“The ego is not master in its own house.” — Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1917) In the consulting room, the theme often arises...

We often imagine the end of therapy as a success story: clarity found, wounds healed, the patient walking confidently into a brighter future. But not...

In a culture that often celebrates beginnings, endings are frequently avoided, rushed, or dismissed. But in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy, how we end is as...

In the consulting room, we often hear a familiar refrain—spoken or unspoken—by patients struggling with eating disorders or addictions: “If only I could feel good...

In the analytic work with patients suffering from eating disorders, we often encounter a peculiar emotional atmosphere. Sessions may be filled with silence, precision, and...

The term perversion has always occupied a complex, and often controversial, place in psychoanalytic theory. Originally formulated within a medical and legal context, it was...

Psychoanalysis has long explored the origins of creativity — the mysterious process by which inner life becomes outer form. From Freud’s early writings on art...

In the clinical landscape of contemporary psychoanalysis, few concepts have captured the intricacies of defensive mental functioning as acutely as John Steiner’s notion of “turning...

The decision to have a baby. In earlier times, it seemed like a natural progression—almost inevitable. Find love, settle down, and create a family. The...

Erectile dysfunction. It’s a phrase that’s often whispered, joked about, or medicalized into oblivion. But behind the nervous chuckles, little blue pills, and clinical terminology...