Talks On Psychoanalysis
Psychology & Relationships
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Talks On Psychoanalysis shares topics published in the IPA Society Journals and Congress debates worldwide, brought to you in the voices of the original authors.This podcast is produced by International Psychoanalytical Association
Episodes
- Psychic Change and Enactment: some reflections - Ariel Liberman
Ariel Liberman discusses psychic change and enactment in psychoanalysis from a relational viewpoint. He explores enactment not as a technical error but as a shared repetition that can lead to transformation through insight and analyst disi…
- Vicissitudes of Transience - Jhuma Basak
Jhuma Basak discusses transience from psychoanalytic, cultural, and philosophical viewpoints, referencing Japanese and Indian traditions. The episode examines how impermanence influences our connections to loss, desire, and creativity, sug…
- Transience and the prohibition of “Don’t Look” - Osamu Kitayama
Dr. Osamu Kitayama explores the psychoanalytic concept of transience, linking it to mourning, renewal, and psychic vitality. Drawing from Freudian ideas and Japanese culture, myths, and art, he examines how impermanence can foster creativi…
- The Body and Compulsion in Childhood - Christine Anzieu-Premmereur
Christine Anzieu-Premmereur explores the relationship between compulsion and the body in childhood and adolescence, analyzing compulsive behaviors as attempts to process early traumatic experiences through psychoanalytic theory. The episod…
- The Mystery, Again - Mariano Horenstein
Argentine psychoanalyst Mariano Horenstein examines how sexuality is addressed in psychoanalysis today. The episode explores the historical shifts in psychoanalytic listening, from hysteria to psychosis, and introduces the emerging "trans…
- On Paternal Presence - Heribert Blass
Heribert Blass examines the contemporary psychoanalytic view of fatherhood, detailing the paternal figure's roles in care, setting limits, and supporting a child's autonomy through intimacy, separation, and symbolic function.
- What Can Psychoanalysis Offer to Alleviate Toxic Polarization - Harriet Wolfe
Dr. Harriet Wolfe presents a psychoanalytic method applied to toxic polarization, using an interdisciplinary group to analyze large-scale historical traumas and unmanageable feelings. This approach, the International Dialogue Initiative, i…
- Confidentiality in Supervision – Ellen A. Sparer
Ellen Sparer explores the inherent paradox in psychoanalytic training: the conflict between the necessary confidentiality of the analytic setting and the institutional requirements of supervision. She discusses how supervision might risk u…
- Assisted Reproduction and Psychoanalysis - Renata Viola Vives & Ana Teresa Vale
Renata Viola Vives and Ana Teresa Vale explore the intersection of assisted reproduction and psychoanalysis, discussing the emotional complexities of modern parenthood and identity. They address historical tensions and the need for nuanced…
- Building a Space for Thinking - Alberto Carrión García de Parada
Alberto Carrión García de Parada discusses the process of building a shared analytic space, focusing on navigating emotional dynamics, transference, and countertransference. The episode highlights the analyst's role in containment and the…
- The Desire and Passion for a Child - Dr. Patricia Alkolombre
Dr. Patricia Alkolombre discusses the impact of reproductive technologies on the desire for a child, noting a shift towards a "passion for a child at any price." The episode explores psychoanalytic perspectives on gender, parenthood, loss,…
- Freud, his passion for travel, and its impact on psychoanalytic discoveries - Patricia O'Donnell
Dr. Patricia O'Donnell examines Sigmund Freud's travel letters, suggesting his experiences in foreign countries, rich with observations of art and architecture, fostered non-clinical psychoanalytic insights. She connects his travel-induced…
- Inanimate Objects in the Frame - Jacqueline Godfrind
This episode explores the significance of inanimate objects in a psychoanalyst's office, such as furniture and artwork. Jacqueline Godfrind discusses how these objects can function as part of the external and internal reality for patients,…
- Artificial Intelligence and psychoanalysis: meeting the future. - Rosa Spagnolo.
Dr. Rosa Spagnolo examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and psychoanalysis, discussing how neuropsychoanalysis can inform our understanding of AI and consciousness. The episode also considers AI's impact on human develo…
- The loss of illusions. How does the analyst mourn? - Marc Hebbrecht.
Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Marc Hebbrecht explores how psychoanalysts navigate personal losses, aging, and the disillusionment that arises from confronting their own finitude. The discussion uses Nanni Moretti's film “La Camera del Fig…
- Bernard Penot - The act of the psychoanalyst in the service of subjectivation
Bernard Penot explores the psychoanalyst's role and actions in practice, discussing subjectivation through the lens of Freud and Lacan, particularly regarding the psychoanalytic act and its active involvement.
