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Educational content related to psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and the Center’s interdisciplinary work.

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What Is Psychoanalysis? A Plain-Language Introduction

Learn what psychoanalysis is, how it approaches human experience, and how it relates to psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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Psychoanalysis vs. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: What Is the Difference?

Understand the general similarities and differences between psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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What Happens in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?

Learn what psychoanalytic psychotherapy conversations may explore and what to expect from the process in general terms.

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Free Association in Psychoanalysis: What the Term Means

Learn what free association means in psychoanalysis, how it supports reflection, and what it does not require.

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Transference in Psychoanalysis: A General Introduction

Learn what transference means in psychoanalysis and why feelings and expectations in therapeutic relationships can be useful to explore.

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Defense Mechanisms in Everyday Life: A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Learn how psychoanalysis uses the idea of defense mechanisms to think about everyday ways of managing difficult feelings and conflict.

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Dreams in Psychoanalysis: How They Are Approached

Learn how psychoanalytic thought approaches dreams as material for reflection rather than as a fixed-symbol dictionary.

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Psychoanalytic Training vs. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training

Understand the general distinction between psychoanalytic training and psychoanalytic psychotherapy education for clinicians.

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Continuing Education in Psychoanalysis: Questions for Clinicians

Explore thoughtful questions clinicians can use to approach continuing education in psychoanalysis and ongoing professional learning.

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Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism: Reading Human Experience

Learn how psychoanalytic ideas can enrich literary criticism while respecting the complexity of texts, readers, and authors.

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