by SFCP

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHAT DOES WOMAN WANT?

Sabina Spielrein, Maria Bonaparte, Anna Freud, & Lou Andreas-Salomé: Pioneer Female Analysts Who Challenged Freud's Vision of The Feminine

A Dramatic Reading illuminating the lives and struggles of the female psychoanalysts who were closest to Freud.

The Players: Elliot Adler, PhD, ABPP; Sarah Berry-Tschinkel, LCSW; Louise DeCosta, PhD, LCSW; Lauren Friedman, LCSW; and Susan Quinn

Two Performances: March 13 and 14, 2020

Location: SFCP, 444 Natoma Street, San Francisco

Fee: $45-$65

The relation of psychoanalysis, sexuality, and femininity is complex and laden with controversy. From its inception, psychoanalytic thought about female development was largely defined by men. Many of these first generation male analysts approached woman as a “dark continent” and femininity as a “mystery”. Freud himself puzzled with contradictory trains of thought.

Sabina Spielrein, Anna Freud, Lou Andreas-Salome, and Marie Bonaparte were among the intimate circle of Freud’s Women who challenged the main pillars of the 19th/early 20th century patriarchal social order.

The story of their unique relationships with Freud, the impact they had upon him as well as their personal struggles are presented as theatrical drama – in their own words based on exchanged correspondences.

To learn more, visit: http://sfcp.org/what-does-woman-want