Unmourned losses, sometimes deep in the psyche can be hidden in a couple’s relationship. A relationship can be created to protect and defend the self against early loss, for example through the couple’s unconscious projective system. The unmourned loss usually exerts an unseen negative influence on the relationship. Current events, even ordinary ones like the arrival of children, can trigger these early losses. Betrayal can be experienced not just as a loss but a trauma when there has been very early abandonment. Ordinary losses in the life cycle of the couple are often not recognised as losses an instead experienced as their being something wrong with the relationship. Clinical examples are given to illustrate these different kinds of hidden losses in a couple relationship. In contrast, the capacity to recognise loss and mourn is seen as enabling creativity in a relationship.
3 CEUs
Instructor: Mary Morgan
Dates: February 9, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM –2:00 PM EST
Location: Online
Fee: $ 175, Candidate: $85
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how a couple projective system can work to conceal a shared loss
2. Describe a situation in which early Oedipal loss could be reactivated in a couple’s relationship
3. Describe two kinds of ordinary losses in the life cycle of a couple relationship.
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