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Join distinguished professor and psychoanalyst Dr Don Carveth for engaging lectures centring around psychoanalysis, diving into its roots, bringing us up to the modern-day. Known for his clear communication style, Don's grasp of the literature comes through in the thought-provoking opinions he provides. This podcast will facilitate a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you. Donald L Carveth, PhD, RP, FIPA is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought at York University in Toronto. He is a training and supervising analyst in the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis, past Director of the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis, and past Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis/Revue Canadienne de Psychanalyse. Dr Don Carveth works with Aodhán Moran to produce this podcast. Follow Aodhán on X/Twitter at @aodhanpmoran or contact at [email protected].

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The Blues

2026/09/17

The Blues Grief, Mourning, Despair, Living on

Technique 2

2026/09/17

Correction: not a one-way progression from knowing to being but a dialectical integration of knowing and being. Although my technique has always been relational (vs. still face, cold fish, abstinence, neutrality, non-self-revealing), Freudian and Kleinian work on enhancing self-understanding remains essential, as does the conscientious critique of the superego. In liberating conscience one is emancipating the true self.

Clinical Technique Over Time: From Knowing to Being

2026/09/07

First as a Freudian, then a Kleinian, the technique was "enlightening." With Winnicott, Kohut and Bion it shifted from knowing to being.

Psychotherapy? Psychoanalysis?

2026/07/21

What is the difference?

Bridging Psychoanalysis and Jungian Psychology | Jakob Lusensky

2026/06/30

Is psychotherapy like painting or more like sculpture?

2026/06/18

In his 1905 essay on psychotherapy Freud elaborates the distinction between painting (pouring on) and sculpture (chipping away). Classical defense and resistance analysis seeks to emancipate the true self.

Outside in or Inside out

2026/06/02

While Freud, Klein and Kohut speak of internalizing good objects, Winnicott speaks of the "going-on-being" of the true self that should not be impinged upon or abandoned.

GUILT: Part 2, Conscientious Critique of the Superego

2026/04/17

GUILT: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Part 1, Theory

2026/04/17

Guilt evasion. Types of guilt. Conscious/unconscious, Persecutory/reparative, Justified/unjustified, Survivor or success guilt, Collective guilt, etc.

Corrections Two kinds of psychopathy two kinds of depression two kinds of shame.

2026/01/27

Just as Klein and Grinberg distinguished two kinds of guilt, J. Rejd Meloy distinguished two kinds of pstychopathy,, primary and secondary; amd Sidney J. Blatt distinguished introjective and anaclitic depression; so we need to distinguish persecutory and reparative shame.

Charm and Alarm

2026/01/27

Superego, Conscience and the Narcissism of our Times

2025/09/23

Dr Carveth begins by describing the difference between the narcissistically based superego from the object-oriented conscience. He sees the former as culturally derived and the latter as biologically given. We discuss how in the clinical situation persecutory guilt, i.e., superego, may often be emphasized to defend against the vulnerabilities associated with loving and being loved. We consider the use and overuse of the concept of trauma in contrast to intrapsychic conflict, and he distinguishes between empathy and sympathy. He shares his view that the edges of our political parties are imbued with the self-certainty born from the paranoid position. Ultimately, he concludes, "I'm not afraid that analysis will disappear – people who have problems with their soul will seek out soul doctors."

Shame, Guilt, and Ruminations

2025/09/23

Dr. Carveth discusses the differences between guilt that reflects concern for the other and alternatively self-abuse that serves narcissistic purposes. The former relates to Klein's depressive/reparative stage, labeled 'conscience' by Carveth, and the latter derives from the paranoid/schizoid position, labeled 'superego'. We review varying technical approaches to each of these clinical presentations and note that the countertransference provides vital guidance in understanding the state of the analysand's mind. We close by considering how the capacity to bear guilt may be a measure of the maturation of a civilization.

On Narcissism

2025/09/06

Freud, Lacan, Mead and Christianity on narcissism.

Is Psychoanalysis a path to salvation?

2025/09/06

Carveth/Lusensky: Is Psychoanalysis a Path to Salvation? A Freudian and a Jungian dialogue about psychoanalysis and Christianity

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jeep_boy888 2024/09/22

First-class psychoanalytic education

It has taken some time to take to Carveth. At first, his presentation style might make you think he’s an old school authoritarian - and maybe he is oc...

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SixZealand 2023/07/15

Nourishing ideas

Read several Penguin paperbacks of Freud recently and have been looking for more insights. Carveth has the qualities one looks for in a good professor...

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therapiststv 2022/05/03

Great Podcast

Dr. Don Carveth is super knowledgeable about Freud and Winnicott. I hope he dives into some Carl Jung, I would love to hear his take

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