Is Trauma Still a Key Concept in Psychoanalysis? A Dialogue with Stephen Seligman
IPA Webinar 2025 - On the Road to Lisbon
27 June 2025 (4PM UK time)
Description:
As part of the
On the Road to the Lisbon Congress Webinar Series, the IPA invites Dr. Stephen Seligman to reflect on the continuing relevance of trauma in psychoanalytic theory and practice. This webinar will not replicate his forthcoming keynote at the Lisbon Congress but will offer a unique opportunity to explore connected ideas, foster critical dialogue, and engage with contemporary perspectives on a concept that remains central to psychoanalytic inquiry.
Speaker:
Dr. Stephen Seligman
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco and at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; Training and Supervising Analyst, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California; Editor Emeritus, Psychoanalytic Dialogues; author, Relationships in Development: Infancy, Intersubjectivity, Attachment (translations: Italian, Spanish, Korean and Ukrainian; co-editor, American Psychiatric Press’ Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Core Concepts and Clinical Practice.
Moderator:
Adriana Prengler
Adriana Prengler is the Vice President of the IPA. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was trained in clinical psychology and psychoanalysis in Caracas, Venezuela, and immigrated to the United States in 2010.
She is a training and supervising analyst at the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI) in Seattle and at the Caracas Psychoanalytic Society (SPC).
She has published on the topics of loss, immigration, identification, mourning, and the influence of cultural differences in the psyche, as well as on applied psychoanalysis and clinical matters.