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About Eugenio Duarte
Eugenio Duarte
, Ph.D. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Miami.
NBN Episodes hosted by Eugenio:
Psychology
February 9, 2021
Out of the Shadows
Reimagining Gay Men's Lives
Walt Odets
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
The progress that has been made by the gay rights movement can sometimes obscure the work that is still left to be done. In his new book, Out of the Shadows …
Psychology
January 27, 2021
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
David A. Treleaven
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Mindfulness meditation has become the mental health practice du jour, and rightfully so, given all of its benefits: greater presence, clarity and calm. But for people who have endured trauma …
Psychology
December 30, 2020
In the Shadow of Freud's Couch
Portraits of Psychoanalysts in Their Offices
Mark Gerald
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Psychotherapy offices are typically thought of as existing in the background of treatment, but they are brought to the foreground in Mark Gerald’s new book In the Shadow of Freud’s Couch …
Psychology
December 11, 2020
Rape
From Lucretia to #MeToo
Mithu Sanyal
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
My guest today, author Mithu Sanyal, describes the topic of rape as a ‘cultural sore spot,’ one that requires yet eludes wide conversation. Her latest book, Rape: From Lucretia to …
Psychology
November 16, 2020
Gender and Our Brains
How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds
Gina Rippon
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
There is a long history of brain research that seems to legitimize widely held beliefs about the men versus women. According to my guest, much of that research is founded …
Psychology
October 29, 2020
It’s Not Always Depression
Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Depression and anxiety are not what you think they are, according to my guest. Often thought of as presenting problems in their own right, it might make more sense to …
Psychoanalysis
October 27, 2020
Bodies and Social Rhythms
Navigating Unconscious Vulnerability and Emotional Fluidity
Steven H. Knoblauch
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Psychotherapy tends to be thought of as a verbal enterprise, wherein participants speak and construct meaning through words. However, much goes on between patient and therapist at an embodied, nonverbal …
Medicine
October 9, 2020
Treating Complex Trauma
Combined Theories and Methods
Tamara McClintock Greenberg
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Relationship problems, struggles with substance abuse, poor memory, and difficulties with emotions are typical symptoms of complex trauma—yet many traumatized individuals have no idea their symptoms share a common cause …
Psychoanalysis
August 27, 2020
Don’t Be a Dick
Change Yourself, Change Your World
Mark Borg, Jr.
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
When we are hurt, we hurt others—yet when they hurt us back, we wonder why. This is one of the central phenomena addressed by Mark Borg, Jr. in his new …
Psychoanalysis
June 15, 2020
The Unconscious
Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications
J. Weinberger and V. Stoycheva
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
The concept of the unconscious has a complicated place in the history of psychology. Many areas of study ignored or outright denied it for a long time, while psychoanalysis claimed …
Critical Theory
February 10, 2020
Why Does Patriarchy Persist?
Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Activists have been working to dismantle patriarchal structures since the feminist and civil rights movements of the last century, and yet we continue to struggle with patriarchy today. In their …
American Studies
November 19, 2019
New York After 9/11
Susan Opotow
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
The impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the country have been widely discussed—but what about the impact on New York City, specifically? In their new anthology, New York After …
Psychology
August 14, 2019
Relationship Sanity
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Mark Borg, Grant Brenner, and Daniel Berry
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Relationships are hard, and it’s often because we defend ourselves against the very intimacy we seek by getting locked into problematic patterns of compulsive caretaking. Such was the topic of …
Anthropology
July 4, 2019
Bowen Theory’s Secrets
Revealing the Hidden Life of Families
Michael E. Kerr
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
A pivotal development in the history of psychology was the invention of family systems theory by psychiatrist Murray Bowen. He was among the first to observe families in a naturalistic …
American Studies
June 26, 2019
One Nation, Two Realities
Dueling Facts in American Democracy
Morgan Marietta and David Barker
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
American society is deeply divided at this moment—not just on values and opinions but on basic perceptions of reality. In their latest book, One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts in …
Language
May 15, 2019
The Infinity of the Unsaid
Unformulated Experience, Language, and the Nonverbal
Donnel Stern
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Donnel Stern has been a key figure in the advancement of interpersonal and relational psychoanalysis since his initial writings on unformulated experience in the 1980s, in which he offered a …
Psychology
March 22, 2019
Conversion Disorder
Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis
Jamieson Webster
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Entering into psychoanalysis takes courage, for patients and analysts alike. When it does what it’s supposed to do, it changes one’s relationship to the bigger questions in life—transforming a search …
Gender Studies
January 24, 2019
In Therapy
How Conversations with Psychotherapists Really Work
Susie Orbach
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
When Susie Orbach set out to depict how psychotherapy sessions really work, she did not want to go the conventional route—that is, taking real case material and distorting and disguising …
Psychology
November 27, 2018
The Mindbrain and Dreams
An Exploration of Dreaming, Thinking, and Artistic Creation
Mark J. Blechner
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Sigmund Freud may have been the first to popularize the study of dreams, but several scholars since Freud have advanced our understanding of dreams in revolutionary ways. Among them is …
Psychology
August 7, 2018
The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men’s Communities
Damien Riggs
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
In order to fully grasp the workings of racism, we cannot limit ourselves to examining it within majority cultures. Racism exists in minority cultures, such as the gay community, but …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
July 23, 2018
Treating Addiction
Beyond the Pain
Edward Khantzian
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Treatment of addiction often focuses on abstinence or ‘harm reduction.’ While many people benefit greatly from such approaches, the underlying pain and heartache often go untreated, leaving individuals vulnerable to …
Literature
June 14, 2018
A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise
A True Story about Schizophrenia
Sandra Allen
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
What is it really like to have a family member with serious mental illness? Sandra Allen’s unique book, A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia (Scribner, 2018) …
Political Science
May 8, 2018
The Politics of Autism
Navigating the Contested Spectrum
John J. Pitney, Jr.
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
Autism as a condition has received much focused attention recently, but less attention has been paid to its politics. It is a condition that necessitates significant accommodations and interventions, which …
Psychology
April 30, 2018
Transgender Mental Health
Eric Yarbrough
Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
How and where do transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people find good mental healthcare? And how can psychotherapists and other mental health professionals become competent in this kind of care …
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