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⌬ Lecture №16 | Lacan, Part I: Imaginary, Symbolic, & Semblants

In this podcast lecture, I will discuss some (but definitely not all) of the concepts that make up the much broader field of Lacanian psychoanalysis.  I've struggled to

⌬ Lecture №14 | Object Relations: Winnicott [OPTIONAL!]

Hi,  Welcome to the fourth in a series of podcast lectures, which will focus on the work of Donald Winnicott. This lecture follows lectures on the work of Melanie Klein

⌬ Lecture №13 | Object Relations: Fairbairn [OPTIONAL!]

Fairbairn is one of the more difficult-to-understand thinkers we will be tackling in this class. His work is not easy to read, and I'd even say it is impossible to read i

⌬ Lecture №12 | Melanie Klein [OPTIONAL!]

Hello, This is the second in a series of podcast lectures on Object Relations Theories. This podcast lecture, and the several that will come after it, will focus on one

⌬ Lecture №11 | Object Relations Theories: An Overview

Hello!  This is the first of two podcast lectures that will cover Object Relations Theories. You, my astute listener, will notice that I said object relations theories -

⌬ Lecture №10 | The Relational Turn

I want to start with a bit of a disclaimer. There are some psychoanalytic theories I know a lot about and some I know less about. Relational theory is definitely in the

⌬ Lecture №9 | Attachment

Review Ego psychology – Made mainly in America, has the goal of making the individual's ego stronger more flexible. This means increasing what is called ego functioning

⌬ Lecture №8 | Self Psychology

In this lecture, Neil talks about the psychoanalytic theory of Self Psychology, which was developed by Heinz Kohut.

⌬ Lecture №7 | Ego Psychology

No review today, for two reasons. First reason - because everything that we’ve covered before now, at this point you know it. And if you don’t know by now, then you’re

⌬ Lecture №6 | Transference, the Ego, & the Stories We Tell to Make Stuff "Makse Sense"

Intro: In this Podcast lecture, I do a more extensive review of the concepts of transference & the ego. After that, I try to explain how both of these are stories that w

⌬ Lecture №5 | Pleasure & Instinct v. Enjoyment & Drive; The Shift to the Structural & Economic Model

In this lecture, I talk about Pleasure & Instinct v. Enjoyment & Drive, the shift from the topographical model of the unconscious, pre-conscious, conscious to the structu

⌬ Lecture №4 | Transference

Review:  Psychoanalysis is more interested in things (behaviors, patterns, desires, etc.) that don't work and less interested in things that do. Things like the unconsci

⌬ Lecture №3 | The Drive & Other Things that Don't Make Sense

The opening paragraphs of the chapter for this week speaks to how much we (and by "we" I mean social workers and others who work in mental health) like things that make s

⌬ Lecture №2 | The Unconscious Ex-sists & The Return of the Repressed

Content:  Review -- The unconscious is a part of you with a mind & desires of its own.Sometimes what the unconscious desires/plans is not what you consciously desire/pla

⌬ Lecture №1 | Types of Theory & The Unconscious

Different kinds of theories & the unconscious Hi, Welcome to The Introductory Podcast Lectures on Psychodynamic Praxis, produced in association with the Aurora Universi