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The California Neuropsychoanalysis Research Group (CNRG), a nonprofit organization located in Berkeley, California, has grown out of the need for long-term psychoanalytic treatment for those who suffer with neurological issues, particularly traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic pain. We have focused on the relevance of working on self-identity issues through psychoanalytic treatment in the rehabilitation of TBI, 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.; 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; to provide TBI and chronic pain practitioners with an essential vocabulary and a basic overview of the clinical and humanistic perspective informed by psychoanalysis; to train practitioners in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis as applied to the repercussions of TBI, such as difficulties associated with self-identity and theory-of-mind capacities; and to research the efficacy of applying the psychodynamic approach in the treatment and clinical management of chronic pain.
On 13-14 November 2010, the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, with the participation of the CNRG, presented a conference entitled “Master Clinicians in Neuropsychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury.” The conference sponsored renowned TBI specialists Dr. Anthony Chen, Dr. Harold Kudler, Dr. Ronald Ruff, and Dr. Oliver Turnbull. The conference was resoundingly successful, and we hope to publish several of the papers from the primary speakers in the Neuropsychoanalysis journal.
On 26 May 2011, the CNRG sponsored a conference entitled “Motivation, Learning and Chronic Pain: The Role of the Brain in Chronic Pain Disorders.” Internationally renowned chronic pain