EDWARD TRONICK - USA
The Neurosomatic Ways We Make Meaning About Our Sense of Self in the world.
Summary
I believe we typically have misconstrued the nature of meaning and the processes making meaning in deep ways that limit our understanding of how humans function. Based on my research on infant development and how infants and young children make meaning of themselves in the world I will discuss meaning making as a neurosomatic biopsychological process in which different systems (epigenetic, genetic, autonomic, HPA) make different kinds of meaning. The perspective has implications for a multi-dimensional approach to therapy and to transference. The talk will be illustrated with data and video from my laboratory tapes from my laboratory.
SUZANNE MAIELLO - ITALY
EXILED - The psycho-physical trauma of premature birth.
Summary:
Premature birth is examined from the point of view of the loss of ongoing intrauterine sensuous experiences (tactile, rhythmical, auditory, kinaesthetic), in which the unborn child is actively involved. I shall investigate the meaning of the traumatic interruption of the prenatal infant’s primary experiences of relatedness and think about its possible impact on the child’s postnatal psycho-physical development.
CLARA R. SCHEJTMAN - ARGENTINE
Diagnoses in early childhood. Research contributions to the clinic.
Summary
We will problematize about early childhood diagnoses with a psychoanalytic perspective, evolutionary sensitivity, without premature labeling and with flexible frameworks. Some of the team's research results will be presented, which provide new contributions to the particular knowledge that we put into practice in the private clinic with young children and their families.
