The Psychoanalytic Post

Kazimir Malevich, Female Torso, 1928-9 SEMINAR: On Voluntary Servitude  with Paola Mieli    Saturday, April 17th, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)In times like these, as new forms of totalitarianism are taking over everywhere, it’s necessary to reflect on humans’ inherent propensity to take joy in their own servitude. Returning to Freud’s and Lacan’s […]

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Exploring the Minds of Musical Genius: Presenter: Richard Kogan, M.D. Discussant: Roger Rahtz, M.D.  Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm (EST) (Held Virtually on ZOOM) $30 – General Admission $20 – Student Admission No charge for NYPSI members and students Register HERE, visit  nypsi.org or call 212.879.6900   THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL; READ […]

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Sunday Salon at IPTAR: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training & Research “The Reshaping of the frame: Presence/Absence of the Body in the Psychoanalytic Encounter.” Sunday April 18, 2021 Virtual Meeting: Zoom Link Available Upon Registration —————————————————Roundtable 4:00-6:00PM 2 CE Credits Discussants: Tuba Tokgoz, PhD (IPTAR Member, Faculty) Jeri Isaacson, PhD (IPTAR Member, Faculty) Anna Fishzon, PhD, LP (IPTAR Advanced candidate) Moderator: Dvora Efrat, PhD […]

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Cy Twombly, Untitled (23), 1972 \ WORKSHOP  The Act, Specific to Speech Jean-Michel Vappereau Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) To address the question of “the act of speech” in psychoanalysis, we must return to the terms “act” and “speech” starting from Freud’s discovery and Lacan’s critical commentary on it.  Suggested […]

Carol Rama, Lusinghe (Flattery), 2003  © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS  Sexuation and Loss of Being in the Act of Speech  Paula Hochman  Friday, March 26, 2021 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) What consequences does entering into speech have for speaking beings? Two major ones: first, sexuation of the speaking […]

Panacea or Posion: Placebos and Nocebos in Modern Medicine Saturday 2:30 PM EST 20 March 2021 Placebos “work” for quite a few medical problems. But how? And what is the work they do? What one thinks a medicine is capable of, one’s idea of that medicine, may affect us in the way “proper” medicines do. This […]

Kazimir Malevich, Female Torso, 1928-9 SEMINAR On Voluntary Servitude   Paola Mieli With the participation of  Raffaella ColomboSaturday, March 20th, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)In times like these, as new forms of totalitarianism are taking over everywhere, it’s necessary to reflect on humans’ inherent propensity to take joy in their own servitude. Returning to […]