Jan 30, 2024
Christopher Bollas
Conversations
Transcript erratum: The director of the film “Zone of Interest” is Jonathan Glazer.
Christopher Bollas presents us with a new literary form in his Conversations: twenty-three unique dialogues to captivate, amuse, and inspire. The psychoanalyst Paula Heimann asked: 'Who is speaking?...
Jan 26, 2024
"Do you know my mom?" The court-appointed monitor says that's off limits.
In this episode, Anna (pseudonym) tells her story. Her son is 1yo, in diapers, when the police come to arrest her, while she attempts to contact her dealer for drugs before prison. From there, she loses custody of her son, enters treatment,...
Jan 14, 2024
Howard Kirschenbaum (Rochester)
The life and work of Carl Rogers
Twenty years after his death, PCCS Books celebrates the life and work of Carl Rogers with the long-awaited second edition of the much-acclaimed biography by Howard Kirschenbaum, On Becoming Carl Rogers. This completely re-written and re-titled edition...
Jan 3, 2024
Lauren Levine
Risking Intimacy and Creative Transformation in Psychoanalysis
Note: I had planned to interview Dr. Levine about her book. Leading up to the date we had agreed on, I was struggling with what to talk to her about. Timothy Williamson notes the gladitorial or adversarial nature of philosophical discussion. ...
Jan 3, 2024
Thoughts on a degree-granting "program" at BU, called "Mental health counseling and behavioral medicine." I took some classes there but eventually quit because it was so ridiculous. What is "mental health counseling"? U.S. states wanted to regulate who could become a psychotherapist, and, given the incredible...