Talks On Psychoanalysis

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• Revising our founding myths in face of violence against women - Susana Muszkat

  September 15, 2026 · 25 min

  What if God had created Eve not at Adam’s service, but acknowledging his human condition of helplessness and absolute dependence on another human being? What may be the influence of this Western myth of the creation of civilization upon…

• Why I Write: From the Dot to the Line – Drawing a Thread Out and Writing it Through · Jennifer Davids

  July 28, 2026 · 18 min

  Why does the analyst write? And further why might the analyst write different kinds of pieces such as clinical writing, scientific papers, narratives, or poetry? There are always the considerations of the impact on our patients, their…

• The Body as a Pulsing Frontier - Ema Ponce de León

  June 30, 2026 · 23 min

  Are the limits of what can be said – the field of the non-verbal, the texture of affects, everything that resists symbolic capture – the true challenge facing psychoanalysis today? In her thought-provoking podcast, “The Body as a Pulsing…

• Psychic Change and Enactment: some reflections - Ariel Liberman

  May 4, 2026 · 26 min

  "Psychic Change and Enactment: Some Reflections" is the work that Ariel Liberman offers us, to examine psychic change from a relational perspective, placing enactment as a central moment in the analytic process. Far from understanding it…

• Vicissitudes of Transience - Jhuma Basak

  March 23, 2026 · 24 min

  "How does the psyche navigate the interplay of impermanence and resilience? In 'Vicissitudes of Transience', Jhuma Basak explores the concept of transience through psychoanalytic, cultural, and philosophical lenses, drawing connections…

• Transience and the prohibition of “Don’t Look” - Osamu Kitayama

  March 3, 2026 · 23 min

  "What happens when we accept that impermanence is not a loss, but the very essence of life? In psychoanalysis, transience is often associated with mourning and the capacity to renew oneself. Inspired by Freud's 1916 essay and Japanese…

• The Body and Compulsion in Childhood - Christine Anzieu-Premmereur

  January 14, 2026 · 24 min

  In this article, Christine Anzieu-Premmereur explores the relationship between compulsion and the body in childhood and adolescence. Using psychoanalytic theory, she analyzes how the compulsive repetition of self-destructive behaviors can…

• The Mystery, Again - Mariano Horenstein

  October 14, 2025 · 36 min

  "X". Calle Alcalá, Madrid. Photograph by Ana M. Martín Solar. With the evocative title “Once Again, the Mystery”, the Argentine psychoanalyst Mariano Horenstein poses the equally enigmatic question: How do we listen to the language of…