Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth

Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth

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Superego, Conscience and the Narcissism of our Times

Dr Carveth begins by describing the difference between the narcissistically based superego from the object-oriented conscience. He sees the former as culturally derived and the latter as biologically given. We discuss how in the clinical situation persecutory guilt, i.e., supereg ...  Afficher plus

Shame, Guilt, and Ruminations

Dr. Carveth discusses the differences between guilt that reflects concern for the other and alternatively self-abuse that serves narcissistic purposes. The former relates to Klein's depressive/reparative stage, labeled 'conscience' by Carveth, and the latter derives from the para ...  Afficher plus

On Narcissism

Freud, Lacan, Mead and Christianity on narcissism. 

Is Psychoanalysis a path to salvation?

Carveth/Lusensky: Is Psychoanalysis a Path to Salvation? A Freudian and a Jungian dialogue about psychoanalysis and Christianity 

Jesus Was The First Psychoanalyst

In this episode, Dr Carveth speaks with Jakob Lusensky on the Psychology & The Cross podcast. Don and Jakob discuss Don converted from Jung to Freud, his writing on the importance of differentiating conscience from the superego, and what we can learn from Jesus and the bible abou ...  Afficher plus