Having an impact 2025-2026
Leading well in the midst of social upheaval is enhanced by intentionally reflecting on what goes on for you as a leader and in the systems within which you lead. Bureau Kensington Consulting, an international leader in organizational consulting from a systems psychodynamic perspective, offers a program that will guide and support you in such […]
The dual mirror of Instagram fitness
By Rachel Katz When we resolve to “get in shape”, we’re setting a pretty general goal that could anything from entail running a 5K to going for a walk every morning or trying a new yoga class. But no matter your resolutions, goals, or hopes for the coming year, there are people, businesses, and entire […]
Peace in our time: The superhero and his shadow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
“Ultron thinks we’re monsters, that we’re what’s wrong with the world. This isn’t just about beating him, it’s about whether he’s right.” – Steve Rogers, Avengers: Age of Ultron By Kristin Mueller-Heaslip I have a small confession to make. In spite of their extreme popularity, before the past few weeks I had never seen a Marvel […]
What is it about medical dramas that always keeps me coming back for more?
The psychology behind my obsession with Grey’s Anatomy A guest post by Molly KayAt the end of a long day, I look forward to coming home, eating dinner, and beginning my pre-bedtime ritual. I put on my pyjamas, make a cup of Earl Grey tea, and force my partner to sit through a couple episodes […]
Welcome aboard: A psychoanalytic tour of pop culture
Welcome Aboard: A Psychoanalytic Tour of Pop Culture Writer: All my life, I have never seen one happy person. Stalker: Nor have I. They return from the Room and I guide them back. And we never meet again. Wishes don’t come true immediately, you know. Stalker (1979) In Andrei Tarkovsky’s landmark 1979 film, Stalker, there […]
2017 In Review
Remember this meme that went around last December? Haven’t seen too many 2017 versions of this one. Perhaps in 2016 it was a little easier to make jokes about how awful things were. Here at the end of 2017 it feels a little too…real. I’m not going to write a list of all the terrible […]
Check this out: The Psychoanalytic Activist’s First 100 Days series
The Psychoanalytic Activist is doing a series on the psychoanalytic implications of Trump’s first 100 days in office. All of the posts are intriguing and thought-provoking, but this one particularly stood out to me. Check it out! After the elections I headed to the office, relieved to spend the day with fellow citizens. Nothing prepared […]
What we talk about when we talk about Trump: Part 2
It’s taken me a little while to collect my thoughts about the election. Like everyone else, I didn’t think that a Trump victory was possible. And yet, here we are. Here in Toronto we’ve lived through our Trump – the joke candidate who capitalized on fear and uncertainty and prejudice and somehow managed to win […]
“Like Uber, but for…”: The basic assumptions of disruption
As the employment landscape evolves, the way in which basic assumptions play out in this increasingly fragmented environment will continue to change nature of work and how we understand work. The new age creates new pathologies which will require new solutions, which will then cause new problems. For example, calling your start-up’s service “Like Uber, […]
Hello!
Welcome readers! If you followed me here from On Memory and Desire, welcome to Applied Psychoanalysis, where I plan on posting more of my thoughts and learnings on psychoanalysis, group relations, politics, and social justice. Back when I started On Memory and Desire, which has the distinction of being possibly the world’s only youth-focused group relations blog, […]