Revisiting the Seduction Theory
Rather than see every father as perverse, [Freud] let all abusers off the hook.
Resisting “Trump Contagion”
Bandy Lee discusses Trump’s “symbiotic” relationship with his supporters, the nature of violence, and the ethics of speaking up.
Revisiting Freud’s “Discrediting”
It is far past time to let go of the dominant narrative that Freud––and, by extension, all of psychoanalysis––has been discredited.
Diving into the Unconscious
What if we thought of therapy as this kind of experience: one of floating, exploring, descending, and ascending in a fluid medium? What if the psychic “traces” described by Freud were underwater rather than underground?
OEDIPUS RETURNS
Probably none of Freud’s ideas have aroused more disgust and incredulity than the Oedipus complex.
VALIDATING ERNEST BECKER'S THEORY OF THE DENIAL OF DEATH
Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel said a little over twenty years ago that “psychoanalysis still represents the most coherent and intellectually satisfying view of the mind.”
