by Molly Mersonn, MFT

Anyone who wants to be prime minister should have a course of therapy first. Psychotherapy can increase empathy and an understanding of one’s impact on others. Leaders with a conscience are much needed in our world.

From Marx to Freud. What if transforming society could transform humanity? What if Freud’s belief that life drive and death drive, rather than innate human qualities, are a response to a society that encourages a binary of this kind?

Dungeons and Back Alleys: The Fate of the Mentally Ill in America. While this article does not reference psychoanalysis per se, it is a relevant and important read given the state of mental health access in America. Where do we need to change, and what can psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic communities do differently to impact the system?