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Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

By: Cécile Loetz & Jakob Mueller
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 This podcast is devoted to topics on psychotherapy, contemporary psychoanalysis, and psychodynamic therapy methods, as well as social issues. A new episode is published every Friday. Recommended readings can be found attached to each respective episode. Website: https://www.psy-cast.orgDr. Cécile Loetz & Dr. Jakob Johann Mueller Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Social Sciences
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  • Episode 37: Male Perversion and Sexual Violence

    Episode 37: Male Perversion and Sexual Violence
    Apr 25 2025
    Support our project and get access to the scripts for all episodes: https://www.patreon.com/lives From catcalling and unsolicited “dick pics” to upskirting and other forms of sexual assault—sexualized violence is omnipresent, especially on social media, and is often perpetrated by men. Research also shows that other forms of sexualized violence frequently, though by no means exclusively, originate from men. This episode explores how such behaviors can be understood and how they intersect with a psychoanalytic perspective on perversion. The topic of female perversion will be addressed in a separate episode. Support us on Patreon and get the scripts to the episodes: www.patreon.com/lives Script to this episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127342722/ Our youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LivesoftheUnconscious Visit our website: www.psy-cast.org Donation via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QH82X6SWVJ9LY Literature Recommendations: - Massie, H. & Szajnberg, N. M. (1997). The ontogeny of a sexual fetish from birth to age 30 and memory processes. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 755–771. - Stoller, R. (1975). Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred. New York: Pantheon Books. - McDougall, J. (1985). Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. New York: International Universities Press. - Chasseguet-Smirgel, J. (1996). Creativity and Perversion. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 36. What poverty does tu us. And what it has to do with our history.

    Episode 36. What poverty does tu us. And what it has to do with our history.
    Nov 29 2024
    We are back with a new episode! "Behind what is referred to in psychoanalysis as fate neurosis or repetition compulsion often lurks the uncanny magnetism of one's own social class" Support us on Patreon and get the scripts to the episodes: www.patreon.com/lives Script to this episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116944972 Our youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LivesoftheUnconscious Visit our website: www.psy-cast.org Donation via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QH82X6SWVJ9LY Literature Recommendations: - Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Harvard University Press. - Morgan, D. (2019). The Unconscious in Social and Political Life. Phoenix Publishing House. - Ryan, J. (2017). Class and Psychoanalysis: Landscapes of Inequality. London: Routledge.
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    35 mins
  • Episode 35. Envy. A hidden force within human relations

    Episode 35. Envy. A hidden force within human relations
    Apr 29 2023
    Envy can arise wherever there exists inequality between people: in societies and families, between siblings, genders, and generations. “Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay” (R.W. Emerson). Envy has a bad reputation, at times even considered taboo, and yet still it proves to be ever-present. This episode explores the psychoanalytic understanding of envy and its implications for society and therapeutic processes, such as the phenomenon known as ‘negative therapeutic reaction.’ However, envy is not only destructive, but is also a driving force of human development. Support us on Patreon and get the scripts to the episodes: www.patreon.com/lives Our youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LivesoftheUnconscious Visit our website: www.psy-cast.org Donation via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QH82X6SWVJ9LY
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    39 mins
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Just discovered this well rounded presentation of psychoanalysis and psychological. Without linking directly to the early founding fathers who spent much of their adulthood investigating into putting forward theories and analysis into the formation of the early formative mind in childhood/adolescence and how critical reflection upon these initial experiences in understanding the world around them, although not always the case.
Looking forward to the upcoming translations of these German produced Podcasts.
Thanks for the work involved and studies and thoughts shared.

Well paced and informatively and accessible laid out topics.

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