• The Unconscious Conflicts of Postpartum Depression

    In-person: Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, 17821 17th St #260, Tustin, CA 92780 Tustin, CA, United States

    This course defines postpartum depression (PPD) and explores it through the lens of psychoanalytic framework. The course will examine the role of ego regression in PPD, as well as specific triad of unconscious conflicts: dependency, anger, and maternal identification.

  • NPI Fall Conference: Understanding Traumatic Narcissism Theory and Its Clinical Utility

    Hybrid (Virtual and In-person: NPI, 17821 E. 17th Street, Suite 260, Tustin, CA 92780)

    Beginning in 1996 with the essay “Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective,” up to the release in 2026 of his latest book, Traumatic Narcissism Theory: A Contemporary Introduction, Daniel Shaw has studied the psychology of the individual he terms the “traumatizing narcissist,” and the specific ways that they seduce and then subjugate others. The […]