Vortrag von Richard Lane

Richard Lane, Gastdozent an der Univ. Klinik für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie, wird im Rahmen der WPV-Reihe Models of Psychic Change einen Vortrag in englischer Sprache halten, zu dem wir herzlich einladen.

Datum: 27. Juni 2023, 20:15 Uhr

Ort: Salzgries 16, 1010 Wien

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Abstract

"In a review article in 2015 (1) and a book in 2020 (2) my colleagues and I proposed that therapeutic change in a variety of modalities results from updating memories through a process of reconsolidation that incorporates new emotional experiences. This theory is especially relevant to psychoanalysis, as Freud was the first person to describe memory reconsolidation (which he called “memory retranscription” [umschrift]), and because changing or updating memories has the potential to produce the kind of lasting change to which psychoanalysis has always aspired. From this perspective, recurrent maladaptive patterns can be conceptualized as schematic memories that determine how situations are routinely construed and responded to. Since these memories are reactivated in the transference and can become malleable, a series of corrective emotional experiences in interaction with the analyst can potentially transform those memories and improve adaptation. This new perspective suggests that the effectiveness of interpretations, the mainstay of psychoanalysis, may in large part be due to the indirect emotional messages that are conveyed while aiming to promote insight."

About the Speaker

Richard D. Lane, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Arizona. A clinical psychiatrist and psychodynamic psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (systems neuroscience and emotion research). Main themes in his research have been the importance of integrating neuroscience with psychological conceptualizations and clinical application.