On Transference and Its Interpretation
Transference, a key psychoanalytic concept, involves patients projecting feelings from past relationships onto their therapists. Initially seen as an obstacle, Freud late...
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New possibilities for thinking ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed conditions in psychiatry. Pharmacological treatments have demonstrated efficacy in m...
Psychoanalysis and the Holidays
Lacan and Home Alone
Addiction in LGBTIQ Youths and Its Relationship to Suicide Ideation and Stigma
For LGBTQ+ individuals seeking help with substance use, the promise of understanding can feel out of reach in group therapy rooms that may not fully see or support who th...
Zwischen Trieb UND Begehren Gibt ES Die Liebe
über die Liebe und ihre Beeinflussung durch das Begehren, vielleicht ausgehend davon, wie sie sich dieses Zusammenhang in der klinischen Praxis nach der Pandemie zu manif...
Object Relations Theory- Psychoanalysis
Have you ever noticed how some feelings seem too much to bear, almost as if they're not yours alone? Bion’s groundbreaking ideas offer a different way to understand how o...
Concepts in Psychoanalysis
Many of us have wondered why Freud saw sexuality woven through so much of human experience, far beyond its usual boundaries. Discover how his bold ideas reshape our under...
The Emotional World of the Child - Psychoanalysis
So much of what shapes us begins in the small, unseen exchanges between a mother and her child. What if the path to resilience and emotional health is not about being per...
The Psychoanalysis of Blood
Blood and its associations, from a psychoanalytic perspective, evoke a mixture of fear and anxiety, on the one hand, but also fascination and desire. An theoretical explo...
Psychoanalyst vs Psychologist: Key Differences Explained
Confused about psychologist vs psychoanalyst? Learn the key differences to find the right mental health support. Read on to choose wisely!
The Repressed Returns
A new edition of Wilhelm Reich’s “The Mass Psychology of Fascism” (published in 1933) invites us to engage in a scientific historical reconstruction of a seminal work
Bernd Nitzschke
Solution and Salvation: Daniel Paul Schreber’s “Cultivation of Femininity”
Schreber’s feminisation as a symbolic response to his longing for fatherhood, offering a new perspective on his transformation as an attempt at personal salvation.
Bernd Nitzschke