Little Hysterics
Conversations on the contemporary relevance of psychoanalytic thought and practice, hosted by Austin McCann. Brought to you by the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, a nonprofit institute devoted to the study, practice, and public life of psychoanalysis. Questions? Comments?
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04: Community Psychoanalysis (w/ Nancy Burke & Matthew Oyer) (opens the original)
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How would psychoanalysis change if it placed community mental health at the center of its priorities? Austin talks with psychoanalysts Nancy Burke and Matthew Oyer about the history and present of community psychoanalysis: from Freud’s free clinics and institutional psychotherapy to Chicago’s Kedzie Center and LoSAH Center of Hope, New York’s Greene Clinic, and a new Community Psychoanalysis Training program connecting clinicians and institutions across cities. They discuss the effects of ICE ra
03: The Other in Me (w/ Gila Ashtor) (opens the original)
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Dr. Gila Ashtor joins Austin McCann for a wide-ranging conversation on Jean Laplanche, the future of psychoanalysis, and why the field must be willing to question its own foundations. Beginning with their shared path into psychoanalysis through the humanities, they discuss the relationship between theory and clinical practice, the limits of contemporary analytic training, and the importance of cultivating a culture of critique rather than preserving tradition for its own sake. The conversation e
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