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Karen Horney: A New Place for Women’s Sexuality in Psychoanalysis

October 14, 2014 admin 1

In 1920s Berlin, psychoanalyst Karen Horney challenged central aspects of Freudian theory in Weimar culture. She opened a new place for recognition of women’s sexuality within the psychoanalytical community of her time. Though Horney did […] […]

In The Shadow of Sigmund and Lucian Freud

January 28, 2014 Robert Frashure 1

An Interview with British Sculptor Jane McAdam Freud Jane McAdam Freud is a celebrated British sculptor whose works are represented in both national and international public collections: the British Museum, the National Gallery in London, the […] […]

Penis Envy: How Size Influences Self-Esteem

November 26, 2013 Stanley Siegel 71

[“Penis Envy” was published in February, 2012 on PsychologyToday.com and removed two weeks later after public controversy.] The center of a man’s existence is his penis. At the root of his self-worth is how he […] […]

Vamik D. Volkan, M.D. – Large-Group Identity and Post-Traumatic Flocking

April 22, 2013 Editor 6

Paraphrasing Erik Erikson’s (1950) statement about personal identity, I use the term large-group identity to refer to a large group that shares a permanent sense of sameness while also sharing certain similar characteristics with other […]

Stanley Siegel, LCSW – A Dangerous Method: Can Sex Restore Mental Health?

April 19, 2013 Editor 3

A Dangerous Method Trailer from Transmission Films on Vimeo. The film A Dangerous Method tells the story of the complex relationship between Sigmund Freud and his much younger heir-apparent, Carl Jung, both early founders […]

Chuck Leddy – Divination Through the History of Dreaming

April 15, 2013 Editor 4

After Trisha Coburn’s doctor told her she was in good health, Coburn said she had a dream (O Magazine) in which a disembodied voice told her to “look deeper.” Fearful, the 46-year-old Coburn returned to her doctor […]

The White Cube Diaries – The Uncanny: Where Psychology Meets Art

April 10, 2013 Editor 0

“Dreams and Dramas” by Ofri Cnaani “The idea of the uncanny was first identified by Ernst Jentsch in his 1906 essay, On the Psychology of the Uncanny, where he defines the uncanny as being a product of […]