Cravings
Roots of Addiction and Chronic Pain in Early Adoption
NOW CLOSED
Friday 9 December 2022
A Live Webinar with Lucy Hill, Dr Marilyn Sanders and Dr Frances Sommer Anderson
CE Credits: 3 hours
- Includes a subtitled recording of the event and a transcript, with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4.00am EST Tuesday 6 December 2022
Skin-to-skin contact between the newborn and birth mother helps to lay a foundation for secure embodied attachment. Conversely, dysregulation in the wake of early separation in the form of a suboptimal postnatal environment can predispose the adopted baby to the risk of addiction and chronic somatic pain in adulthood.
READ MORE...Our presenter, Lucy Hill, was born in the early 1960s in a mother and baby home and was relinquished by her mother at the age of two months. On seeking treatment for a 10-year history of chronic back pain, she engaged a psychoanalyst who specializes in treating chronic pain from a relational, trauma-informed perspective. At the outset, she experienced “craving” for her analyst, similar to yearnings she had for alcohol and sugar. Exploration of this desire for body contact with her analyst, led her to initiate a successful search for her birth mother. Their reunion revealed the complexities of the disrupted early attachment, and it stimulated latent grieving for the loss of mother.
Lucy and her analyst will present the adoptee’s perspective as it unfolded in the safe holding space of psychoanalysis. Commentary by a neonatologist and pediatrician will elaborate the optimal conditions for mother and baby during pregnancy and discuss the impact on the baby after birth and relinquishment.
We acknowledge that adoption arrangements have changed a great deal since Lucy was adopted in 1962 in London, UK. There are birth mothers, now called First Mothers by some, surrogate mothers, carrying mothers. We welcome women, men, and gender non-conforming parents, clients and therapists to join us to learn more about cycles of addiction and chronic pain in cases where there has been early separation.
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FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EST Tuesday 6 December 2022
Live Webinar:
$96 (Member $48)
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Includes a recording of the event
CE
This event is accredited by:
- ASWB
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 3 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
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- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Friday
09.00 EST Introductions
09.05 Dr Marliyn Sanders
09.45 Lucy Hill
10.25 Q&A
10.45 Break
11.00 Dr Frances Sommer Anderson
11.45 Q&A
12.00 Discussion with Q&A
12.30 End