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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 …