How is Madness Embodied in Psychoanalysis?

Claire Bien, MEd, Daniel Posner, MD, Louis Sass, PhD, Vincent Stephen, PsyD. with Moderators Doris Brothers, PhD and Jon Sletvold, PsyD.

• Location: Virtual

• Source: William Alanson White Institute

Although Freud doubted that psychotic patients could benefit from psychoanalysis, he acknowledged that “suitable changes” in his method might “succeed in overcoming this contra indication.” From a variety of perspectives, the four speakers in this conversation explore how a focus on the embodiment of madness represents a change in method that has brought about remarkable advances in the field.