Episode 11 | Conflict in love, repair & why we marry our “unfinished business” with Jordan Dann

About this episode

Effie Kli interviews Jordan Dann about conflict in love and the psychological concepts behind why we marry our unfinished business.

In this interview episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Jordan Dann, psychoanalyst, traumatologist, and educator whose work bridges depth psychology, attachment theory, and nervous system science. Jordan integrates Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt, and psychoanalytic perspectives to help individuals and couples transform unconscious relational patterns into conscious, embodied choice. Her work is grounded in the belief that experience—especially relational and somatic experience—...

People in this episode

Guest: Jordan Dann

Topics covered

• conflict in love
• repair
• unfinished business
• depth psychology
• attachment theory
• nervous system science

Keywords

• Somatic Experiencing
• Gestalt
• psychoanalytic perspectives
• relational patterns
• embodied choice

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