The Nature of Trauma and Dissociation

Theoretical developments in the field of trauma and neuroscience

In this audio commentary Allan Schore explores the nature of trauma, and the advances of trauma therapy led by neuroscientific findings and new paradigms in therapeutic theory. He reflects on the importance of sharing of knowledge across disciplines including neurobiology, psychology and relational psychoanalyzis in advancing our understanding of attachment trauma and its treatment. He discusses the emergence of the field of interpersonal neurobiology and its importance in our understanding of dissociation, and other symptoms arising from a weakness in the right-brain’s capacities for affect regulation and relational attunement.