by Molly Merson, MFT

Politics in the Consulting Room. Adam Phillips, in conversation with Devorah Baum, explores the concept of politics in psychoanalysis and how the space generated between two people listening attentively is a radical, subversive act. (The full article is behind a paywall.)

Do Walls Change How We Think? Physical barriers evoke psychic barriers, which sometimes puts our psychological system on overdrive which can last long after the wall comes down. Communities with fewer physical barriers may be less likely to experience particular mental illness, which may say something about what walls do to our minds.

Matters of Life and Sex: Trans-ing Psychoanalysis. Patricia Gherovici describes her new book, Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference in this article.