Showing papers in "International Forum of Psychoanalysis in 2021"
TL;DR: Theoretical conceptualizations of mentalizing postulate a close relationship between the ability to mentalize and the regulation of emotional states, and the former is viewed as a key process to modula...
Abstract: Theoretical conceptualizations of mentalizing postulate a close relationship between the ability to mentalize and the regulation of emotional states. The former is viewed as a key process to modula...
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TL;DR: The body is the essential go-between between selfhood and otherness, and the site of the implicit traces of intersubjectivity that have marked the brain as well as the body.
Abstract: The body is the essential go-between between selfhood and otherness, and the site of the implicit traces of intersubjectivity that have marked the brain as well as the body. The body is also the de...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the translation of Freud's works into Persian in the framework of reception theory is discussed, covering the 1930s and the 1970s, which correspond to the pre-revolutionary period in Iran.
Abstract: This paper deals with the translation of Freud’s works into Persian in the framework of reception theory. It covers the 1930s and the 1970s, which correspond to the pre-revolutionary period in Iran...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental role of unconscious processes in our adaptation is emphasized, pointing out how we are able to unconsciously perform higher mental functions such as setting goal, such as goal setting.
Abstract: This paper aims to emphasize the fundamental role of unconscious processes in our adaptation. We will point out how we are able to unconsciously perform higher mental functions such as setting goal...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the mother's bodily experience during pregnancy and childbirth in developing a fetus is discussed, with particular attention to the role played by the mother during childbirth.
Abstract: In this paper, I wish to talk about the process of becoming a mother, with particular attention to the role of the mother's bodily experience, during pregnancy and childbirth, in developing materna...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a psychoanalytic approach to cope with a frightening crisis that affects us all, in a medium that most of us have not been trained for, might have littl...
Abstract: How do we maintain our psychoanalytic footing during a frightening crisis that affects us all? How do we work effectively within a medium that most of us have not been trained for, might have littl...
7 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore corresponding themes, historic developments, and recent literature with reference to their actual and potential mutual influences, aiming to demonstrate that contemporary body psychotherapy practice continues to be informed and influenced by psychoanalytic theory, in particular the relational emphasis in psychoanalysis.
Abstract: Abstract Working therapeutically with and through embodiment is a topical issue in the psychoanalytic literature. Vice versa, body psychotherapy is deeply rooted in psychoanalytic theory and practice. This paper will explore corresponding themes, historic developments, and recent literature with reference to their actual and potential mutual influences, aiming to demonstrate: (1) that contemporary body psychotherapy practice continues to be informed and influenced by psychoanalytic theory, in particular the relational emphasis in psychoanalysis; and (2) that psychoanalytic psychotherapy, in turn, can be enriched and furthered while utilizing the theoretical paradigm of embodiment and body-oriented, experiential intervention strategies developed in body psychotherapy.
7 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the integration of different forms of memory, sensory channels, and mode of sensory channels is discussed, departing from the usual disintegration of the newborn's experiences, how one can model the integration.
Abstract: In this article I will discuss, departing from the usual disintegration of the newborn’s experiences, how one can model the integration of different forms of memory, sensory channels, and mode of r
6 citations
TL;DR: The aim of as mentioned in this paper is to give the reader an overview of several theoretical, empirical, and clinical features of survivor guilt, and to integrate recent contributions of psychodynamic theory and...
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to give the reader an overview of several theoretical, empirical, and clinical features of survivor guilt, and to integrate recent contributions of psychodynamic theory and...
5 citations
TL;DR: Lucian Freud's value as a painter goes much beyond his condition of being Sigmund Freud's grandson as discussed by the authors, and experts see him as one of the key contemporary artists.
Abstract: Lucian Freud’s value as a painter goes much beyond his condition of being Sigmund Freud’s grandson. Experts see him as one of the key contemporary artists. His work penetrates the viewer and leaves...
4 citations
TL;DR: Buchholz as mentioned in this paper used the occasion of his 70th birthday later this year as an excuse to talk to Michael B. Buchholz about how he developed into the psychoanalyst, psychologist, social scientist, and professor that he became.
Abstract: I used the occasion of his 70th birthday later this year as an excuse to talk to Michael B. Buchholz about how he developed into the psychoanalyst, psychologist, social scientist, and professor tha...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that autonomy is a crucial concept for psychoanalysis that deserves greater attention and closer elaboration, although there is abundant literature on the complexities of Freud's...
Abstract: This paper argues that autonomy is a crucial concept for psychoanalysis that deserves greater attention and closer elaboration. Although there is abundant literature on the complexities of Freud’s ...
TL;DR: While respecting the ontological assumption of the unconscious, the author systematically critiques the concept of the death drive as discussed by the authors, arguing that it clashes with the dictates of contemporary biology, disrupting...
Abstract: While respecting the ontological assumption of the unconscious, the author systematically critiques the concept of the death drive. It clashes with the dictates of contemporary biology, disrupting ...
TL;DR: The relationship between culture and psychoanalysis is discussed in this paper, where the authors argue that culture is of major importance to psychoanalysis and that fathoming the relationship is all but a simple work.
