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Religious Conflicts in Psychoanalysis
November 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Psychoanalysis, according to all schools and approaches, requires us to be radically open and aware of our inner wishes, desires, needs, and fears. By contrast, many religious traditions advocate for disavowal of lust, greed, pride, and revenge. Drawing on his clinical work treating devout patients and supervising religious therapists, as well as his own personal experiences as an Orthodox Jewish psychoanalyst, Dr. Klafter will explore how these different sensibilities can both conflict and enrich one another in psychoanalytic treatment, both for religious patients and for religious analysts.