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Psychoanalysis December 29, 2021

Body as Psychoanalytic Object

Clinical Applications from Winnicott to Bion and Beyond

Caron Harrang, Drew Tillotson, and Nancy C. Winters

Hosted by Roy Barsness
Body as Psychoanalytic Object: Clinical Applications from Winnicott to Bion and Beyond (Routledge, 2021) explores the role of bodily phenomena in mental life and in the psychoanalytic encounter, encouraging further …

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Interviews with psychoanalysts about their new books.

Psychoanalysis December 27, 2021

The Culture-Breast in Psychoanalysis

Cultural Experiences and the Clinic

Noreen Giffney

Hosted by Philip Lance
The Culture-Breast in Psychoanalysis: Cultural Experiences and the Clinic (Routledge, 2021) introduces "the culture-breast," a new clinical concept, to explore the central importance played by cultural objects in the psychical …
Psychoanalysis January 19, 2022

What Happens When the Analyst Dies

Unexpected Terminations in Psychoanalysis

Claudia Heilbrunn

Hosted by Christopher Russell
What Happens When the Analyst Dies: Unexpected Terminations in Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2019) explores the stories of patients who have experienced the death of their analyst. The book prioritizes the voices …
Psychoanalysis December 27, 2021

Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Mental Health Practice

Paul Ian Steinberg

Hosted by Alec Kacew
Dr. Paul Steinberg, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, returns to New Books Network to discuss his latest book, Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to …
Psychoanalysis December 23, 2021

The Analyst’s Vulnerability

Impact on Theory and Practice

Karen J. Maroda

Hosted by Roy Barsness
The Analyst’s Vulnerability: Impact on Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2021) closely examines the analyst's early experiences and character traits, demonstrating the impact they have on theory building and technique. Arguing that …
Psychoanalysis December 14, 2021

Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere

Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition

Jacob Johanssen

Hosted by Sebastian Thrul
In his new book Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition (Routledge, 2021), Jacob Johanssen takes us on a journey into the dark masculinist recesses of the …
Psychoanalysis December 8, 2021

Louise Bourgeois, Freud's Daughter

Philip Larratt-Smith and Juliet Mitchell

Hosted by Isak de Vries
From 1952 to 1985, Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) underwent extensive Freudian analysis that probed her family history, marriage, motherhood, and artistic ambition--and generated inspiration for her artwork. Examining the impact of …
Psychology November 24, 2021

Emotional Inheritance

A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma

Galit Atlas

Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Loss and trauma are ubiquitous, yet we are often unaware of their presence in our individual and family histories, much less how they affect us present-day. We carry them in …
Psychoanalysis November 23, 2021

Discourse Ontology

Body and the Construction of a World, from Heidegger through Lacan

Christos Tombras

Hosted by August Baker
We interview Dr. Christos Tombras, a supervising psychoanalyst with a Lacanian orientation, practicing in London. Dr. Tombras is a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, UK, and …
Critical Theory November 22, 2021

Homo Psyche

On Queer Theory and Erotophobia

Gila Ashtor

Hosted by Britton Edelen
In this episode, I interview Gila Ashtor, a practicing psychoanalyst and critical theorist, about her new book, Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Erotophobia (Fordham University Press, 2021). This book …
Psychoanalysis November 17, 2021

Freud

An Intellectual Biography

Joel Whitebook

Hosted by August Baker
We interview Dr. Joel Whitebook, philosopher and psychoanalyst about his book Freud: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge UP, 2017). Dr. Whitebook works in Critical Theory in the tradition of the Frankfurt School …
Psychoanalysis November 12, 2021

Jouissance

Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction

Darian Leader

Hosted by Philip Lance
Although the term 'jouissance' is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the …
Psychoanalysis October 20, 2021

Bodies and Social Rhythms

Navigating Unconscious Vulnerability and Emotional Fluidity

Steven Knoblauch

Hosted by Roy Barsness
Steven Knoblauch's Bodies and Social Rhythms: Navigating Unconscious Vulnerability and Emotional Fluidity (Routledge, 2020) traces the development of an unfolding challenge for psychoanalytic attention, which augments contemporary theoretical lenses focusing …
Psychoanalysis October 14, 2021

The Distance Cure

A History of Teletherapy

Hannah Zeavin

Hosted by J. J. Mull
On this episode, J.J. Mull interviews author Hannah Zeavin about her new book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (MIT Press, 2021). Among Zeavin’s central interventions in the book …
Psychoanalysis October 13, 2021

Trauma, Guilt and Reparation

The Path from Impasse to Development

Heinz Weiss

Hosted by Philip Lance
Trauma, Guilt and Reparation: The Path from Impasse to Development (Routledge, 2019) identifies the emotional barriers faced by people who have experienced severe trauma, as well as the emergence of …
Psychoanalysis October 12, 2021

The Talking Cure

Normal People, their Hidden Struggles and the Life-Changing Power of Therapy

Gillian Straker and Jacqui Winship

Hosted by Tracy Morgan
Gillian Straker’s name has long been on my radar, particularly for the ways in which she has used psychoanalytic thought to contend with the vicissitudes of apartheid and its aftermath …
Psychoanalysis October 8, 2021

Lacan and Race

Racism, Identity, and Psychoanalytic Theory

Sheldon George and Derek Hook

Hosted by Jordan Osserman
Derek Hook and Sheldon George's Lacan and Race: Racism, Identity and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2021) is a path-breaking edited volume that draws upon Lacanian psychoanalytic theory to examine the conscious and unconscious forces …
Science September 24, 2021

DSM

A History of Psychiatry's Bible

Allan V. Horwitz

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Over the past seventy years, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, has evolved from a virtually unknown and little-used pamphlet to an imposing and comprehensive compendium …
Psychology September 8, 2021

Towards an Ecopsychotherapy

Mary-Jayne Rust

Hosted by Susan Grelock-Yusem
Towards an Ecopsychotherapy (Confer Books, 2020) provides an overview of ecopsychology and introduces the newly emerging field of ecopsychotherapy, including insightful case examples for practitioners. However, ecopsychotherapy is not simply …
Psychology September 1, 2021

Nobody’s Normal

How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness

Roy Richard Grinker

Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame …