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Robert Caper, psychoanalyst and author of Immaterial Facts, A Mind of One’s Own, and Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words, talks with me about the difference between suggestion and interpretation, the non-verbal “song and dance” of the analytic relationship, and how psychoanalysis can help patients come to know their own minds. The What Comes to Mind podcast is Produced by Chess Originals.

Nancy McWilliams, renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst, author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Psychoanalytic Case Formulations, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic Supervision, talks with me about the relationship between grief, unmourned loss, and depression, and how we might work clinically with patients who have a depressive personality structure.  The What Comes to Mind podcast is Produced by Chess Originals.

Avgi Saketopoulou, psychoanalyst and author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia talks with me about her Slave Play immersives, why we might want to resist asking 'what do I do with this theory?,' and exigent sadism in the consulting room.

Karen Maroda, psychoanalyst and author of The Power of Countertransference, Seduction, Surrender and Transformation, Psychodynamic Techniques, and The Analyst’s Vulnerability, talks with me about transference (in and out of the consulting room), what we might do with it, and some surprising research about the effectiveness of transference interpretations.