Clara Mucci, PhD
October 4 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
3 Saturdays: Oct. 4 (10am-12 pm ET), Oct. 11 (12:30-2:30 pm ET), Oct. 18 (10am-12 pm ET), 2025, On Zoom
Program Description
In this class we will be focusing on the distinction between trauma of human origin and trauma stemming from natural catastrophes or accidents devoid of human intentionality and their different effects on the human mind. I will describe three levels of trauma of human origin, their effects on individuals and society, and how to work with them clinically to heal dissociative dynamics and repair destructive internalized structures, for instance the victim-persecutor identification that can be carried through generations. We will learn how to effectively interrupt the repetition of the traumatic cycle by looking at individual cases from first presentation to actual resolution in what I term the embodied witnessing treatment. This treatment is an original integrative approach in working on interpersonal trauma using psychodynamic psychology, attachment theory, and affective neuroscience.
