This video series, produced by APA Division 39 (Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology), features interviews with recent authors who have published in Psychoanalytic Psychology about their related work and their contributions to the study and practice of psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis and War: On Witnessing Ukranian Psychoanalysts
As we approach the second year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Psychoanalytic Psychology has issued a special section of the October issue titled: Psychoanalysis and War: On Witnessing Ukrainian Psychoanalysts, guest edited by Oksana Yakushko and Kevin B. Meehan. Accompanying this special section is a new installment of the video series Psychoanalytic Authors on the Couch dedicated to witnessing as Ukrainian psychoanalysts describe their professional and personal lives under conditions of horrific war.
Runtime: 15:37 minutes
Psychoanalytic Authors on the Couch: Danielle Knafo on the Life and Work of Carlo Strenger
The January 2022 issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology contains a special section dedicated to the life and work of Carlo Strenger, guest-edited by Morris Eagle, Julia Elad-Strenger, and Golan Shahar. Other contributors include Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell, Danielle Knafo, Patrick Luyten, Frank Summers, and Robert Stolorow.
In this episode of Psychoanalytic authors on the couch, Danielle Knafo considers what constitutes the “good life” from the point of view of Strenger’s existential psychoanalysis.
Directed by Basia Winograd; Music by Collin Ruffino
Runtime: 7:55 minutes
Psychoanalysts on the Couch: Notes from a pandemic
In April 2021, Psychoanalytic Psychology published a special issue of the journal to address the impact that the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health and psychoanalytic practice; this short documentary accompanies the special issue. The seven psychoanalysts interviewed in this project discuss how their experiences during pandemic changed both clinical work and how they understand the role of analysts in society.
Featuring: Adrienne Harris, Antonino Ferro, Carlos Padrón, Jamieson Webster, Patricia Gherovici, Stephen Seligman, and Steven Ellman.
Directed by Basia Winograd; Music by Collin Ruffino
Runtime: 25:20 minutes
Last updated: February 2025Date created: 2018