Tavistock Trauma Service: external lectures on trauma spring 2025 lecture 1 (CPD45B)
Story and the Cognitive Map – the neuroscience of narrative
This lecture is also available as part of a series.
This lecture is part of an innovative series organised by the Tavistock Trauma Service and is designed to reflect the clinical approach of the work whilst emphasising an adapted psychoanalytic approach with multi-modality and trauma-informed care.
We also use neurobiological and attachment theory to understand the impact of trauma. Our series will present a range of external speakers, each experts in the field, who will bring their own understanding of trauma via a presentation, followed by an audience question and answer session.
This lecture can be booked individually or as part of a cost-saving bundle comprising the three Spring 2025 series lectures.
Who is this lecture for?
It is for you if you are a professional working within the mental health field who have an interest in trauma. You may be a psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, mental health nurse, support worker, counsellor or therapist.
Our talks will cover neurobiology, attachment theory and different psychoanalytic perspectives on trauma, including historical child sexual abuse.
Lecture details
This lecture will take place on:
| Date | Start time | End time | Will lecture be recorded* and available after the live event? |
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| Thursday 16 January 2025 | 7pm | 8.30pm | Yes |
*To enable access to the widest possible audience these lectures are planned to be delivered live, but remotely, as webinars. Where we are able, a recording will be made available to all booked delegates although we encourage live attendance wherever possible. Please see the details above to see if this lecture will be recorded and available after the live event.
These lectures will be delivered remotely using Zoom. You will need a device with a suitably fast internet connection. Although mobile devices and tablets can be used, we recommend the use of laptop or desktop PC for the best experience. Some devices provided by employers may have restrictions in place. Please use this test link (https://zoom.us/test) to check your set up before booking.
You will be sent the necessary login link about a week before the course start date. Should you have any concerns about the accessibility of remote delivery please contact us at CPDEvents@tavi-port.ac.uk to discuss how we can best help you.
This is the first lecture in the spring 2025 series.
Lecture 1: Story and the Cognitive Map – the neuroscience of narrative
16 January 2025
This lecture will be recorded.
Lecturer: Richard Brockman, M.D
We tell stories. We create stories. Indeed all mammals create stories not in the form of a narrative but in the form of a ‘cognitive map’.
This lecture will explore the neuroscience of how mammals create a cognitive map and the neuroscience of how we, homo sapiens, create a narrative. It will then explore the neuroscience of how overwhelming trauma (a trauma where the outcome is totally out of one’s control) disrupts the cognitive map in the mammal and the narrative in us. It will also examine how with skill, work, time, and luck – how the cognitive map and the story can be partially if not fully restored.
Testimonials
Speaker
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Richard Brockman, M.D
Clinical Professor
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Joanne Stubley
Consultant Medical Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst
Book your place today
You can book a place on this lecture at any time. You’ll receive confirmation by email, and we will be in touch approximately one week before with detailed joining instructions.
Bookings will close 24hrs before the lecture.
Save £15 with a bundle
This lecture is also available as part of a convenient, cost-saving bundle for £75 – giving you access to our complete spring 2024 lecture series.
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