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Psychoanalysis
Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.
July 8, 2024
Sexuality Beyond Consent
Today I talked to Avgi Saketopoulou about her book Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia (NYU Press, 2023). My conversation with Dr. S…
July 1, 2024
On Giving Up
To give up or not to give up? The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up …
June 26, 2024
The Disabled Will
John T. Maier's The Disabled Will: A Theory of Addiction (Routledge Press, 2024) defends a comprehensive new vision of what addiction is and how peopl…
June 24, 2024
A Psychoanalytic Overview of Racism in America
The first podcast in this series was inspired by a documentary film made in 2014 called “Black Analysts Speak” as well as some of the findings in the …
June 22, 2024
Infinite Greed
Marxism and psychoanalysis have a rich and complicated relationship to one another, with countless figures and books written on the possible inter…
June 16, 2024
Madman in the White House?
Did Woodrow Wilson's daddy issues cause World War II? And what might this teach us about our contemporary political plight? Jordan Osserman talks with…
June 8, 2024
Patriarchy and Its Discontents
Patriarchy and Its Discontents: Psychoanalytic Perspectives (Routledge, 2022) joins luminaries in contemporary psychoanalysis with pioneers of feminis…
June 3, 2024
Diary of a Fallen Psychoanalyst
Masud Khan (1924-1989), was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst who trained and practised in London during an important perio…
May 30, 2024
An Autobiography of Trauma
In An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey (Park Street Press, 2024), renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing Peter A. Levine shares his pers…
April 15, 2024
Analyzed by Lacan
Analyzed by Lacan: A Personal Account (Bloomsbury, 2023) brings together the first English translations of Why Lacan, Betty Milan's memoir of her anal…
March 5, 2024
A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory, Practice and Supervision
By viewing psychoanalysis through the lens of embodiment, Brothers and Sletvold suggest a shift away from traditional concept-based theory and offer…
March 4, 2024
Rapprochement Between Fathers and Sons
Today I spoke with Dr. Louis Rothschild about his new book Rapprochement Between Fathers and Sons Breakdowns, Reunions, Potentialities (Karnac, 2024).…
February 29, 2024
The Reality of the Message
The Reality of the Message: Psychoanalysis in the Wake of Jean Laplanche (Unconscious in Translation, 2023) compiles papers written by Dominique Scarf…
December 27, 2023
Somatic Maternal Healing
Today we spoke with Dr. Helena Vissing about her new book Somatic Maternal Healing Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Hea…
December 6, 2023
A Conversation with Austin Ratner, the New Editor of "The American Psychoanalyst"
Austin Ratner has an interesting background. After graduating from medical school he decided to change careers. Rather than continuing in medicine he …
November 25, 2023
The Analyst's Torment
Today I spoke with Dr. Dhwani Shah about his new book The Analyst’s Torment: Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference (Karnac Books, 2022). The…
November 24, 2023
Twins in Session
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 …
November 13, 2023
Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray
Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is “ontological,” wondering if this imp…
November 7, 2023
Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation
Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice (Routledge, 2023) brings together a global community of …
October 15, 2023
Here I'm Alive
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 …