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About Isak de Vries

psychoanalyst in private practice in New York, NY.

Isak de Vries is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York, NY.

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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 …
Psychoanalysis August 17, 2020

The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Danielle Knafo and Rocco Lo Bosco

Hosted by Isak de Vries
The sexual landscape has changed dramatically in the past few decades, with the meaning of gender and sexuality now being parsed within the realms of gender fluidity, nonheteronormative sexuality, BDSM …
Psychoanalysis February 27, 2020

Psychoanalysis, Intersubjective Writing, and a Postmaterialist Model of Mind

I Woke Up Dead

Dan Gilhooley and Frank Toich

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More than anything else, Psychoanalysis, Intersubjective Writing, and a Postmaterialist Model of Mind: I Woke Up Dead (Routledge, 2020) bears witness to what’s possible when the raw pain and heartbreak …