Episode 53: What We're Born Into
As a child of Palestinian parents displaced to Beirut, Karim Dajani became interested in psychoanalysis at a young age. These days, he’s justifiably interested in the field’s own exiles, particularly ...
25 Jun 202558min
Episode 52: ...The Self Is A Prison
This week, we continue our conversation with Eyal Rozmarin. If belonging is a powerful force compelling us to identify with groups, it follows that our collectives must imprint themselves on the found...
11 Jun 20251h
Episode 51: Belonging Is A Double-Edged Sword...
In the premiere of season six, psychoanalyst Eyal Rozmarin joins our host John Totten to discuss the constitutive power of belonging. A native of Israel-Palestine, and an objector to his compulsory mi...
28 Mai 20251h 8min
Episode 50: We Are Not Sovereign Individuals
Orna Guralnik joins host John Totten in our season finale. When John discovered Orna’s show, Couples Therapy, it was a breath of fresh air as depictions of psychotherapy in media go. However, Orna’s p...
7 Aug 20241h 23min
Episode 49: Frenzied Up Beyond All Repair
Avgi Saketopoulou’s work challenges our notions about trauma and much more. Her concept of traumatophilia asks us to consider not what we do about our trauma but what we do with our trauma. These theo...
24 Jul 20241h 24min
Episode 48: The Other Side of Symmetry
Donna Orange is a foundational figure in the world of intersubjective psychoanalysis. A philosopher-practitioner who carved out her niche as the radical ethicist of the field, she discovered the work ...
10 Jul 20241h 21min
Episode 47: Alive and Present
Lynne Jacobs joins us for our first ever live episode. In 2023, the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education hosted John in Pasadena to interview Lynne for the conference theme, “…but is it ps...
26 Jun 202453min
Episode 46: Dissociated Dark Sides
Steven Kuchuck was taught by classical psychoanalysis that his subjectivity was an artifact to bury. However, through his interest in social responsibility he found a relational revolution, and a prom...
12 Jun 20241h 2min