- The place of sexuality in psychoanalytic treatment and training today - Rotraut De Clerck
Rotraut De Clerck discusses the apparent decrease in focus on sexuality within psychoanalytic treatment, training, and case reports. The episode examines how evolving societal views on sexuality impact psychoanalytic practice and education…
- Relentlessness Of Life Instinct As The Source Of Inconsolability And Greed - Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar discusses the persistent dissatisfaction and greed in some individuals, proposing a theory that the Life Instinct drives a restless search for gratification that doesn't lead to satisfaction. This episode, presented at the 53…
- Bernard Golse - A plea for a third topicality.
Bernard Golse, a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, argues for a third topical approach to psychoanalysis, particularly for infants. He proposes a metapsychology of the primitive pre-object bond, focusing on the intersubjective relation…
- The distorted Oedipus complex - François Richard
François Richard proposes a concept of the distorted Oedipus complex, examining its relevance in contemporary society with a crisis of ideals and new sexualities. He links a persistent form of the infantile Oedipus complex in adults to und…
- Time matters - the self and its continuity. Georg Northoff.
Georg Northoff, a philosopher, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist, explores the enduring nature of the self throughout life. He proposes that the brain
- The Self and its continuity: Out of body experience - Rosa Spagnolo.
Rosa Spagnolo explores the connection between the mind and body and its influence on self-perception. Drawing from her book with Georg Northoff, she examines how out-of-body experiences illuminate the dynamics between the self and the exte…
- Notes on the aptitude for happiness - Marion Minerbo
Dr. Marion Minerbo shares studies on the psychic elements that enable the experience of happiness, drawing on psychoanalytic theory and everyday examples. Her new book, “Notes on the Aptitude for Happiness”, is in press.
- Hidden unconscious, buried unconscious, implicit unconscious - Stefano Bolognini.
Stefano Bolognini discusses the evolving concept of the unconscious in psychoanalysis, including its different levels and how it informs technique. The episode references clinical cases and Bolognini's extensive background in the field.
- Why and what is gender for? - Juan Francisco Artaloytia.
Juan Francisco Artaloytia explores the psychoanalytic concept of gender, from Freudian ideas of psychic bisexuality to current transgender theories, examining its historical emergence, social context, and ongoing significance.
- External and Internal Changes in Recent Times - Mercedes Puchol.
Mercedes Puchol examines the effects of contemporary changes on psychoanalysis, addressing remote analysis and the concept of analysability. She also reflects on the role of identifications in counteracting war, referencing Freud and the c…
- James Joyce and the Internal World of the Replacement Child - Mary Adams.
Mary Adams, a psychoanalyst, explores the trauma associated with being a replacement child, citing James Joyce as an example of an individual who channeled early trauma and survivor guilt into his writing. Adams, who has a background in ps…
- Michael J Diamond: The Father’s Impact on Masculinity and Its Discontents.
This episode of Talks On Psychoanalysis features Michael J. Diamond discussing the paternal function
- The Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Approach to Working with Veterans - Andrew Berry.
Andrew Berry explores the interpersonal psychoanalytic perspective on treating veterans, emphasizing the need to build trust and address the psychological impact of war through examining their relationships.
- The Impact Of Reality On The Psychoanalytical treatment - Bernard Chervet.
Bernard Chervet explores how external realities, influenced by events like the global pandemic, impact psychoanalytic treatment and the work of renunciation for both patient and analyst. He examines the correlation between internal and ext…
- Contributions for a theory of the constitution of the cruel superego - Marion Minerbo
Dr. Marion Minerbo proposes an original hypothesis on the constitution of the cruel superego, linking the superego's attacks on the ego to the parental figure's narcissism and unconscious death wishes, originating from the child's identifi…
- Psychoanalysis as Politics: Aspiring to Think In the Age of Anti-Thinking - Ian S. Miller
Ian S. Miller examines the political dimension of psychoanalysis in an age of disinformation, contrasting it with the uncritical acceptance of information prevalent on social media. He advocates for psychoanalysis as a model for enlightenm…
- Ludovica Grassi - Music, Silence and Psychoanalysis
The episode features Ludovica Grassi discussing the parallels between music and psychic life, including mechanisms like repetition and variation, and the significance of silence and temporality in psychoanalytic processes.
- Christophe Dejours - Sublimation between Suffering and Pleasure at Work
Christophe Dejours examines the psychodynamics of work, focusing on sublimation and its connection to suffering and pleasure. He explains how work organizations can affect individual mental health and the social fabric.
