In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses the “Woke” authoritarianism and the new Puritanism. A PDF of the talk is here: https://www.doncarveth.com/_files/ugd/8ad211_dd32806eb3bc4e2ea8866bfd08e0cee9.pdf

Presented to the British Psychoanalytic Society on May 30, 2023.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses self-esteem regulation, Freud's ego-ideal, and conscience.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses mourning from a Freudian & Kleinian perspective. 

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses reality testing by diving into philosophical realism vs. radical constructivism, the three worlds hypothesis. interpersonal reality-testing, transcending narcissism in science and in personal life, illusions, & delusions.

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Here is the chart of Kernberg's model of the emotional and psychological development mentioned in this lecture: https://bit.ly/3wMbXP7

In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses Kernberg's theoretical and clinical contributions.

Don dives into Kernberg's Ego Psychology/Object-Relations approach, his rejection and then the introduction of Klein, his "trojan horse" strategy and his contribution to the theory of sex and marriage.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses The Sins of the Fathers. 

The analysands of corrupt analysts are suspected of being corrupt too unless they undergo the ritual purification of a second analysis with an analyst in good standing.

But do bad parents always have bad kids?

Do good parents always have good kids?

Does this socially deterministic theory make sense?

Are there no biological factors?

Are there no choices with consequences?

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In this episode, Dr Carveth critiques the ideology of the "Still Face" in psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, & psychoanalysis.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses psychoanalysis as meditation: Observing ego. Inner watcher. Symbolic subject vs. Imaginary Ego. Deconstruction. Disillusionment with disillusionment.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses psychoanalysis as biological, psychological and social evolution.

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In this episode, Dr Carveth frames psychoanalysis as religion. The human psyche is characterized by two levels of functioning— primary and secondary process (Freud), PS and D (Klein) —so all religion, spirituality and mysticism are similarly split.

But so is psychoanalysis itself.

There is primitive and mature religion, spirituality and mysticism— and primitive and mature psychoanalysis.

Mature versions of all these things share a common goal: to promote authentic personal transformation from narcissism to object love.

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