One of the most striking ideas in modern psychoanalytic thinking is that even the most extreme psychological states are, at their core, attempts at survival. In the field of modern psychoanalysis this becomes clear in the notion that the schizophrenic reaction is not a fixed, biologically determined fate but an organized defense, one that can be psychologically reversed. […]
In a world obsessed with noise, few things are as unsettling as silence. We fill every empty moment with words, music, scrolling — anything to drown out what might emerge from within. Yet, in psychoanalysis, silence is often where genuine communication begins. It is in that quiet space between words that something true begins to
Most of us believe we are afraid of pain, yet more often than not we are afraid of the feelings that might come with it. In psychoanalysis we learn that resistance is not simply stubbornness; it is a protective force, an unconscious attempt to shield ourselves from emotions we imagine would undo us. As Hyman
Let’s face it, we are born and raised in materialism. And not only that, nothing seems powerful enough to stop this. My kids are not kids any more. The one is in adolescence and the other one is just about to enter. My wife and I have always tried to control the amount of material
In 1932, amidst a world edging toward another catastrophic war, Albert Einstein wrote to Sigmund Freud with a deceptively simple question: Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war? Freud’s response, later published as Why War?, offers a psychoanalytic lens on humanity’s destructive impulses. While deeply rooted in drive theory and
Transference and countertransference are central concepts in psychoanalysis. These mechanisms (usually unconscious) provide a lens through which the therapeutic relationship can be understood and utilized for growth. They are essential tools for exploring unconscious processes and facilitating emotional transformation. Working through them is the way to go in therapy. Transference refers to the redirection of a
In psychoanalysis feelings are our weapons. Whereas in other fields of mental health (like in psychiatry) covering difficult and unbearable feelings is the optimum result, in psychoanalysis unravelling all those thoughts and feelings is the way to go; and the only way out of it, is through it. The handling of difficult feelings is central
Let’s face it, we are born and raised in materialism. And not only that, nothing seems powerful enough to stop this. My kids are not kids any more. The one is in adolescence and the other one is just about to enter. My wife and I have always tried to control the amount of material
The older I get, the wiser (I believe) I become. Along the way I’ve come to realise over and over again that humanity can be divided into two categories: To those who know how to talk the talk and to those who know how to walk the walk. The majority belong to the first group.
Most people visiting my office for an initial session seek an immediate relief of their emotional suffering. They see in the therapist the magician who would transform their pain once they see him, just like Dorothy and her friends in the Wizard of Oz expected all their problems to be resolved once they find the
Paris Kassinos | 2023 Copyright ©
Developed and hosted by FAST-IT Cyprus