Articles about Theory

Op watter wyse kan 'n sin vir humor mense bystaan en sielkundig onderskraag tydens 'n pandemie?

In a world that is increasingly naïve in its divisiveness, we in the field of psychotherapy are not immune from such naivete.

Important shifts in the psychoanalytic understanding of the nature of dreams and “dream thoughts.”

A brief history of dreams in EARLY psychoanalytic thinking.

The use of dreams in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. An advanced four part series.

How a composite understanding of dreams can be used by therapists in their daily work.

The internal world develops through an active, mutual process of reciprocal influence, and that the mind is composed of self-other representational models developed in th...

What underlies psychotic states? Thinking beyond biology.

The root of enactments in psychotherapy lies in mutually regulating and self-regulating behaviours.

The refusal of twoness through sexual addiction.

The relationship between Freudian (i.e., drive/structure theory, classical) psychoanalysis and sociobiology.

Is disillusionment necessary for psychological maturity? Can this process shed light on the recent populist turn?