- Werner Bohleber: Trauma - Catastrophic Reality and the Overwhelmed Psyche.
Werner Bohleber explores the impact of collective trauma on basic trust and social reality, referencing Freudian and object-relational models. He discusses man-made disasters and their effects on individual and collective memory.
- Nancy Chodorow - “Thoughts for the times on women and men”.
Nancy Chodorow shares insights from her extensive work on psychoanalysis, feminism, gender, and society. The episode touches upon her academic background, key publications like "The Reproduction of Mothering," and her research on psychoana…
- Rui Aragão Oliveira - Why pleasure?
Dr. Rui Aragão Oliveira explores the significance of pleasure in psychoanalysis, its role in psychological development and balance, and its contemporary relevance in society and clinical analysis. He is a member of the Portuguese Psychoana…
- Paulina Zukerman: “Couples and Families: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Money Issues”.
Paulina Zukerman explores how unconscious drives and social factors shape family survival through phantasies about money. She examines the limitations of legal changes in addressing financial disparities and discusses unconscious stipulati…
- Jack Drescher - Attending To Sexual Compulsivity in a Gay Man.
This episode discusses themes of hiding in the developmental narratives of gay men, stemming from societal trauma and public humiliation. It presents a clinical psychoanalytic approach for working with gay men that differentiates sexual co…
- José Eduardo Fischbein - “The Body in The Psychoanalytic Session”.
This episode discusses two types of discourse regarding the body in psychoanalytic sessions: the "evoked body," linked to memories and Oedipal frameworks, and the "perceived body," focused on present sensations and bodily functions. Dr. Jo…
- Patricia O‘Donnell: “Of Flies and Spiders - Gradiva and Louise Bourgeois”.
In this episode, Patricia O‘Donnell presents her paper "Of Flies and Spiders - Gradiva and Louise Bourgeois," examining the connection between psychoanalysis and art. The discussion centers on Louise Bourgeois
- Vera Lamanno Adamo - The Psychoanalyst, The Filmmaker And The Art Of Sculpting Time.
In this episode, Vera Lamanno Adamo explores the relationship between cinema and psychoanalysis, drawing parallels between filmmaking and the analytic process, and the histories of both disciplines. The discussion references an article in…
- Marion M. Oliner - Psychoanalytic Studies on Dysphoria: The False Accord in the Divine Symphony.
Marion M. Oliner explores the role of external reality in trauma and dysphoria from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. The discussion touches upon catastrophic events, their impact on individuals and descendants, and references various thinkers a…
- Florence Guignard - The Infantile in Psychoanalytic Practice Today.
Florence Guignard elaborates on the psychoanalytic concept of the Infantile, its origins in 1996, and its significance in contemporary practice. She discusses its clinical relevance to the analytic relationship, interpretative activity, tr…
- Christine Anzieu Premmereur - On the Construction of Auto Eroticism.
Christine Anzieu Premmereur, a PhD Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, discusses the construction of auto-eroticism and the ability to fantasize and dream at the dawn of life. Her work includes psychoanalysis of adults, children, and infants,…
- Craig San Roque - Mourning Melancholia and The Echo Effect
Craig San Roque, a psychotherapist working in Central Australia, shares insights from his psychoanalytic work with indigenous communities. The episode covers "Mourning Melancholia and The Echo Effect," exploring unconscious transference wi…
- Laura Colombi - The Dangerous Call Of The Wild. Clinical Considerations About Dissociation Into Fantasy.
Laura Colombi explores dissociation into fantasy as a defensive mechanism, contrasting it with imaginative fantasy. She examines Winnicott's ideas on fantasy withdrawal as a dissociative solution following loss of hope in object relations,…
- Katy Bogliatto - Experiences of caesura in Medically Assisted Reproduction.
Katy Bogliatto, a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, shares insights from her work with Medically Assisted Reproduction teams. This discussion is in anticipation of the 52nd IPA Congress, focusing on "The Infantile: Its Multiple Dimensi…
- Manuela Utrilla Robles - Convulsions in Psychoanalytical Institutions.
This episode features Manuela Utrilla Robles discussing "Convulsions in Psychoanalytic Institutions," examining the spectrum of human passions in group dynamics among psychoanalysts and the scientific aspects of the field. Her institutiona…
- Panel: "The Inner Child And The Analytical Session".
This panel explores the role of the inner child within personality structure and its active presence in psychoanalytic sessions. Three analysts share clinical examples and theoretical insights.