Psychoanalysis and Addiction

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: circumventing paths and double binds

Psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training) discusses problems in addiction treatment when providers attempt to rec

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: the paths of overwhelm and consent

Graeme Daniels, psychoanalyst and author (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training), discusses addiction and pleasure-seeking as it relates to the followi

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: treatment should be free, and not

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, psychoanalyst and author (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training) discusses the practice of free consultations in the c

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Protect your ego, not someone's heart

Psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training), once again critiques/pokes fun at the addiction treatment field: its H

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: psychoanalysis and couples being active and not biased

Author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training), explores how psychoanalysis adapts itself to the framework of couples

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: always look on the bright (and dark) side of life

In this episode, psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training), talks about a 1990 paper by analyst Emmanuel Ghent ab

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: the double bind within addiction treatment

Graeme Daniels, psychoanalyst and author (Getting Real About Sex Addiction, An Analyst in Training), discusses the problem of double bind communication, especially within

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: the disease concept is a double edged sword

Psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels, lead author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, describes the history of the disease concept of addiction, originally aimed singularly at a

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: AI says therapists are terrorists, plus other things it might get wrong

Graeme Daniels, author of An Analyst in Training, welcomes fellow psychotherapist Mark Lederer as a guest to discuss the emerging role of AI in the practice of psychother

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Listening to You

Author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels continues his reading of his 2019 book, The Psychology of Tommy, about the famous rock opera. This reading covers the mid-section

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: a play upon truth and lies

Psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels continues his reading of passages from his 2019 book, The Psychology of Tommy. In this installment, passages reflect upon the pivo

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: "It" happened

In this 3rd episode about Tommy the rock opera, author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels reads from his book, The Psychology of Tommy, covering passages that describe the

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Sparks and gasoline

In this episode, author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels reads from his 2019 book, The Psychology of Tommy, about the famous 1969 rock opera, providing a social surround

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Ever since I was a young boy...

In this episode, Graeme Daniels, author and psychoanalyst, marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of an academic paper about the rock opera Tommy, by reading the f

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: a trip around informed consent and it's limits, or...what do you expect?

Author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels (An Analyst in Training: Psychoanalytic Candidacy Amid Covid and Other Distractions), goes beyond the basics in this rumination up

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Portrait of an analyst as a youngish man

Psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels discusses his latest book, An Analyst in Training: Psychoanalytic Candidacy Amid Covid and Other Distractions, comparing its theme

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: Ooo-Ah!

In this episode, author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels reflects on his recent trip to Europe, in which he traveled safely yet not without disruption, and parlays observ

Psychoanalysis and Addictions: Two analysts talk about their training during Covid

Author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels welcomes guest Eric Miller to talk about psychoanalytic training amid the Covid crisis, controversies relating to DEI, and the daw

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: big shot at the conference

Psychoanalyst and author Graeme Daniels reflects on his appearance at this year's American Psychoanalytic Association (Apsa) national meeting in San Francisco: his r

Psychoanalysis and Addiction: about expertise and training

Author and psychoanalyst Graeme Daniels talks in this episode about program accreditation, training and educational standards in the field of professional psychology, the