The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Friday, February 7, 2020
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
115 W 27th St. 4th Fl., NY, NY

Freud considered the unconscious a site of repressed wishes and desires whose influence extends to the farthest reach of conscious life. Today, such desires find new expression on the internet, which allows anonymity and accessibility. Replacing "real world" skins with digital ones, users create virtual personas to promote their secret passions. The virtual space of consciousness is well matched to the virtual space of the web, though sexual and social enactments within the latter can have dangerous real-world consequences. Examining the darker side of the marriage between desire and communication technology, focused through the phenomenon of "catfishing," this paper raises questions about the nature of the human self and the role it plays in deception. Understanding how patients use the internet helps provide access to their unconscious desires.

The presentation will be illustrated with numerous clinical examples.

2 CEs WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS WORKSHOP

Fees:
TI students, faculty & Psychoanalytic Society members are free including CE Credit. Please RSVP here.
General tickets are $40 with or without CE Credit.

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Inquiries: Please email Heather deCastro at hdecastro@me.com

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Danielle Knafo, PhD, is a clinical psychologist & psychoanalyst, a prolific author, and a popular speaker. She is a professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at LIU-CW Post, and faculty member and supervisor at NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and Adelphi’s Postgraduate Programs. Dr. Knafo writes and lectures on many subjects, including creativity, trauma, psychosis, sexuality and gender, and technology. She maintains private practices in Manhattan & Great Neck, NY.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Knafo, D. & Lo Bosco, R. (2020). ​Mindfuck: The new sexual landscape and contemporary psychoanalysis.​ Confer Books.
Knafo, D & Lo Bosco, R. (2017) ​The age of perversion: Desire and technology in​ ​psychoanalysis and culture​. Routledge (won ABPP 2018 book award )