psycgrandrounds SUNY Upstate Grand Rounds Reminder: "Trauma and the Zero Process: Clinical and Theoretical Consideration" 4/30 *HYBRID 713 HARRISON ST. 2ND FLOOR*

Pamela Le LeP at upstate.edu
Thu Apr 30 07:30:00 EDT 2026


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Our next Grand Rounds at the Department of Psychiatry SUNY Upstate will take place on:

Thursday, April 30th, from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm via Zoom.
   TITLE: Trauma and the Zero Process: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations
SPEAKER:  Joseph Fernando, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis

*APPROVED Psychologist, Social Work & LMHC CEUs*
Please fill out the attached evaluation forms and return to Pamela Le@ LeP at upstate.edu within 30 days of the presentation

To receive continuing education credits(CME, Psychologist, LMHC, or Social Work), you must register using the following link: https://www.upstate.edu/cme/online-register.php .
Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on the day of Grand Rounds and remains open through the following Monday.
Kindly be advised that failure to register within this timeframe will result in an inability to issue credits or certificates.
DESCRIPTION: This presentation explores the mental mechanisms operative during and after trauma, conceptualized as the zero process. The paper describes, using clinical material, how trauma leads to the shut down of the usual construction the present moment, leaving memories that live on as a second reality. Many things can have a zero process form, and a number of these are described: zero process defenses, zero process objects (introjects), zero process affects, zero process symptoms, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Following this activity, the participants should be able to:
1. Describe the basic characteristics of the zero process and identify them in clinical work.
2. Identify zero process manifestations in affects and symptoms.
3. Describe and deploy specific interpretations in relation to zero process defenses.

Faculty disclosure: Dr. Fernando has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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Pamela Le

Educational Coordinator

Grand Rounds & REACH Coordinator

Upstate Medical Psychiatry

719 Harrison St. Bldg TU4

Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone (315)464-7185

Fax (315) 464-3282
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