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International conference on psychoanalysis and complex trauma. Collaborations and connections in uncertain times
The Tavistock Trauma Service, in collaboration with the South African Psychoanalytic Clinics Johannesburg (JHB), is hosting this inaugural conference to bring together global practitioners involved in applying psychoanalytic ideas to their work with adults affected by severe and complex trauma. This unique, online event will take place over two days and feature presentations from across… Read more
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Democracia y subjetividad en las redes sociales del sistema capitalista: reflexiones a través de la articulación entre las teorías marxista y lacaniana
2025, Pavón-Cuéllar, D. (2025). Democracia y subjetividad en las redes sociales del sistema capitalista: reflexiones a través de la articulación entre las teorías marxista y lacaniana. Diversidad Económica Nicolaita, 2(2), 55-72. RESUMEN Se reflexiona sobre lo que sucede con la democracia y la subjetividad cuando caen en las redes sociales en las que se despliega… Read more
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The meaning of a home: Decolonizing the dyad in developmental theory, research, and clinical practice. Daniel Gaztambide
Gaztambide, D. J. (2025). The meaning of a home: Decolonizing the dyad in developmental theory, research, and clinical practice. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Advance online publication. Abstract Psychoanalytic developmental theories envision diverse models of infancy, yet betray what Gaztambide (2024), writing from a decolonial perspective, calls a “primarily interpersonal, dyadic logic” (p. 112, emphasis original), theorizing… Read more
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The Political Clinic: Book Launch Event
In-house event celebrating the launch of Carolyn Laubender’s ‘The Political Clinic’. The Freud Museum London. Carolyn Laubender’s new book, The Political Clinic, addresses a long-standing debate in psychoanalysis, namely just how ‘neutral’ psychoanalysis can be. Arguing that the clinical encounter is in its very nature an exchange between political subjects held within a political context, Laubender… Read more
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November 22, Hybrid event: To the Couch and Beyond – APPI Congress 2025.
Critical issues facing psychoanalysis with guest speaker Ian Parker Date and time Saturday, November 22 · 9am – 5:30pm GMT (This is an In-Person and a Hybrid event – Zoom link will be send to to tikcets holders the day before the Congress ) CONGRESS TIMETABLE 9.00 – 9.30 Registration 9.30 – 9.45 Welcome by Micheli… Read more
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Toward a Horizon of Potential: Longing, Phobia, and Queerness in Psychoanalysis and Beyond. By Sam Guzzardi, LCSW
ABSTRACT This paper uses psychoanalytic methodology to interrogate queerphobia. Through the sharing of a brief encounter with a prospective patient who insisted on knowing whether or not the analyst was a “gay man” despite the analyst already having identified himself as a “queer person,” the regulatory anxieties and violence attendant to queerphobia are explored. Clinical… Read more
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