Joy Schaverien: Boarding School Syndrome: Broken Attachments Hidden Traumas

Wessex Counselling & Psychotherapy

Uncover the impact of boarding school experiences on our emotional well-being; delve into hidden traumas and broken attachments.

In this illustrated talk there will be discussion of the series of psychological traumas that contribute to what, in 2011, Joy first classified as Boarding School Syndrome. The initials ABC-D refer to the multiple ordeals and ruptured attachments suffered. Abandonment, Bereavement, Captivity and the resulting Disassociation may have lasting psychological consequences. These early traumas leave children vulnerable to paedophile adults, school bullies and the confusing, sexually charged, solace sometimes found with other children. This may have the long-term effect of distorting intimate relationships and adult sexuality.

Professor Joy Schaverien PhD is a Jungian psychoanalyst, a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology. She has published extensively on Boarding School Syndrome including two of her books: The Dying Patient in Psychotherapy (2020) and the Amazon best seller: Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged” Child (2015). Her recent papers on this topic include: ‘Revisiting Boarding School Syndrome: The Anatomy of Psychological Traumas and Sexual Abuse’, in The British Journal of Psychotherapy in 2021, and ‘Boarding School Syndrome and Sibling Relationships’ in Attachment Vol.18, no 1.

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Joy Schaverien: Boarding School Syndrome: Broken Attachments Hidden Traumas

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