The Body Keeps

the Score

Claim one of the last few seats to hear Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, renowned trauma expert and author of The Body Keeps the Score, on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at NC State University in Raleigh.

Presented by the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas in celebration of 60 years of psychoanalytic education, the day includes a morning public lecture on the impact of trauma across the lifespan and an afternoon session for clinicians on psychotherapy for developmental trauma.

Only 4 in-person tickets remaining 
Register by October 25

Welcome New Faculty

Kendra A. Surmitis, PhD has been an active member of the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas (PCC) community since 2017. She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, a David Raft Fellow, and a graduate of the PCC's adult psychoanalytic training program. She has completed additional psychoanalytic training at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Tavistock, College of William & Mary, and the University of Edinburgh, where she studied object relations theory with an emphasis on the work of Donald Fairbairn. Complementing her private practice, Kendra serves as a Clinical Professor of Counseling and Psychology.

As an educator, she aspires to create welcoming paths for counseling students to study contemporary psychoanalytic concepts. Her research publications span self-injury, social justice in counseling, counselor education, and self-authorship. She maintains an active psychoanalytic practice in Chapel Hill, NC, and is available for referrals for adult psychoanalysis.