Psychoanalysis and Telepathic Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-571
Author(s):  
Thomas Rabeyron ◽  
Renaud Evrard ◽  
Claudie Massicotte
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Epistemological Framework

Freud’s writing on the topic of thought-transference stimulated controversy among analysts and original reflection on psychoanalytic understandings of the psyche. The notion of telepathy has also contributed significantly to the development of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts, including transference, projective identification, and primary forms of symbolization processes. The notion of telepathy, especially in light of current trends in post-Bionian and field theories, is used to outline an epistemological framework in which the clinical relevance of this notion becomes clear. Epistemological questions raised by telepathy and how this notion relates to the most originary and primary forms of the intersubjective relationship are addressed before questioning the conditions for the emergence of telepathy, its integration within contemporary psychoanalytic theory, and its ontological nature.

Enactments at the Edge: Transformational Moments in Psychoanalytically Influenced Couple Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Israelstam
Keyword(s):  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Dialectical Theory ◽  
Couple Interactions ◽  
Psychic Mechanisms

Enactments in psychoanalytic theory and practice have been well described as a dynamic that is co-created between analyst and patient. This article explores this concept in analytic couple therapy, focusing particularly on how it is played out in the context of the three-person dynamics of the couple–therapist system. The author considers that only couple interactions that involve mutually coercive projective identification can be truly described as enactments. By invoking dialectical theory and the notion of the dialectical edge, the author attempts to provide an understanding of the psychic mechanisms involved in the transformational moments relating to enactments that occur at times of heightened tension and ambiguity.

scholarly journals Clinical relevance of autophagic therapy in cancer: Investigating the current trends, challenges, and future prospects

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhadip Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Niharika Sinha ◽  
Durgesh Nandini Das ◽  
Prashanta Kumar Panda ◽  
Prajna Paramita Naik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Current Trends

Murderous Racism as Normal Psychosis: The Case of Dylann Roof

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-313
Author(s):  
Alan Bass
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Black Church ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Insanity Defense ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
Life And Death

Dylann Roof killed nine people in a Black church in 2015 in order to start a “war” between the white and Black races. This case is used here to develop a psychoanalytic theory of murderous racism, and even genocide. Major concepts from Freud (self-preservation, hatred, narcissism, life and death drives, delusion), Klein (projective identification), and Bion (psychotic and nonpsychotic parts of the personality) are employed. Particular attention is given to the hearing to determine Roof’s capacity to represent himself after he dismissed his lawyers, who wanted to use an insanity defense to avoid the death penalty. This hearing was confronted with an undecidable dilemma, which led to legal cooperation with Roof’s suicidal impulses. The deconstructive approach to undecidability, and its use in questions of law, especially as concerns the relation between psychoanalysis and the death penalty, leads to tentative recommendations for the prevention of racist murder.

Lord of the flies: a psychoanalytic view of the gang and its processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-27
Author(s):  
Mark Stein
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Nobel Prize Winner ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
Psychoanalytic Study ◽  
Street Corner ◽  
Lord Of The Flies ◽  
Groups And Teams

Gangs are usually seen to exist on the edge of society, in the Mafia, on the street corner, or among those engaged in people- or drug-trafficking. In this article I take a different approach and argue that, especially in response to trauma, gang functioning may be present at the very centre of our society, and is sometimes to be found in governmental, business, public and voluntary sector organisations, as well as the groups and teams within them. Using Nobel-prize winner William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies to give shape to my ideas, I develop a psychoanalytic theory of gang functioning. I draw in particular on Kleinian psychoanalytic ideas as well as concepts from the psychoanalytic study of groups and organisations. I argue that the establishment of the gang involves primitive splitting and projective identification and the perversion of adult authority. I suggest further that gang functioning involves the destruction of the sensory and communicative apparatuses that alert the gang to reality, coupled with the creation of a substitute, false "reality". These features enable the avoidance of painful truths and experiences and facilitate the enactment of hatred that is so characteristic of ganging behaviour.

Current Trends in the Training and Utilization of Paraprofessionals in Speech and Language Programs

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy L. Coufal ◽  
Allen L. Steckelberg ◽  
Stanley F. Vasa
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Paraprofessional Training ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Communicative Disorders ◽  
Supervision Practices ◽  
A Current

Administrators of programs for children with communicative disorders in 11 midwestern states were surveyed to assess trends in the training and utilization of paraprofessionals. Topics included: (a) current trends in employment, (b) paraprofessional training, (c) use of ASHA and state guidelines, and (d) district policies for supervision. Selection criteria, use of job descriptions, training programs, and supervision practices and policies were examined. Results indicate that paraprofessionals are used but that standards for training and supervision are not consistently applied across all programs. Program administrators report minimal training for supervising professionals.

Selected Abstracts of Recent Research in Stuttering

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Carrie Bain ◽  
Nan Bernstein Ratner
Keyword(s):  
Large Volume ◽  
Clinical Relevance

Due to the large volume of fluency-related publications since the last column, we have chosen to highlight those articles of highest potential clinical relevance.

The Graduate Dysphagia Course: Opening the Door to New Frontiers

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Karen A. Ball ◽  
Luis F. Riquelme
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Graduate Curriculum ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Language Pathology

A graduate-level course in dysphagia is an integral part of the graduate curriculum in speech-language pathology. There are many challenges to meeting the needs of current graduate student clinicians, thus requiring the instructor to explore alternatives. These challenges, suggested paradigm shifts, and potential available solutions are explored. Current trends, lack of evidence for current methods, and the variety of approaches to teaching the dysphagia course are presented.

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