Psychoanalysis and Addiction
Graeme Daniels
A further play upon this podcast's former title, "Getting Real About Sex Addiction" is a discussion forum about matters relating to psychoanalysis, including matters of training, of old and new ideas pertaining to addiction, analytic situations and technique, contemporary events such as Covid and DEI initiatives. Graeme's latest book is entitled, An Analyst in Training: Psychoanalytic Candidacy Amid Covid and other Distractions
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jul 9, 2022 • 39min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction 6: Trauma model and the treatment of sex addicts and their partners
Psychoanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels talks about sex addiction/problem sexual behaviors via the lens of psychoanalytic theory, drawing from the book he co-authored, Getting Real About Sex Addiction. In this episode, he interweaves an ongoing discussion of intrapsychic splitting with theories of developmental trauma, with applications for both acting out individuals and their impacted partners. Much reference in this podcast to the theories of Freudian analyst and trauma treatment pioneer, Sandor Ferenczi.
Jul 2, 2022 • 37min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction 5: ethics and politics
Psychoanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, talks further about the analytic concept/defense of splitting, offering an illustration of craving states split from reflective states of regret, plus splitting in the form of rigid thinking, false states of certainty; he further speaks of gaslighting as a concept that actually yields a contrary ethos, and addresses the matters of sex addiction specialties (CSATS), sexual abuse reporting requirements, and so-called "no secrets" policies in sex addiction treatment.
Jun 24, 2022 • 34min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction 4: ethics and politics
This next episode wades into areas of ethics, sexual and gender politics, employing the psychoanalytic concepts of splitting and projection. Psychanalytic therapist Graeme Daniels discusses these ideas in the context of his and Joe Farley's book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction.
Jun 17, 2022 • 36min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction 3
1/2 hour episode featuring psychotherapist and author Graeme Daniels talking about his co-authored book, Getting Real About Sex Addiction, and discussing the relevance of psychoanalytic theory to the field of sex addiction.
Jun 10, 2022 • 34min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction 2
1/2 hour episode, Graeme Daniels, co-author of Getting Real About Sex Addiction, introduces some basics about sex addiction and psychoanalysis, giving the listener a fuller didactic introduction to the involved discussions that will follow in this series.
Jun 1, 2022 • 13min
Getting Real About Sex Addiction Intro
Introduction to podcast series based upon the book Getting Real About Sex Addiction, as published by Rowman & Littlefield. Authors Graeme Daniels and Joe Farley will be speaking about all matters relating to sex addiction and psychoanalysis
