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Carl Rogers Meets Donald Winnicott
Work Lucas McGranahan 10/3/25 Work Lucas McGranahan 10/3/25

Carl Rogers Meets Donald Winnicott

A humanistic-relational paradigm in psychotherapy 

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Having a Word
Work Lucas McGranahan 10/3/25 Work Lucas McGranahan 10/3/25

Having a Word

Bewitchment and confusion in analytic dialogue

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Diving into the Myth
Arts and Culture Lucas McGranahan 10/2/25 Arts and Culture Lucas McGranahan 10/2/25

Diving into the Myth

Adrienne Rich and the individuation of American democracy

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Therapy in the psychedelic underground
Work Lucas McGranahan 9/10/25 Work Lucas McGranahan 9/10/25

Therapy in the psychedelic underground

An interview with author Rachel Harris

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How to Apply to Clinical Psychology PhD Programs
Education Marshall Byler 9/8/25 Education Marshall Byler 9/8/25

How to Apply to Clinical Psychology PhD Programs

Notes from an aspiring psychologist

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Handling Positive Transference
Advice Marshall Byler 8/25/25 Advice Marshall Byler 8/25/25

Handling Positive Transference

Ask a Psychoanalyst

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Does My Therapist Think About Me?
Advice Lucas McGranahan 6/12/25 Advice Lucas McGranahan 6/12/25

Does My Therapist Think About Me?

Ask a Psychoanalyst

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Building the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance
Education Lucas McGranahan 6/12/25 Education Lucas McGranahan 6/12/25

Building the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance

Chinese psychoanalysis emerges through training and scholarship

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The Shadow of the Dead Mother
Research Lucas McGranahan 6/10/25 Research Lucas McGranahan 6/10/25

The Shadow of the Dead Mother

How maternal absence shaped psychoanalytic theory

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Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis
Work Lucas McGranahan 6/9/25 Work Lucas McGranahan 6/9/25

Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis

A conversation with John Burton

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Mind and Body
Work Lucas McGranahan 6/5/25 Work Lucas McGranahan 6/5/25

Mind and Body

Whatever happened to psychosomatics?

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Freud as Outsider
Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 6/3/25 Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 6/3/25

Freud as Outsider

New documentary examines Freud’s life and work

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“Sinners” is a film about Black Joy
Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 5/27/25 Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 5/27/25

“Sinners” is a film about Black Joy

Sinners invites viewers to face the realities of collective pain, hold the tensions of joy and injustice, and imagine a freer world.

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On Being Jewish
Stories From Life Marshall Byler 5/13/25 Stories From Life Marshall Byler 5/13/25

On Being Jewish

There is something inside of me I can’t get rid of. It weighs me down at the center of my body like a stone. 

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Listening Like Lives Depend On It
Work Marshall Byler 5/10/25 Work Marshall Byler 5/10/25

Listening Like Lives Depend On It

Are psychoanalysts method actors?

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Leavings
Stories From Life Lucas McGranahan 5/7/25 Stories From Life Lucas McGranahan 5/7/25

Leavings

A poetic memoir of an analyst’s mourning

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Between Two Names
Stories From Life Marshall Byler 5/6/25 Stories From Life Marshall Byler 5/6/25

Between Two Names

Decolonization isn’t about rejecting one identity for another

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Two Freudian Games
Arts and Culture Lucas McGranahan 4/28/25 Arts and Culture Lucas McGranahan 4/28/25

Two Freudian Games

A video game and a board game revisit the early days of psychoanalysis

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Corporations in the Consulting Room
Work Marshall Byler 4/28/25 Work Marshall Byler 4/28/25

Corporations in the Consulting Room

What do we stand for, and what stands in our way?

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White Noise
Stories From Life Marshall Byler 4/28/25 Stories From Life Marshall Byler 4/28/25

White Noise

Is today’s schizophrenic media multiverse the companionable entity that TV once was?

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Deus in Machina
Editor's letter Lucas McGranahan 4/27/25 Editor's letter Lucas McGranahan 4/27/25

Deus in Machina

From AI to VR to the gig economy, TAP 59.1 covers all things psychoanalysis and technology.

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Psychoanalytic AI Activism
Research Todd Essig 4/27/25 Research Todd Essig 4/27/25

Psychoanalytic AI Activism

Creatively and critically engaging the future

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Virtual Reality in Therapy
Work Dan Kelley 4/27/25 Work Dan Kelley 4/27/25

Virtual Reality in Therapy

Rabbit holes of discovery

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From Chosen Trauma to Depolarization
Work Sue Kolod 4/22/25 Work Sue Kolod 4/22/25

From Chosen Trauma to Depolarization

Addressing toxic polarization in groups using the work of Vamik Volkan

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True Crime Fantasies
Arts and Culture Mikita Brottman 4/11/25 Arts and Culture Mikita Brottman 4/11/25

True Crime Fantasies

What a popular genre tells us about women’s interest in murder

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A Room of (Almost) One’s Own
Work Livia Garofalo 3/19/25 Work Livia Garofalo 3/19/25

A Room of (Almost) One’s Own

Therapeutic labor, women’s work, and the platform economy

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Computation is Not Mentation
Research Marshall Byler 3/4/25 Research Marshall Byler 3/4/25

Computation is Not Mentation

Why embodiment and lived experience matter

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When AI Amplifies Gender Bias
Work Marshall Byler 2/27/25 Work Marshall Byler 2/27/25

When AI Amplifies Gender Bias

From projective identification to equitable hiring systems

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Nina Simone
Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 2/14/25 Arts and Culture Marshall Byler 2/14/25

Nina Simone

A biographer’s fantasy

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Psychoanalytic Education in a Post-Pandemic World
Education Marshall Byler 2/5/25 Education Marshall Byler 2/5/25

Psychoanalytic Education in a Post-Pandemic World

One of the most important strategies is for faculty to model engagement for the class by encouraging the creation of an active learning environment online.

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