About Helena Vissing

Helena Vissing, PsyD, SEP, PMH-C is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in California. She can be reached at contact@helenavissing.com. She is the author of Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Treatment of Trauma in the Perinatal Period (Routledge, 2023).


Helena Vissing, PsyD, SEP, PMH-C is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in California. She can be reached at contact@helenavissing.com. She is the author of Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Treatment of Trauma in the Perinatal Period (Routledge, 2023).


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NBN Episodes hosted by Helena:

Doris Brothers and Jon Sletvold, "A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory, Practice and Supervision: Talking Bodies" (Routledge, 2023)

March 5, 2024

A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory, Practice and Supervision

Doris Brothers and Jon Sletvold
Hosted by Helena Vissing

By viewing psychoanalysis through the lens of embodiment, Brothers and Sletvold suggest a shift away from traditional concept-based theory and offer…

Emma R. Jones, "Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)

November 13, 2023

Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray

Emma R. Jones
Hosted by Helena Vissing
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Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is “ontological,” wondering if this imp…

Petra Bueskens, "Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities: Rewriting the Sexual Contract" (Routledge, 2018)

July 27, 2023

Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities

Petra Bueskens
Hosted by Helena Vissing
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Why do women in contemporary western societies experience contradiction between their autonomous and maternal selves? What are the origins of this con…