Plenary Session:
Invited Address by Allan N. Schore, PhD—

Paradigm Shift: The Right Brain and the Relational Unconscious (3372)

Saturday, Aug. 8, 4:00–4:50 p.m., Room 801A

Allan N. Schore, PhD, is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. He is author of three seminal volumes—Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self, and Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self—as well as numerous articles and chapters. He is editor of the acclaimed Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology and a reviewer for, or on the editorial staff of, 32 journals. He is a member of the Society of Neuroscience and recently received the Scientific Award from APA Division 39. His groundbreaking integration of neuroscience with attachment theory has led to his being described as “the American Bowlby” and “the world’s leading expert in neuropsychoanalysis.” Dr. Schore’s activities as a clinician–scientist extend from his theoretical work on the enduring impact of early trauma on brain development to neuroimaging research on the neurobiology of attachment and borderline personality disorder. He has practiced psychotherapy over the past 4 decades, including conducting biological studies of relational trauma in wild elephants. His interdisciplinary contributions have influenced the fields of affective neuroscience, neuropsychiatry, trauma theory, developmental psychology, attachment theory, pediatrics, infant mental health, psychotherapy, behavioral biology, clinical social work, and psychoanalysis. He leads advanced clinical study groups in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Albuquerque, and Austin and lectures both nationally and internationally.

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