Abstract: Stating that culture is of major importance to psychoanalysis is commonplace. Yet fathoming the relationship between culture and psychoanalysis is all but a simple work. On one hand, culture seems ...
TL;DR: For instance, this article pointed out that if creative writing is interesting in itself, its failure is the failure of its failure to capture the universal psychological dynamics of the writer's imagination.
Abstract: Psychoanalysis has, almost since its inception, regarded artistic creation as a privileged window to more universal psychological dynamics. If creative writing is interesting in itself, its failure...
TL;DR: In this article, the emergence of dream material in the graphic novel Arsene Schrauwen, authored by Belgian comics artist, is investigated, although the author purports to tell the story o...
Abstract: This paper investigates the emergence of dream material in the graphic novel Arsene Schrauwen, authored by Belgian comics artist, Olivier Schrauwen. Although the author purports to tell the story o...
TL;DR: The knowledge culture of psychoanalysis relies heavily on the practical wisdom of competent psychoanalytic clinicians as discussed by the authors, and in order to become competent analysts, analysts in training should not content...
Abstract: The knowledge culture of psychoanalysis relies heavily on the practical wisdom of competent psychoanalytic clinicians. In order to become competent analysts, analysts in training should not content...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reflect on some aspects of psychoanalytic theory and practice, to help psychoanalysis evolve, and they propose a framework for updating psychoanalistic language and practice.
Abstract: This article intends to reflect on some aspects of psychoanalytic theory and practice, to help psychoanalysis evolve. It is therefore important to update psychoanalytic language and practice so tha...
TL;DR: In this paper, a short survey is given of the digitization of the Freud Archives focusing on Eissler's interviews, highlighting some characteristics of Freud's life and work, as well as several paradigmatic items.
Abstract: A short survey is given of the digitization of the Freud Archives, focusing on Eissler’s interviews. On the basis of several paradigmatic items the author highlights some characteristics of Freud’s...
TL;DR: In this article, a new language is proposed that describes traumatic experiences from the vantage point of embodiment, and the psychoanalytic understanding of traumatic experience is transformed when viewed from the perspective of embodiment.
Abstract: When viewed from the vantage point of embodiment, the psychoanalytic understanding of traumatic experience is transformed. In this article, a new language is proposed that describes traumatic exper...
TL;DR: Analytic writers have studied existential anxiety or annihilation anxiety, emanating from traumatic disruptions to people's sense of going-on-being, reminders of their finitude, and facing a chaoti...
Abstract: Analytic writers have studied existential anxiety or annihilation anxiety, emanating from traumatic disruptions to people’s sense of going-on-being, reminders of their finitude, and facing a chaoti...
TL;DR: Time is the most important feature or fundamental describer of normal human experience and is also the most eminent forgotten element of psychoanalysis as mentioned in this paper, and Freud believed that the unconscious is timel...
Abstract: Time is the most important feature or fundamental describer of normal human experience and is also the most eminent forgotten element of psychoanalysis. Freud believes that the unconscious is timel...
TL;DR: In psychoanalysis, the psyche is conceived as an entity extended in space (Freud, 1940 [1938]). Apart from extending psychic activity beyond what is conscious, this spatial conception could of cour...
Abstract: In psychoanalysis, the psyche is conceived as an entity extended in space (Freud, 1940 [1938]). Apart from extending psychic activity beyond what is conscious, this spatial conception could of cour...
TL;DR: The psychic Black Hole is a primitive psychosomatic representation of undifferentiation and loss of the vanished mother of infancy as mentioned in this paper, and it is evoked during a psychic collapse, originated when awareness is lost.
Abstract: The psychic Black Hole is a primitive psychosomatic representation of undifferentiation and loss of the vanished mother of infancy. It is evoked during a psychic collapse, originated when awareness...
TL;DR: The authors focus on how sometimes it is possible to encounter nodal concepts that seem to lead to a perceptible consistency of the intertwining of some "fil rouge" in the theories and sensibiliti...
Abstract: This paper focuses on how sometimes it is possible to encounter nodal concepts that seem to lead to a perceptible consistency of the intertwining of some “fil rouge” in the theories and sensibiliti...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the use of countertransference in the therapeutic process, with particular emphasis on Oedipal love, and they begin with counter-transference as conceptualized by in...
Abstract: In this essay, the author will explore the use of countertransference in the therapeutic process, with particular emphasis on Oedipal love. We begin with countertransference as conceptualized by in...
TL;DR: In this paper, Niederland's and Freud's problematic interpretations of Schreber's Memoirs set off a flood of secondary literature, and selected facts were paired with a plethora of fictions.
Abstract: Freud's 1911 and Niederland's 1959 problematic interpretations of Schreber's Memoirs set off a flood of secondary literature. In both selected facts were paired with a plethora of fictions. The nar...
TL;DR: In this article, Khan recounts the clinical case of a young model who told him certain facts about a young woman who was a prostitute and used the Shakespearean expression "To hear with eyes" as the title of his article.
Abstract: “To hear with eyes” is a Shakespearean expression used by Masud Khan as the title of his article written in 1971. In this text, Khan recounts the clinical case of a young model who told him certain...