In recent years, there has been a mass adoption of distance technologies for therapy sessions. My primary argument is that the rapid proliferation of digital spaces urges new questions about the role of the body in therapy and the voice it emits. Through camera-centered technologies, the prominence of the visual Read more…
Come learn about the theory and mechanics of mentalizing! In this three part series, we will dive into what it is, how it develops, how it impacts relationships and what it looks like clinically. Specifically, you will learn how metallization connects to child and adult attachment, mental health, and parenting. Read more…
The body, as a psychoanalytic object, presents in the consulting room as unmediated affect. Unmediated affect is a physical response that has not yet been represented via emotional links with psychic functioning. As a result, rather than being embodied, patients who have suffered childhood trauma frequently present with dissociated body Read more…
This lecture will explore the intimate connection that has always existed between sex and technology. Dr. Knafo will describe how sex and technology partner for pleasure, novelty, transcendence, and perversion. The internet and associated technologies (AI) have enabled the creation of an alternative adult world of sex dolls and sex Read more…
This article is an inquiry into the role of smartphones in shifting the dynamics of human relationships as we have traditionally known them. I reimagine the Oedipus Complex to account for the company we keep in the digital age – the smartphones that have become ubiquitous inhabitants of our interpersonal Read more…
Psychoanalytic practitioners face a number of challenges in our fast-paced, technological age. How do we practice our human craft while navigating a complicated therapeutic landscape: virtual sessions, competing online platforms, technological addictions, and others? Please join us for a group discussion on the unique challenges of technology in the modern Read more…
In early 2024, longtime Tesla shareholder Ross Gerber called Elon Musk “the most delusional” CEO he’s ever invested with. Indeed, the adjective most associated with the technological fantasies and business maneuvers of Musk—e. g., the prospect of colonizing Mars with one million people by 2050 or creating one billion humanoid Read more…
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is an experiential therapy created by Habib Davanloo. In this study group, we will learn the basics of ISTDP with a dual focus on moment-to-moment interventions to address resistance and to regulate excessive anxiety, both of which can present significant barriers to therapeutic progress. We Read more…
Toxic Polarization has spread throughout our culture like a cancer. We are trained to be good listeners, to be able to hold different and sometimes opposing thoughts in our minds at the same time, to listen to ourselves as we listen to others, to pay attention to our reactions, both Read more…
This reading group is offered to explore the foundational texts of our field. Participants will engage in the seminal works of Sigmund Freud that all subsequent psychoanalytic theory - intentionally or unintentionally - responds to. Special attention will be given to texts on metapsychology and Freud’s corresponding case histories demonstrating Read more…