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Trauma and Trance:
From Shamanism to Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
Presented by Harold Kudler, MD, DLFAPA
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Join us live and in person for our next Scientific Program!
Saturday, August 12, 2023
10 am to 12 pm ET
at the Lucy Daniels Center
9003 Weston Pkwy, Cary, NC
Fee: $50*
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Dr. Harold Kudler will discuss the burgeoning interest in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD that has prompted a review of current science and the intertwining history of trauma and trance. Traditional healers have long relied on trance states, and psychoanalysis began with hypnotically induced catharsis. Successful treatment of neuropsychiatric casualties in World War II with hypnosis or amytal assured the dominance of psychoanalytic thought and practice for decades. Ketamine is now applied in various mental disorders, and MDMA and psilocybin have FDA Breakthrough Therapy status. Less obvious is the role psychotherapy plays in these treatments. This presentation will review historical, biological, and psychological aspects of trance states in treating psychological trauma to elucidate their role over the centuries and offer recommendations for new theories and practices.
* Free admission and CE/CME credits for PCC members, LDC staff and board, full-time students with ID, and trainees in the Departments of Social Work, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Mental Health Counseling.
CME credits: 2 / CE credits: 2 / NBCC: 2 clock hours / All others: Letter of Attendance
Registration Closes Wednesday, August 9, at 5 pm ET.
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About Harold Kudler, MD, DLFAPA
Dr. Kudler received his M.D. from Downstate Medical Center, trained in Psychiatry at Yale and is Associate Consulting Professor at Duke and Adjunct Professor at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. From 2000 through 2005, he co-chaired the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA’s) Special Committee on PTSD which reports directly to Congress. He has served on the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Board of Directors, co-led development of joint VA/Department of Defense Guidelines for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress and advised Sesame Street’s Talk Listen Connect series for military families. From 2004 to 2014, he was Associate Director of VA's Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) on Deployment Mental Health. From 2006 to 2014, he co-led the North Carolina Governor’s Focus on Returning Military Members and their Families. In July 2014, he joined VA Central Office in Washington, D.C. as Chief Consultant for Mental Health Services. Starting in May 2017, he served as Acting Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Patient Care Services until his retirement from VA in June 2018. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Kudler plays a leadership role in a number of mental health organizations including the International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. Dr. Kudler chairs the Service Members and Veterans Initiative of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Military and Veterans Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry and is the current President of the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas.
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the historical, theoretical, and clinical interconnections of psychological trauma and trance states.
- Assess the relative contributions of biological and psychological aspects of trance states in treating traumatic stress disorders.
- Discuss the critical roles that transference and countertransference play in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the important contributions that psychoanalytically-oriented clinicians can offer in informing clinical and ethical dimensions of care.
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Continuing Education
This program is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and other clinicians or interested academics who want to increase their understanding of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Related Readings:
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Henner, R. L., Keshavan, M. S., & Hill, K. P. (2022). Review of potential psychedelic treatments for PTSD. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 120302.
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Reiff, C. M., Richman, E. E., Nemeroff, C. B., Carpenter, L. L., Widge, A. S., Rodriguez, C. I., Kalin, N.H., McDonald, W.M. & Work Group on Biomarkers and Novel Treatments, a Division of the American Psychiatric Association Council of Research. (2020). Psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(5), 391-410.
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Morgan, L. (2020). MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for people diagnosed with treatment-resistant PTSD: What it is and what it isn’t. Annals of General Psychiatry, 19(1), 1-7.
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CME credits: 2 / CE credits: 2 / NBCC: 2 clock hours / All others: Letter of attendance
The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6518. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Social workers will receive a letter of attendance documenting 2 hours of continuing education. This certificate may not be acceptable verification in all states.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. -Updated July 2021-
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