Berlin Psychoanalytic

New podcast and a call for dreams!

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you had a dream that stayed with you — one that felt larger than your own life?This is an invitation to join Jungian analysts Cécile Buckenmey...

C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity - New book by Jakob Lusensky

20 Aug 2024

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Psychologist Lisa Malmheden from Berlin Psychoanalytic in conversation with Jungian psychoanalyst Jakob Lusensky about his new book C.G Jung: Face to ...

Interview with Peter Fonagy

24 Feb 2023

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Join us as we sat down with distinguished psychologist and psychoanalyst, Professor Peter Fonagy, in an exclusive interview brought to you by Berlin P...

The psychology of conscience with Sean McGrath & Donald Carveth

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the role of conscience, ethics, and morals in psychological development and individuation? To investigate this question Berlin Psychoanalytic...

Drives, part 1 - Freud's Drive Theory with Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Therapeutic Relationship, part 4 - What do we actually mean by "Therapeutic Relationship"?

22 Mar 2022

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The Therapeutic Relationship, part 4 - What do we actually mean with "Therapeutic Relationship" with Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic.

Boundary Violations within the Psychotherapeutic Relationship with Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We continue the series on the therapeutic relationship with Aleksandar Dimitrijevic addressing the topic of boundary violations, as requested by our p...

The Therapeutic Relationship with Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic - Part 1 and 2

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We continue as requested by our Patreons with a series on the therapeutic relationship with Professor Aleksandar Dimitrijevic.To help us produce more ...

Therapists for Ukraine

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Psychoanalysis should be free is the motto of Berlin Psychoanalytic. Although we cannot yet offer exactly that, there is a new initiative now set up b...

Conscience, Superego and God - Conversation with Dr. Donald Carveth

05 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a series of conversations with psychoanalysts, we hope to further our mission of making psychoanalytic education and thought available to everyone....

Attachment 10 - Psychotherapeutic Implications - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

10 Nov 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoa...​ We continue the series o...

Attachment 9 - Attachment and Mentalizing - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

03 Nov 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoa...​ We continue the series o...

Attachment 8 - Clinical Implications - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

27 Oct 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoa...​ We continue the series o...

Attachment 7 - Trauma - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

20 Oct 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoanalytic The attachment series t...

Attachment 6 - Parenting

13 Oct 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoanalytic We continue the series ...

Attachment 5 - Adult Attachment

06 Oct 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoa...​ We continue the series o...

Attachment 3 - Childhood

29 Sep 2021

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To help us produce more videos like this, do support us through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/berlinpsychoanalytic We continue the series ...

Psychoanalysts should not use Projective Identification

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A second video in the series of Dr. Leon Brenner's polemic agains conventional views in psychoanalysis. This time Dr. Brenner engages the notion of pr...

Attachment 2 - Secure base & Internal Working Models

15 Sep 2021

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We continue the series on attachment with the discussion of some of Bowlby's basic concepts: secure base and internal working models. Psychoanalysis s...

Attachment 1 - Origins of Attachment Theory - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Sep 2021

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Attachment theory has become relevant and influential enough that Berlin Psychoanalytic will devote a series of videos to it. We being with its origin...

Dissociation - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

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Although it is very often discussed today, the concept of dissociation has quite a controversial history. We review its major points here, hoping that...

Psychoanalysts should not use countertransference - Dr. Leon Brenner

15 Apr 2020

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We continue with the topic of countertransference, with Leon Brenner reviewing Lacanian notion that psychoanalysts should not use countertransference ...

Countertransference - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

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Countertransference has grown into a central concept of contemporary psychoanalysis. We are offering here just a brief overview of three approaches to...

Effectiveness of Psychoanalysis: Effectiveness of psychoanalysis for depression - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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We close the series on the effectiveness of psychoanalysis with one example: how does it help when it comes to depression? Nicolas Lorenzini is a Clin...

Effectiveness of Psychoanalysis: Why does psychoanalysis work? Part 2 - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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The second, and final, part of the discussion about the effectiveness of psychoanalysis and an in-depth review of the reasons that stand behind it. Ni...

Effectiveness of Psychoanalysis: Does psychodynamic psychotherapy work? - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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With this video, we open the fundamental question of the effectiveness of psychoanalysis. Does it help, can it help everyone, what is helpful about it...

Effectiveness of Psychoanalysis: Why does psychoanalysis work? Part 1 - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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The discussion of the effectiveness of psychoanalysis continues with an in-depth review of the reasons that stand behind it. And this is just the firs...

Autistic Writers - Dr. Leon Brenner

15 Apr 2020

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The new guest of "Berlin Psychoanalytic" is Dr. Leon Brenner, who introduces his research on autism and subjectivity. Dr. Leon Brenner (Ph.D.) is a te...

Psychoanalytic education should be set free - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Second episode explicating the purpose of the "Berlin Psychoanalytic" initiative. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic argues that psychoanalytic education should ...

Intersubjectivity - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our new video is a sketch of psychoanalytic conceptions of intersubjectivity, with an attempt to follow the development of the concept, with a special...

Mentalization 4: Mentalization-Based Treatment - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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In this series of four videos, we elaborate on various aspects of the concept of mentalization. In the final episode, Nicolas Lorenzini discusses clin...

Mentalization 3: Mentalization and its development - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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In this series of four videos, we elaborate on various aspects of the concept of mentalization. In the third episode, Nicolas Lorenzini discusses how ...

