Richard Wagner: About problem of identity and narcissism. Some hypotheses (first part)

This study concerns the life of Richard Wagner. Pychoanalytical concepts are employed to delve into the workings of the great composer’s mind. Various theories are put forward related to the underlying and unconscious dynamic, which influenced one of the world’s best-loved composers. The study is Read more…

Original repression (Urverdrängung), an open concept. One hundred years of Metapsychology

The concept of primal repression (Urverdrängung), which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary, was one of the most diffused and less developed along Freud’s work, especially from the clinical point of view. In this article, after reviewing those Freudian texts that deal with the Read more…

From the ontology of Selbst to the clinic of the self. Applications within the field of psychosomatic illness

In the present text, a central hypothesis is outlined: the psychosomatic condition corresponds to a manifestation of the true self; concept developed by Winnicott. For this task I propose as support the texts of F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885) and Beyond Good and Evil Read more…

Presentation of article «How to accompany the adolescent who aborts?» by Anna Casino

[Text in Spanish]: Cuando le propuse a Anna Casino dar una sesión clínica en el Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya no era consciente de lo que realmente ha resultado ser. Me he dado cuenta al leer su artículo, que publica Intercanvis en este apartado Read more…

Presentation of Lorena Sozzi, Joan Manel Blanqué and Carles Pérez Testor

[Text in Catalan]: Lorena Sozzi és una psicòloga i psicoterapeuta jove, procedent de Milà i que vaig conèixer a Sant Pere Claver, on ella col•labora actualment. La vaig conèixer a través de Joan Manel Blanqué, psiquiatra, psicoterapeuta i psicoanalista, director del programa de psicosis incipients Read more…

Trauma and abuse: reflections about traumatic origin of aggressiveness based on clinical experience

The article addresses the issue of abuse and mistreatment in childhood, through clinical experiences carried out in the Dominican Republic. A meeting with J, a Dominican 7-year-old child, took place to explore the traumatic outcome and devastating consequences that situations of abuse and mistreatment can Read more…