Violence - A psychoanalytic understanding
This talk was organized by VIMHANS in collaboration with India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. It was a part of a 12-month interactive series on Indian psychoanalysis (2012 -2013) curated by the then newly established psychoanalytic therapy unit at VIMHANS, New Delhi. The speaker is Pulkit Sharma, a well-known clinical psychologist, psychoanalytic therapist, spiritual counselor and author now based in Pondicherry, India. <br /><br />Highlights of the talk:<br />1. The role of unconscious mind in violence <br />2. Affect dysregulation <br />3. Primitive defense mechanisms: acting out, passive aggression, splitting, projective identification. <br />4. Self-destructive behaviors and suicide<br />5. Violent thoughts, emotions and behaviors in psychotherapy room<br />6. Handling transference and countertransference<br /><br />#aggression #psychologyfacts #psychoanalysisinindia #pulkitsharmaclinicalpsychologist #authorpulkit