalytic Perspective”

Chaired By: Dr Tennyson Lee
Co-director Centre for Understanding Personality (CUSP), DeanCross Personality Disorder Service, East London NHS Foundation Trust
And
Dr Anastasia Apostolou
Consultant Psychiatrist in Medical Psychotherapy, Newham and Member of the Institute of Psychoanalysis. East London NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker: Professor Mark Solms
Professor Mark Solms is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and American and South African Psychoanalytical Associations. He is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize.

Links to papers: By Professor Mark Solms
(access via dropbox)

Paper 1 - The Scientific Standing of Psychoanalysis

Paper 2 - The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy

[kirstinhans]

Absolutely brilliant talk. Really well-explained and laid out. Thank you so much for making this available!

[Finne]

Very interesting about play. For all infant humans early relations with adults have such high survival importance (not about play) it is understandable that "as if" relational play, if it develops at all, can be overwhelmed by early unresolved issues/feelings.

[bellakrinkle]

Although I'm cognizant of Freud's Drive theories, I find Object Relation Theory far more useful for recovery from dysfunctional childhood families, and self understanding, not to deny basic sexual instincts. I wonder what Dr. Solms' thinks of object relation theory.