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The California Neuropsychoanalysis Research Group (CNRG), a nonprofit organization located in Berkeley, California, has grown out of the great need for long-term treatment for those who suffer with neurological issues, particularly traumatic brain injury (TBI). We are committed to offering long-term individual and group work for TBI patients and their families. The CNRG has spent the past three years focused on the relevance of working on self-identity issues through psychoanalytic treatment in the rehabilitation of TBI. We are also interested in researching and treating the coincidence of TBI and PTSD, as well as introducing a psychoanalytic approach to the treatment of chronic pain. The membership of the group consists of Thomasine McFarlin, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; Joy Ragon, M.A., J.D., R.N.; Nancy Ulmer, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., and Enid Young, Ph.D.
Our objectives are to: promote a better understanding of psychoanalysis and encourage effective and innovative dissemination of psychoanalytic ideas and services to the public; provide practitioners with an essential vocabulary and a basic overview of the clinical and humanistic perspective informed by psychoanalysis; demonstrate how psychoanalytic concepts can be applied to treating TBI patients in preparation for cognitive behavioral and other forms of treatment; train practitioners in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis as applied to the repercussions of TBI, such as the difficulties associated with self-identity and theory-of-mind capacities; promote research connected to the coincidence of TBI and PTSD; explore further research into the integration of the psychodynamic approach in the treatment and clinical management of TBI; improve the accessibility of the psychodynamic approach to treatment of TBI at all levels of rehabilitation; and connect psychoanalytic programs with the Veterans Administration and community programs in order to provide accessible and long-term care to TBI patients and their families.
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