Getting It Right-New Associations, BPC journal, March 2014

Getting it ‘right’ –afterthoughts on completing a psychoanalytic training With a comparison between Indian classical music training and a psychoanalytic one   This article appeared in ‘New Associations’, a BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) journal in its 2014 summer edition. “During my psychodynamic training at Rewley House, Oxford, a visiting lecturer exclaimed in the middle of her… Continue reading Getting It Right-New Associations, BPC journal, March 2014

Psychoanalytic Therapy Evidence?

Psychoanalytic based treatments are evidence-based forms of therapy which can effectively treat emotional problems and a wide range of mental health conditions such as depression, eating disorders and anxiety. Psychoanalysis started with the discoveries of Sigmund Freud a century ago, but its methods have changed and developed a great deal since then. It has the… Continue reading Psychoanalytic Therapy Evidence?

Is Psychoanalytic Therapy useful ?

Was I mentally ill? I suppose I was, though the first time someone in my family used the phrase “verge of a nervous breakdown”, or something like it, I was taken aback. Probably I was about as far from well as it was possible to be while still going about my business: essays, lectures, friends… Continue reading Is Psychoanalytic Therapy useful ?

How Psychoanalysis influenced the field of Psychology

Psychoanalysis is defined as a set of psychological theories and therapeutic techniques that have their origin in the work and theories of Sigmund Freud. The core of psychoanalysis is the belief that all people possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories. Psychoanalysis suggests that people can experience catharsis and gain insight into their current state of mind by… Continue reading How Psychoanalysis influenced the field of Psychology