Cravings (Dec 9, 2022) Roots of Addiction and Chronic Pain in Early Adoption
On demand: https://www.confer.uk.com/on-demand-events/adoption.html
Like Mother…..Alive, But Out of Reach
Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP


Live Webinar 6 Sessions (March 5-April 9, 2022)
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Treating Chronic Somatic Pain
Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP
Sponsored by The William Alanson White Institute


Chronic Pain and Disrupted Early Attachments – A Holistic Overview for Psychotherapists. (Feb 27, 2021)
On demand: https://www.confer.uk.com/on-demand-events/pain.html
"A 40-Year Relational Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treating Chronic Pain” Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP
"Treating Chronic Pain – Affect Recognition, Regulation and Memory Reconsolidation” Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP


New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) Los Angeles, CA October 18 and October 19, 2019. Pathways to Pain Relief® Master Class in Treating Pain: Experiencing the Pain Matrix®





New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) Los Angeles, CA. October 17, 2019 On the Panel with Eric Sherman Chronic Pain: A Mindbody Disorder “No Longer Afraid to Feel: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Disrupted Early Attachment, Emotion Regulation and Somatic Pain.”





George Washington University Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. International Integrative Health Day Film Screening & Discussion: All the Rage: Saved by Sarno. Panelist with Eric Sherman, PsyD, Andrea Leonard-Segal, MD and Film Director Michael Galinsky. January 23, 2019. Washington, DC.





When Stress Causes Pain, Can the Psychoanalyst Intervene? Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis-Trauma Studies Certificate Program Seminar-12hours CE. Co-Instructor with Eric Sherman, PsyD. January-February 2019. NYC.





No Longer Afraid to Feel: Early Life Adversity, Emotion Regulation, and Somatic Pain. Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis Colloquium-Co-sponsored by the Manhattan Institute Certificate Program in Trauma Studies. November 30, 2018, NYC.





Lane, R. D., Anderson, F. S., & Smith, R. (2018). Biased competition favoring physical over emotional pain: a possible explanation for the link between early adversity and chronic pain. Psychosomatic medicine, 80(9), 880-890.