The Oedipus complex remains a controversial but influential concept in psychology and the understanding of social processes and works of art. In this conversation, we will discuss the contemporary clinical significance of the Oedipus complex with two clinical psychologists who have studied the Oedipus complex. We welcome questions in advance. Please send to: govrina.biu@gmail.com

In the first part of this conversation, Scott Miller will present the tools, practice, and research relevant to feedback-based therapy. In the second part, Aner Govrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will talk with Scott Miller about how therapists discuss outcomes with patients? Is feedback-based therapy effective in all treatment modalities or does its effect vary in different contexts? And more...

Prof. Danny Hamiel is a pioneering researcher and therapist in the field of psychotherapy in Israel.

Hamiel developed a brief therapeutic model that combines the central concept of the third wave, ACT, with existentialist concepts, especially that of Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, Jewish philosophy (based on the concept of Rabbi Kook), object relations theories, Stoic philosophy, and Buddhism. The model focuses on the person's connection with the world as a basis for understanding the development of personality and human motivation.

In this conversation, we will talk with Prof. Danny Hamiel about:

What are the ways that led him to focus on therapy that builds resilience and empowers resources? What is its relationship with traditional therapy that attempts to reduce distress?

How does he view contemporary psychotherapy and its main challenges?

What toolbox does he think is important for therapists to have at this time?

What do you think are the healing components of the treatment and what is the relationship between them?

What are the main theoretical bodies of knowledge on which it relies?

And more and more

Joyce Slouchwer's model of referential attachment bridges the gap between referential and Winnickotian thinking. Slouchwer described the intersubjective component of attachment, explicitly addressing the need for patients to experience their own feelings in private within the referential space. In the conversation, we will discuss the questions of whether there is room for regression in treatment with the referential approach? Does "attachment" prevent the analyst's subjectivity and separation? And more...

Dr. Otto Kernberg belongs to the generation of Nephilim who shaped psychoanalysis in the United States.

In recent years, Kernberg has studied the phenomenon of leadership characterized by malignant narcissism within large groups.

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv Beiman will speak with Otto Kernberg about:

What enables change in psychotherapy? What are the central tools in transference-focused therapy? How has transference-focused therapy changed throughout its development? And more...

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will discuss with Paul Gilbert what is unique about Compassion-Focused Therapy compared to other psychotherapies? What is Compassionate Mindfulness Training (CMT)? What theories, principles, and techniques from different schools of psychology are incorporated into Compassion-Focused Therapy? How can Compassion-Focused Therapy be helpful for depressed people? How can it be used to reduce shame and self-criticism, and how can people be trained to develop self-compassion and compassion for others?

In the conversation, we will talk with Judith Beck about the work of the cognitive-behavioral therapist today: What can help therapists overcome obstacles? How to streamline the therapeutic process? How do CBT therapists treat personality disorders? How do CBT therapists deal with patients who insist that they cannot change or that therapy cannot help them?

We will also discuss what she thinks about the world of psychotherapy today, the third wave of CBT, and a possible combination of CBT and psychoanalysis.

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will discuss with Robert Stoloro the implications of phenomenology for psychotherapy. Among the topics: How should the therapist deal with alienation and loss of meaning in traumatized patients? How does Stoloro propose to fully enter the patients' world and feel their suffering, and how does this process differ from Kohut's empathy? Should psychotherapists be open to their traumatic experiences in order to help the patient change?

Arthur Nielsen, with over 40 years of experience, claims that integrating therapeutic approaches can be very useful in working with couples.

In this conversation, Arthur Nielsen will discuss with Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman a model he developed that combines systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to couples therapy. In the conversation, we will discuss topics such as: What are the foundations of couples therapy? What are the most applicable components of systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to couples therapy? How can they be combined?

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will discuss with Mark Solmes the unique psychoanalytic method he developed under the influence of brain research. Topics to be discussed: How does brain research contribute to patient diagnosis? What are the approaches to psychotherapy that are guided by brain research? Which psychoanalytic ideas have been validated by neuroscience and which have been refuted? And more...

Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv Beiman will talk with Raanan Kolka about the development of his therapeutic theory on its various levels, while attempting to understand whether 'human spirit' represents a crossing of definitions that encompass clinical psychoanalysis into spiritual and unknown worlds from which psychoanalysis has always made great efforts to distinguish itself? We will discuss the profound influence that Heinz Kohut had on his worldview, on the psychology of the self and its place in contemporary psychoanalysis, on Buddhism as a way of life and a method of treatment, and on the connection between a therapeutic approach and social change.

In this conversation, which will be held in English, Wektel will share her unique working methods with viewers. Specifically, we will explore how the therapist’s attention to different moment-to-moment intervention options allows her to keep sessions focused, hopeful, and positive; how to focus on couples’ strengths even when they are in the midst of serious conflict; and how to leverage a deep understanding of childhood to help each partner not only avoid pitfalls but also create a truly loving relationship.

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will talk with Jay Greenberg about his different approach to an approach that tried to be different:

Why did he leave the revolution early in its journey? How is his approach different and similar to the relational approach? What were the points of disagreement between him and Stephen Mitchell? What changes the analytic encounter, and how can "good old" classical elements be combined with more contemporary elements in therapeutic work?

In this conversation, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will discuss with Alicia Lieberman the principles of CPP, trauma at a young age, the reconstruction of the parent's trauma in their relationship with the baby, types of trauma and their impact on mental health, various intervention methods, and the challenges of open conversation with children and parents about traumas in the family.

In the first part of the event, Michael Eigen will speak about sparks: cracks in our psyche, pieces of life that tickle our souls, and our encounter with self-hatred.

Afterwards, Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will hold a live conversation with him on the topic and invite participants to get involved and submit questions via chat.

Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will talk with Alvarez about her theoretical clinical roots, autistic children and their treatment, empty states, the analyst's use of his or her own identity within the therapeutic encounter, and how new learning and internalization occur even among inaccessible patients. We will try to understand her refusal to give up on the most desperate patients, her refusal to accept that behavioral change is the best one can hope for, and her insistence on connecting with them, one-on-one.

You are invited to the tenth meeting in the "Thinking Here and Now" series with psychoanalyst Irma Brennan Peak.

The conversation will focus on falsehood, authenticity, and freedom within the therapeutic relationship, the nature of the inner work required in encounters with patients, and how the therapist can identify archaic modes of attachment in his or her patterns of communication with patients. We will also talk about the training that Irma Brenneman Pick received from Bion and Rosenfeld, and the state of Kleinian theory today.

Professor Aner Guvrin and Dr. Sharon Ziv Beyman will talk with Ofra Eshel about key concepts in her philosophy such as "hearing heart" (the therapist's ability to take risks and open his heart and soul to another person), "broken heart" (the 'heartbroken' patients who have developed defenses against premature collapse or madness), analytical unity, analytical listening (the therapist allows the patient's cry to approach his soul and heart without yet understanding and deciphering it), black holes, and others.

In this session, Leslie Greenberg will discuss with Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv Beiman the methods of emotion-focused therapy that are designed to both make emotions more accessible and change them. Together with Leslie, we will explore effective interventions in emotion-focused therapy such as empathic attunement, body-centered experiences, corrective emotional experiences, and painful memory experiences.

Aner Guvrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman will talk with Donna Orange about silence as an ally of oppression, what therapists prefer to silence, how we can improve listening to others, and is it possible to work with unconscious fantasies without a hermeneutics of suspicion?