Writing tagged 'thinking'
Stephen grosz on the aim of psychoanalysis
I've always said that I don't like the idea of trying to "help" my patients. Stephen Grosz gave me some good words of encouragement in this regard.
Beyond the chatbot: why the psychoanalytic fixation on ai is miscalibrated
The psychoanalytic focus on whether AI will replace therapists misses the point. Chatbots may draw patients seeking quick answers, but they cannot replicate analytic depth. The real shift lies in agentic AI—systems that build and manipulate data. This move from “chatting” to “making” will transform how we interact with information, rendering current debates about AI in psychotherapy narrow and outdated.
Ai doesn't threaten psychotherapists or psychoanalysts
Better Help and its ilk don't scare me.
Artificial intelligence and psychoanalysis (and therapy, more broadly)
I find AI helpful. But. I have to use it right.
Whining
Thinking about the word "whining," and what parents mean when we use it.
Penis envy
What do you think Freud had in mind when he wrote about "penis envy"? What I think he would mean TODAY is... we always want what we haven't got. Controversial? Not so much.
Has psychoanalysis been discredited? has freud?
Many say that psychoanalysis and Freud have been "discredited." Those who believe that don't know the psychoanalysis, or the Freud, that I know.
How psychoanalysis works - a metaphor
How psychoanalysis works: a metaphor from my life
Therapist letters
Should therapists write support letters for their patients? I don't do so, generally.
Child sexual abuse material and ai
I'm thinking about the relationship between AI and child sex abuse. The first in a series.
Artificial intelligence
I know I'm unusual among analysts, but I really like AI.
Freud, solms, and the psyche
In which I try, differently, to summarize my takeaways from - and my struggle with - Solms.
Mark solms and drive theory
I watched Mark Solms present on his "revision of drive theory." It was powerful, and compelling.
Attachment styles and practice
I don't think a lot about attachment styles, or personality types.