Mentalization 2: Mentalization measurement - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this series of four videos, we elaborate on various aspects of the concept of mentalization. In the second part, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic reviews em...

Mentalization 1: Freud's theory of thinking - Dr. Nicolás Lorenzini

15 Apr 2020

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In this series of four videos, we elaborate on various aspects of the concept of mentalization. Nicolas Lorenzini first discusses early psychoanalytic...

Projection - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

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What is projection as a defense mechanism? How is it different than projective identification? Psychoanalysis should be free! From this motto, we're l...

Active Imagination - Jakob Lusensky

15 Apr 2020

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In this video, the co-founder of the Berlin Psychoanalytic, Jungian analyst Jakob Lusensky discusses the notion and practice of C.G Jung’s technique...

Mental health treatment with asylum-seeking immigrants and refugees - Jesse Harbaugh

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our new contributor, Jesse Harbaugh, shares the essence of her ample experience in providing psychological help to asylum seekers. What do immigrants ...

Paradox and metaphor: Professor Michael Buchholz

15 Apr 2020

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We are grateful for the opportunity to share the recording of a lecture by Professor Michael Buchholz, given in Ankara in November 2018 (thanks also t...

Case Studies: Elizabeth Severn by Sandor Ferenczi

15 Apr 2020

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We continue following Ferenczi's need for more psychotherapy by introducing his patient, co-analyst, and author, Elizabeth Severn, whose work is been ...

Case Studies: Anna F. by Sigmund Freud

15 Apr 2020

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A brief review of Sigmund Freud's analysis of his daughter Anna. Psychoanalysis should be free! From this motto, we're looking at making the insights ...

Case Studies: "Ratman" by Sigmund Freud

15 Apr 2020

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We continue with the review of major psychoanalytic case studies, this time with the analysis of Ernst Lanzer, which Freud believed was a decisive ins...

Case Studies: "Little Hans" by Sigmund Freud

15 Apr 2020

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We continue with the review of major psychoanalytic case studies, this time with what Freud believed was a decisive insight into child psyche, the so-...

Case Studies: Anna O. by Sigmund Freud

15 Apr 2020

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The most important insights into the unconscious were provided by female patients. That started with Bertha Pappenheim, a patient, a social worker, an...

Case Studies: Sandor Ferenczi by Sigmund Freud

15 Apr 2020

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In this brief video, we look at one of the pioneers of psychoanalysis as a patient: Ferenczi's (incomplete) analysis with Freud, and his need to get m...

Case Studies: Trauma or Fantasy

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A bonus: summary of the trauma-fantasy dichotomy, as a reply to a question from the audience. Why is it that some psychoanalysts are focused on the in...

Introduction to attachment theory - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode professor Aleksandar Dimitrijevic presents the concept of attachment, which is the most vital link psychoanalysis has with worlds of a...

Narcissism - Dr, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Narcissism is an important concept in psychoanalysis and a frequent term in contemporary society. In this video, we present some of its meanings, both...

Borderline Personality Disorder - Professor Gamze Ozcurumez

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In her second contribution to "Berlin Psychoanalytic," Professor Gamze Ozcurumez offers a brief yet comprehensive review of possibly the most controve...

Psychoanalytic cases: Why study clinical cases?

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After discussing basic psychoanalytic concepts, we turn to the most important psychoanalytic clinical cases. In the first video, the basic reasons for...

Psychoanalysis should be free

15 Apr 2020

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Jakob Lusensky explains the rationale for the "Berlin Psychoanalytic" project Psychoanalysis should be free! From this motto, we're looking at making ...

What is the unconscious? - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

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What is the unconscious? A discussion with psychoanalyst Aleksandar Dimitrijevic.Psychoanalysis should be free! From this motto, we're looking at maki...

Is Psychoanalysis Dead? - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is Psychoanalysis Dead? A discussion with psychoanalyst Aleksandar Dimitrijevic.Psychoanalysis should be free! From this motto, we're looking at makin...

Psychoanalytic Psychosomatics - Professor Gamze Ozcurumez

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The first guest of "Berlin Psychoanalytic" is Professor Gamze Ozcurumez. She offers an overview of psychoanalytic approaches to the mystery of psychos...

Psychoanalysis: A curiosity about the mind - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When psychoanalytic treatment is effective, it may be that it is effective because it encourages patients to be curious about their minds. In that way...

What is transference in Psychoanalysis? - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the centre of attention for all psychoanalytic clinicians has always been transference. What transference is, how definitions have changed, and wha...

Psychoanalytic interpretation - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Whatever psychoanalysts understand about the unconscious meaning of symptoms, they need to share with their patients. This process is called interpret...

Treatments before Psychoanalysis - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Although people were interested in mental disorders for thousands of years, their understanding was dependant on current religious beliefs and practic...

An introduction to Psychoanalysis - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

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Lecture by Professor Aleksandar Dimitrijevic at Mittelweg 50 in Berlin 23 of February 2019 for Berlin Psychoanalytic.Psychoanalysis should be free! Fr...

Mutuality in psychoanalysis - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Psychoanalysis as a subject theory sees mutuality as basis of personality and development: no one can become a human being in isolation, out of dialog...

A Psychoanalytic understanding of the unconscious - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Unconscious is the central concept of various psychoanalytic approaches (and even most of cognitive psychology). While descriptions of the unconscious...

In psychoanalysis mental disorders have meaning - Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Psychoanalysis was a revolutionary practice in the field of mental health care for several reasons. Just one of those is that from the very beginning ...