This episode: a conversation with Psychoanalyst Dr. Sun Ju Chung, President of the Korean Psychoanalytic Center, which became a component society of the International Psychoanalytical Society this year at the 54th IPA Congress in Lisbon.

The conversation ranges from hyper-connectivity to Korean pop culture, beauty standards, and food, to the very encouraging state of psychoanalysis in South Korea today.


Sun Ju says, "It took 45 years since our founder established the first study group in Seoul. It was a long journey for us. We were all very touched." The society now has 34 members, ten training analysts (of which Sun Ju is one) and a whopping 65 candidates.

Fresh from presenting a keynote paper in Lisbon on one of the conference theme's, technology and the human mind, Sun Ju is getting ready to host the 5th IPA Asia Pacific Conference in Seoul April 29 to May 1, 2026. The theme, "Narcissism Reimagined: From Loss to Love." To find out more or to submit a paper or panel idea visit:

https://www.ipa.world/ipa/Dev/Events/Asia_Pac_Conference/Asia_Pacific_Conference_2026.aspx

What is psychoanalysis and how does it work? Want a clear, impassioned, jargon-free explanation? Look no further: this episode's guest is one of the top communicators of psychoanalytic ideas in the world today.

Psychoanalyst Jonathan Shedler, PhD, is an internationally renowned author, speaker, researcher, and clinical consultant. A psychologist, he is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Shedler is perhaps best known for his article The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, which won worldwide acclaim for establishing psychoanalytic therapy as an evidence-based treatment.

For more information on Dr. Shedler and for the papers discussed in this podcast, visit his website at: www.jonathanshedler.com

On this episode, host Karen Dougherty interviews Psychoanalyst Donald Carveth, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, Senior Scholar, York University. Professor Carveth is also a Registered Psychotherapist, a Training and Supervising Analyst, Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis, the author of many books and articles on a wide range of subjects, and the host of a popular YouTube channel (link, below).

Listen in as the pair chat about his latest book, Guilt: A Contemporary Introduction (available at Caversham Booksellers), explore his "pugilistic" approach to learning, and spar over the state of psychoanalysis in Canada today.

Links:
https://www.youtube.com/@doncarveth

https://www.doncarveth.com

https://www.yorku.ca/dcarveth

Cecilia Taiana PhD, RP, FIPA is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Ottawa. She has authored papers on a wide range of topics and is a former winner of both the Miguel Prados and the Douglas Levin Prizes awarded for papers written by members of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. Listen in to learn about her upcoming presentations at the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute and Sigmund Freud University in Berlin on topics including migration, absence, the role of poetry in psychoanalysis, and the epistemological drive.

A special edition of Conversations in Psychoanalysis Today:
Karen Dougherty talks with Cheryl Jacobson, the current President of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto just before the Saturday Banquet at the 45th CPS Congress, "The Future is History."

Joshua Levy, Ph.D., C.Psych., has the distinction of being the oldest training and supervising analyst at the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Levy has published widely on dreams. He is an advocate for learning to appreciate multiple analytic perspectives. He leads day-long seminars on analytic listening and is currently guiding a Canada-wide study group on psychoanalytic supervision. He is very involved in the Toronto psychoanalytic scene and it is not surprise that in 2019 he was the recipient of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education's Hans Loewald Prize for his work on Analytic Stalemate and Psychoanalytic Supervision. This award recognizes extraordinary contributions to psychoanalytic education. In this episode, we discuss among other things his upcoming Freud Café Presentation on Friday, May 31st, 2024 in Toronto during the 45th Annual Canadian Psychoanalytic Congress. His presentation is entitled "Are You Empathic" and in it, he will ask, What is empathy? What isn't it? What did Freud say and not say about it? Can empathy be taught?

Dr. Oren Gozlan is the Programming Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 45th Congress of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, "The Future is History" (May 30-June 2, 2024, King Edward Hotel, Toronto). Oren is a clinical psychologist and a psychoanalyst in private practice. His book Transsexuality and the Art of Transitioning: A Lacanian Approach won the American Academy & Board of Psychoanalysis' annual book prize for books published in 2015. He is also the winner of the Symonds Prize (2016). His edited collection titled Critical Debates in the Transsexual Studies Field: In Transition was a runner up for the 2019 Gradiva Award. He is also the winner of the 2023 Miguel Prados prize (CPS). He is past Chair of the Scientific Committee at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and on faculty at the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. Karen and Oren discuss the theme of the congress, the exciting line up of keynote speakers, including Jan Abram, British Psychoanalytic Society, and Richard Simpson, CPS-SCP, the state of psychoanalysis past, present, and future, and more.

A conversation with Toronto Psychoanalyst and Philosopher Fadi Abou-Rihan about his latest book, Finding Winnicott: Philosophical Encounters with the Psychoanalytic. Playing with Winnicott's category of the found object, Fadi masterfully weaves ideas from Freud, Deleuze and Guattari, Laplanche, Ibn Al-'Arabi, and Huizinga and others to the questions of subjectivity, time, and language using clinical examples, in the process, widening and deepening the psychoanalytic field.