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Practical Psychoanalysis: A Year in Review
“Psychoanalysis” by Mihaela Bernard. Art plays an integral role in psychoanalysis and provides a way for the unconscious to find an esthetic expression in our culture. I made this collage with my...
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The Psychoanalytic Symptom: Making Space for the Unconscious
Hello there. I am exactly three and a half days away from going to Quebec City for the Annual Training in Lacanian Psychoanalysis. I am so excited! It’s almost always the same group of people, same...
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10 Questions about Psychoanalysis with Charles Turk, MD
Alright folks, as promised, I give you my 10 questions about psychoanalysis with one of my mentors, psychiatrist Charles Turk, who connected me to the training analysts of GIFRIC in Quebec City around...
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Understanding the Ego, Super Ego and the Subject of the Unconscious
I recently returned from the Annual Training in Psychoanalysis in Quebec City, where we discussed the Clinic of the (Psychoanalytic) Symptom. There is something to be said about the culture in Quebec...
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10 Questions with Psychoanalyst Carol Ganzer, LCSW
We continue our interviews with mental health professionals, who practice from a psychoanalytic perspective in their clinical work. Today, we speak to Carol Ganzer, a psychoanalyst with the Chicago...
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7 Questions about Psychoanalysis with Aileen Schloerb
Today, I speak with Aileen Schloerb, a psychotherapist at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis’ Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and a Clinical Coordinator of the Englewood Project in...
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5 Reasons to Pay Attention to Your Dreams
“Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” Sigmund Freud I’ve always been fascinated by dreams. I dream a lot and I usually remember most of my dreams. I also used to find it easier to talk...
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Psychoanalysis, Art and the Unconscious
I remember when my interest in psychoanalysis first sparked. I was a high school student when I read the Bulgarian edition of Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams” for the first time. I remember the...
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Cinema and Psychoanalysis Guest Post: A Psychological Analysis of “Guardians...
Psychoanalysis has a long history of using fictional and non-fictional characters from the movies to illustrate theoretical psychoanalytic concepts and put them into practice. In order to protect the...
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Cinema and Psychoanalysis: The Question of the Father in “Guardians of the...
We are going to continue our Cinema and Psychoanalysis series with Part II of the Psychological Analysis of “Guardians of the Galaxy” guest post by my Bulgarian colleague and psychologist Mihail...
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11 Common Symptoms Experienced by Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Recognizing common symptoms of childhood sexual abuse can help parents, caregivers, teachers, social workers, counselors and childcare staff alert the appropriate authorities and take proper steps to...
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The #Me Too Movement and Popular TV Series: From “13 Reasons Why” to “Sharp...
I have been a silent witness to the #Me Too and #Time’s Up movements, watching women and men come forward with their stories with both admiration and sorrow. I admire their strength for speaking up...
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The #MeToo Movement and “13 Reasons Why”: 4 Lessons About Sexual Assault
I must admit – it has been hard watching the news over the past several months and witnessing the development of a movement I feel a part of because of the people I see in my clinical practice, both...
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The #MeToo Movement and “The Tale”: Lessons From a Real Story
The HBO original motion picture “The Tale” tells the real life story of director Jennifer Fox, who experienced sexual abuse as a 13-year-old girl. In the film, Jennifer is an accomplished journalist...
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When Words Are Not Enough: Coping Through Visual Arts
All images courtesy of Pexels.com When words are not enough to express what’s working within the human body and soul, psychoanalysis urges us to find alternative ways to express ourselves. As a...
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Coping with Grief and Loss in the Movie “Wild”
It’s been awhile since this movie came out but I wanted to draw your attention back to it as Reese Witherspoons’ activism and recent work has been truly inspiring for all women. I admire her work and...
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The Function of the Father in Psychoanalysis
The question of fatherhood is an important one not only for the individual and for psychoanalysis but for our society as a whole. In times when traditional family structures are changing and...
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School Violence and Sexual Assault on Men: #MeToo Movement &“13 Reasons Why”...
It has taken me some time since the first blog post on 13 Reasons Why to get to the second, and for a good reason. What I am about to talk about makes me cringe on the inside (alert, this blog posts...
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Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy, Loss and Self Injury in the HBO Series “Sharp...
Sharp Objects The HBO Series “Sharp Objects” based on the New York Times Bestseller novel by the author of “Gone Girl” Gillian Flynn addressed serious psychological problems of childhood abuse, sexual...
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Abortion, Rape and Domestic Violence in the HBO Drama “Big Little Lies”
I am on my way to the Annual Training in Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Quebec City, Canada, lead by the teaching analysts at the Freudian School of Quebec. I have a copy of “Big Little Lies” in my...
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