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Thinking through what life does to us.

46 essays, in English and in French — the same voice in both languages. The situations described are fictional or deeply altered.

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Moving House: A Traversal of the Psyche
Psychoanalysis & society

Moving House: A Traversal of the Psyche

The Inner Sea: Psychoanalysis and Sailors
Psychoanalysis & society

The Inner Sea: Psychoanalysis and Sailors

Fire, the Psyche and the Shadow: What Burning Means
Curiosities

Fire, the Psyche and the Shadow: What Burning Means

Sport, Football and Psychology: how the Body Engages the Psychic Life
Psychoanalysis & society

Sport, Football and Psychology: how the Body Engages the Psychic Life

Heatwaves and the Expression of Psychiatric Disorders
Curiosities

Heatwaves and the Expression of Psychiatric Disorders

Addictions and Alcohol: What Becomes Anesthetized, What Repeats, What Seeks to Be Said
Body & illness

Addictions and Alcohol: What Becomes Anesthetized, What Repeats, What Seeks to Be Said

Expatriate Clinical Work: inhabiting elsewhere, inhabiting language, inhabiting oneself
Expat & international lives

Expatriate Clinical Work: inhabiting elsewhere, inhabiting language, inhabiting oneself

Heritage and Transmission: when light cannot be passed on
Childhood & parenthood

Heritage and Transmission: when light cannot be passed on

Beyond the Myth of the Narcissistic Monster: Understanding Pathological Narcissism
Body & illness

Beyond the Myth of the Narcissistic Monster: Understanding Pathological Narcissism

When Silence Begins to Speak
Psychoanalysis & society

When Silence Begins to Speak

Play: A stage for life, a stage for care
Childhood & parenthood

Play: A stage for life, a stage for care

Paper Warriors: Narcissism, Querulousness and Paranoia in the Consulting Room
Body & illness

Paper Warriors: Narcissism, Querulousness and Paranoia in the Consulting Room

April Fools’ Fish: A Ritual of Shared Illusion
Psychoanalysis & society

April Fools’ Fish: A Ritual of Shared Illusion

When Darkness Draws Us In: What Crime Stories Reveal About Us
Psychoanalysis & society

When Darkness Draws Us In: What Crime Stories Reveal About Us

When a Child Steps Slightly Aside from the World: Meeting Autism Without Reducing It
Childhood & parenthood

When a Child Steps Slightly Aside from the World: Meeting Autism Without Reducing It

When Anger Speaks: Listening to the Child Through Their Storms
Childhood & parenthood

When Anger Speaks: Listening to the Child Through Their Storms

The Fart as a Language of the Body: Between Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Everyday Clinical Practice
Psychoanalysis & society

The Fart as a Language of the Body: Between Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Everyday Clinical Practice

When a Child Seeks Their Own Path: Understanding Without Confining
Childhood & parenthood

When a Child Seeks Their Own Path: Understanding Without Confining

When Checking Becomes Surviving: The Invisible Anxiety Behind Obsessive Rituals
Body & illness

When Checking Becomes Surviving: The Invisible Anxiety Behind Obsessive Rituals

When the Body Disappears for Too Long: Mourning Without Ritual and the Search for Symbolization
Grief & old age

When the Body Disappears for Too Long: Mourning Without Ritual and the Search for Symbolization

Couple Therapy: Between Love, Attachment, and Repair
Couples & bonds

Couple Therapy: Between Love, Attachment, and Repair

The Louvre Theft: A Silent Address
Psychoanalysis & society

The Louvre Theft: A Silent Address

When the Night Looks Back at Us: What Serial Killers Reveal About Our Imaginary
Psychoanalysis & society

When the Night Looks Back at Us: What Serial Killers Reveal About Our Imaginary

Inner Space: Mental Health and Subjectivity in Orbit
Psychoanalysis & society

Inner Space: Mental Health and Subjectivity in Orbit

Choosing Screens, Rethinking Use
Psychoanalysis & society

Choosing Screens, Rethinking Use

Culture, Ritual and Healing
Psychoanalysis & society

Culture, Ritual and Healing

Growing Old Together: When Bodies Fall Out of Sync and the Bond Must Be Rewritten
Grief & old age

Growing Old Together: When Bodies Fall Out of Sync and the Bond Must Be Rewritten

Artificial Intelligence and Psychic Care
Psychoanalysis & society

Artificial Intelligence and Psychic Care

Burnout: A Clinical Reading, between Exhaustion and Subjective Collapse
Work & burnout

Burnout: A Clinical Reading, between Exhaustion and Subjective Collapse

Separation and Coparental Reconstruction
Childhood & parenthood

Separation and Coparental Reconstruction

Debt in the Analytic Process
Psychoanalysis & society

Debt in the Analytic Process

Suffering Bodies, Absent Speech
Childhood & parenthood

Suffering Bodies, Absent Speech

Fostered Kinship and Parenthood
Childhood & parenthood

Fostered Kinship and Parenthood

Parent in Residential Care Facility
Psychoanalysis & society

Parent in Residential Care Facility

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health
Psychoanalysis & society

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health

Infidelity: decoding the crisis to evolve and heal
Couples & bonds

Infidelity: decoding the crisis to evolve and heal

The Obligation of Care in France: Between legal constraint and therapeutic transformation
Psychoanalysis & society

The Obligation of Care in France: Between legal constraint and therapeutic transformation

Sexual Addiction: Between Pleasure, Suffering, and the Quest for Connection
Couples & bonds

Sexual Addiction: Between Pleasure, Suffering, and the Quest for Connection

Suicide of a Loved One
Psychoanalysis & society

Suicide of a Loved One

When the Unthinkable Strikes: How to Speak to a Child About Another Child’s Critical Illness
Childhood & parenthood

When the Unthinkable Strikes: How to Speak to a Child About Another Child’s Critical Illness

Beyond IQ Test Results: Understanding and supporting gifted individuals
Giftedness

Beyond IQ Test Results: Understanding and supporting gifted individuals

Hypersensitivity
Psychoanalysis & society

Hypersensitivity

Does the mental health of parents affect the health of the child to be born?
Childhood & parenthood

Does the mental health of parents affect the health of the child to be born?

The Child – Plant: When Care Replaces Possession
Childhood & parenthood

The Child – Plant: When Care Replaces Possession

Overcoming What? The use of martial language to describe diseases and emotions
Psychoanalysis & society

Overcoming What? The use of martial language to describe diseases and emotions

Falling in Love via an App
Couples & bonds

Falling in Love via an App