Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
von Cécile Loetz & Jakob Mueller
- monatlichErscheinungsrhythmus
- 35 mintypische Länge
- 25. Apr. 2025letzte Folge
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Episode 12: The architecture of personality. Structural disorders
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Not all depression is the same, nor all forms of anxiety. The very same symptom can have completely different meanings for different people and can require different therapeutic approaches. For classificati
Episode 11: “How one becomes what one is.” – On the False Self
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: We all wear masks from time to time: at work, in front of our friends, sometimes even—or perhaps especially—within our family and in front of our partners. But there are people who find it difficult to ever
Episode 10: Fear and Anxiety Disorders
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychological problems for which people seek out psychotherapy. At the same time, anxiety is a feeling that everyone knows and everyone has suffered from—some mor
Episode 9: Theater of Minds—On Dramaturgic Awareness
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: The world is a stage—the couch too? So many scenes, sometimes even true dramas, play out in our minds. In everyday life we slip into the most diverse roles; the two protagonists we call patient and therapis
Episode 8: Is Psychoanalysis Effective?
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Is there evidence for the effectiveness of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic-based therapy methods? For which forms of illness is it suitable? In this episode we present significant findings from research o
Episode 7: Is Psychoanalysis Scientific?
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Psychoanalysis is an exotic resident in the house of science. A wide variety of disciplines have borrowed from it, from neuroscience to the social sciences, to art and literature. At the same time, it has o
Episode 6: Mentalization. Or: "I am what I think you think I am."
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Everyone has probably wondered to themselves: "Why did I just do that?" or even, "Why did my partner actually behave like that?" The ability to relate and interpret one's own actions and behavior, and that
Episode 5: Attachment—Such stuff as souls are made on
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: What constitutes our inner mental life is in large part based on our early relationship experiences. This principle of psychoanalytic thinking becomes particularly clear in the concept of attachment. Attach
Episode 4: “Two souls alas! are dwelling in my breast”—Psychic Conflicts
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: "Should I really do it—or should I rather not?" In many situations, we are at odds with ourselves, want to have our cake and eat it too, or are two minds—or even more?—about something. Conflicts determine o
Episode 3: Repression
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: "That’s something that I’ve done? I don’t to remember that at all!" The word repression has made a career for itself: even in our everyday language we speak of repressed feelings and memories. But what is i
Episode 2: Transference—Countertransference
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: They are among the central terms of psychoanalysis: transference and countertransference. While at the same time, they describe something that every person experiences in daily life; for transference always
Episode 1: What is Psychoanalysis?
Lives of the Unconscious Summary: Outdated and dusty? No other psychotherapeutic practice generates as many rumors as psychoanalysis. Generally, psychoanalysis is equated with a red couch and the works of Sigmund Freud. But what is it reall
