Presented by: Lauren Levine, PhD
Discussion by: Janine de Peyer, LCSW

In this presentation, Dr. Levine examines the transformative power of storytelling and witnessing in creating shared symbolic meaning and coherence from ungrieved trauma. She explores creativity as a transformative force that emerges within the clinical process, drawing on film, dance, literature, and dreams as frames for experiences that exceed what language alone can capture. As both an analyst and a writer, Dr. Levine is especially interested in the stories individuals and communities tell, the interstitial gaps created by unmetabolized trauma, and the potential of an intimate psychoanalytic process to help patients reclaim memory, creative agency, and authorship of their own lives.