Huge thanks to everyone who came out last night! It was great to see all of you, and what a fantastic discussion at the end. Thank you all for bringing your thoughts, comments, questions, and insights. Let’s continue the discussion in the Discord! (LINK BELOW)
Here is the recording of the 4th class of An Introduction to Psychoanalysis.
In this class, we began with a brief overview of the life and work of Otto Rank. We reviewed Freud’s “Family Romances” essay, which was originally included in a collection edited by Rank from 1909. We also highlighted a contemporary trans-affirming perspective that takes Freud’s “Family Romances” as a starting point. I highly recommend watching our event with M.E. O’Brien from last year “Trans Childhoods and the Family Romance” and reading her chapter of the same title from The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond (Routledge, 2025), of which you may find a PDF in the Google Drive. (LINK BELOW)
We then moved to a review of the life and work of Sándor Ferenczi, as well as Freud’s case studies, Little Hans and the Rat Man, both published in 1909.
Please be in touch if you’re interested in joining a monthly peer supervision group! We’re planning to begin mid-March.
Here are links to the upcoming events mentioned in class:
February 16th – LIVE Rendering Unconscious Podcast event with Drs. Helena Texier and Eve Watson, editors of Freud’s Principle Case Studies Revisited: Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysts Reconsider the Legacy (Routledge, 2025).
February 18th – Dr. Mikita Brottman presenting Images from the Id: The Strange World of Psychic Photographer Ted Serios.
February 25th – Surreal Secrets of the Psyche: The Creative Zeitgeist of Psychoanalysis, Film and the Avant-Garde in-house event with Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson, Freud Museum London.
March 7th – WE MUST NOT TALK ASTROLOGY! with author & astrologer Emmalea Russo.
March 14th – An Introduction to Psychoanalysis, class 5 with Dr. Vanessa Sinclair.
March 18th – Projections: Surrealist Cinema, online lecture by Mary Wild, Freud Museum London.
April 2nd – Unconscious Generational Transmission: A Psychoanalytic Perspective with Dr. Owen Hewitson.
April 11th – Book launch for Dr. Lara Sheehi’s From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures, hosted by The Relational School.
April 18th – An Introduction to Psychoanalysis, class 6 with Dr. Vanessa Sinclair.
I will continually update the Schedule page as new events are added. Recordings of all RU Center classes and events may be found under Classes.
