Trauma and psychoanalysis

It was a part of a 12-month lecture series on Indian psychoanalysis (2012 -2013). The speaker is Pulkit Sharma, a well-known clinical psychologist, psychoanalytic therapist, spiritual counselor and author now based in Pondicherry, India.

In this talk, Pulkit Sharma raises several important points on the marginalization of trauma within the Indian cultural context. Who defines trauma and the politics behind the diagnosis of PTSD. Sharma goes on to critically examine the way western and Indian psychoanalysts have looked at trauma, the defense mechanisms which victims of PTSD often use, and the time-tested psychodynamic techniques employed in healing trauma.

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