New Books Network Podcast

Psychoanalysis November 25, 2023

The Analyst's Torment

Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference

Dhwani Shah

Hosted by Christopher Russell

Today I spoke with Dr. Dhwani Shah about his new book The Analyst’s Torment: Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference (Karnac Books, 2022). The son of a sculptor mother and an …

Psychoanalysis November 24, 2023

Twins in Session

Case Histories in Treating Twinship Issues

Joan A. Friedman

Hosted by Judith Tanen

Why would a twin sacrifice her own needs to make sure her same-age sibling is always cared for? What would cause a twin to have panic attacks when he and …

Psychoanalysis November 13, 2023

Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray

Emma R. Jones

Hosted by Helena Vissing

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Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is “ontological,” wondering if this implies a problematically naïve or essentialist account of …

Psychoanalysis November 7, 2023

Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation

Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice

Linda L. Michaels, Tom Wooldridge, Nancy Burke, and Janice R. Muhr

Hosted by Judith Tanen

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Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice (Routledge, 2023) brings together a global community of mental health professionals to offer an impassioned defense of relationship-based …

Psychoanalysis October 15, 2023

Here I'm Alive

The Spirit of Music in Psychoanalysis

Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michal Levin

Hosted by Christopher Russell

Today we have a group session (read: an hour and a half) with the authors Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michal Levin discussing their new book Here I’m Alive: The Spirit …

Psychoanalysis September 20, 2023

Psychoanalytic Supervision

Nancy McWilliams

Hosted by Jacob Goldberg

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Drawing on deep reserves of experience and theoretical and research knowledge, Nancy McWilliams presents a fresh perspective on psychodynamic supervision in this highly instructive work. In Psychoanalytic Supervision (Guilford Publications, 2021), McWilliams examines …

Psychoanalysis September 6, 2023

New Psychoanalytic Readings of Shakespeare

Cool Reason and Seething Brains

James Newlin and James W. Stone

Hosted by Karyne Messina

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Dr. Richard Waugaman is an emeritus supervising and training analyst at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. He is also a well-respected author. With regard to his career he has …

Psychoanalysis September 5, 2023

Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis

Ability and Disability in Clinical Process

Johanna Dobrich

Hosted by Judith Tanen

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Johanna Dobrich, author of Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis: Ability and Disability in Clinical Process (Routledge, 2021), is the recipient of the 2023 Sandor Ferenczi Award. The award is …

General History September 4, 2023

The Sullivanians

Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

Alexander Stille

Hosted by Claire Clark

In the middle of the Ozzie and Harriet 1950s, the birth control pill was introduced and a maverick psychoanalytic institute, the Sullivan Institute for Research in Psychoanalysis, opened its doors …

Literature August 21, 2023

Triskele

A Novel

B. D'Amato

Hosted by Lexa Rosean

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In the unconscious, coincidence does not exist. A bizarre tragedy drives ten-year-old Paul from his dysfunctional home, leaving his younger sister, Bethany, behind. Paul flees to his estranged father’s apple …

Psychoanalysis August 19, 2023

Sartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis

Knowing Others

Mary Edwards

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Thinking of the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, it is hard to think of him without imagining him in very particular contexts. One will likely imagine him in a Parisian …

Psychoanalysis August 11, 2023

Ruptures in the American Psyche

Containing Destructive Populism in Perilous Times

Michael J Diamond

Hosted by Karyne Messina

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Michael J. Diamond's book Ruptures in the American Psyche: Containing Destructive Populism in Perilous Times (Phoenix Publishing, 2022) describes Trumpism: the strong allegiance to former President Donald Trump that is in …

Psychoanalysis July 27, 2023

Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities

Rewriting the Sexual Contract

Petra Bueskens

Hosted by Helena Vissing

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Why do women in contemporary western societies experience contradiction between their autonomous and maternal selves? What are the origins of this contradiction and the associated ‘double shift’ that result in …

Psychoanalysis July 10, 2023

The Psychoanalytic Encounter and the Misuse of Theory

Lee Grossman

Hosted by Jacob Goldberg

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In The Psychoanalytic Encounter and the Misuse of Theory (Routledge, 2022), Lee Grossman addresses the disjuncture between analytic literature and clinical work in an effort to render analytic theorizing more representative …

Psychology June 29, 2023

Schizophrenia

Science, Psychoanalysis, and Culture

Kevin Volkan and Vamik Volkan

Hosted by Karyne Messina

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In Schizophrenia: Science, Psychoanalysis, and Culture (Phoenix Publishing House, 2022), Kevin Volkan and Vamık Volkan present a comprehensive study of schizophrenia using a psychoanalytic lens on the existing interdisciplinary research. Over the …

Psychoanalysis June 27, 2023

Gender Without Identity

Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini

Hosted by J. J. Mull

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In this episode, JJ Mull discusses Gender Without Identity (Unconscious in Translation, 2023) with co-authors Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini. Weaving together a variety of influences -- ranging from the metapsychology …

Psychology June 23, 2023

The Others Within Us

Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession

Robert Falconer

Hosted by Eric LeMay

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Today I interview Bob Falconer about his new book, The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession (Great Mystery Press, 2023). Falconer’s book is the result …

High Theory June 20, 2023

The Environmental Unconscious

A Discussion with Steven Swarbrick

Steven Swarbrick

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu

Steven Swarbrick talks about poetic engagement with nature in the work of early modern poets Edmund Spenser, Walter Ralegh, Andrew Marvell, and John Milton. Here language is influenced not by …

Psychoanalysis June 3, 2023

The Queerness of Childhood

Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass

Anna Fishzon and Emma Lieber

Hosted by Tracy Morgan

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In this interview, Anna Fishzon, co editor with Emma Lieber on The Queerness of Childhood: Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), discusses her thinking …

Psychoanalysis May 27, 2023

Misogyny in Psychoanalysis

Michaela Chamberlain

Hosted by Christopher Russell

Today I talked to Michaela Chamberlain, author of Misogyny in Psychoanalysis (Phoenix Publishing House, 2022) Chamberlain’s book is a product of “cumulative trauma” whose original starting point was an interest …