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About Helena Vissing
Helena Vissing, PsyD, SEP, PMH-C is a Licensed Psychologist practicing in California and Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. 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 and Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. 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).
NBN Episodes hosted by Helena:
February 18, 2026
Body As Shadow
Body as Shadow: Jung’s Method of Embodied Healing is Jungian analyst Erica Lorentz’s passionate, clinically grounded argument that Jung’s psychology w…
September 29, 2025
The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan
The difficulty of Jacques Lacan's thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this difficulty to provide a clear, j…
September 5, 2025
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2022) presents an accessible introduction to the conceptualization and treatment of eating d…
February 20, 2025
On Breathing
A few moments after birth we begin to use our lungs for the first time. From then on, we must continue breathing for as long as we are alive. And alth…
July 1, 2024
On Giving Up
To give up or not to give up? The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up …
June 8, 2024
Patriarchy and Its Discontents
Patriarchy and Its Discontents: Psychoanalytic Perspectives (Routledge, 2022) joins luminaries in contemporary psychoanalysis with pioneers of feminis…
May 30, 2024
An Autobiography of Trauma
In An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey (Park Street Press, 2024), renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing Peter A. Levine shares his pers…
March 5, 2024
A New Vision of Psychoanalytic Theory, Practice and Supervision
By viewing psychoanalysis through the lens of embodiment, Brothers and Sletvold suggest a shift away from traditional concept-based theory and offer…
November 13, 2023
Being as Relation in Luce Irigaray
Many scholars have struggled with Irigaray’s focus on sexuate difference, in particular with her claim that it is “ontological,” wondering if this imp…
July 27, 2023
Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities
Why do women in contemporary western societies experience contradiction between their autonomous and maternal selves? What are the origins of this con…