LEARNING FROM THE NEURODIVERSE CHILD’S EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
This is an unmissable opportunity to learn from Joshua Durban, a pioneer in understanding and treating autism.
Joshua Durban is a training and supervising child and adult psychoanalyst at the Israeli Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (IPA), and a research analyst with the PCC, Los Angeles, where he teaches. He is the founder and the clinical director of the VAC, The Vista Del Mar Autism Center, Los Angeles which provides psychoanalytic treatment for infants, toddlers, adolescents, and young adults on the autism spectrum and their families. He is on the faculty of the School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, The Psychotherapy Program, Post-Graduate Kleinian Studies, and the Early Mental States track. He is the editor (together with Dr. Merav Roth) of the Hebrew edition of the collected works of Melanie Klein. He is a member of the IJPA international editorial board and of the IPA inter-committee for the prevention of child abuse. He has a private practice in Tel-Aviv and Los Angeles and specializes in the psychoanalysis of ASD and psychotic children, adolescents, and adults. He is currently also teaching and supervising in the UK, Germany, Australia, and the USA. His work on Autism, trauma, and early development has been published and translated internationally.