Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
Analytic freedom and the loving gaze
November 17, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PST
Love and freedom in the complex analytic system and the positive relationship between them are at the center of this paper. I argue that restriction or expansion of one impacts the other. I define freedom as an expansion of perspectives and the loving gaze as the vitalizing experience at the core of recognition and an indicator of movement away or toward recognition. Field theory, specifically post-Bionian Field Theory, and Storying are highlighted to support the emergence of both freedom and the loving gaze.
Presenter
Shir Shanun, Psy.D.
Shir Shanun, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, and a candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. She is also a graduate of the EDCAS and EDCAS RECAST programs (eating disorders compulsions and addictions from a relational perspective) at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. Shir is an editorial board member at Psychoanalythic Inquiry and the creator of Connections and Conversation.
Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
Analytic freedom and the loving gaze
November 17, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PST
Love and freedom in the complex analytic system and the positive relationship between them are at the center of this paper. I argue that restriction or expansion of one impacts the other. I define freedom as an expansion of perspectives and the loving gaze as the vitalizing experience at the core of recognition and an indicator of movement away or toward recognition. Field theory, specifically post-Bionian Field Theory, and Storying are highlighted to support the emergence of both freedom and the loving gaze.
Presenter
Shir Shanun, Psy.D.
Shir Shanun, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, and a candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. She is also a graduate of the EDCAS and EDCAS RECAST programs (eating disorders compulsions and addictions from a relational perspective) at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. Shir is an editorial board member at Psychoanalythic Inquiry and the creator of Connections and Conversation.
Presentation Vault
Watch recordings and download papers and slides from past Connections and Conversations and Decentralized Learning Experiences.
