Silence is violence: psychic trauma and its working-through

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Konstantin Nemirovsky
Keyword(s):  
Psychic Trauma ◽  
Identification With The Aggressor ◽  
Multiple Generations ◽  
Working Through

One hundred years ago Freud set mourning against melancholia in the belief that endured losses leads to depression. However, it is not only unmourned grief, but unworked-through violence that leads to destruction and enables the victim the possibility of ridding themselves of unbearable psychic pain. The solutions to this predicament are different; from identification with the aggressor to turning this pain against himself, resulting in depression, self-injuries, and suicide. This article illustrates the principle at three different, but interrelated levels: personal, familial, and social. It suggests that not only individuals or families resist mourning, but that multiple generations in different countries may not be able to complete the working through of these traumas. This may lead to constant re-enactment of the scenario and strangles development.

Phase 2

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Frederic N. Busch ◽  
Barbara L. Milrod ◽  
Cory K. Chen ◽  
Meriamne B. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Middle Phase ◽  
Identification With The Aggressor ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Case Vignettes ◽  
Intrapsychic Conflicts

This chapter provides an overview of the central psychodynamic techniques of the middle phase of TFPP. Core intrapsychic conflicts that contribute to PTSD symptoms are identified and actively addressed. Interpretation of defenses aids in the elucidation of conflicts. A prominent defense in PTSD, identification with the aggressor, is described in more depth. Exploration of the transference is discussed with attention to the ways in which core conflicts emerge with the therapist. Patients with PTSD trigger particularly intense countertransference reactions, knowledge of which furthers the therapeutic process. The technique of working through is articulated, in which the therapist and patient elucidate how various conflicts and defenses emerge across a range of symptoms, contexts, and relationships. Case vignettes are used to illustrate these approaches.

‘Disappointed romantics’: Troubled Heritage in the BBC's John le Carré Adaptations

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 727-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Oldham
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Television Drama ◽  
Working Through ◽  
John Le Carre ◽  
Ambivalent Relationship ◽  
The One ◽  
Television Medium

This article analyses three serialised adaptations of John le Carré novels produced by the BBC: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Smiley's People (1982) and A Perfect Spy (1987). It aims firstly to position them in the context of developments and trends during the period of the serials' production. It explores how, on the one hand, they were produced as variants on the classic serial model which aimed for a more contemporary focus and aesthetic in response to concurrent developments in British television drama, and on the other, how they have a complex and ambivalent relationship with the genre of television spy fiction. Secondly, this article builds upon this positioning of the serials to explore how the themes of le Carré’s novels are interpreted specifically for the television medium. Central to this is the issue of temporal displacement, as television's process of ‘working through’, often considered as characteristic of the medium's immediacy and ‘liveness’, is in this case delayed over many years by a cycle of continual adaptation. Here a particular narrative – the defection of Kim Philby in 1963 – resonates across three decades and is worked through in a variety of approaches, initially in the novels and subsequently reworked on television. It then examines how this manifests in the television adaptations in a contemporary heritage aesthetic which is complex and highly troubled.

When “You” Become One of “Them”

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Padilla-Goodman
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Working Through

Negotiating and utilizing the researcher's stance and agenda is always an important, yet tricky, process. This process is even more complicated when researching within one's own community, especially when you and that community are working through a recent trauma. In this paper, I reveal some of my own anxieties in doing so as I am preparing to design my research project in post-Katrina New Orleans, my hometown.

“You Have Living Legends among You”

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Awartani
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Puerto Ricans ◽  
Black Panther Party ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Multiple Generations ◽  
Young Lords ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lincoln Park

In late September 2018, multiple generations of Chicago’s storied social movements marched through Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood as part of the sold-out, three-day Young Lords Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium hosted by DePaul University—an institution that, alongside Mayor Richard J. Daley’s administration, had played a sizeable role in transforming Lincoln Park into a neighborhood “primed for development.” Students, activists, and community members—from throughout Chicago, the Midwest, the East Coast, and even as far as Texas—converged to celebrate the history of Puerto Ricans in Chicago, the legacies of the Young Lords, and the promises and possibilities of resistance. As Elaine Brown, former chairwoman and minister of information for the Black Panther Party, told participants in the second day’s opening plenary, the struggle against racism, poverty, and gentrification and for self-determination and the general empowerment of marginalized people is a protracted one. “You have living legends among you,” Brown insisted, inviting us to associate as equals with the Young Lords members in our midst. Her plea encapsulated the ethos of that weekend’s celebrations: “If we want to be free, let us live the light of the Lords.”

Mixed Foundations: Supporting and Empowering Multiracial Student Organizations

JCSCORE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-85
Author(s):  
Victoria K. Malaney ◽  
Kendra Danowski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Working Through

This paper presents an overview of multiracial student organizing and organizations on college campuses. The authors address common challenges that multiracial student organizations face in higher education, how student affairs staff can challenge institutional practices that perpetuate monoracism, and how to support and empower mixed race students to effectively develop strong leadership skills. Several recommendations for working through political and administrative hurdles are also provided.

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