Dialogues
A space for shared reflections on emotions, healing journeys, and the inner experiences we often struggle to name.
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Let’s start from the beginning, Claudia! I read your mother started with her journey in psychoanalysis, and then you grew yourself into this tradition. Could you tell us about how your journey in this field began? Well, my mother’s father was from Argentina & he was very, very disturbed. In fact, he died in a mental institution. He suffered from severe bipolar disorder, including violent manic episodes. But...
Do you like Pages better or Word?What a random question, right.. well, it might surprise you but yours truly spends a minute deciding which one to open to write the newsletter! (As if the ‘right’ format will make the ‘(w)righting’ seamless.) While on some level this may seem an absolute BS, but I’m a creature of habit and I have learnt to see value in the conundrum of...
What is play, you might ask…I know & don’t know either. (that’s basically what you can say about anything in Psychoanalysis to sound bougie) But let’s start somewhere- so, what is play for you?(sigh! the joy of asking awkward questions to put someone on the spot… )However, isn’t that the charm of Psychoanalysis- to divulge us into gazing at the most ordinary page of our story with the...
Well, this month’s highlight has been ‘writing’ (what a vague way to start, right?!). Let me give a bit of context- it’s 5:03 am, I’m sitting with an espresso, my cats sleeping in their usual spots, still dark outside, and slow jazz playing in the background. I live for this moment, basically. And at this dawn of perfection- I’m deciding to write about, Writing. Well, I recently organised...
Notes using attachment theory & contemporary psychoanalysis This is a nice title, no?! Yeah, it’s not mine. This is what young Sigmund says to his aunt when he finds the dark of the night to be discomforting. Guess he knew that this dark of the night, & the dreams enclosed would lure him in! Darkness aside, (for now), this newsletter is one of those pieces that I didn’t...
